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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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forourselves, there would be little we could know, but without some element of real assent, ourknowledge remains superficial.Real assent has a clear connection to the laboratory, but the importance of trying to makeconcepts real in the laboratory is debatable. Critics of applied modes of learning often point outinefficiency in such attempts. For example, when commenting on the state of lab education as atool for teaching theory, Ausubel asserts that students “wasted many valuable hours collectingempirical data which, at the very worst, belabored the obvious, and at the very best, helped themre-discover or exemplify principles which the teacher could have presented verbally anddemonstrated visually in a matter of minutes” [14]. The distinction between

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

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Albertus Retnanto, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Mohamed Fadlelmula, Texas A&M University at Qatar; ROMMEL DUAVE YRAC

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, and production enhancement. He served as SPE Drilling & Completion journal review chairman, SPE Cedric K. Ferguson Medal Award committee member, SPE Drilling, and Completion Advisory committee, and SPE advanced technology workshops. He received the A Peer Apart SPE Award, which is dedicated to the technical excellence of authors to the industry. He received the Associate of Former Student of Texas A&M University College-level Distinguished Achievement Award in Teaching and Distinguished Achievement for Petroleum Engineering Faculty, Society of Petroleum Engineers-Middle East & North Africa Region. Dr. Retnanto is an active Program Evaluator (PEV) with the Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) of

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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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history has shown, there has not been general agreement on theobjectives of engineering instructional laboratories nor any real efforts to define a comprehensive set untilnow” [6, p. 126]. While their claim may rely on a particular definition of “objectives” for a course, theGrinter Report does exactly what they say has not been done: The laboratory is the means of teaching the experimental method. It should give the student the opportunity to observe phenomena and seek explanations, to test theories and note contradictions, to devise experiments which will yield essential data, and to interpret results. Therefore, laboratories should be used where and only where these aims are being sought. The value of a set

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

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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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Paper ID #43046Enhancing Petroleum-Engineering Education through Active Student Engagement,Hands-On Experience, and Technology IntegrationDr. Mohamed Fadlelmula, Texas A&M University at Qatar Dr. Mohamed Fadlelmula is an Instructional Associate Professor of Petroleum Engineering at Texas A&M University at Qatar (TAMUQ). Fadlelmula is dedicated to teaching excellence, therefore, he has participated in several projects to improve students’ learning experience, motivation and engagement. He has received different teaching awards such as the TAMUQ Teaching Excellence Award 2022, and the College Level Distinguished

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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

Authors

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 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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minded and user-centric technologies. The need for digital wellness education is analogous to teaching propersafety protocols when introducing potentially dangerous power tools. Just as educators prioritizephysical safety in laboratories, instructing students on the responsible use and development ofdigital technologies is imperative.The successful integration of digital wellness in higher education must be both systematic andstudent-centered; grounded in psychology, informed by research, and responsive to the liveddigital experiences of learners.MethodsTo date, our efforts have focused on integrating digital wellness into the core first-yearcurriculum; in this paper, we explore the effectiveness of that integration and make the case

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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

Authors

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

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of those particular courses. In this offering format, a program isstill able to teach the material that is deemed necessary for students to learn before they graduate,but allows students to apply that knowledge in particular applications that are of the most interestto them. For example, suppose that a program wishes to teach students how to design laboratoryexperiments. The program could teach this in one particular laboratory course. Or the programcould offer two or three laboratory courses that focus on different particular subdisciplines in thefield, and teach students in each of these courses how to design experiments. By requiring thatstudents take at least one of these elective courses, the program guarantees that the students

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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

Authors

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

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Brian Faulkner’s interests include teaching of modeling, engineering mathematics, textbook design, and engineering epistemology. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Beyond Calculations: Engineering Judgment as Epistemic Cognition in Engineering EducationIntroductionEngineering judgment is recognized as a key competency in professional practice. Engineersroutinely make complex decisions at the boundaries of established knowledge while managingsignificant uncertainty [1]. For all these reasons, becoming a competent engineer meansdeveloping sound judgment: a standard employed by practicing engineers as the ultimateauthority in decision-making [2]. Mathematical modeling

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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

Authors

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

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discussing these issues [1]. 4. Create case studies. Consider what pedagogical approaches may be effective to achieve the envisioned competencies and informed decision making. Case studies may be a productive direction in which to begin. It could be useful to examine what case studies might be suitable for teaching in this area [1]. 5. Develop new dissemination approaches. Developing literature accessible to both the public and educators should be a priority. There is a need for more widespread promotion of the division’s work. Materials that empower individuals to make more informed decisions on technological issues should be disseminated widely. The division should consider a working group to examine

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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

Authors

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

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Engineering Education Research (EER). She focuses on developing evidence-based teaching methodologies to foster authentic learning environments and works to develop novel educational assessment instruments. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Factorial measurement of epistemological theories of developmentAbstract:This paper explores the challenges and opportunities in measuring personal epistemology and epistemiccognition (PE&EC) with a special focus on the unique challenges of engineering education. It is structured intwo parts: (1) a retrospective evaluation of current PE&EC measurement instruments and (2) a novel theorizedapproach to measurement and evidence of validity.Our evaluation

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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

Authors

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

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noveltechnical domain, nuclear engineering developed within a new organizational context [8].Previously, physicists practiced their research within university science departments, but with thedevelopment of wartime research efforts, such as the Manhattan Project, top physicists andengineers found themselves employed by government and military-funded research initiatives.Post-WWII, these government research efforts continued via the establishment of nationallaboratories. The first national laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory, cites its establishmentin 1946 as having the goal to perform “cooperative research in nucleonics”, another term used todescribe the field of ‘nuclear engineering’ or ‘atomic energy’ [9]. This time period was markedby specific

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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

Authors

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) Poster Session

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Qixian Zhao, Nanyang Technological University; Ibrahim H. Yeter, Nanyang Technological University

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fleets of autonomous vehicles, the trust that humans and machines place in oneanother becomes a non-negotiable pillar of responsible deployment. Yet most universitycurricula still treat trust as a slogan— “be transparent, be fair”—rather than as anengineerable property revealed through systematic reasoning. This conceptual paperproposes the Prisoner’s Dilemma (PD), the classic example of Game Theory, and its well-studied variants as a compact laboratory for cultivating trust-centred AI literacy across AI-related majors, from computer science and data science to electrical engineering andhuman–computer interaction. Synthesising findings from behavioural game theory, multi-agent reinforcement learning, and human–AI trust research, we (i) construct

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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

Authors

James Wessel, Franciscan University of Steubenville (FUS)

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cleaners had fundamental engineering power management design andimplementation faults (e.g., exposed metal parts, poorly insulated wiring, lack of grounding andsafety features) that literally shocked (electrically) many users. This naturally resulted in a levelof individual and public social distress, which in turn initiated public pressure for safetyimprovement. In response to this, and other alarming public technology product safety concerns,Underwriters Laboratories (UL) an independent agency for product assessment was created. ULprofessional engineers would study a product’s design regarding varied performance qualitieswith specific attention to safety, devised tests, and upon successful assessment, grant the famousUL approval certification