Conference Session

The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Krupczak Jr, National Science Foundation; Mani Mina, Iowa State University; Kate A Disney, Mission College

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

EC 2000, the means of assessing thetechnological understanding of the majority of undergraduates who are not engineering studentsis yet to be systematically addressed. The work reported here describes the initial stages of aneffort to develop a technological literacy assessment suitable for use with students who are notintending careers in STEM disciplines. As an initial starting point, the work focuses on abilitiesrelated to the identification and characterization of systems. Specific abilities include identifyinga system and its boundaries, recognition of inputs and outputs, analysis of system structure,determination of subfunctions within the system, recognition of major components, associatingspecific physical processes with particular

Conference Session

Innovations in Promoting Technological Literacy I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan G. Dimitriu, San Antonio College; Simona Dana Dimitriu, Pat Neff Middle School - Northside Independent School District (NISD); Thomas Gadsden Jr., Our Lady of the Lake University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

intellectual excitement for many thousands ofeducators, and continues to speak to the interests and ideals of many young people and mid-career professionals.So, what can be done to help teachers find new ideas that will attract and excite students to learndifficult subjects such as Mathematics and Science?There is only one answer: By helping teachers become themselves more interested and excitedabout these subjects! That means exposing teachers to the most exciting and the least understoodprofession which is engineering! In doing so we bring them examples and real life applicationsthat will help them correlate theory and controlled experimentation with reality.Thise paper presents a program initiated at “Our Lady of the Lakes University” and

Conference Session

Technological Literacy and the Non-science College Student

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mariana Tafur, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Demetra Evangelou, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Johannes Strobel, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

Illinois University, and a M.Ed. and Ph.D. in education from University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She is a member of Sigma Xi Science Honor Society. Evangelou was awarded an NSF CAREER grant in 2009 and a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) in 2011. Evangelou’s current research focuses on engineering thinking, developmental factors in engineering pedagogy, technological literacy, and human- artifact interactions.Dr. Johannes Strobel, Purdue University, West Lafayette Johannes Strobel is Director of INSPIRE, Institute for P-12 Engineering Research and Learning and As- sistant Professor of engineering education and learning design and technology at Purdue University. NSF and

Conference Session

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

industrialized Nations there has long been a concern among theirengineering communities with the poor take up of engineering as a career, and inconsequence with its image. Engineering’s products seem not to excite the imagination ofteenagers. Surveys of the perceptions of engineering of young people have advanced anumber of reasons for their lack of interest in engineering. It seems to be generally acceptedthat science has higher status than engineering, the work of engineering being reported as thatof scientists. While science overshadows engineering, the proposition that technology mightovershadow engineering more than science has been little discussed. In sum, both science andtechnology are used in the media to describe activities that are

Conference Session

Engineering Literacy: Champions of Engineering in General Education

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Flath, Macalester College; Diane P Michelfelder, Macalester College

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Diversity

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

students at Macalester College as one contributionto countering this blind spot. In developing this course, our primary interest was to give studentsat an early stage in their academic experience an introduction to engineering, whether they cameto college with the idea of possibly pursuing a career in engineering or whether they wanted toget a deeper understanding of the influence of engineering on the world in which they live. Forthat reason our orientation in this course was different from the orientation found in Bucciarelli’sand Drew’s proposal for integrating the liberal arts with engineering (2015). As we were notprimarily interested in preparing future engineers, our course was less technically(mathematically) focused. Our course was also

Conference Session

Developing Technological Literacy in Students

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Justin Lee Clough, University of Southern California; Patricia Chaffey, University of Southern California; Gautam Salhotra, University of Southern California; Colin G. Cess, University of Southern California; Rey Pocius, University of Southern California; Katie Mills, University of Southern California

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Diversity

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

AFB.Patricia Chaffey, University of Southern California Patricia Chaffey has had a passion for studying and designing interaction between humans and technology since her undergraduate career at Mount Holyoke College, and continues to pursue this interest at the University of Southern California. Some of her notable work includes developing a robotic learning companion and designing a simulation to study how people interact with swarms of robots using a virtual agent as an intermediary. Patricia has received awards to support her travel to conferences and leadership workshops, which include, but are not limited to, the 2018 ELIS Expanding Horizons award, and the 2017 Computing Research Association – Women Grace Hopper

Conference Session

Communication Across the Divisions II: Communication and Transdisciplinary Pedagogies

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brock E. Barry P.E., U.S. Military Academy; Daniel J. Fox, U.S. Military Academy; Robert M. Wendel, U.S. Military Academy

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Civil Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Mechanical Engineering, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

Paper ID #12127A Nod in the Right Direction? Designing a Study to Assess an Instructor’sAbility to Interpret Student Comprehension from Nonverbal Communica-tionDr. Brock E. Barry PE, U.S. Military Academy Dr. Brock E. Barry, P.E. is an Associate Professor and Mechanics Group Director in the Department of Civil & Mechanical Engineering at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York. Dr. Barry holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Rochester Institute of Technology, a Master of Science degree from University of Colorado at Boulder, and a PhD from Purdue University. Prior to pursuing a career in academics

Conference Session

The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William R. Loendorf, Eastern Washington University; Jason K Durfee P.E. P.E., Eastern Washington University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

todayare not even being considered. Israel7 (1995) stated that “a student who has completed atechnology education program should be able to participate as an active citizen by expressingtheir positions on technological issues, making wise consumer choices such as selecting, using, Page 24.1337.9and disposing of technical artifacts, and making informed career choices.” Technologicalliteracy, according to Wiens28 (1995), “is essential to the political and economic empowermentof the citizen.”An important aspect of technological literacy is not only to understand its consequences to someextent, but to also visualize the technologies. That is where the

Conference Session

TELPhE Division Technical Session 2: The Broadening Face of Engineering Education

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Katherine Robert, University of Denver

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Diversity

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

. Katherine is an interdisciplinary scholar and artist with an expansive career and aca- demic history that she intends to utilize to help STEM organizations become more inclusive and equitable. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Knowing engineering through the arts: The impact of the film Hidden Figures on perceptions of engineering using arts-based research methods Katherine A. Robert University of Denver Morgridge College of Education, Doctoral Candidate in Higher EducationAbstractDespite decades of efforts, racial and gender diversity remains elusive for engineering

Conference Session

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Madeline Polmear, University of Colorado Boulder; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Chris Swan, Tufts University; Nathan E. Canney, CYS Structural Engineers Inc.

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

ESI through community engagement and theexpectations of being tenure track faculty. So basically the whole time I've been on tenure track, I've been the faculty adviser and I've traveled four times with the group. But at the same time I can also see like OK once I get tenure and there's less pressure on myself to be like, OK I need a proposal, I need a paper, I'm wasting, I'm not wasting, but like all my time could be committed to that.Another interviewee who developed and teaches sustainability electives for engineering studentsdescribed that tenure was the catalyst for a career pivot. He described that tenure emboldenedhim to move from traditional lab-based research and teaching of core content in chemicalengineering to doing

Conference Session

Technological Literacy for Undergraduate Students

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert M. Brooks, Temple University; Jyothsna K. S., St.Joseph's College, Bangalore, Department of English; Amithraj Amavasai

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

forengineering educators across the nation. Several universities and institutions have been workingtowards this objective 1-8.An engineering major typically has a curriculum 9 with a heavy load of prerequisite coursesmaking it relatively difficult (when compared with other majors) to combine with another major.On top of this the learning structure of a typical academic institution makes it hard for non-engineering majors to gain a meaningful understanding of engineering and technology 10-12. Non-engineering majors are faced with numerous forces that pull them in different directions—towardsocialization, career, and technological literacy. They are not well equipped to lead the nation,through its diversified and challenging problems by making informed

Conference Session

The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bill Williams, CEG-IST Universidade de Lisboa; Jose Figueiredo, IST, Universidade de Lisboa

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

for engineering students to developand practice such skills and for instructors to assess their acquisition is a major challenge facingthose involved with engineering education and training today. Furthermore, given recentadvances in the areas of IT simulation tools and in augmented computing, it would seem thatBucciarelli’s proposals (2003) regarding the harnessing of the power of online technology could 1 1 See for example Tilli and Trevelyan (2008): “An underlying assumption that has informed our thinkingabout engineering work is that training and experience is an essential component of the first few years of anengineering career. This assumption is based on data from the framework study interviews in which allparticipants said that

Conference Session

The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Pezeshki, Washington State University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

institutions involved in engineering education research, as wellas a diverse complement of industry professionals with an interest in engineeringeducation. A cursory scan of the people invited to the workshop from industry revealsindividuals from a variety of industrial career paths. Companies providing hardware andsoftware to educational markets, designated educational specialists and liaisons fromlarge companies, and practicing engineers were all represented.1The mission of the series of workshops, as stated in the TUEE executive summary is “todevelop a new strategy for undergraduate engineering education that meets the needs ofindustry in the 21st century. Transforming Undergraduate Education in Engineeringaims to produce a clear understanding of

Conference Session

Experience in Assessing Technological Literacy

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claire L. Antaya, Arizona State University; Kristen Parrish PhD, Arizona State University; Elizabeth A Adams P.E., Chandler Gilbert Community College; Amy E. Landis, Arizona State University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

and environmental, construction engineering and constructionmanagement programs, and is known for research on the connections between the builtenvironment and human and natural systems.MCC is the largest of ten community colleges in the Maricopa Community College District andis the largest community college in the nation, comprising more than 40,000 students, offeringtwo-year degrees as well as transfer, career and certificate programs and is one of ASU’s largesttransfer providers. The Physical Sciences Department at MCC includes traditional freshman andsophomore level astronomy, chemistry, engineering, geology and physics courses. Engineeringcourses are designed to prepare student to transfer to four-year degree-granting institutions.MCC has

Conference Session

Non-Canonical Canons of Engineering Ethics

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaofeng Tang, Penn State University; Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

engineering practice, particularly by highlighting important gaps betweenwhat is portrayed by the codes and professional societies’ appetite for controversy arising fromactual ethical dilemmas.This paper examines the historical context around the establishment of IEEE’s first “Code ofEthics for Engineers,” focusing specifically on the early history of the IEEE Committee onSocial Implications of Technology (CSIT) and the advocacy activities of one of its co-founders,Stephen H. Unger. CSIT and Unger played a crucial role in the creation and adoption of the 1974IEEE “Code of Ethics for Engineers” and in urging IEEE to support engineers whose adherenceto the Code of Ethics exposed their careers to risk. Through revealing the historical contestationsover

Conference Session

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John W. Blake P.E., Austin Peay State University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

who are not studyingengineering, our majors also need to be considered. For students preparing for careers inengineering, stories can show the human side of engineering and technology along with elementsof engineering practice. They can be used to cover important elements of engineering that do notcome across in courses that emphasize engineering analysis or practical experience with a giventechnology. Stories that can be used to tell non-majors about engineering and technology canalso be used to show our majors why their course material is important and how it can be used.These accounts can be used to put the material in the larger systems context.In a traditional classroom setting, stories are often told in lectures. Faculty are currently

Conference Session

The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

R. Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; John Heywood, Trinity College-Dublin

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Diversity

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

, reporting on three studies that found similar skills were needed by employers. Morerecently Carnevale (Carnevale et al., 2011) explored knowledge, skills, abilities, values, andinterests associated with STEM careers finding that as technology drives more of theeconomy the skills associated with technological literacy are in demand in all sectors(Foroohar, 2017).The most comprehensive attempt to define technological literacy in the policy realm in theUS was Technically Speaking released by the National Academy of Engineering in 2002.The report was written for a broad audience and proposed a similarly broad definition oftechnological literacy that focused on knowledge, ways of thinking and acting, andcapabilities which were seen as orthogonal

Conference Session

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Doyle, KTH Royal Institute of Technology; Lena B. Gumaelius, KTH Royal Institute of Technology; Arnold Neville Pears, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH); Niall Seery, Athlone Institute of Technology

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

student’s reaching the insight that their valuelies not purely in their technical knowledge and skills, but also in how they are applied toameliorate risk in the development of engineering solutions in complex environments.Without navigation with regard to the nature of engineering (as technology) and the role ofvolition in activity, it is not surprising that students are quite often perplexed when confronted bythese innovations. The practices and values to which they are exposed are most often than notdrawn from a diverse gamut of potential future career pathways and associated professions withtheir various value systems, ways of performing their profession, and not least understandings ofwhat knowledge and skills are of value and to be valued

Conference Session

Promoting Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Grunert, Virginia Tech; Stephanie G. Adams, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

Science Foundation’s most prestigious, Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award. She is a Fellow of the American So- ciety of Engineering Education, holds membership in a number of organizations and presently serves on the National Advisory Board of the National Society of Black Engineers. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016     Increasing Engineering Literacy among Non-engineering Students Definitions of engineering literacy, as a concept, revolve around abilities andawarenesses those who are engineering literate have

Conference Session

Technological Literacy and Technological Policy

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Heywood, Trinity College, Dublin

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

engineers. Support for this viewwill be found In Washington State‟s Assessment of Education Credentials and Employer Needs.Eleven Centers of Excellence have been established by the State in two year colleges. Theoccupations for which skills standards have been developed are all for varying grades oftechnician and craftsman [22]. And, in respect of manufacturing the State of Minnesota hasestablished a career and education pathways for a manufacturing and applied engineering workerthat can bring them as far as middle management on the one hand and on the other hand an M.S.degree [23]. According to the President of the Illinois Community College Trustees AssociationBarbara Oilschlager 41% of jobs will be at the middle level requiring more education

Conference Session

Technological Literacy and Technological Policy

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zachary Foltz, Iowa State University; Amanpreet Kaur, Iowa State University; William Henry Tushaus, Iowa State University; Christopher Sears Mikelson, Iowa State University; Brian Vincent Skalak; Mani Mina, Iowa State University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

law, Bingamanentered politics. He has served on a number of committees before chairing the Senate Energy andNatural Resources Committee; however, he has no industrial work experience in the fields ofenergy or natural resources [13].Representative Edward J. Markey, a Democrat from Massachusetts, is considered the nationalleader on energy and the environment with a lifelong political career in environmental activism.He is the current Chair of the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warmingand the Energy and Environment Subcommittee of the Energy and Commerce Committee. LikeSenator Bingaman, Markey has a law degree, practiced law, and worked in the Army Reservesbefore becoming a politician. However, Markey has no work experience

Conference Session

Innovations in Promoting Technological Literacy II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zbigniew J. Pasek, University of Windsor

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

Engineering Education, 2012Reel Engineers: Portrayal of Engineers and Engineering Profession in the Feature FilmsAbstractPortrayal of certain professions in the popular media has a deep and lasting effect not only ongeneral public's understanding of these professions (with all potential misconceptions andattitudes), but also has an impact on future career choices of adolescents (teens and tweens).While movie screens and television shows put a spotlight on lawyers, doctors and policemen(and occasionally also on forensic scientists), they rarely (if at all) pick engineers as thecharacters of interest.This brief study has reviewed a selected number of known and available portrayals of engineersin feature films (with an effort to

Conference Session

Technological Literacy for Undergraduate Students

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Krupczak, Hope College; Lauren Aprill

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

engineering should provide these students withknowledge relevant to their general education. Some of the material in introduction toengineering courses should prove beneficial even to those students who do not elect to continuein engineering.Importance of Two-Year CollegesConsideration of any issue that impacts undergraduate education should not overlook theimportant role that two-year or community colleges in higher education. Increasingly two yearschools represent an affordable higher education option for many students. Efforts to attractstudents to an engineering career must acknowledge that two-year institutions or communitycolleges represent the fastest growing segment of higher education17. Recent data shows that40% of individuals earning

Conference Session

Engineering Literacy: Champions of Engineering in General Education

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert M. Briber, University of Maryland, College Park; Romel D Gomez P.E., University of Maryland, College Park

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Diversity

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

awards are the ECE George Corcoran Award for engineering education, the NSF CAREER award, the Clark School of Engineering Kent Faculty Teaching Award, the CSE Keystone Professorship, the CSE Faculty Service Award, and the Distinguished Alumni in Science and Technology of the University of the Philippines. He has served as an Editor, an Editorial Board Member of the IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, the chair of the Technical Committee, and the General Chair of the Intermag Conference in 2006. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Teaching Engineering in the General Education Program at the University of MarylandAbstractThe University of Maryland

Conference Session

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Huiming Fan, East China University of Science and Technology

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Diversity

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

（0.863） 0.717Art and aesthetic course 3.40 （0.939） 0.782Law course 3.77 （0.792） 0.759 SocialEconomics and management course 3.69 （0.773） 0.753 management and self-Career planning course 4.03 （0.847） 0.519 development CourseInterdisciplinary engineering foundation and Interdisciplinary

Conference Session

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katie Estridge Schneider, Colorado School of Mines; Amy Charlotte Martin P.E., Colorado School of Mines; Terri S. Hogue, Colorado School of Mines

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

to me as a teacher  I increased my knowledge of careers that utilize science, mathematics, and/or technologyGroup 5: WE2NG as a Professional Development Program  As a professional development program for teachers, how would you rate the RET program?Group 6: Participant Response to MentorshipPlease rate the extent to which your mentor(s) met your expectations in each of the followingareas:  Your mentor's preparation for your arrival  Your mentor's knowledge and support of the goals of the RET program  Your mentor's knowledge of the roles and responsibilities of teachers in your field  Your mentor's interest in helping you develop a plan to improve education in science, mathematics and/or

Conference Session

Technological Literacy Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rigoberto Chinchilla, Eastern Illinois University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

AC 2012-3789: ETHICAL AND SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF BIOMET-RIC TECHNOLOGIESDr. Rigoberto Chinchilla, Eastern Illinois University Rigoberto Chinchilla, PhD in Integrated Engineering, Ohio University, is an Associate Professor of Ap- plied Engineering and Technology at Eastern Illinois University (EIU) since 2004. His teaching and research interests include Quality design, Biometric and Computer Security and Ethics, Clean Technolo- gies and Automation. Dr. Chinchilla has been a Fulbright Scholar and a United Nations scholar, serves in numerous departmental and university committees at EIU and has been awarded several research grants in his career. Dr. Chinchilla Publications in 2011 include oChinchilla, Rigoberto

Conference Session

The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mani Mina, Iowa State University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

 mostly  developed  by  a  round-­‐and-­‐round  trip  of  concepts,  findings,  and  trial-­‐and-­‐error  activities.    Given  enough  time,  reflections,  and  carful  examinations,  a  special  spiral  of  thoughts  will  be  generated.    Engineering  educators  need  to  rethink  and  hesitate  from  teaching  too  many  facts  and  drills,  and  let  the  students  reflect,  discover  on  their  own,  and  discuss  their  ideas,  failures,  and  successes  with  peers,  and  faculty.    It  is  not  a  coincidence  that  many  of  our  students  claim  that  they  learned  something  that  was  covered  in  a  class  (with  lots  of  drills  and  practices)  later  in  their  careers  watching  a  video  on  the  Internet  when  they

Conference Session

Technological Literacy and the Non-science College Student

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert M. Brooks, Temple University; Jyothsna Kavuturu; Mehmet Cetin, Temple University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

, andother disciplines. Students are enrolled for two reasons: 1) they're deeply interested in the subjector 2) general education requirements force them to attend. The courses usually do not haveprerequisites therefore while some students have extensive science backgrounds, others havenone. It is a challenge for teachers of these courses to take into account the wide range ofscientific knowledge of their students.Non-science majors are faced with numerous forces that pull them in different directions—socialization, career, and scientific literacy. They are not well equipped to lead the nation,through its diversified and challenging problems by making informed decisions about issues suchas industrial globalization, sustainability or alternative

Conference Session

Promoting Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Grunert, Virginia Tech; Peter Doolittle, Virginia Tech; Stephanie G. Adams, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

of numerous awards and honors, including the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious, Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award. She is a Fellow of the American So- ciety of Engineering Education, holds membership in a number of organizations and presently serves on the National Advisory Board of the National Society of Black Engineers. Page 26.1304.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Reaching Out to the Masses: Building Literacy About Engineering Amongst Non-Engineering StudentsEngineering literacy gained initial