AC 2012-4411: TECHNOLOGICAL LITERACY AS AN ELEMENT IN THESTRUCTURE, ASSESSMENT, AND EVALUATION OF ENGINEERINGAND ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY DEGREE PROGRAMSDr. John W. Blake P.E., Austin Peay State University John Blake is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Technology at Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, Tenn. He served as Department Chair from 1994-2005. He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Northwestern University, and is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Tennessee. Page 25.1266.1 c American Society for
’ science.Computing as... not scienceThe scientific nature of computer science was significantly criticized in the 1990s. McKeeargued that computer scientists are not honest about their work and they are “just acting likescientists and not actually doing science”. For instance, Brooks (1996) wrote that computerscience is a synthetic, engineering discipline. He also argued about the misnaming of computingas a science. Firstly, it leads computer scientists to accept a pecking order where theory isrespected to more than practice. Secondly, it leads them to regard the invention [INCOMPLETEthought]. Thirdly, it leads them to forget the users and their real problems. Fourthly, it directsyoung and brilliant minds towards theoretical subjects. Among the arguments
making under control. Petroski’s response was that predicting the strength andbehavior of engineering structures is not always so simple and well-defined an undertaking as itseems, which he later admitted didn’t seem to change his neighbor’s mind about anything.Petroski then observes that “Engineering has as its principle object not the given world but theworld that engineers themselves create.” suggesting the need to extend the understanding oftechnological literacy / philosophy of engineering to a much broader community.So, what should we do; why should what we do be taken seriously; how can a uniformtechnological literacy / philosophy of engineering message be broadcast; how can we identifyour real audience and influence policy; how does this
Paper ID #25137Don’t Let the Computer Take Your Job – a Framework for Rethinking Cur-riculumDr. Alan Cheville, Bucknell University Alan Cheville studied optoelectronics and ultrafast optics at Rice University, followed by 14 years as a faculty member at Oklahoma State University working on terahertz frequencies and engineering educa- tion. While at Oklahoma State, he developed courses in photonics and engineering design. After serving for two and a half years as a program director in engineering education at the National Science Founda- tion, he took a chair position in electrical engineering at Bucknell University. He
them to engage confidently.The question is how can this reflective thinking be used in the engineering classes? Thetechnological literacy classes do not delve deeply into many concepts yet students seemed tohave better connectivity between major concepts. They also demonstrated a special passion tofollow up their learning and take actions based on advancing their knowledge in their researchand creating their projects in upper level classes. This is interesting, in particular when onethinks about how they clearly did not like the subject to begin with. With all this in mind, wedecided to see how we could bring the same concepts and use of reflective thinking into theengineering classes. There were challenges, but the effort showed successful
Paper ID #25432The Historical Mandate for the Open-Source CommunityMs. Tejita Rajbhandari, Gannon University The author is a student of the Gannon University Computer Science program. She is the VP of STEM Outreach for GUBotDev, an independent company made up of Gannon University students and faculty. She is heavily involved in the use and promotion of Open-Source technology and its benefits to STEM outreach to young up-and-coming engineers. She has also been involved in promoting gender equality in the engineering fields.Mr. Mark Blair, Gannon University The co-author is an instructor at Gannon University Department of
Lafayette Amy S. Van Epps is an associate professor of Library Science and Engineering Librarian at Purdue Uni- versity. She has extensive experience providing instruction for engineering and technology students, including Purdue’s first-year engineering program. Her research interests include finding effective meth- ods for integrating information literacy knowledge into the undergraduate engineering curriculum. Prof. Van Epps has a BA in engineering science from Lafayette College, her MSLS from Catholic University of America, a M.Eng. in Industrial Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and is currently working on her PhD in Engineering Education at Purdue.Dr. Michael Thomas SmithDr. Sorin Adam Matei
Works, Hungry Minds Press, New York, 2001. 8. Byars, N.A., “Technology Literacy Classes: The State of the Art,” J. Engineering Education, pp. 53-61, Jan. 1998. Page 23.199.7 9. Ollis, D. “Installing a Technology Literacy Course: Trials and Tribulations”, Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, June, 2004, UT.10. Dym, C. L. “Engineering Design: A Synthesis of Views”, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England, 1994.11. The National academies press. Science, Evolution, and Creationism. National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Page 47, 2008. http
hisprincipal engineers found it difficult to work together; Sutter’s description of how he managedthese problems should help prepare students for the workplace. In terms of the courses taught bythe author, the primary uses for these passages will be in the first year introductory course (nextoffering in Fall, 2019) and in the upper level engineering problem solving course (next offeringscheduled for Summer, 2019). They would be quite useful with a course for non-majors, and atthe other extreme some may be used in a graduate systems engineering course at a later date.The two samples presented here and the other stories mentioned as having been or being underdevelopment have been planned with specific courses in mind. However, most if not all wouldbe
Paper ID #27344Research on the Element Structure and Cultivation of Engineers’ GeneralAbility in the Chinese ContextMr. Huiming Fan, East China University of Science and Technology I am a lecturer from Institute of Higher Education, East China University of Science and Technology. I got Ph.D. degree from Zhejiang University in 2014. I was also a visiting scholar at the area of University- Industry Collaboration at North Carolina State University from 2012.12-2013.7. My research focuses on engineering education, university-industry collaboration, entrepreneurial university, etc. c American Society
Paper ID #27346Addressing the Differences between Intention and Retention in EngineeringClassrooms: Possible Ways to Design Classes for Students’ Knowledge Re-tention.Neelam Prabhu Gaunkar, Iowa State University Graduate Student in Electrical Engineering with interests in electromagnetism, high-speed systems, sen- sors and engineering education.Dr. Mani Mina, Iowa State University Mani Mina is with the department of Industrial Design and Electrical and Computer Engineering at Iowa State University. He has been working on better understanding of students’ learning and aspects of tech- nological and engineering philosophy
somegaps in the current research that can lead to the development of novel research questions. Thesequestions will inform future research that will contribute to the body of knowledge available onthe role of makerspaces in engineering education.References[1] D. Dougherty, Free to Make: How the Maker Movement Is Changing Our Schools, Our Jobs, and Our Minds. Berkeley: North Atlantic Books, 2016.[2] L. Martin, “The Promise of the Maker Movement for Education,” J. Pre-College Eng. Educ. Res., vol. 5, no. 1, 2015.[3] E. R. Halverson and K. Sheridan, “The Maker Movement in Education,” Harv. Educ. Rev., vol. 84, no. 4, pp. 495–504, 2014.[4] K. A. Smith, S. D. Sheppard, D. W. Johnson, and R. T. Johnson, “Pedagogies of
Paper ID #8687Defining engineering and technological literacies within the framework of lib-eral education: implications for the curriculumDr. John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin John Heywood MA MSc LittD (Dublin) M.Litt (Lanacaster). Professorial Fellow Emeritus of Trinity College – The University of Dublin and formerly Professor and Director of Teacher Education in the University (1977 – 1996). In addition to a higher doctorate he is the holder of a Masters degree in engineering education (MSc). He is a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, a Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Educa- tion, a Senior
Paper ID #12997Understanding the NSF Transforming Undergraduate Engineering Educa-tion Report – Why are Industry and Academic Pathways toward KnowledgeDevelopment at Odds?Prof. Charles Pezeshki, Washington State University Charles (Chuck) Pezeshki is the Director of the Industrial Design Clinic in the School of MME at Wash- ington State University. The Industrial Design Clinic is the primary capstone vehicle for the School and focuses on industrially sponsored projects with hard deliverables that students must complete for gradua- tion. His research area is in knowledge construction as a function of social/relational
Paper ID #23366Improvements in Undergraduate Electromagnetism Courses by DesigningExperiences of Inquiry and ReflectionMiss Neelam Prabhu Gaunkar, Iowa State UniversityDr. Mani Mina, Iowa State University Mani Mina is with the department of Industrial Design and Electrical and Computer Engineering at Iowa State University. He has been working on better understanding of students’ learning and aspects of tech- nological and engineering philosophy and literacy. In particular how such literacy and competency are reflected in curricular and student activities. His interests also include Design and Engineering, the human side
, engineering design methodologies encourageconsideration of a variety of alternative arrangements for subfunctions as well as the particularcomponents employed to achieve functional requirements. This type of work requires anunderstanding of the relation between abstract function and physical structure as well as thecorrespondence between the total system and individual elements. The existence of multipleconcepts for a particular design solution implies that the engineering designer has an abstract orgeneral function in mind which is projected into specific implementations. It can be seen thatabstract thought characterizes this process from understanding the problem through developmentof a particular solution.Similar Thinking but Differing in
, proliferation of addedsubfunctions, and substitution of component operating principles as described by Basalla23.Function-Component-System-Domain PerspectiveThe major themes which describe engineering outlined above are extended to include essentialcharacteristics of technological systems. The emphasis is on the component as the element offunction used by the engineer to create systems. Around this central idea supporting informationis developed. This section provides a summary of each main theme in the Function-Component-System-Domain perspective.1.) Technology created for a function accomplished through form.Technology exists to provide for human needs and solve problems. Technology is engineeredwith some utility, purpose or function in mind
effectively transferred knowledge. It also allows large numbers of people to view andread about relics from the distant to recent past. With these concepts in mind, display cases wereused to exhibit a recently discovered collection of electrical artifacts.Historical BackgroundSince the Technology in World Civilization course was first introduced in the 1999 – 2000academic year, the Engineering & Design Department has experienced significant growth and acouple of name changes. The growth was so dramatic that the Department quickly out grew itscurrent facility. In order to meet the increased student demand, additional classrooms andlaboratories were located in the nearby Science Building.A new facility for the Department along with Computer Science
Paper ID #7951Stimulating Interest in Technological and Engineering Literacy Using a Mul-tidimensional Desktop Virtual Reality FrameworkDr. Magesh Chandramouli, Purdue University, Calumet (Tech) Magesh Chandramouli is currently an Asst. Professor in Computer Graphics Techology at Purdue Univer- sity, Calumet. Earlier, he was a Frederick Andrews Fellow at Purdue University, West Lafayette, where he completed his doctoral studies at the Department of Computer Graphics Technology. He completed his Master of Science from the University of Calgary and his Bachelor of Engineering from the College of Engineering, Guindy, India.Dr
experiences.Dr. Marie C Paretti, Virginia Tech Marie C. Paretti is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she co- directs the Virginia Tech Engineering Communications Center (VTECC). Her research focuses on com- munication in engineering design, interdisciplinary communication and collaboration, design education, and gender in engineering. She was awarded a CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation to study expert teaching in capstone design courses, and is co-PI on numerous NSF grants exploring com- munication, design, and identity in engineering. Drawing on theories of situated learning and identity development, her work includes studies on the teaching and learning of communication
Paper ID #7380First-Year Engineering Students’ Learning of Nanotechnology through anOpen-Ended ProjectKelsey Joy Rodgers, Purdue University, West Lafayette Kelsey Rodgers is currently a graduate student at Purdue University in the School of Engineering Educa- tion. She is part of the Network for Computational Nanotechnology (NCN) research team. She conducts research within the First-Year Engineering Program to help understand what and how students are learning about nanotechnology.Prof. Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette Heidi A. Diefes-Dux is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering
others.”Excerpt 5: “Finally, the issue of whose responsibility is this recycling mess. There is only so far that engineers can carry the burden of e-recycling. They can design recycling-friendly products, use environmentally conscious components, and propose recycling programs, but their companies have to support them in these endeavors. All of these steps cut into an electronic companies bottom line. Competition is tight, and many companies worry that they might lose their edge if they ‘waste’ money on electronic waste. We cannot continue exporting our waste and keeping an ‘out of sight, out of mind’ attitude. I believe that responsible engineers, responsible companies, and effective, enforced
AC 2012-2977: SCIENCE FOR NON-SCIENCE MAJORSDr. Robert M. Brooks, Temple University Robert Brooks is an Associate Professor of civil engineering at Temple University. He is a fellow of ASCE. His research interests are engineering education, civil engineering materials, and transportation engineering.Jyothsna K. S., Jyothsna K. S., Department of English, St.Joseph’s College, Bangalore, eecured a gold medal for the high- est aggregate marks in the Post Graduate English Literature course at St.Joseph’s College (autonomous). K. S. has been working for the Department of English, St.Joseph’s College for almost two years now, teaching both undergraduate and postgraduate courses in English. K. S. has published papers in
. Bereiter, Education and Mind in the Knowledge Age, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Mahwah, NJ, 2002.11. S. Ellis, Talk to Me. 2010. available on-line at http://www.talk2mebook.com.12. Talk to Me Website (2010), available on-line at http://www.talk2mebook.com.13. L.R. McAuliffe, G.W. Ellis, S.K. Ellis, I. Huff, B. McGinnis-Cavanaugh, Mysteries and Heroes: Using Imaginative Education to Engage Middle School Learners in Engineering, Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, Vancouver, BC, June 26-29, 2011.14. D.C. Dennett, Brainstorms: Philosophical Essays on Mind and Psychology, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1981.15. A. Turing, Computing machinery and intelligence, Mind, 59
increasingly popular in recentyears; backward design is a method of design that begins with the end in mind.2 The main principles of this process call for curriculum developers to first determine what students should know and be able to do at the completion of a unit. Great success has been found inthe backward design movement, and teachers are finding opportunities for implementation ofbackward design in their classrooms.3-5In 2002, the International Technology and Engineering Educators Association (ITEEA) updatedtheir earlier published book: Standards for Technological Literacy: Content for the Study ofTechnology (STL).1 This document helped to set forth the expectations, benchmarks, standards,and learning outcomes
, and the difference compared with Group C, university visitors, is statisticallysignificant. The higher score is likely due to the environmental engineering students, many ofwhom are female and are expected to want to do good for society [10]. However, it does notexplain why the environmentally and socially minded secondary school students are notdrawn into engineering.Being a male predicts interest in technology more than being a Scientist or an Idealist. It alsopredicts an interest in engineering studies more than the Scientist orientation. This stronggender-related divide has been found to be typical especially for the economically developedcountries with high levels of gender equality. It has been suggested to relate to the gender
Engineering Education. Practice and Policy. Hoboken, N. J.: IEEE Press, 2016.[19] S. L. Goldman, “The Social Captivity of Engineering,” in Critical Perspectives on Nonacademic Science and Engineering, P. Durbin, Ed. Bethlehem, PA: Lehigh University Press, 1991.[20] J. Krupczak and G. Bassett, “Work in progress: Abstraction as a vector: Distinguishing engineering and science,” in Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE, 2012.[21] J. Trevelyan, The Making of an Expert Engineer. London: CRC Press, 2014.[22] J. Bruner, Actual Minds, Possible Worlds. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1987.[23] C. P. Snow, The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution. London: Cambridge University Press, 1959.[24] R
Paper ID #6619Toward more pragmatic engineering classes: Transformation from tradi-tional to Deweyan classes in technological literacy and competency approachesDr. Mani Mina, Iowa State University Page 23.1254.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 TOWARD MORE PRAGMATIC ENGINEERING CLASSES: TRANSFORMATION FROM TRADITIONAL TO DEWEYAN CLASSES IN TECHNOLOGICAL LITERACY AND COMPETENCY APPROACHES Mani Mina1and Iraj Omidvar2
Engineering EducationAnnual Conference (2010) http://soa.asee.org/paper/conference/paper-view.cfm?id=246665 ibid.6 Bransford, John D., Brown, Ann L., and Cocking, Rodney R., ed., “How People Learn. Brain, Mind, Experience,and School”, National Academy Press, 20007 Willingham, Daniel T, “Why Don’t Students Like School?”, Jossey-Bass, 20098 ibid. Page 22.839.7
currently working towards incorporating writing assignments that enhance students’ critical thinking capabilities. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Assessment of Gregorc Style DelineatorsAbstract Anthony F. Gregorc is a phenomenological researcher who is internationally recognizedfor his work in learning styles. In 1969, with the introduction of his Energic Model of Styles,researchers were provided with a valuable tool for helping individuals gain a betterunderstanding of Self and others. This work evolved into the Mind Styles Model in 1984.Gregorc Style Delineator is based upon a psychologically-formulated matrix of four descriptivewords. Gregorc indicates that there are