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Thinking Like an Engineer: Responding to the Engineering Blind Spot at Liberal Arts Colleges

Conference Session
Engineering Literacy: Champions of Engineering in General Education
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Daniel Flath, Macalester College; Diane P Michelfelder, Macalester College
Tagged Topics
Diversity
Tagged Divisions
Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering
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
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The Use of Narrative in Undergraduate Engineering Education

Conference Session
The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Gary P. Halada, Stony Brook University; Peter H. Khost, Stony Brook University
Tagged Divisions
Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering
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
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Effective Approaches for Teaching STEM-literacy for All Majors: The Example of Resonance

Conference Session
Engineering Literacy: Champions of Engineering in General Education
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Maria E. Garlock, Princeton University; Aatish Bhatia, Princeton University; Evelyn Hanna Laffey, Princeton University
Tagged Topics
Diversity
Tagged Divisions
Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering
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
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Philosophy and Engineering Education; should teachers have a philosophy of Education?

Conference Session
The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
John Heywood, Trinity College-Dublin
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Diversity
Tagged Divisions
Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of 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
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The Need for Measuring Transformative Experiences in Engineering Education

Conference Session
The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Katherine Goodman, University of Colorado, Denver; Jean Hertzberg, University of Colorado, Boulder
Tagged Topics
Diversity
Tagged Divisions
Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering
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
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