Conference Session

Interactive Panel on Improving the Experiences of Marginalized Students on Engineering Design Teams

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lorelle A Meadows, Michigan Technological University; Denise Sekaquaptewa, University of Michigan; Marie C Paretti, Virginia Tech; Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Debbie Chachra, Olin College of Engineering; Adrienne Minerick, Michigan Technological University

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education, Electrical and Computer, Engineering Libraries, First-Year Programs, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering, Student, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering, Women in Engineering

in Engineering Education (FREE, formerly RIFE, group), whose diverse projects and group members are described at feministengineering.org. She received a CAREER award in 2010 and a PECASE award in 2012 for her project researching the stories of undergraduate engineering women and men of color and white women. She received ASEE-ERM’s best paper award for her CAREER research, and the Denice Denton Emerging Leader award from the Anita Borg Institute, both in 2013. She helped found, fund, and grow the PEER Collaborative, a peer mentoring group of early career and re- cently tenured faculty and research staff primarily evaluated based on their engineering education research productivity. She can be contacted by email at

Conference Session

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

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Krupczak Jr., Hope College; John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin; Carl O. Hilgarth, Shawnee State University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

were required to set up an investigation todetermine as fully as possible the properties and behavior of springs having specific dimensions 8and properties given in the problem statement. “The purpose of the design question was to testthe ability to undertake a design problem and of a similar nature to that facing the student whenpresented with a project. The nature of the problem is of secondary importance and willdetermine the form of the answer” (ref 40 p 32). This type of problem is reasonably common asBall testifies but as he says in the majority of cases the approach could be reversed, “i.e., thedesign of a piece of equipment would call for a device of particular properties and the task of

Conference Session

Technological Literacy

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William R. Loendorf, Eastern Washington University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

participated in these sessions. All of the averageassessment scores by session or short course for all four questions exceeded the good criteria andapproached the excellent category. Since an overall average of 5 for excellent is highly unlikely,average scores of 4.56 and above along with a total average score of 4.67 is very good. It reflectsthat this project promoting technological literacy is meeting its objectives and succeeding.The evaluation tool also offered the opportunity for inputting comments on the session or shortcourse. A number of pertinent comments were received offering further insight into the way thesessions were held, material covered, and possible ways to make improvements. These included: 1. The course was widely informative

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

education and the professions.Researchers in engineering education call for innovative research methodologies to increase diversity in engineeringeducation. My unique new materialist and arts-based research project explores the intersections of race, gender,history, STEM education, and the arts, and is guided by the principles of culturally responsive methodologies. I usethis work-in-progress to better understand how the film Hidden Figures affected the public’s understanding ofscience, technology, engineering, and mathematics education and the professions. My purpose is to uncover andshare additional hidden stories about Black women’s experiences in engineering education and the professionstoday, but also to demonstrate a different methodological

Conference Session

Promoting Technological Literacy

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sean P. Brophy, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Thalia Anagnos, San Jose State University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

“specialists” working together to obtain significantimpact towards defined education and outreach goals.Large-scale research centers face the challenge of integrating the EOT operation into the generalframework of the research enterprise rather than running an ancillary EOT project to fulfill acontractual agreement specified by the funding agency. One model is to concentrate education Page 24.843.2programs on the research potential of the graduate students and post-doctoral scholars working atthe facility. This model emphasizes the production of new knowledge related to the ongoingresearch conducted at the sites. As illustrated in Figure 1, the

Conference Session

Dimensions of Engineering Literacy and Engineering in General Education

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yuetong Lin, Indiana State University; A. Mehran Shahhosseini, Indiana State University; M. Affan Badar, University of Sharjah & Indiana State University

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Diversity

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

Technology.Dr. A. Mehran Shahhosseini, Indiana State University A. Mehran Shahhosseini is an Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Engineering and Tech- nology Management at Indiana State University. He has published over 45 articles in different journals and conference proceedings. He has served as an investigator for research projects sponsored by National Science Foundation, Ford Motor Company, and the US Army. Before working at Indiana State Univer- sity, he was a faculty in the University of Louisville for 10 years. He also has over four years of industrial experience. He received his D.Eng. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Lamar University (USA) in 1999, M.Sc. in Materials Engineering from Isfahan

Conference Session

The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Karlin, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Cheryl Allendoerfer, University of Washington; Rebecca A Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Dan Ewert, North Dakota State University; Ronald R Ulseth P.E., Itasca Community College

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

international colleagues. He has a broad background in mechanical and electrical engineering, and physiology with specific training and expertise. His work includes mod- eling the cardiovascular system, ventricular assist devices, cardiac physiology, instrumentation systems and leadless cardiac pacing. He help developed and was the inaugural director of a project-based-learning engineering curriculum. He is now involved in discovery-based-learning on multi-disciplinary teams.Mr. Ronald R Ulseth, Itasca Community College Ron Ulseth directs and instructs in the Iron Range Engineering program in Virginia, Minnesota and he teaches in the Itasca Community College engineering program in Grand Rapids, MN. He was instrumental in

Conference Session

Promoting Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet L. Gbur, Case Western Reserve University; Daniela Solomon, Case Western Reserve University

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Diversity

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

Paper ID #14882Promoting Technical Standards Education in EngineeringMiss Janet L. Gbur, Case Western Reserve University Janet L. Gbur is a Doctoral Candidate at Case Western Reserve University in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. She obtained a B.S. in Biology/Pre-Medicine at Kent State University and a B.E. in Materials Engineering and M.S.E. in Mechanical Engineering both from Youngstown State University. During her time at CWRU, she has mentored numerous high school and undergraduate student research projects that have focused on the mechanical characterization of wires used in biomedical

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

. He has additional appoint- ments in the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life and the Center for Engineering Education and Outreach at Tufts. His current engineering education research interests focus on community engagement, service-based projects and examining whether an entrepreneurial mindset can be used to further engi- neering education innovations. He also does research on the development of reuse strategies for waste materials.Dr. Nathan E. Canney, CYS Structural Engineers Inc. Dr. Canney conducts research focused on engineering education, specifically the development of social responsibility in engineering students. Other areas of interest include ethics, service learning, and sus- tainability

Conference Session

The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Goodman, University of Colorado, Denver; Jean Hertzberg, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Diversity

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

Professor of Mechanical Engineering at CU-Boulder. She teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in measurement techniques, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, design and computer tools. She has pioneered a spectacular course on the art and physics of flow visualization, and is conducting research on the impact of the course with respect to visual perception and educational outcomes. Her disciplinary research centers around pulsatile, vortex dominated flows with applications in both combustion and bio-fluid dynamics. She is also interested in a variety of flow field measurement techniques. Current projects include electrospray atomization of jet fuel and velocity and vorticity in human cardiac ventricles and

Conference Session

New Approaches and Applications to Enhance Technological Literacy - Part I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mani Mina, Iowa State University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

 in  critical  thinking,  in  mathematical  reasoning  and  analysis,  a  firm  grounding  in  scientific  and  engineering  methodologies  and  knowledge  to  address  the  complex,  multidisciplinary,  and  multidimensional  problems  that  humanity  faces  now  and  will  in  the  future.  Of  course,  educators  in  all  fields  are  actively  trying  to  change  and  be  more  effective.  However,  most  engineering  schools  have  not  gone  through  fundamental  changes  since  1970’s.    Although  engineering  is  fundamentally  pragmatic,  hands-­‐on,  and  project  and  application  driven,  engineering  education  has  been  drifting  away  from  that  approach  since  1970-­‐80s.      By  the  end  of  1980’s  most  major

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

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Institutionalizing Ethics: Historical Debates Surrounding IEEE’s 1974 Code of Ethics Contribution to the special session “Non-canonical Canons in Engineering Ethics”IntroductionConsider this case. Three engineers work for a governmental department which oversees theconstruction of a large-scale public transit system. Having participated in the project for anumber of years, they find serious problems in the management and deployment of theengineering work, which have led to a waste of public funds and pose a threat to the safety ofcommuters. After reporting their concerns to their direct managers, they receive only vagueresponses and witness no

Conference Session

Developing Technological Literacy in Students

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Elizabeth Milonas, NYC College of Technology - City University of New York

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

dilemma andpossible solutions [27]. Likewise, Jones [28] believes that to bring awareness to key ethicalissues, these issues should be discussed in every computer course throughout the curriculum.Jones[28] suggests that it is important that students learn the technical aspects of the computertopic and the ethical issues related to that topic. Like Quinn [26], Jones [28] suggests the use ofethics-related projects tailored to the computer topic covered. Chowdhury [29] also agrees withQuinn [26], Metcalf et al. [27], and Jones [28], and suggests embedding ethical and moral issuesthroughout the computer curriculum. Chowdhury [29] recommends the use of role-play, drama,simulation, educational games, debates, discussions, projects, group work and other

Conference Session

Engineering and Technological Literacy: Past and Future

Collection

2012 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

technological risks and benefits.In the area of capabilities, majors are expected to reach a much higher level. Majors areexpected to be able to be useful members of project teams which will design, build, and managecomplex technological systems. The curriculum and the related program learning objectives inan engineering or engineering technology degree program can be linked to a specific list ofcapabilities.With experience, our graduates are expected to be able to lead project teams and manage large,complex engineering projects. To do this, they need the capabilities associated with their major.They also need attributes listed here in the areas of knowledge and ways of thinking and acting.Expectations for majors will be different, at least for some

Conference Session

Technological Literacy for Undergraduate Students

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Krupczak, Hope College; Kate A. Disney, Mission College

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

artifacts is alsoconsidered part of technology.Other parallel efforts have also developed educational standards and benchmarks to define whatK-12 students need to know and be able to do regarding engineering and technology. In 1993,the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) published, Project 2061:Benchmarks for Science Literacy6 and in 1996 the National Science Education Standards werepublished by the National Academies Press7, both of these documents included sections devotedto technology. In 2000 the International Technology Education Association (ITEA) publishedStandards for Technological Literacy: Content for the Study of Technology8 of the goal ofwhich was to encourage educational curricula that would provide technological

Conference Session

Non-Canonical Canons of Engineering Ethics

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna M Riley, Virginia Tech; Yanna Lambrinidou, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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

government agencies. In 2010, Dr. Lambrinidou co-conceived the graduate level engineering ethics course ”Engi- neering Ethics and the Public,” which she has been co-teaching to students in engineering and science. She is co-Principal Investigator on a National Science Foundation (NSF) research and education project developing an ethnographic approach to engineering ethics education. Page 26.322.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Canons against Cannons? Social Justice and the Engineering Ethics ImaginaryAbstractWhat if social

Conference Session

TELPhE Division Technical Session 1: Expanding Technological and Engineering Literacies

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

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

share much in common with engineering, particularly in terms ofjob functions following graduation [21] such as project management; in both degree programsgraduates are trained to work with contingent problems. Two other degree programs are worthmentioning in terms of their need to deal with contingent problems and in which practitionersoften operate on heuristics rather than rules: teaching and nursing. Until fairly recently thesewere considered primarily occupations that women went into which associated them with lowerstatus than engineering or management given historical belief systems. However, the wayscontingent knowledge is used to manage highly contextualized problems is similar.An in-depth comparison of the educational methods used by

Conference Session

Promoting Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth W. Van Treuren, Baylor University

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Diversity

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

outside theirmajors.One way to promote engineering and liberal arts is to use projects with an innovative andentrepreneurial emphasis.32 Students are challenged by big questions that are open ended andthat allows them to pursue creative solutions, typically in capstone projects. This helps studentsto see their engineering education in the global context.Another way to integrate engineering and liberal arts is to develop minors such as “TechnologyManagement and Policy” that is available at the University of Virginia.33 As an interdisciplinaryminor, it is open to all undergraduates. This program helped engineering students find relevantliberal arts courses that are a vital component of a professional study. If these courses areimportant for a minor

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

contributions to society shown or hinted?The process of film content analysis is usually based on the intersection of two analyticalapproaches: the content analysis and the discourse analysis. The traditional content analysismethodologies, which is a study of recorded human communications, have been in use inhumanities and social sciences for over three decades23 and are well developed and documented.Their use, however, in this project has to be adjusted to take into account the visual nature of theresearched materials. Recent advances in visual communication analysis24 offer some guidanceon how these approaches can be used in analysis of a dynamic medium, such as film.While the traditional content analysis provides a summarizing, quantitative

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Technological Literacy

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Marjan Eggermont, University of Calgary

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Diversity

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

Paper ID #28845Small Teaching via Bloom’sDr. Marjan Eggermont, University of Calgary Dr. Marjan Eggermont is a Teaching Professor and faculty member at the University of Calgary in the Mechanical and Manufacturing department of the Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary. She co-founded and designs ZQ, an online journal to provide a platform to showcase the nexus of science and design using case studies, news, and articles. As an instructor, she was one of the recipients of The Allan Blizzard Award, a Canadian national teaching award for collaborative projects that improve student learning in 2004. In 2005

Conference Session

Objectives, Assessment, and Methods for Teaching Technological Literacy

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert J. Gustafson, Ohio State University; John Krupczak, Hope College; James F. Young, Rice University, Electrical & Computer Engineering; Mani Mina, Iowa State University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

educationalobjectives and outcomes for minors, courses or similar programs which can be used byengineering units to develop programs for technological literacy of non-engineers at thecollegiate level. Four institutions with varying approaches in this area collaborated for this workas part of a larger NSF supported project. Working definitions for Educational Objectives,Outcomes, Assessment and Evaluation are established to support the work. Available objectivesand outcomes from the literature, which would be pertinent to this audience, were used asprimary sources. The project team prioritized statements from these sources for how they wouldapply to the intended audience of non-engineering, college-level students in the context ofofferings from an engineering

Conference Session

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

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ulan Dakeev, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Reg Recayi Pecen, Sam Houston State University; Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; Shah Alam P.E., Texas A&M University, Kingsville

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

competition promoting clean transportation technologies in US waters. He was recognized as an Advisor of the Year Award nominee among 8 other UNI faculty members in 2010- 2011 academic year Leadership Award Ceremony. Dr. Pecen received a Milestone Award for outstanding mentoring of graduate students at UNI, and recognition from UNI Graduate College for acknowledging the milestone that has been achieved in successfully chairing ten or more graduate student culminating projects, theses, or dissertations, in 2011 and 2005. He was also nominated for 2004 UNI Book and Supply Outstanding Teaching Award, March 2004, and nominated for 2006, and 2007 Russ Nielson Service Awards, UNI. Dr. Pecen is an Engineering Tech- nology

Conference Session

Promoting Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan G. Dimitriu, University of Texas at San Antonio; Mehdi Shadaram P.E., University of Texas, San Antonio

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Diversity

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

conference proceedings. He has been either PI or Co-PI for numerous grants and contracts, totaling more than $10 million in the past 15 years. NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Science Foundation, Office of Naval Research, Department of Defense, Department of Education, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Texas Instruments and Lucent Technologies have funded his research projects. He is the recipient of the excellence in engineering research award at the College of Engineering at UTSA in 2010; the best teacher award in the College of Engineering at UTEP in 1994 and NASA monetary award for contribution to the space exploration. He has been the General Chair, Session Chair, TPC Chair, and Panelist in several

Conference Session

Defining and Refining Technological and Engineering Literacy

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Krupczak, Hope College; Gregory Bassett

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

, 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

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

)?       2. Having  a  philosophical  basis  for  our  actions  as  engineering  educators,  we  need  to   address  the  following  issues     a. To  train  the  flexible  future  engineers,  they  need  to  have  ample   opportunities  to  reflect     b. Reflections  need  to  be  included  in  curricula  as  constructive  elements  in  the   lectures,  team  work,  and  projects     i. Considerable  attention  and  monitoring  by  the  educators  is   essential  for  enriching  the  reflective  practices

Conference Session

Engineering and Technological Literacy: Past and Future

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Krupczak, Hope College; John W. Blake P.E., Austin Peay State University; Kate A. Disney, Mission College; Carl O. Hilgarth, Shawnee State University; Randy Libros, Community College of Philadelphia; Mani Mina, Iowa State University; Steven R. Walk, Old Dominion University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

of those providing the resources to carry out the project. Incarcerated individualsmight be compelled to create a particular technological device with no knowledge of theintended use of that device. If the device functioned as intended and met all specified designrequirements it would be difficult to argue that the creators were not engineering literate.However without knowledge about why the particular design requirements were chosen, andwhat use the device served, it could be said that the prisoner-engineers did not fully understandthe technology and were therefore not technologically literate.Evolution or Change Over TimeIt may be helpful to consider how the understanding of engineering or technology may evolve orchange over time. It can

Conference Session

Innovations in Promoting Technological Literacy I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lawrence E. Whitman, Wichita State University; Mandy C. Phelps, Wichita State University; Karen V. Reynolds, Wichita State University; Barbara S. Chaparro Ph.D.

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

, 2012 Assessing Technological Literacy of Middle School StudentsAbstractProject Lead the Way (PLTW) is a rigorous and relevant pre-engineering curriculumimplemented in middle schools and high schools throughout the United States. PLTW has ahands-on approach using activities and project-based learning. The College of Engineering atWichita State University has partnered with three local school districts to implement the PLTWprogram to increase interest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).This study begins to assess the impact of the PLTW program on student perceptions and attitudestoward engineering and technology as part of an ongoing three-year assessment.A pre- and post-assessment were administered to middle

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

closer look at the topic, “What does history tell us about globalwarming’s potential consequences for people?” The students are asked to familiarize themselveswith the technical jargon (e.g. climatic systems, green house gases, climate models,anthropogenic climate change, ice-albedo feedback, intergovernmental panel on climate change)through extensive reading of science newspaper articles. Projected carbon dioxide levels for thenext two decades are worked out in the class using qualitative and quantitative reasoning.Students are taught that 1) several decades of valuable time has already been lost (time lag) inacting on solutions on global warming; 2) fossil fuel burning has caused irreversibleconsequence of global warming; 3) the global warming

Conference Session

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

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder

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Diversity

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

orneeded help. She always respected my opinion and listened to any problem I had.”)Giving and Receiving KindnessThose who give kindness reap benefits in their feelings of well-being [45]. So providing studentsopportunities to give kindness to others may be impactful. There are examples of this throughservice-learning activities [46] and through acts of intentional kindness [45]. An ideas that fitsinto more traditional engineering courses with team projects includes requesting that teammatesgive a few elements of positive feedback to their peers. In most engineering settings the normappears to be that good behavior is not commented upon because it is expected. That means thatpeople are more often given critiques or negative feedback. Intentionally

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

material. A first course in thermodynamics, for example, is expected to cover certainmaterial. On successful completion of the course students are expected to be able to demonstrateknowledge of this material by solving problems. As students move through the degree program,they are expected to demonstrate competence in labs and in project work.There are aspects of engineering and technology that are not well represented in this process. Inclasses that emphasize using specific tools to solve specific problems, evaluation is often basedon set-piece problems. Students will know going in that they will be evaluated on materialcovered or applied in the course and that they will be given sufficient information to apply thetools from the course to solve