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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE) Technical Session 3

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Robinson, Saint Vincent College; Brian E Faulkner, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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].These are not isolated quotations; in fact, the Grinter Report begins by stating its belief that engineeringcurricula must always “be based upon the obligations of the engineering profession to society and uponthe importance of the development of the student as an individual” [3, p. 75]. Humanistic engineeringeducation was very much on the minds of the report’s authors. They insist that “the student, not thecurriculum, is the primary concern” [3, p. 79]. The Grinter Report sees the personal development of thestudent as the primary concern, but it also recognizes that this will only happen if the faculty are alsogiven an environment where they can flourish. The report extensively describes faculty development andplaces the chief importance on

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE) Technical Session 2

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mitchell Gerhardt, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Michael Robinson, Saint Vincent College; Brian E Faulkner, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Paper ID #47101Beyond Calculations: Engineering Judgment as Epistemic Cognition in EngineeringEducationMitchell Gerhardt, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Mitchell Gerhardt is a Ph.D. student in Engineering Education and a M.S. student in Computer Science at Virginia Tech. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and worked as a software engineer for General Motors in Detroit, Michigan, before returning to graduate school. Mitchell’s research focuses on learning in STEM graduate education; in particular, how graduate students recognize and learn the ways of knowing and doing typical of their disciplines

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE) Technical Session 3

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Robinson, Saint Vincent College

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within thecurriculum.Philosophy and the Engineering LaboratoryPlato’s account of learning as recollection may seem unusual on first hearing; however, it will beargued that recollection provides a model for the process of learning that should take place in thelaboratory. The theory of recollection holds that learning is not the process of knowledge comingfrom the outside into the mind, but rather the recovering of something an individual has alwayspossessed but which was previously unrecognized. The review of recollection that follows islargely based on Jones’s dissertation [12]. Plato explores recollection in three dialogs – theMeno, the Phaedo, and the Phaedrus. The Meno introduces this idea of recollection throughsomething like an experiment

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE) Technical Session 2

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Robinson, Saint Vincent College

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an electrical fluid (current).” This seems like the statement in Sabbagh that the realexistence of electrical properties is not essential for engineering knowledge. Nilsson 2015 [12, p.11] includes almost the same sentence: “In circuit theory, the separation of charge creates anelectrical force (voltage) and the motion of charge creates an electrical fluid (current).” Perhapsthis change was for brevity or clarity, but it is epistemically significant. When discussing idealresistors Nilsson 1983 begins by saying “One must keep in mind several important properties ofthe ideal resistor” and follows by describing three assumptions. Nilsson 2015 omits much of thisdiscussion, presenting only one assumption and ends by saying “In this book we assume

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE) Technical Session 3

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Haley Williams, University of California, Berkeley; Denia Djokic, University of Michigan

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Paper ID #42866Curriculum-embedded Epistemological Foundations in Nuclear EngineeringHaley Williams, University of California, Berkeley Haley Williams is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of California – Berkeley in the Department of Nuclear Engineering. Her research includes studies of speciation and structure in molten fluoride salts. Beyond nuclear, her research interests extend to critical materials recovery and synthesis via molten salts. She is also interested in the values that underlie engineering education, and as a recipient of the Ron Gester Fellowship, she studies how beliefs about the roles and

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE) Technical Session 1

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; Stewart Thomas, Bucknell University; Sarah Appelhans, Lafayette College; Rebecca Thomas, Bucknell University; Stu Thompson, Bucknell University

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ofdeterminism arising from physics and evolution. Personalism assumes individuals havesignificance, are unique, and serve as ends-in-themselves [6]; that is persons do not serve asmeans to a larger social end. Personalism also recognizes that humans exist in relation to otherpersons and society rather than as isolated, rational, Cartesian minds. In regard to educatingfuture engineers, personalism posits that to become engineers, students should undergo bothprofessional and personal development. Thus, the focus of any degree program should be ondeveloping individuals in fullness.The adoption of personalism—an individual-focused philosophy—as a constraint needs someexplanation in relation to the concept of a “common good” since individual wants and

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Strategies for Building Engineering Education Research Capabilities

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Cady, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Russell Korte, The George Washington University; Karl A Smith, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

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professional scrutiny and critiqueThe overlap between these two lists is considerable. A couple of important features on the NRClist are 1) the importance and role of theory and 2) the line of reasoning. Together, they provideexcellent guidance for planning, conducting, and reporting engineering education research.The overriding question facing the AREE developers and researchers (Norman Fortenberry, KarlSmith, Alisha Waller, Ann McKenna, Susan Donohue, Beth Cady, and Wendy Knapp) was,what can be done to help build the knowledge, skills, and habits of mind to conduct high-qualityengineering education research?AREE’s mission was to provide access to resources and to engage the engineering educationresearch community in a consensus-seeking conversation

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE) Technical Session 3

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Milana Hayley Grozic, University of Calgary / The University of British Columbia; Emily Ann Marasco, University of Calgary

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practices, and the broader impacts of digitaltechnology use, is a pressing issue in our modern world. By incorporating digital wellnesseducation into the engineering curriculum, educators can equip students with the tools requiredto create more ethically minded and user-centric technologies. This study explores datacollection surrounding the implementation and integration of digital wellness content inundergraduate engineering education at the University of Calgary's Schulich School ofEngineering. Multiple methods were used to determine average daily digital technology use anddigital wellness perceptions in students and educators. The results suggest that students andeducators spend a significant amount of time using technological devices yet

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE) Technical Session 1

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John R. Reisel, P.E., University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

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programs have not given muchrecent consideration to the appropriateness of this requirement. While there has been muchdiscussion of other aspects of engineering education, including the incorporation into thecurriculum of more “soft-skills”, class delivery modes, and capstone design project requirements,there has not been much discussion of the appropriate role for technical electives. This issomewhat surprising considering the desire of many programs and universities to reduce thenumber of credits required for an engineering degree in an effort to increase graduation rates,reduce time-to-graduation, and decrease student debt loads. With this in mind, the primarypurpose of this paper is to prompt discussion of the purpose of technical electives

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE) Technical Session 1

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Janna Rosales, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada; Amit Sundly, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada; Svetlana Barkanova, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada; Cecilia Moloney, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada

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for Science: Objects in Mind. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2008.[17] C. Badenhorst, C. Moloney and J. Rosales, "New literacies for engineering students: Critical reflective writing practice," The Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, vol. 11, no. 1 https://doi.org/10.5206/cjsotl-rcacea.2020.1.10805, 2020.[18] A. Bahar and A. Adiguzel, "Analysis of factors influencing interest in STEM career: Comparison between American and Turkish high school students with high ability," Journal of STEM education, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 64-69, July-Sept 2016.[19] J. Michaelis, "The role of interest and motivation in science investigation and engineering design," The National Academies of Science, Engineering

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE) Technical Session 1

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin

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Paper ID #43630AI. Truth, Prejudice, Technological Literacy, Education and TELPhEProf. 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, especially Engineers, Teachers and Managers. He was the 2023 recipient of ASEE’s Lifetime Achievement Award. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 AI, Truth, Prejudice, Technological Literacy

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE) Technical Session 2

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Timothy Aaron Wood P.E., The Citadel

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creationorder. Lifelong learners also benefit from camaraderie between fellow learners and sympathyfrom faculty and mentors. From this understanding, engineering educators can develop activitiesand assignments that foster these attitudes and enforce practice in the activities of lifelonglearners.IntroductionIn the West, the educational system shows signs of an imminent failure. Whether by design,negligence, or ignorance, graduates from American high schools lack critical thinking andmastery of basic knowledge to be successful in life, higher education, or engineering [1]–[5]. Inmany ways, the current educational moment has forgotten its two-fold aim: “the systematicdevelopment and cultivation of powers of mind and body” and “the systematic inculcation

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE) Technical Session 1

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin

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teaching will only become respectable in higher education when teachers treat their schoolrooms as laboratories for research*). Even if it did not have this in mind the Mann Report contains a powerful case for research and development in engineering education especially in assessment and test construction, curriculum and pedagogy, and training for teaching. To achieving these goals schools of engineering might “consider seriously cooperation with departments of education in the professional training of teachers of applied science and in the scientific study of their teaching problems”.Exhibit 1. On teaching and educational research in the Mann Report. * Cross, K. P (1986). A proposal toimprove teaching or ‘what taking teaching seriously should

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE) Technical Session 1

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jason Yao, East Carolina University

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Paper ID #45494Study Historical Cases, Learn Today’s Tools, and Prepare for the FutureDr. Jason Yao, East Carolina University Dr. Jianchu (Jason) Yao is a Professor with the Department of Engineering at East Carolina University (ECU), Greenville, North Carolina, USA. He is currently the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs of the College of Engineering and Technology. He received his Ph. D. degree in electrical engineering from Kansas State University in 2005, after which he joined ECU as a founding faculty member. His educational research interests are laboratory/project-driven learning and integration of research into

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE) Technical Session 4

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katherine Goodman, University of Colorado Denver

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Paper ID #45458Metaphors Matters: the implicit epistemology of how we talk about learningengineeringProf. Katherine Goodman, University of Colorado Denver Katherine Goodman is an associate teaching professor at the University of Colorado Denver in the College of Engineering, Design, and Computing. She also serves as the University’s Director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning. Her research focuses on transformative experiences in engineering education. She has served as program chair and division chair of the Technological and Engineering Literacy - Philosophy of Engineering (TELPhE) Division

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE) Technical Session 1

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sayyad Zahid Qamar, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman; Omar S. Al Abri, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman; Moosa Salim Al Kharusi; Sayyad Basim Qamar, Texas A&M University

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Paper ID #39732How to Address Sustainability in a Mechanical Engineering Program —Implementation and ChallengesProf. Sayyad Zahid Qamar, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman Dr Zahid Qamar, Sayyad is currently working as a Professor at the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department, Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), Muscat, Oman. Recipient of several research and teaching awards, he has over 25 years of academic and reseaOmar S. Al Abri, Sultan Qaboos University, OmanMoosa Salim Al KharusiMr. Sayyad Basim Qamar, Texas A&M University Sayyad Basim Qamar is a PhD student at the Materials Science & Engineering department at

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE) Technical Session 1

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Suzanne Keilson, Loyola University, Maryland

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Paper ID #36947Personhood at the ExtremesDr. Suzanne Keilson, Loyola University, Maryland Suzanne Keilson is a faculty member at Loyola University Maryland. Her background and degrees are in Applied Physics and her research interests include signal processing, biomedical and materials engineer- ing, design, STEM education and assistive technologies.. She has served in the Mid-Atlantic section of ASEE for a number of years and is active in ASME and IEEE activities. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Personhood at the ExtremesAbstractThis paper investigates

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE) Technical Session 3

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin; Carl O. Hilgarth, Shawnee State University

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] Committee on Optical Science and Engineering, Harnessing light: Optical science and engineering in the 21st century. Washington, D. C.: National Academy Press, 1998.[15] E. A. Hanushek and L. Woessmann, “The Role of Cognitive Skills in Economic Development,” J. Econ. Lit., vol. 46, no. 3, pp. 607–668, Aug. 2008, doi: 10.1257/jel.46.3.607.[16] Y. N. Harari, Nexus: a brief history of information networks from the Stone Age to AI, First edition. New York: Random House, 2024.[17] J. Bruner, Actual Minds, Possible Worlds. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1987.[18] S. L. Goldman, “The Social Captivity of Engineering,” in Critical Perspectives on Nonacademic Science and Engineering, P. Durbin, Ed., Bethlehem, PA: Lehigh

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE) Technical Session 4

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sayyad Zahid Qamar, Sultan Qaboos University; Tasneem Pervez; Nasra Al-Maskari, Sultan Qaboos University; Sayyad Basim Qamar, Texas A&M University

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is an almost all-inclusivelist of techniques to help generate alternative design concepts for new engineering products [Dieter andSchmidt 2020; Ullman 2017]. Some of them are routinely used in our Product Design and Capstone Designcourses and Final Year Project I and II. Technique Description Goal Brainstorming Group-based or individual activity to Quantity over quality; refine ideas later. rapidly generate as many ideas as possible without judgment. Mind Mapping Visual representation of ideas, starting from Explore connections and stimulate a central concept and

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE) Technical Session 2

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Todd M. Fernandez, Georgia Institute of Technology; Alexandra Werth, Cornell University

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Paper ID #46877Factorial measurement of epistemological theories of developmentDr. Todd M. Fernandez, Georgia Institute of Technology Todd is the Director of Learning Innovation and a Senior Lecturer in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology. His research interests are engineering faculty and students beliefs about knowledge and education with a special focus on how those beliefs interact with engineering education as a culture.Alexandra Werth, Cornell University Alexandra Werth is an assistant professor at the Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering, specializing in

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE) Technical Session 3

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mohamed Fadlelmula, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Nayef Alyafei, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Albertus Retnanto, Texas A&M University at Qatar

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projects, which is due to their very goodanalytical abilities, technical skills, and discipline. Besides, 92% of the supervisors believe thestudents have very good communication skills. Based on that, some of the junior students of theprogram were recommended by their internship supervisors for permanent job posts and receivedtheir job offers even before they graduated from the program.As a result, it can be said the internship opportunity as well as the other used educational toolshelped the PETE graduates in their job interviews and improved their employability.ConclusionThe petroleum engineering education needs to follow the change that is going in the oil and gasindustry to keep attracting the brightest minds and prepare them to be the future

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE) Technical Session 2

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

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Paper ID #38471Lessons for Education, Engineering and Technological Literacy from theExperience of Britain’s Vaccine Task Force (VTF)Prof. John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland 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 th ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Lessons for education, engineering and technological literacy from the experience of Britain’s Vaccine Task

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE) Technical Session 2

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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R. Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; Sarah Appelhans, Bucknell University; Stewart Thomas, Bucknell University; Rebecca Thomas, Bucknell University

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., vol. 94, no. 1, pp. 165–184, Jan. 2005, doi: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2005.tb00836.x.[3] D. M. Riley, “Mind the Gap - What the ABET Crisis Can Teach Us about Connecting Research and Practice,” American Society for Engineering Education Annual Meeting. 2016.[4] L. R. Lattuca, P. T. Terenzini, J. F. Volkwein, and G. D. Peterson, “The Changing Face of Engineering Education,” The Bridge, vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 3–13, 2006.[5] N. Rescher, Philosophical Inquireis: An Introduction to the Problems of Philosophy. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2010.[6] A. Sen, Development as Freedom. New York: First Anchor, 1999.[7] A. Sen

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE) Technical Session 1

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Erin Bosarge, University of South Alabama

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positively influence these perceptions. Erin aims to bridge the gap between emerging technology and educational practices, emphasizing the importance of AI literacy in high school education to prepare students for the workforce. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Cultivating Tomorrow's Innovators:Navigating the Landscape of High School AI Literacy Erin Bosarge, Ph.D. Candidate Instructional Design and Development University of South AlabamaAbstract - With the significant rise of artificial intelligence (AI) across sectors, its integrationinto high school education is just starting to appear. As this new technology is becoming moreprominent, educational stakeholders

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Technological and Engineering Literacy-Philosophy of Engineering (TELPhe) Division Technical Session 3 / Perspectives on Advances in Promoting Technological Literacy

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Stephen T. Frezza, Gannon University; Justin Michael Greenly, Franciscan University of Steubenville

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Paper ID #32332Identifying Core Engineering Virtues: Relating Competency and Virtue toProfessional Codes of EthicsDr. Stephen T. Frezza, Gannon University Deacon Steve Frezza, PSEM is a professor of Software Engineering and chair of the Computer and In- formation Science department at Gannon University in Erie, PA. His research interests include Global Software Engineering, Affective Domain Learning, Engineering Education Research, as well as Philos- ophy of Engineering and Engineering Education. He is regularly involved in supporting the regional entrepreneurial ecosystem, as well as projects that serve the regional