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

on the Status of Women at Purdue in recognition of outstanding efforts on behalf of women (2007). In 2008, he received the ASME Johnson and Johnson Consumer Companies Medal, for his ”unwavering commitment to diversity”.Dr. Daniel Lopresti, Lehigh University Daniel Lopresti received his bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth in 1982 and his Ph.D. in computer science from Princeton in 1987. After completing his doctorate, he joined the Department of Computer Science at Brown and taught courses ranging from VLSI design to computational aspects of molecular biology and conducted research in parallel computing and VLSI CAD. He went on to help found the Matsushita Information Technology Laboratory in Princeton, and later also

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

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

systems. At Baylor University, he teaches courses in laboratory techniques, fluid mechanics, energy systems, and propulsion systems, as well as freshman engineering. Research interests include renewable energy to include small wind turbine aerodynamics and experimental convective heat transfer as applied to HVAC and gas turbine systems. Page 26.598.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 ENCOURAGING STUDENTS TO SEE THE ROLE OF SERVICE COURSES IN THEIR MAJORAbstractMany departments are involved with service courses which support both their programs andother

Conference Session

The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Krupczak, National Science Foundation; Mani Mina, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

permanent magnetic field. Figure 2 conveys the types of materials provided and the designobjective to provide comparable function using other forms.In completing this process, students were not told about the assignment ahead of time. Also theywere restricted to the laboratory without access to the internet. These restrictions were used toprevent students from looking online for the design of a speaker using basic components andthen replicating that design. The intent was to require students to think through the designprocess and to use the idea of “form follows function” to develop a unique design.Some examples of completed speakers designed and built by students are shown in Figure 3. Inthe group of 29 students tested all were able to design and

Conference Session

The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George D. Ricco, Gonzaga University, Spokane

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

endeavour. At first, one may betempted to categorize the enterprise of engineering and science into one that contains massivedistractions by the nature of their existing. For instance, the structure of universities, laboratories,industrial complexes, and even the clutter basement or garage of an armchair practitioner, cancontain reinforce thoughtlessness. Another example, is that the process of either science ofengineering, both of which being built upon previous works, in itself could engender humanpractitioners only concerned with furthering a particular line of work and not actively thinkingwhile undertaking such work. Page 26.1314.9

Conference Session

The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mani Mina, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

throughout the curriculum. Many faculty are aware of this and try to overcomethe issue by reviewing important material. However, there is little connection from the students’perspective. The facts, equations, and manipulations are presented to the students with manydifferent nomenclatures. The loads of the engineering classes are heavy and there are manyproblem sets, laboratory reports and other activities during the week. Students claim that theyjust move into a problem solving mode and make sure they do what has to be done. This wastrue for the freshman engineering class (EE1) as well as for the electromagnetism class (EE3).In the engineering classes, when we focused on reflective leaning and provided fast feedback,and connected the material and

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

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

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

University. Adrienne’s research interests include electrokinetics, predominantly di-electrophoretic characterizations of cells, and the development of biomedical microdevices. She earned aNSF CAREER award and was nominated for Michigan Professor of the Year in 2014. Research within herMedical micro-Device Engineering Research Laboratory (M.D. – ERL) also inspires the development ofDesktop Experiment Modules (DEMos) for use in chemical engineering classrooms or as outreach activi-ties in area schools (see www.mderl.org). Adrienne is currently co-Chair of ASEE’s Diversity Committeeand PIC I Chair; she has previously served on WIED, ChED, and NEE leadership teams and contributedto 37 ASEE conference proceedings articles