Conference Session

Defining and Refining Technological and Engineering Literacy

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen T Frezza, Gannon University; Richard W. Moodey, Gannon University; David Arthur Nordquest, Gannon University; Krishnakishore Pilla P.E., Gannon University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

original group attempt to persuade controllers of resourcesto support their project, market products, etc., they are agents of socialization.The point of these phases is to recognize that individuals produce candidate claims forknowledge, and these candidates become knowledge once they are endorsed by the appropriatecommunity using agreed upon standards. (9) The importance of the different stages is two-fold:first to recognize the importance of the inner mental state of a single individual, and tounderstand the difficulties this presents with respect to the certainty with which one can assertthat someone actually ‘knows’ something. Among philosophers, this has led to “devisingdoomed criteria by which we can determine whether an individual uttering

Conference Session

Engineering Literacy: Champions of Engineering in General Education

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John R. Reisel, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

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Diversity

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

. Hilgarth, R. Libros, M. Mina, and S.R. Walk,“Defining Engineering and Technological Literacy,” 2012 ASEE Annual Conference, Paper No.AC 2012-5100. San Antonio, TX. (2012)2. AAAS. Project 2061: Benchmarks for Science Literacy, American Association for theAdvancement of Science, Oxford University Press. (1993)3. NAE. Changing the Conversation: Messages for Improving the Public Understanding ofEngineering. Committee on Public Understanding of Engineering Messages. National Academyof Engineering. Washington, D.C., National Academies Press. (2008)4. D. Klein, and R. Balmer, “Liberal Arts and Technological Literacy,” 2006 ASEE AnnualConference, Paper No. 2006-912, Chicago, IL. (2006)5. International Technology Education Association, Standards for

Conference Session

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

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

instruction becomes part of instruction; there may be significant advantages to thisshift. It also seems evident that rising costs, changes in the workforce due to technology willinevitably necessitate a re-envisioning of both curriculum and the partnerships universitiesneed to pursue to adapt to these changes. It is unlikely that universities will becomeredundant but they will inevitably change.Bibliography[1] J. H. Newman, The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin. Project Gutenberg, 1852.[2] Committee on Understanding the Engineering Education-Workforce Continuum, “Understanding the Educational and Career Pathways of Engineers,” National Academy Press, Washington

Conference Session

The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Heywood, Trinity College, Dublin

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

. Similarly it can provide a valuable introduction to critical thinking. The studentteachers in this project were introduced to dimensions of that debate.All of these activities required planning, implementation and two kinds of evaluation. The first, fromthe tests they had designed and evaluated. The second, from reflections on the exercise undertaken atvarious stages in the process. These are key skills required in industry.CommentTrevelyan proposed that engineering students should be required to teach their peers and that thiswould help them acquire some of the skills they are said to lack in the industrial situation. I have triedto develop this notion in terms of teaching high school students as well as their peers. I have

Conference Session

Promoting Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William R. Loendorf, Eastern Washington University; Terence Geyer, Eastern Washington University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

students attention and boost their interest(Loendorf20, 2012).In 2008, a project was initiated to enhance the practical connections or hands-on aspects of pasttechnologies by adding some active learning components to these technical literacy lessons(Loendorf & Geyer21, 2008). The traditional lectures were modified to include briefdemonstrations of ancient technologies along with controlled exercises requiring studentinvolvement and participation. The recreation of ancient and other historical artifacts (Loendorf,Geyer, & Richter24, 2013) also included the building of scale models using the technologies ofthe period.The collections of recreated artifacts, scale models, along with donated or purchased antiquesgrew rapidly to the point of

Conference Session

The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; John Heywood, Trinity CollegeDublin, The University of Dublin

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Diversity

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

students for jobs or as an individual Utilitarian Liberal Students as the least powerful members of academia need safe spaces to be themselves as Sharing Security well as spaces to engage with faculty in order to grow and develop. What we provide students as projects often does Actual Students and Societal Impact not match the lofty language we use to discuss Impact Student

Conference Session

The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Cheville, Bucknell University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

when thestudent has passed a satisfactory examination on these fundamental principles and their variousnon-technical applications is he permitted to work on engineering projects.” (p. 58). Howeverthe report questions this approach, defining the value of practical work early in the curriculum:“Practical engineering work is essential for the freshman not only because it appeals to hisprofessional ambition, arouses his enthusiasm, and gives him training in practice, but alsobecause it helps him to master the theoretical work more fully and more quickly.” (p. 88).Despite the emphasis on practice, engineering programs are distinguished from the moreapprentice-based model of medicine and law by their academic character: “In engineering, onthe other

Conference Session

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Soheil Fatehiboroujeni, Indiana-Purdue University; Donna M. Riley, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

Paper ID #26007The Logic of Decision Making in Engineering Design: An Examination of De-sign Theories From A Logical Point of ViewDr. Soheil Fatehiboroujeni, Indiana-Purdue University Soheil FatehiBoroujeni received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Merced in 2018. As a postdoctoral researcher at Purdue University, School of Engineering Education, Soheil is working on a multi-institutional project characterizing governance processes related to change in engineering education, and pursuing other research interests in epistemology and design, among other philosophical topics in engineering