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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

Michael Robinson, Saint Vincent College

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE)

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

Conference Session

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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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE)

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

Conference Session

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

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE)

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

Conference Session

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

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE)

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

Conference Session

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

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE)

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