Conference Session

Interactive Panel on Perspectives and Practical Skills for Men as Advocates for Gender Equity

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lawrence J. Genalo, Iowa State University; Roger A. Green, North Dakota State University; Beth M Holloway, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Archie L Holmes Jr., University of Virginia; Brian P Kirkmeyer, Miami University; Klod Kokini, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Daniel Lopresti, Lehigh University; Adrienne Minerick, Michigan Technological University; Beena Sukumaran, Rowan University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Leadership Development Division, Minorities in Engineering, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering, Women in Engineering

the participation of minority group members in an organization.1 Particularlywhen a majority group is highly dominant, these barriers pervade recruitment, retention,advancement, and overall climate; diversity suffers, and the overall effectiveness and health ofthe organization is diminished. Academia has a long history of dominance by men. This hasbeen and remains particularly true in engineering, an example where “inequality regimescontinue to be relatively resistant” to change.2There is a growing body of evidence that men and majority individuals can serve crucial roles tosupport the advancement of women within organizations.3-6 Online gender equity advocacyorganizations, such as Men Advocating Real Change (http://onthemarc.org/home) also

Conference Session

The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George D. Ricco, Gonzaga University

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

constructs present within Heidegger’sDiscourse on Thinking,[1] this work aims to further that reflection with an introduction toanother few differences between continental philosophers in the same vein. I had hoped to workwith a Cartesian framework, but the works of the modern continental philosophers is more thanadequate for this short digression.Previous to Heidegger – A Brief Note on Husserl’s Phenomenology Husserl’s Logical Investigations may be the least relevant within this current treatise, so Iwill touch upon them lightly and expand at a later time. Within this work, he outlines hisapproach to consciousness and intentionality. Here we find a divergence from what we may beaccustomed to within engineering education – a classical use of

Conference Session

Promoting Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

. From the National Assessment GoverningBoard (NAGB), engineering literacy is “the ability to solve problems and accomplish goals byapplying the engineering design process.”1 Or, from John Heywood, it “requires that weunderstand how individual’s [sic], organizations and society interact with technology, and thisrequires an appreciation of the values we bring to that understanding.”2 These definitions worktogether to provide a fuller notion of engineering literacy, as recognizing the fact of it as well aswhy it is necessary give us reason and means to becoming engineering literate. Adapting from definitions of technological literacy, from Gramire and Pearson,engineering literacy is, at its core, a broad appreciation of what engineering is