Conference Session

Engineering Courses for Non-engineers

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Blake, Austin Peay State University

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

Page 14.1328.9- a basic appreciation of technology and of the engineering profession,- a better vision of how technological progress occurs,- a recognition of how technological change affects the way people live, and an awareness ofboth the positive and negative results of that change,- a sense of both the potentials and the limits of technological progress,- an appreciation of the effect technology has had on the development of civilization, and- a vision of where we can go from here.The movies used in this course help students to attain these goals.The movie assignments are documented in the course syllabus with deadlines for the students tohave watched each movie. Movie assignments are linked to course material postings online

Conference Session

Engineering Courses for Non-engineers

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bradley Bishop, United States Naval Academy

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

. Page 14.1132.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Teaching Emerging Technologies Using a Socio-Technological Development Model Weapons and Systems Engineering United States Naval AcademyIntroductionThe Systems Engineering department at the United States Naval Academy (USNA) offers anABET-accredited degree program that focuses on feedback control and mechatronics, includingaspects of mechanical and electrical systems design. Several years ago, an effort was beguntoward developing an engineering management elective track to supplement the existingspecialization courses in robotics, control theory, information systems and embedded