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Innovative Courses/Pedagogies in Liberal Education II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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George Catalano, State University of New York, Binghamton

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Liberal Education

AC 2010-1947: MODELING NATURE: GREEN ENGINEERING FOR ASUSTAINABLE WORLDGeorge Catalano, State University of New York, Binghamton Page 15.881.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Modeling Nature: Green Engineering for a Sustainable WorldAbstractA new course has been developed and offered which focuses upon sustainable engineering. Thekey elements of the course include introduction to the complex systems, systems engineeringmethods for complex systems, life cycle analysis, hard and soft system methodologies, failureanalysis using rich pictures and reflection upon the impacts engineering has upon both societyand the natural world through consideration of the

Conference Session

Liberal Education for 21st Century Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Grondin, Arizona State University; Chell Roberts, Arizona State University

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Liberal Education

, Forms of Intellectual and Ethical Development in the College Years: A Scheme, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 197014. Craig E. Nelson, On the Persistence of unicorns: The Trade-Off between Content and Critical Thinking Revisited”, In B. A. Pescosolido and R.Aminzade, eds. The Social Worlds of Higher Education. Pine Forge Press. Page 15.421.12

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Liberal Education for 21st Century Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin

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Liberal Education

X for Mr B 10,000 –hr bearing life under given conditions*The original contract itself Proof inherent Engineer witnesses tests; examines parts (being familiar with motors)*A photocopy of the contract which is not Proof available Engineer reviews data of tests run by hisimmediately available employee.X is being and has been regularly Proof circumstantial Motor

Conference Session

Liberal Education for 21st Century Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cherrice Traver, Union College; J. Douglas Klein, Union College

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Liberal Education

,” in proceedings of the 2009 Symposium on Engineering and Liberal Education, June 5, 2009. (Schenectady, NY: Union College, 2009), p. 27.10. ABET Board of Directors, “Engineering Accreditation Criteria, 2009-2010 Criteria.” Available from http://www.abet.org.11. ABET, “The Vision for Change: A Summary Report of the ABET/NSF/Industry Workshops,” May 1995.12. Union College proposal to the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, January 26, 2007.13. P. Catravas, D. McMullen, T. Olsen and Y. Chang, “Interdisciplinary Lightening: A Model for Networking in Advanced Undergraduate Courses,” American Society for Engineering Education's 2006 St. Lawrence Section Conference, November 17-18, 2006.14. R. B. Bucinell and Harold Fried

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Innovative Courses/Pedagogies in Liberal Education II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paul Ross, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Liberal Education

informed choice. The common intellectualtheme is presented in the context of a mini-conference – bringing together a variety of technical Page 15.1075.4and professional competencies to meet a uniquely 21st century challenge. One of therequirements of this freshman composition course has been that students must “watch” andanalyze the news (using online tools such as Google news and its archives) to be aware of whatis going on space exploration and how new developments can affect specific technical orengineering opportunities and society. Appendix B is an informal summary of some of the mainevents that demonstrated that “space exploration” is a

Conference Session

Normative Commitments and Public Engagement in Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Erin Cech, University of California, San Diego

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Liberal Education

importance of their professional engagement in public welfare. This paper utilizesunique quantitative longitudinal panel data which follow cohorts of engineering students at fourdiverse institutions (MIT, UMass, Smith and Olin) for four years. In order to determine ifprofessional socialization cultivates engaged and socially conscious engineers, I analyze (a)whether engineering programs actually emphasize ethical engagement in issues of publicwelfare, (b) whether students’ social consciousness and belief in the importance of publicengagement increase over the course of their college careers, and (c) whether programmaticemphasis is causally related to these changes. The results suggest there is much work to be done:Not only do programs lack an

Conference Session

Innovative Courses/Pedagogies in Liberal Education I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ari Epstein, MIT; Joellen Easton, American Public Media; Rekha Murthy, Public Radio Exchange; Emily Davidson, MIT; Jennifer de Bruijn, MIT; Tracey Hayse, MIT; Elise Hens, MIT; Margaret Lloyd

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Liberal Education

Hodges, K., 2007. Students’ perceptions of Terrascope, a project-based freshman learning community. Journal of Science Education and Technology, 16(4), 349-364. Available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10956-007-9046-63. Epstein, A.W., Mire, B., Ramsey, T., Gareis, K., Davidson, E., Jones, E., Slosberg, M., and Bras, R., 2010. Terrascope Youth Radio: Engaging urban teens in a unique university-community partnership. Submitted to: Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, June 2010. American Society for Engineering Education, Washington, DC. Page 15.640.13

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Historical Perspectives for Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alice Pawley, Purdue University; Karen Tonso, Wayne State University

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Liberal Education

themselves.The authors focused primarily on Accession # 1539, Series XI, Subseries A and B. In subseriesA, described in the finding aid as “Clippings, articles and speeches, publications, statistics andsurveys, non-SWE conferences, and library materials that fall into the general category, ‘womenin engineering’” between 1885-2004, we looked at Box 183, which contained newspaper andmagazine clippings collected from both a clippings service that SWE subscribed to (PressIntelligence, Inc. of Washington DC in 1955) as well as those articles that members sent in oftheir own volition. We supplemented these clippings files with items from Boxes 100(membership and section reports and committee information, particularly of the Committee onMinority Concerns) and

Conference Session

Normative Commitments and Public Engagement in Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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George Catalano, State University of New York, Binghamton; Caroline Baillie, Western Australia; Donna Riley, Smith College; Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Chris Byrne, Cascadia Community College; Margaret Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology; Katy Haralampides, University of New Brunswick

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Liberal Education

AC 2010-1790: INTEGRATING SOCIAL JUSTICE IDEAS INTO A NUMERICALMETHODS COURSE IN BIOENGINEERINGGeorge Catalano, State University of New York, BinghamtonCaroline Baillie, Western AustraliaDonna Riley, Smith CollegeDean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteChris Byrne, Cascadia Community CollegeMargaret Bailey, Rochester Institute of TechnologyKaty Haralampides, University of New Brunswick Page 15.772.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Integrating Social Justice Ideas into a Numerical Methods Course in BioengineeringAbstractA newly developed course introduces students to the analytical and numerical techniques

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Innovative Courses/Pedagogies in Liberal Education II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Heard, Carnegie Mellon University

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Liberal Education

AC 2010-172: INSTRUCTION OF PROFESSIONAL SKILLS TO MATERIALSCIENCE AND ENGINEERING STUDENTS USING A MULTI-YEAR MODULEAPPROACHRobert Heard, Carnegie Mellon University Page 15.750.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010

Conference Session

Communication - Needs and Methods

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University; Joanna Garner, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus; Sarah Zappe, Pennsylvania State University

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Liberal Education

AC 2010-670: PROJECTED WORDS PER MINUTE: A WINDOW INTO THEPOTENTIAL EFFECTIVENESS OF PRESENTATION SLIDESMichael Alley, Pennsylvania State University Michael Alley is an associate professor of engineering communication at Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of The Craft of Scientific Presentations (Springer, 2003) and gives many professional workshops on presentations to engineers and scientists in the United States and Europe.Joanna Garner, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus Dr. Joanna K Garner is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Penn State University, Berks College. Her research interests focus on the application of cognitive psychological principles to the

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Innovative Courses/Pedagogies in Liberal Education II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katherine Wikoff, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Liberal Education

mentors, provides social structure, helps people connect, secures necessary funding or supplies, brings the basket lunch. Without that key person at the center, the community has no linchpin; yet that central person is not the star of the community.3. Expect great things from students, but don’t tell them what. As Steven Chu says, it is exhilarating and frightening to be given both freedom and expectations. Today’s students often expect to be given a rubric with every assignment, ideally with the requirements for success (what is required for an A grade, a B grade, etc.) clearly spelled out very specifically and maybe even very quantifiably. It is more comfortable for both teachers and students if assignments have specific

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Communication - Needs and Methods

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah Lockwood, University of Calgary; Daryl Caswell, University of Calgary; Marjan Eggermont, University of Calgary

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Liberal Education

. (2004). Evaluating the Communication Component of an Engineering Curriculum: A Case Study. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition.3. Norback, J.S., Sokol, J.S., Forehand, G.A., Sutley-Fish, B. (2004). Using a Communication Lab4. to Integrate Workplace Communication into Senior Design. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition.5. Kahn, E. (2009) “Making Writing Instruction Authentic” English Journal, 98:5 p15-17.6. Holmes, LE., Smith, LJ. “Student Evaluations of Faculty Grading Methods”. Journal of Education for Business, 78:6, p 318-323.7. Patton, MD. "Beyond WI: building an integrated

Conference Session

Innovative Courses/Pedagogies in Liberal Education I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Layton, DeVry University

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Liberal Education

. ERIC Database. http://www.eric.ed.gov///sql/_storage_01/b////e.pdf (accessed December 28, 2009). 4. Litas, L. A. Teens now able to take advanced science classes in high school. Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), August 7, 2007. 5. Raham, G. Teaching Science Fact with Science Fiction. Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Teacher Ideas Press, 2004. 6. Bixler, A. Teaching evolution with the aid of science fiction. The American Biology Teacher 69, no. 3 (2007): 337-8. 7. Segall, A. E. Science fiction in the engineering classroom to help teach basic concepts and promote the Page 15.1341.10

Conference Session

Innovative Courses/Pedagogies in Liberal Education I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kyle Simmons, University of Utah; Susan Sample, University of Utah; April Kedrowicz, University of Utah

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Liberal Education

of these topics in engineering educationfor many years. Yet, engineering programs continue to struggle with the development of bestpractices for teaching communication and teamwork principles that are contextual, meaningful,and applicable. The purpose of this paper is to highlight a curricular revision that foregroundsteamwork instruction in a freshman Introduction to Robotic Systems Design course. First, wehighlight our approach to teamwork instruction to prepare students to be effective interpersonalcommunicators and collaborative writers. Next, we assess our efforts through (a) studentfeedback via course evaluations, comparing this year’s data with last year’s; (b) students’ peerevaluations; (c) students’ team progress reports, assessing

Conference Session

Normative Commitments and Public Engagement in Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gary Downey, Virginia Tech

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Liberal Education

emerged during the 1980s to refer to theeconomic relationship among countries. In this image, preparing engineers for international workis a crucial practice in a multi-sectoral (industry-university-government) effort to advanceAmerican economic competitiveness in a world in which private industry has gone multinationalin scope. The broad image of economic competitiveness has arguably provided the dominantU.S. frame for planetary relations since the decline and end of the Cold War [24-31]. Theexpectation of a link between engineering education and economic competitiveness is notsurprising since engineering educators have been adjusting curricula to fit the broader, evolvinggoal of low-cost production for mass consumption since the 1870s [32

Conference Session

Historical Perspectives for Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rachel Maines, Cornell University

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Liberal Education

component of the rise andspread of democratic institutions that aspire to provide Field Marshal Slessor’s “first socialservice.”13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20 Due process for the development of consensus codes is itself definedby an ANSI (American National Standards Institute) consensus standard, as follows: Due process means that any person (organization, company, government agency, individual, etc.) with a direct and material interest has a right to participate by: a) expressing a position and its basis, b) having that position considered, and c) having the right to appeal. Due process allows for equity and fair play.21 Safety engineering as the instrumental arm of injury epidemiology, including the codedevelopment

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Historical Perspectives for Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Liberal Education

.34Specifically, they recommended that engineering programs at the state colleges a) continue touphold their heavier general education requirements, b) maintain all instruction at theundergraduate level, c) develop their staff and facilities in support of undergraduate education,not research, d) ensure that any further expansion of the state colleges‟ engineering programs betied to “long-term opportunities for employment” (i.e. projected labor market requirements), ande) develop no programs to meet ECPD accreditation criteria, nor seek such accreditation. At thetime, discussions in preparation for ASEE‟s 1955 Grinter Report, which were expected to serveas the basis for new ECPD accreditation criteria, suggested that faculty research would be animportant

Conference Session

Liberal Education for 21st Century Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Betty Harper, Pennsylvania State University; Lisa Lattuca, Pennsylvania State University; Alexander Yin, Penn State University; Patrick Terenzini, Pennsylvania State University

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Liberal Education

ofit, 2= Heard of it, 3= Read/ heard summaries, 4= Read parts, 5= Read most of it). Associatedeans and program chairs also reported attitudes toward statements about importance ofcurricular breadth and the value of liberal education in undergraduate engineering (see Table 2).Table 2: Dependent Variable Questions.Several recent reports discuss the changing knowledge and skills engineers will need in the future andhow engineering education needs to change. Do you agree or disagree with the following statementsabout undergraduate engineering education? a. Humanities and social science courses are very important in preparing engineers. b. Interdisciplinary learning – inside and outside engineering –should be part of the engineering

Conference Session

Historical Perspectives for Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amy Slaton, Drexel University; Mary Ebeling, Drexel University

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Liberal Education

. Kraft, "Manpower Planning and Its Role in the Age of Automation." Review ofEducational Research 40, no. 4 (1970), p. 497.16 Amy E. Slaton, Race, Rigor and Selectivity in U..S Engineering: The History of an Occupational Color-Line(Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2010).17 John F. Grede, "Collective Comprehensiveness: A Proposal for a Big City Community College." Journal ofHigher Education 41, no. 3 (1970), p. 192; and Arthur B. Shostak, "Old Problems and New Agencies: How MuchChange?" In Power, Poverty, and Urban Policy, edited by Warner Bloomberg Jr. and Henry J. Schmandt (BeverlyHills: Sage Publications, 1968), p. 104.18 Delaware County Community College, Nanofabrication Manufacturing Technology, Associate in Applied

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Normative Commitments and Public Engagement in Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Juan Lucena, Colorado School of Mines; Jen Schneider, Colorado School of Mines; Jon Leydens, Colorado School of Mines

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Liberal Education

, Mexico, challenging engineering students enrolled in the course Engineering and Sustainable Community DevelopmentAbstractOver the past ten years, engineers and engineering students and faculty have increasingly turnedtheir efforts toward “underserved” communities. Such efforts raise important questions. Is thereanything problematic with wanting to help a community? How do engineers listen to acommunity? If invited, how do engineers work with a community?Wondering about questions like these in relationship to engineering courses, design projects,volunteer activities, or international assignments motivated us to develop a project in criticalpedagogy entitled Engineering and

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Liberal Education for 21st Century Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nadia Kellam, University of Georgia; Joachim Walther, University of Georgia; Tracie Costantino, University of Georgia; Bonnie Cramond, University of Georgia

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Liberal Education

with a research focus in engineering education. His research interests include engineering students’ professional formation and qualitative research methods in engineering education. He has a background is in mechanical engineering and a PhD in engineering education.Tracie Costantino, University of Georgia Tracie Costantino is an Assistant Professor of Art Education at the Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia. She received her Ph.D. in aesthetic education and curriculum and instruction at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and her M.A. degree in art history from Brown University. Her research focuses on aesthetic education. She is especially interested in the nature

Conference Session

Innovative Courses/Pedagogies in Liberal Education I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Deborah Sinnreich-Levi, Stevens Institute of Technology; Susan Metz, Stevens Institute of Technology; David Silverstein, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education

funding 5 years in a row from Stevens' Technogenesis® Summer Scholars' Program for digitizing a database of 14th-century poems. Her publications include articles on technology and the teaching of writing, as well as 6 volumes on medieval studies. She began teaching writing in 1980, and has directed writing programs since 1987.Susan Metz, Stevens Institute of Technology Susan Metz is the senior advisor for the Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education at Stevens Institute of Technology. As a founder and president (1997 – 2002) of WEPAN, Women in Engineering Proactive Network, Susan has worked with over 200 colleges and universities to increase access and engagement of women

Conference Session

Communication - Needs and Methods

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christine Nicometo, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Kevin Anderson, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Traci Nathans-Kelly, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Sandra Courter, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Thomas McGlamery, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Liberal Education

AC 2010-602: “MORE THAN JUST ENGINEERS”- HOW ENGINEERS DEFINEAND VALUE COMMUNICATION SKILLS ON THE JOB.Christine Nicometo, University of Wisconsin, MadisonKevin Anderson, University of Wisconsin, MadisonTraci Nathans-Kelly, University of Wisconsin, MadisonSandra Courter, University of Wisconsin-MadisonThomas McGlamery, University of Wisconsin-Madison Page 15.1391.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 “More Than Just Engineers”: How Practicing Engineers Define and Value Communication Skills On the JobAbstractWhile most professional and academic sources have expressed a need for engineers who possessstrong communication skills, what these

Conference Session

Communication - Needs and Methods

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Warren Waggenspack, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Sarah Liggett, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Warren Hull, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; David Bowles, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Stephen Sears, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Daniel Thomas, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Paige Davis, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge

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Liberal Education

-EPSCoR Center for Bio-Modular Multi-Scale Systems (CBM2) and is responsible for the development and implementation of several of the centers K-12 and public outreach programs.Sarah Liggett, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge Sarah Liggett is a Professor of English at Louisiana State University (LSU) in Baton Rouge. She is the Director of the campus-wide Communication across the Curriculum Program and is also the Director of the LSU Writing Center. She has published extensively on the histories, theories, programs, practices of technical and scientific writing. Dr. Liggett holds B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from Purdue University.Warren Hull, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge