Conference Session

Teaching Technological Literacy - College Courses and Minors

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Doyle, Penn State University; Richard Devon, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

incorporating nanotechnology - devices ofmicroscopic size - were sold. According to estimates, the amount may grow to $2.6 trillion by2014.”28 On April 24, 2008, David Rejeski, Director of the Project on EmergingNanotechnologies (PEN ) at the Woodrow Wilson Center testified to the United States SenateCommittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Science, Technology,and Innovation. He said that in the last two years the number of nanoenabled consumer productshad increased from 212 to over 600 with a doubling period of 14 months, and that these productscame from 321 companies in 21 countries. Rejeski noted that “All of these products are availablein shopping malls or over the Internet, and we have purchased many of them on-line.”29

Conference Session

Technology Literacy for Non-Engineers

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara Oakley, Oakland University; Lorenzo Smith, Oakland University; Yin-ping (Daniel) Chang, Oakland University

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

. He was also a new-engine development project manager working with GM, Delphi, Siemens, and Lotus. Dr. Chang later studied transportation, specifically in FEM, computational solid mechanics, and vehicle/tire dynamics fields. Later working in the Vehicle Simulation Research Center, Pennsylvania Transportation Institute, the Pennsylvania State University since fall 1999, Dr. Chang was doing research focused on both physical vehicle crash tests and virtual simulations. He was awarded a Graduate Teaching Fellowship and became an instructor of the undergraduate courses Machine Dynamics, Finite Element Analysis, in Department of Mechanical Engineering at Penn State University. He received his

Conference Session

Technological Literacy and the Educated Person

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Krupczak, Hope College

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

to carry out the engineering design process.The wide range of accessible materials available about the engineering design process helps topromote design as synonymous with engineering. Engineering for K-12 students emphasizesapplication of engineering design methods.7 Design is a common focus in introduction toengineering courses for first-year undergraduates.8-11Design offers several advantages when introducing engineering to non-engineers. The process isrelatively accessible at a variety of levels and it emphasizes the creation of physical objects tosolve problems. Design projects are active and engage students. The activity can use a widevariety of materials ranging from simple to complex. The engineering design methodology doesnot rely