are better prepared to assume an ethical and technical role in the business environment. Prior to her academic position, Dr. Milonas worked as a database administrator where she realized that technical expertise is only part of the skill set needed to succeed in a business setting. Her research focuses on the mechanisms used to organize big data in search result pages of major search engines. In addition, she is conducting research related to techniques for incorporating ethics in computer curriculum specifically in data science curriculum. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 How Do We “Raise” Ethically Minded Computer Students?Abstract Intelligent technology
has taught in the Department of Philosophy and Religion since 2002. She became Director of the First Year Seminar Program in 2012. She received a ThD in Hebrew Bible/Old Testament from Harvard University. She received her MA from Luther Seminary in Old Testament and a BA from Capital University in both History and Religion. Her areas of specialization include the history of biblical interpretation and the role of the Bible in culture Page 26.1153.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Minding the Gap: How engineering can contribute to a liberal
may be more universally achievable. Kindness avoids setting up ahierarchy. There are not ‘victims’. We don’t need to understand the particulars of circumstancesand sit in judgement. Kindness is also associated with the positive emotions of happiness andjoy, in contrast with compassion [27]. Further discussion of the affordances of kindness as amodel for engineering are discussed after the literature survey process.Connections between kindness and other concepts that resulted from an attempt to summarizethe literature are shown in Figure 1. While certainly not exhaustive, keeping these relationshipsin mind is helpful.Figure 1. Concept map for kindnessLiteratureA number of publications discuss the idea of kindness and the related concepts of
in the paper Mind the Gaps:Engineering Education and Practice, [12]. Speaking to the “misalignment between engineeringeducation and practice” the author makes clear that a “Technical problem-solving model cannotexplain practice” and that engineers can only change the world “. . . if they also deliver theartefacts represented by their problem solutions and designs.”Engineering education urgently needs to revisit how Science, Engineering and Technology areordered and especially how practicing engineers are essential to R&D programs. Practitionersare empowered with an acute awareness of what is commercially practical as to materials,manufacturing processes, and how to employ what is available to be able to create what wasunavailable
societywhere those projects exist. Related, Rowena “wanted to understand a little bit more about theway they [engineers] think.” By understanding how they think, she explained, we can bettercomprehend, as Marley also said, “how to use engineering to solve social problems.” When asked about how the course met their expectations, the students responded with agreat deal of focus on how Citizen Engineering helped expand notions of engineering to includenon-engineers’ stakes in engineering projects. Marley was clear about this: “Learning aboutengineering, citizen engineering, will allow me to go into general engineering subjects with moreof a mind toward citizens, not engineers and non experts. More of a willingness to cooperatewith them directly on
dealingwith real world technological issues.For the past 20 years the principal author has taught a course, ―The Environment,‖ to non-engineering and non-science majors as a science core requirement. In Fall 2007 a section of thiscourse was taught using the traditional lecture method. In the other sections of the course,methods for improving the technological literacy of these students were developed. Four bestpractices were selected from these methods and taught to an experimental group in summer2010. The best practices are: (1) learning from three hands on and minds on labs, (2) use ofcharts and equations, (3) making students familiar with the top 20 bench mark numbers used inthe industry, and (4) acquiring knowledge about the commercial
technical trades exploit physicallaws of the universe, which is in his mind far easier than developing new physical laws orinterpretations of physical laws. The interpretation of why the modern engineer is viewed the way he is has beendiscussed in multiple venues, but the work of Bix takes a philosophical approach. He argues thatduring and after World War Two, the genesis of the engineer as product became paramount. Oneway he supports this is through the development of the modern engineering pathway – aprecursor to the often discussed pipeline problem in today’s engineering colleges. Colleges anduniversities shortened the length of their degrees, identified shortages in local defense industriesand filled them, and provided specialized
Paper ID #23287Technological Literacy, Engineering Literacy, Engineers, Public Officials andthe PublicDr. John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin John Heywood is professorial Fellow Emeritus of Trinity College Dublin- The University of Dublin. he is a Fellow of ASEE and Life Fellow of IEEE. He has special interest in education for the professions and the role of professions in society. He is author of Engineering Education. Research and Development in Curriculum and Instruction ( IEEE/Wiley). he has a longstanding interest in the public understanding of engineering and science, technological and engineering literacy and is co
can see this worked out in Kallenberg’s [22] approach tothe teaching of ethics to engineering students, and we can also see that by substation of theengineering examples it is a more general application of design as knowledge. As both Kallenburgand Koen point out in any area of thought and practice that is ‘messy’ heuristics are valuable.Exercise 3. Student activity in relation to teaching decision making and its outcomesI had neither of these things in mind when I asked my students to design and implement a lesson toevaluate the merits of Wales and Stager’s design/problem solving heuristic for teaching decisionmaking. This heuristic was widely discussed by engineering educators in the nineteen seventies (Eckand Wilhelm, 1979 [23]; Heywood[24
Latin, had greater “transfer” value than others in facilitating learning. Forexample, Latin would help people think more rigorously, thus a student wishing to enterOxbridge should demonstrate proficiency in Latin in the entrance examination. John HenryNewman wrote to his sister Jemima in 1845, predating faculty psychology- “The great pointis to open men’s minds – to educate them-and make them logical it does not matter what thesubject is, which you use for this purpose. If you will make them think in politics you willmake them think in religion”. In the twenty first century Brad J. Kallenburg showed howreasoning in design is analogous with reasoning in ethics, and how the design paradigm canbe a means of bringing engineering ethics into
. The mini-wave flume has been speciallydesigned to facilitate engineering literacy. Engineering literacy is defined as a “person [who] isable to understand the relationships between parts and the whole, uses models for representingconcepts, and applies knowledge to solve problems in our [lives]” viii. Knowing about engineersand engineer training, and engineer “habits of mind” ix could aid citizens in public policydiscourse and decision making by consumers x. However, despite efforts in engineeringeducation, the majority of Americans have little to no understanding of what engineers do andwhy it is important to our society xi. The mini-flume activity allows participants to experiencehow civil engineers involved in coastal engineering work
several private foundations fund his research. His research and teaching focuses on policy of P-12 engineering, how to support teachers and students’ academic achievements through engineering learning, the measurement and support of change of ”habits of mind,” particularly in regards to sustainability and the use of cyber-infrastructure to sensitively and resourcefully provide access to and support learning of complexity. Page 25.1379.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Troubleshooting Skills for Non-Engineers In Technological JobsAbstractAlthough there is an
course should be residential, meaning that the students inthe course live on the same floors in a residence hall, or non-residential in character. Instructorsalso have discretion as to whether to propose their FYC to count toward the college’s three-course graduation requirement in writing.In putting together Thinking Like an Engineer as a first-year course, the primary learning goal wehad in mind was to counter the stereotype that engineering was a field of inquiry whosedynamics mainly stemmed from the application of technical knowledge drawn from the fields ofmathematics and the natural sciences. We were interested in getting students to see engineeringas evolving and interdisciplinary, as a field within the liberal arts (as noted in the
rapidly, rather than specific fields, a very broad overview would bepreferred, focus on…basics.In my opinion, a minor in engineering would be similar to being a 1/2 engineer. It can be verydangerous to an organization if someone has a little engineering background and theorganization is using their limited knowledge to make decisions.It appears that the survey hit all the key elements that come to mind. Keys are an understandingthe economics of engineering decisions and being able to communicate within multi-disciplinaryteams/skill levels.Non-engineers with the ability to understand a discussion of a technical nature and have a senseof the relative advantages, disadvantages, benefits, and risks would be extremely useful to anyorganization that
educator needs to share ideas openly to discuss and frame a better future for our activities. Having the flexible and open-‐minded approaches and philosophical basis together with shared engineering values and concepts are essential for paving a better road to the future of engineering and engineering education. AcknowledgementThis work was supported by the National Science Foundation under awards: DUE 0837314 and DUE-‐0920164. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. The author would like to thank
Paper ID #20044The Use of Narrative in Undergraduate Engineering EducationDr. Gary P. Halada, Stony Brook University Dr. Halada, Associate Professor in Materials Science and Engineering at Stony Brook University, directs an interdisciplinary undergraduate degree program in Engineering Science. He designs educational ma- terials focused on nanotechnology, advanced manufacturing, and how engineers learn from engineering disasters and how failure and risk analysis can be used to teach about ethics and societal implications of emerging technologies. Halada also coordinates the Long Island Alternative Energy Consortium, a
. Prelli Ed., Rhetorics of Display. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 2006.14. J. Dunne and S. Pendlebury, “ Practical Reason,” in The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Education, N. Blake, et al., Eds. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing, 2003, pp. 194-213.15. A. Johri et al., “The Role of Representations in Engineering Practice: Taking a Turn towards Inscriptions,” J. of Eng. Educ. 102, 1, pp. 2-19, Jan., 2013.16. J. Juhl and H. Lindegaard, “Representations and Visual Synthesis in Engineering Design,” J. of Eng. Educ. 102, 1, pp. 20-50, Jan., 2013.17. L. Suchman “Embodied Practices of Engineering Work,” Mind, Culture, & Activity, 7, 1- 2, pp. 4-18, 2000.18. K. Henderson, On Line and on Paper: Visual
Paper ID #19811Effective Approaches for Teaching STEM-literacy for All Majors: The Ex-ample of ResonanceDr. Maria E. Garlock, Princeton University Maria Garlock is an Associate Professor at Princeton University in the Department of Civil and Envi- ronmental Engineering where she is the Director of the Architecture and Engineering Program. Her scholarship is in resilient building design and in studies of the best examples of structural designs of the present and past. She has co-authored the book Felix Candela: Engineer, Builder, Structural Artist and has recently launched a MOOC titled ”The Art of Structural Engineering
Paper ID #18362Philosophy and Engineering Education; should teachers have a philosophy ofEducation?Dr. John Heywood, Trinity College-Dublin John Heywood is professorial Fellow Emeritus of Trinity College Dublin- The University of Dublin. He is a Fellow of ASEE and Life Fellow of IEEE. He has special interest in education for the professions and the role of professions in society. He is author of Engineering Education. research and develop- ment in Curriculum and Instruction. His most recent book is The Assessment of learning in Engineering Education. Practice and Policy. c American Society for
that provide awindow into what working life as an engineer is like. These broader initiatives should work intandem with efforts within our courses. Many of these initiatives must take place at theadministrative level to be effective 34,35. Without administrative support and relevant incentivesfor individual professors, reform efforts often fade, although a review of multiple studies alsoshows that change cannot be mandated in a top-down approach 36. Individual professors shouldreshape their courses with these issues in mind. However, it can be difficult to bring thesedifferent facets of student experience into focus, and understand what is possible within aspecific course. What guiding principles can we use in designing courses, if our goal
, Explore questions about plane electromagnetic transmission lines, high speed the impact of technology waves, Poynting vector. effects, waveguides, GPS and in society. Apply Transmission lines: other related phenomena will engineering methods to transient and sinusoidal be discussed and explained design and failure steady-state conditions, with the application in mind. analysis. reflection coefficient. Course • Electric Circuits • General Physics or • None Prerequisites • Calculus III Introduction to Classical • Introduction to
Paper ID #25326Cui Bono. Engineering and Technological Literacy and Higher EducationDr. John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin John Heywood is professorial Fellow Emeritus of Trinity College Dublin- The University of Dublin. he is a Fellow of ASEE and Life Fellow of IEEE. he is an Honorary Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Ireland. He has special interest in education for the professions and the role of professions in society. He is author of Engineering Education. research and development in Curriculum and Instruction; The Assessment of learning in Engineering Education; The human Side of Engineering, and Empowering
each person in a caring and respectful fashion, mindful of individual differences and cultural and ethnic diversity. Engineers promote clients’ socially responsible self-determination. Engineers seek to enhance clients’ capacity and opportunity to change and to address their own needs. Engineers are cognizant of their dual responsibility to clients and to the broader society. They seek to resolve conflicts between clients’ interests and the broader society’s interests in a socially responsible Page 26.322.11 manner consistent with the values, ethical principles, and ethical standards of the profession. ● Value
HigherNational Certificate would be indicative of the higher level of attainment. In 1958 StephenCotgrove pointed out in a substantial publication that technicians and technician educationhad largely been ignored1, and subsequently a case was made for the development of aprofessional institution for technicians in 19612, the author having in mind changes to thearticles of association of the Junior Institution of Engineers.Twenty years later in the U.K., the report of a Commission of Inquiry into the EngineeringProfession in 1980 lamented, “It is clear that in comparison with their counterparts in otherindustrial countries, engineers in Britain lack the special social standing which attracts youngpeople to aspire to an engineering career, and that they
Technically Speaking3and Tech Tally,4 sponsored by the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), and theTechnology and Engineering Literacy Assessment, developed for all K-12 students as partof the National Assessment of Educational Progress carried out by the US Department ofEducation5. These works developed and elaborated on the elements of technological andengineering literacy that should be achieved by all Americans. In the time since 2000, theNAE has also produced The Engineer of 2020: Visions of Engineering in the NewCentury6,7. The Engineer of 2020 advocated an effort to clarify and establish engineers as“as broad-based technology leaders, in the mind of the public and prospective students.”Similarly, the NAE’s Changing the Conversation: Messages
liberal education2 he argued, in a development ofKrupczak et als paper, that “the defining characteristic of liberal education was “enlargementof mind. This “enlargement” was achieved by the capacity to perceive inter-relationshipsbetween the areas that comprise “universal knowledge” as it is currently understood. Itfollows that consideration of the “product” (technological literacy) without consideration ofthe “process” (engineering literacy) is not a liberal education.”5 Using the model he hadpresented in the earlier paper (exhibit 3) he argued that the solution to engineering problems(the technology) required not only knowledge of engineering science and the mechanics ofmanufacturing but an understanding of the ways of thinking in such areas
, and cultural objects and ideas.Dominic Francis GelfusoDr. Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Dean Nieusma is Associate Professor in Science and Technology Studies and Director of the Programs in Design and Innovation at Rensselaer. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Contextualizing 3D Printing’s and Photosculpture’s Contributions to Techno-Creative LiteraciesIntroductionAutodesk CEO Carl Bass, upon the 2011 release of Autodesk’s free “123D” CAD-to-3D printingsoftware, claimed that the future of design innovation would be found not within the engineeringindustry, but from the ranks of creative, tinkering consumers. “There are tens of thousands
Society Manufacturing data, information technology, production Designs Designs The mind, valuesExhibit 1 A model for engineering and technologyBut the model is also indicative of the interactions that engineers must make and thelanguages they must learn to speak. The original model assumed that design was inclusive18which seems to be a reflection of the engineering as the application of science model. Thishas been rectified in this version. But as Bucciarelli19-20 has pointed out design is a socialprocess: how
Paper ID #11883Using a Blended Learning Format to Extend the Influence of a TechnologicalLiteracy CourseDr. 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
Paper ID #34465WIP Knowing Engineering Through the Arts: The Impact of the Film Hid-denFigures on Perceptions of Engineering Using Arts-Based Research MethodsKatherine Robert, University of Denver Katherine is a doctoral candidate at the University of Denver’s Morgridge School of Education in the higher education department. In her dissertation research, she uses arts-based research methods, new materialist theory, and is guided by culturally responsive methodological principles to collaborate with underrepresented engineering students to uncover their experiences of socialization into the professional engineering culture