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

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

broader impacts goals. For example, a module aimed at 5th to 9th grade students demonstrates the behavior of piles in improved and unimproved clays23. Another research project developed a full online course on wood design with virtual laboratories aimed at undergraduate and graduate students, and practicing professionals16, 17. These curriculum and learning materials illustrate the potential of earthquake engineering as a context for learning and demonstrate how research can be integrated with and used to support formal education.Informal Education Informal settings such as museums offer excellent venues for communicating social, cultural and scientific information, correcting misconceptions, and transforming attitudes and

Conference Session

The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mani Mina, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

  21 Century,  Rising  Above  the  Gathering  Storm:  Energizing  and  Employing  America  for  a  Brighter   st   Economic  Future.  Washington,  D.C.,  National  Academies  Press  (2005).     4. Duderstadt,  J.  J.,  Engineering  for  a  Changing  World:  A  Roadmap  to  the  Future  of  Engineering   Practice,  Research,  and  Education.  Ann  Arbor,  Michigan,  University  of  Michigan  Press,  (2007).     5. Boyer,  E.  ,  Reinventing  Undergraduate  Education  (The  Boyer  Commission  Report).  New  York:   Carnegie  Foundation  (2001).     6. Clough,  G.  W.  (Chair),  The  Engineer  of  2020:  Visions  of  Engineering  in  the  New  Century.  National   Academy  of

Conference Session

The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Cheville, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

theme that emerges with the increased importance of science is that creativity andresearch become the pinnacle of engineering work. Thus engineering education should focus on:“…the development of able and responsible men fully competent to practice on a professionalplane, especially those who will eventually lead the profession to new heights of accomplishmentthrough creative practice or research.” The Grinter report defines the distinctive aspects ofengineering curricula to be creative: “Education directed toward the creative and practicalphases of economic design, involving analysis, synthesis, development, and engineeringresearch”. Compared with the Mann report, the Grinter report is more prescriptive when itcomes to the engineering

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

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

Paper ID #9030Using Multiple Methods to Promote Technological LiteracyDr. William R Loendorf, Eastern Washington University William R. Loendorf is a Full Professor, Emeritus of Engineering & Design at Eastern Washington Uni- versity. He obtained his B.Sc. in Engineering Science at the University of Wisconsin - Parkside, M.S. in Electrical Engineering at Colorado State University, M.B.A. at the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management, and Ph.D. in Engineering Management at Walden University. He holds a Professional En- gineer license and has 30 years of industrial experience as an Engineer or Engineering Manager at