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Projected Words Per Minute: A Window Into The Potential Effectiveness Of Presentation Slides

Conference Session: Communication - Needs and Methods
Collection: 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University; Joanna Garner, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus; Sarah Zappe, Pennsylvania State University
Tagged Divisions: Liberal Education

AC 2010-670: PROJECTED WORDS PER MINUTE: A WINDOW INTO THEPOTENTIAL EFFECTIVENESS OF PRESENTATION SLIDESMichael Alley, Pennsylvania State University Michael Alley is an associate professor of engineering communication at Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of The Craft of Scientific Presentations (Springer, 2003) and gives many professional workshops on presentations to engineers and scientists in the United States and Europe.Joanna Garner, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus Dr. Joanna K Garner is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Penn State University, Berks College. Her research interests focus on the application of cognitive psychological principles to the

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Engineering And Sustainable Community Development: Critical Pedagogy In Education For “Engineering To Help”

Conference Session: Normative Commitments and Public Engagement in Engineering
Collection: 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Juan Lucena, Colorado School of Mines; Jen Schneider, Colorado School of Mines; Jon Leydens, Colorado School of Mines
Tagged Divisions: Liberal Education

, Mexico, challenging engineering students enrolled in the course Engineering and Sustainable Community DevelopmentAbstractOver the past ten years, engineers and engineering students and faculty have increasingly turnedtheir efforts toward “underserved” communities. Such efforts raise important questions. Is thereanything problematic with wanting to help a community? How do engineers listen to acommunity? If invited, how do engineers work with a community?Wondering about questions like these in relationship to engineering courses, design projects,volunteer activities, or international assignments motivated us to develop a project in criticalpedagogy entitled Engineering and

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Communications Instruction In First Year Engineering: The Glue

Conference Session: Communication - Needs and Methods
Collection: 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Sarah Lockwood, University of Calgary; Daryl Caswell, University of Calgary; Marjan Eggermont, University of Calgary
Tagged Divisions: Liberal Education

AC 2010-1653: COMMUNICATIONS INSTRUCTION IN FIRST YEARENGINEERING: THE GLUESarah Lockwood, University of CalgaryDaryl Caswell, University of CalgaryMarjan Eggermont, University of Calgary Page 15.292.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 COMMUNICATIONS INSTRUCTION IN FIRST YEAR ENGINEERING: THE GLUEAbstractENGG 251: Design and Communications One and ENGG 253: Design andCommunications Two are the flagship courses for the Common Core year at The S___School of Engineering, University of C___. Mandatory courses for all first year (~730)students, ENGG 251/253 are project-based courses on engineering design, taught by aninterdisciplinary

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Incorporating Visual Communications Assignments To Enrich Education In All Engineering Disciplines

Conference Session: Communication - Needs and Methods
Collection: 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Warren Waggenspack, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Sarah Liggett, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Warren Hull, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; David Bowles, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Stephen Sears, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Daniel Thomas, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Paige Davis, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
Tagged Divisions: Liberal Education

) printer, which enables students tosee their designs come to life by creating a functional ABS plastic model directly from designfiles. Additionally, a large-format printer allows students to create posters and CAD drawings informats up to 42 inches wide. To aid in the development of communication projects, the Studiooffers a wide range of audio-visual resources for student checkout. These resources include stilland video cameras, wireless and corded microphone systems, and highly portable projectors andprojection screens.The campus-wide CxC program and the Studio comprise a sustained support system forengineering students and faculty. This has contributed to enthusiastic acceptance ofprogrammatic changes by both faculty and students and helped

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Integrating The Engineering Curriculum Through Crossdisciplinary Studios

Conference Session: Liberal Education for 21st Century Engineering
Collection: 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Nadia Kellam, University of Georgia; Joachim Walther, University of Georgia; Tracie Costantino, University of Georgia; Bonnie Cramond, University of Georgia
Tagged Divisions: Liberal Education

of artistic cognition and the transformative potential of aesthetic experience as an educative event. She is exploring this topic in an interdisciplinary curriculum project funded by the National Science Foundation with colleagues from engineering and creativity studies. In addition to numerous published articles and book chapters, Costantino has served as the editor of the Arts & Learning Research Journal and associate editor for the International Journal for Education & the Arts.Bonnie Cramond, University of Georgia Bonnie Cramond, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Educational Psychology and Instructional Technology at the University of Georgia. An international and

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Space Exploration: Science, Engineering, And Social Impact In A Freshman Technical Communication Course

Conference Session: Innovative Courses/Pedagogies in Liberal Education II
Collection: 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Paul Ross, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Tagged Divisions: Liberal Education

time and are not even necessarilyconsistent. Whether or not a planet will be hospitable and welcoming to intelligent life seems inmany instances unpredictable. Academic courses are a little like that.The “freshman comp” course described in this paper exists within a “first year” program in theCollege of Engineering; it covers basic communication skills, research, oral presentations, andelementary project management; it addresses professional and liberal education issues; itattempts to create a “learning community” by focusing on the big theme of “space exploration.”At UW-Madison this course has its home in a Technical Communication program within theCollege of Engineering; additionally, the opportunity and empowerment to innovate have

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Prioritizing Teamwork: Promoting Process And Product Effectiveness In The Freshman Engineering Design Course

Conference Session: Innovative Courses/Pedagogies in Liberal Education I
Collection: 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Kyle Simmons, University of Utah; Susan Sample, University of Utah; April Kedrowicz, University of Utah
Tagged Divisions: Liberal Education

collaborative writing skills; and (d)feedback from the instructional team guiding continuous improvement in the course.BackgroundCollaboration and communication impact engineering practice in profound ways. Engineers needto be creative, innovative problem solvers, often under time constraints. As a result, effectiveteamwork and communication are paramount. To equip students with the teamwork andcommunication skills necessary for engineering practice, educators have developed variousapproaches including writing across the curriculum, cooperative project-based learning, andintegrated communication instruction. For more than ten years, we have integrated teamwork andcommunication (oral and written) instruction into the freshman and senior

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“The Image Of A Woman Engineer:” Women’s Identities As Engineers As Portrayed By Historical Newspapers And Magazines, 1930 1970

Conference Session: Historical Perspectives for Engineering Education
Collection: 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Alice Pawley, Purdue University; Karen Tonso, Wayne State University
Tagged Divisions: Liberal Education

myriad ways that everyday life in learning communities contributes to the social and cultural production of inequality along gender, race, and social class lines. In her cultural studies of engineering education, she brings to bear 15 years of experiences as a reservoir engineer in the petroleum industry. Her research in engineering education received the WEPAN’s Betty Vetter Award for Research, the Mary Catherine Ellwein Outstanding Dissertation Award (Qualitative Research Methodology) and the Selma Greenberg Distinguished Dissertation Award (Research on Women and Education) both from the American Educational Research Association. In other projects she examined the contributions of “standardized

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Improving The Ability Of Engineering Students To Communicate To Non Technical Audiences

Conference Session: Innovative Courses/Pedagogies in Liberal Education I
Collection: 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Deborah Sinnreich-Levi, Stevens Institute of Technology; Susan Metz, Stevens Institute of Technology; David Silverstein, Stevens Institute of Technology
Tagged Divisions: Liberal Education

in engineering and science through research, policy and program development. She is currently the principal investigator for ENGAGE, Engaging Students in Engineering, (www.engageengineering.org) a five year project funded by the National Science Foundation to work with 30 engineering schools to integrate research based strategies that increase retention. Susan’s work at Stevens has been recognized by the White House as a recipient of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM). She was honored by the Maria Mitchell Association with the Women in Science Award in 2002 and was named an AWIS Fellow in 2007.David Silverstein, Stevens Institute

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What Is Global Engineering Education For?: The Making Of International Educators

Conference Session: Normative Commitments and Public Engagement in Engineering
Collection: 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Gary Downey, Virginia Tech
Tagged Divisions: Liberal Education

do the normative commitments of international engineeringeducators fit or overlap with the emergent image of economic competitiveness?Personal geographies to map differences I and three co-organizers (Kacey Beddoes [Virginia Tech], Brent Jesiek [Purdue University],Juan Lucena [Colorado School of Mines]) invited sixteen international engineering educators toparticipate in a multi-step process to produce personal geographies of their careers. Since a goalof this project is to examine how practitioners understand their commitments to internationalengineering education, we worked with a flexible image of international education as learningactivities that direct students’ attention beyond the boundaries of the home country.Mapping trajectories

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Two Year Colleges And The Allure Of "Nano": Understanding Institutional Enthusiasms

Conference Session: Historical Perspectives for Engineering Education
Collection: 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Amy Slaton, Drexel University; Mary Ebeling, Drexel University
Tagged Divisions: Liberal Education

optimistic projections about nanotechnological growththat fuel this initiative. In the face of unclear promise about that sector's future, we consider theconsequences of such plans for the most marginalized groups of workers; a sectordisproportionately minority in make-up.To indicate the origins, consequences, and robust nature of such optimism about newtechnologies in American culture, we compare discourse surrounding the PaNMT Partnership toearlier positive invocations of technology as a means of economic uplift. We consider howplanners in Chicago, facing decaying heavy industry and shrinking employment in the 1960s,turned to similarly upbeat depictions of emerging technologies and the post-secondary training ofworkers for that sector. We identify

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Helping Engineering And Science Students Find Their Voice: Radio Production As A Way To Enhance Students' Communication Skills And Their Competence At Placing Engineering And Science In A Broader Societal Context

Conference Session: Innovative Courses/Pedagogies in Liberal Education I
Collection: 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Ari Epstein, MIT; Joellen Easton, American Public Media; Rekha Murthy, Public Radio Exchange; Emily Davidson, MIT; Jennifer de Bruijn, MIT; Tracey Hayse, MIT; Elise Hens, MIT; Margaret Lloyd
Tagged Divisions: Liberal Education

AC 2010-948: HELPING ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE STUDENTS FIND THEIRVOICE: RADIO PRODUCTION AS A WAY TO ENHANCE STUDENTS'COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND THEIR COMPETENCE AT PLACINGENGINEERING AND SCIENCE IN A BROADER SOCIETAL CONTEXTAri Epstein, MIT ARI W. EPSTEIN is a lecturer in the MIT Terrascope program, and also in the MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. He is the lead developer and instructor of Terrascope Radio and serves as the director of Terrascope Youth Radio. He is particularly interested in team-oriented, project-based learning, and in bridging the gap between learning in formal academic settings and learning in "free-choice" or "informal" settings, such as museums, media

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Using The College Science Fiction Class To Teach Technology And Ethics: Themes And Methods

Conference Session: Innovative Courses/Pedagogies in Liberal Education I
Collection: 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: David Layton, DeVry University
Tagged Divisions: Liberal Education

by Literature andHumanities departments. The paper proposes an alternative approach to teaching science fictionclasses, one that treats the class as an interdisciplinary subject, not a primarily literary one. Sucha course would focus on the scientific and technological themes of science fiction rather than onthe literary technique. The paper includes some ideas for class themes, in-class assignments,essays, and team projects, all of which will have students use critical thinking methods forassessing how technology affects their lives.IntroductionThat the human world has become more global and more technical has long been recognized. Apersistent problem from this change has been how to harmonize personal lifestyles withtechnological change

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"Brief Encounter:" A Reflection On Williams Proposals For The Engineering Curriculum

Conference Session: Liberal Education for 21st Century Engineering
Collection: 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin
Tagged Divisions: Liberal Education

Hearsay Man on next project heard that motorX design A passed≠ The two situations are similar but not the sameExhibit 1. T. T. Woodson’s example of Evidence from Legal and Engineering Viewpoints. In Woodson, T. T. (1966) Introduction toEngineering Design. McGraw Hill, New York p 46. Page 15.1.4Nevertheless, it is clear that there is not only a substantial case for curriculum reformalong the lines promoted above but a widespread demand for it all levels of theengineering community. If, however, change is to

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Integrating Social Justice Ideas Into A Numerical Methods Course In Bioengineering

Conference Session: Normative Commitments and Public Engagement in Engineering
Collection: 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: George Catalano, State University of New York, Binghamton; Caroline Baillie, Western Australia; Donna Riley, Smith College; Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Chris Byrne, Cascadia Community College; Margaret Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology; Katy Haralampides, University of New Brunswick
Tagged Divisions: Liberal Education

Packel and Stan Wagon, Rocky Mountain Mathematica, http://rmm.lfc.edu/ 3. Gini, C. "Variabilitá e mutabilita." 1912. Reprinted in Memorie di metodologia statistica (Ed. E. Pizetti and T. Salvemini.) Rome: Libreria Eredi Virgilio Veschi, 1955. 4. Seth Chandler, "Lorenz Curves and the Gini Coefficient" from The Wolfram Demonstrations Project, http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/LorenzCurvesAndTheGiniCoefficient/ 5. NSPE Code of Ethics, http://www.nspe.org/ethics/index.html 6. Environmental Quality Index, http://ceq.hss.doe.gov/nepa/reports/statistics/ 7. Seth Chandler, "Health-Wealth Tradeoffs" from The Wolfram Demonstrations Project http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/HealthWealthTradeoffs

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Integration Of Engineering And The Liberal Arts: A Two Way Street

Conference Session: Liberal Education for 21st Century Engineering
Collection: 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Cherrice Traver, Union College; J. Douglas Klein, Union College
Tagged Divisions: Liberal Education

in Education conference. Her teaching interests are in the Computer Engineering area including Digital Design, Embedded Systems, and VLSI. She has co-taught international project courses in Turkey and in Spain. Her research has been focused on timing issues in digital systems. She has directed local and national outreach programs,including Robot Camp and the P. O. Pistilli Scholarship.J. Douglas Klein, Union College J. Douglass Klein is Dean of Interdisciplinary Studies and Special Programs and Professor of Economics at Union College. Klein joined the Union faculty in 1979, after earning a BA in Mathematics at Grinnell College, and a PhD in Economics at the University of Wisconsin

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Development Of Perspective In A General Engineering Degree

Conference Session: Liberal Education for 21st Century Engineering
Collection: 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Robert Grondin, Arizona State University; Chell Roberts, Arizona State University
Tagged Divisions: Liberal Education

program, the most common answer isthe projects. They wanted a “hands-on” aspect to their education. The next mostcommon answer has to do with the focus on the individual and the comparative size ofthe campus. Some students also like the ability to delay any choice of specialization untilthey are juniors. While we do find some students who are attracted by the flexibility ofthe program, this factor is not mentioned by most students.Development of the Perspective OutcomeThe general process by which we developed the program has been described earlier7. We Page 15.421.6started with the 11 ABET outcomes, the set a through k. Then we added in twoadditional

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Liberal Education For The Engineer Of 2020: Are Administrators On Board?

Conference Session: Liberal Education for 21st Century Engineering
Collection: 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Betty Harper, Pennsylvania State University; Lisa Lattuca, Pennsylvania State University; Alexander Yin, Penn State University; Patrick Terenzini, Pennsylvania State University
Tagged Divisions: Liberal Education

highest degree offered (bachelor's, master's, or doctorate), andtwo levels of "type of control" (public or private). The total sample of 32 four-year colleges anduniversities was “pre-seeded” with nine pre-selected institutions. These included six case studyinstitutions that were participants in a companion project (Prototyping the Engineer of 2020: A360-degree Study of Effective Engineering Education23) and three institutions with generalengineering programs. Since one of the six case study institutions offers only a generalengineering degree, three institutions with general engineering programs were purposely selectedfor the sample. Penn State’s Survey Research Center selected 23 additional institutions atrandom from the population within the

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Teaching To Abet's Criterion 3(I) Lifelong Learning Outcome: Lessons On Innovation From Creative Communities

Conference Session: Innovative Courses/Pedagogies in Liberal Education II
Collection: 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Katherine Wikoff, Milwaukee School of Engineering
Tagged Divisions: Liberal Education

whatever we wanted; really to do whatever we wanted. So I joined Bell Laboratories. My department head said, “Steve, you can do whatever you want. It doesn’t even have to be physics. All we ask is that you don’t go to a high-energy accelerator and do high-energy physics, because that would be hard on the stockholders.” (My thesis project, and when I was working as a post-doc, addressed a high-energy physics problem.) He said, “And by the Page 15.1189.5 way, don’t do anything immediately. Spend six months. Talk to the peoplearound the labs, and just keep an open mind.” This was a devastating experiencefor me