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

your hand along with how it felt like a natural extension of your body. In many ways,these tools actually felt like they were ready to work. Students need to be exposed to, and madeaware of, how a technology works before they can move on to actually recreating them.The third phase, which was just recently implemented (Loendorf, Geyer, & Richter16, 2013)involves the actual student recreation of ancient and other historical artifacts. In order to make itpractical scale models of ancient technologies were created. This process could then be expandedto replicate technologies that are of a more recent nature over time. The challenge is how to fitthese projects into a lecture based course. Without a laboratory segment for the course, each

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

. Page 24.843.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Large-Scale Geographically-Distributed Research Center Education, Outreach, and Training: Lessons from 5 years of Collaborative Design, Development and ImplementationAbstractThe George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Summation (NEES) completesits tenth year of operation in September 2014. The NEES Center consists of a network of 14large-scale experimental laboratories that collaborate and share resources in support of researchto inform civil engineering practice and reduce losses from future earthquakes. Since thedevelopment of the center in 2003, the education, outreach and training (EOT) program hasgrown

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

 theoretical  and  less  practical  elements  of  engineering  education .      Until  recently,  most  engineering  programs  were  happy  to  have  packed  and  information-­‐pleasing  curricula  based  on  physics,  mathematical  foundations,  and  problem-­‐solving  exercises  based  on  theoretical  aspects.    The  more  such  classes  were  added  to  the  curricula,  the  less  space  was  allowed  to  open  design  and  design  iteration  activities.    Students  tended  to  spend  more  time  and  focus  on  instructional  laboratories  and  procedures,  and  less  on  building  and  designing  challenges.      This  model  worked  very  well  for  technician  training.  So,  it  seemed  to  be  useful  for  engineering  training.    The

Conference Session

Promoting Technological Literacy

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Heywood, Trinity College-Dublin

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

experiences in the mini projects in a provided) more substantial creative activity in which all the skills acquired could be utilised.Exhibit 2. The projects in order of their completion. 9 & 10 as planned are not included because they werenot completed. Reproduced from Owen, S and J. Heywood (1990) Transition technology in Ireland.International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 1 (1), 21 – 32. The evaluation includes a dailyaccount of what happened on the course. 12 males and 12 females in the age range 16 – 18 completed thethree week program which was completed in a custom built laboratory financed by the Irish

Conference Session

The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

isfocused on engineering and technological literacy.Some of the courses shown in the model were developed and trialled but “politics” intervenedand brought the work to a halt. An independent evaluation of the work was carried out byProfessor Dr Heiko Steffens of the Technical University of Berlin [22] but other studies werealso completed that were published (see below). The design follows Whitehead’s three stagesbut assumes students will experience other complete cycles in each of the stages.The first stage of romance is characterised by short intensive course in manufacturingtechnology and materials and processes in a custom built laboratory. The course designed andimplemented by Owen took place over two weeks, the students being in attendance for

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

professional level. above. of an engineering technologist. Career Goals • Research • Hardware design/development • Drafter • Conceptual design • Product analysis/development • Laboratory operations • System synthesis/development • System operation • System maintenance • Product innovation • Process management • Machine operations • Operations management • Technical sales and services • Data collectionFigure 2: A partial re-creation of