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Creative and Cross-disciplinary Methods Part I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chad A. B. Wilson, University of Houston

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

AC 2012-3099: A NOVEL APPROACH TO TEACHING TECHNICAL WRIT-INGDr. Chad A. B. Wilson, University of Houston Chad A. B. Wilson wrote his dissertation on hybridity and allegory in 19th-century British literature before transitioning to the University of Houston’s Cullen College of Engineering, where he directs a technical communications program. He runs the technical communications course and helps other professors de- velop and assess communications assignments. Page 25.83.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 A Novel Approach to Teaching Technical

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Advances in Assessment of Communication and Interdisciplinary Competence

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa R. Lattuca, University of Michigan; David B. Knight, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Inger M. Bergom, University of Michigan

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AC 2012-3116: DEVELOPING A MEASURE OF INTERDISCIPLINARYCOMPETENCE FOR ENGINEERSDr. Lisa R. Lattuca, University of Michigan Lisa R. Lattuca is professor of higher education in the Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education at the University of Michigan.Mr. David B. Knight, Pennsylvania State University, University Park David Knight is a doctoral candidate at Pennsylvania State University in the Higher Education program. He currently works as a visiting doctoral student at the University of Michigan’s Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education. Knight’s research interests include STEM education, interdisci- plinary teaching and learning, and organizational issues in higher education

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Advances in Communication Instruction

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth A. DeBartolo, Rochester Institute of Technology; Margaret B. Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology; Risa Robinson, Rochester Institute of Technology

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AC 2012-4526: A WORKSHOP TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATION SKILLSFOR TEACHING ASSISTANTSDr. Elizabeth A. DeBartolo, Rochester Institute of Technology Elizabeth A. DeBartolo is an Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the Rochester Institute of Technology. She earned her B.S.E. at Duke University in 1994 and her Ph.D. at Purdue University in 2000. She works with students on assistive device design and determining mechani- cal properties of materials. DeBartolo serves on her college’s leadership teams for both multi-disciplinary capstone design and outreach program development.Prof. Margaret B. Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology Margaret B. Bailey, P.E., is a professor of mechanical engineering

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Linking Engineering and Liberal Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert O. Grondin, Arizona State University, Polytechnic

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and Schuster (1997)[10] Coleman, L. Liz Coleman’s Call to Reinvent Liberal Education from TED: Ideas Worth Spreading (2009) http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/liz_coleman_s_call_to_reinvent_liberal_arts_education.html[11] Ohlund, M., Sheppard, S.D., Lichtensten, G., Eris, O., Chachra, D. and Layton, R.A. “persistence, Engagement and Migration in Engineering Programs”, Journal of Engineering Education 97(30, 259-278 (2008)[12] Crawford, Matthew B., Shop Class as Soulcraft, Penguin Books, New York (2009)[13] Hacker, A., & Dreifus, C. Higher Education? New York, New York: Holt/Times Books (2010). Page

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Accreditation and Outcomes-based Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sandra A. Yost, University of Detroit Mercy; Laurie A. Britt-Smith, University of Detroit Mercy

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

other external accreditation bodies are often more mature than those inprograms that are not separately accredited, so a model of collaboration across disciplines hasbeen adopted as a way forward in developing assessment expertise among colleagues who deliverthe liberal education component of the undergraduate engineering curricula.The goals of this project were (a) to assess the existing capacity for core curriculum assessment,and (b) to design and implement an intervention aimed at increasing this capacity in academicdepartments not previously required by external bodies to engage in outcomes-based assessment.This remarkable effort is a largely faculty-driven process which enjoys the enthusiastic support ofuniversity administration. It also

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Advances in Assessment of Communication and Interdisciplinary Competence

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patricia Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Arlene Ann Russell; Warren N. Waggenspack Jr., Louisiana State University; Chester G. Wilmot, Louisiana State University; Boz Bowles, Louisiana State University; David R. Voltmer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; W. Todd Monroe, Louisiana State University; Warren R Hull Sr. P.E., Louisiana State University; Dianne Raubenheimer, Meredith College

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were equally useful. Of some concern, 8 students (or 18.6% of the sample) indicated 0 that they focused on “neither” of these important aspects of the CPR system. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 83. When using CPR (Calibrated Peer Review), a. I focused on the comments I received from my peer reviewers b. I focused on the numerical rating I was given by my peer reviewers Question 5 Comment 15

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Accreditation and Outcomes-based Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donna M. Riley, Smith College

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1999. Accessed January 11, 2012 from http://www.onlineethics.org/Education/instructessays/herkert2.aspx.10. Seely, B. Patterns in the History of Engineering Education Reform: A Brief Essay. In Educating the Engineer of 2020: Adapting Engineering Education to the New Century. Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 2005, pp. 114-30.11. Mayberry, M. 1998. Reproductive and Resistant Pedagogies: The Comparative Roles of Collaborative Learning and Feminist Pedagogy in Science Education. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 35(4): 443- 459.12. Gramsci, A. (2001). Selections from the Prison Notebooks of Antonio Gramsci. Q. Hoare and G. Nowell Smith, eds. and trans. London: Electric Book Company. p. 526.13

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Advances in Assessment of Communication and Interdisciplinary Competence

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carolyn Kusbit Dunn, East Carolina University

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Communication: An Annotated Bibliography. (2011, Ed.) Technical Communication Quarterly , 20 (4), 443-480. 5. Lengsfeld, C. S., Edelstein, G., Black, J., Hightower, N., Root, M., Stevens, K., et al. (2004, January). Engineering Concepts and Communication: A Two Quarter Course Sequence. Journal of Engineering Education , 79-85. 6. Martin, R., Maytham, B., Case, J., & Fraser, D. (2005). Engineering Graduates' Perceptions of How Well They Were Prepared for Work in Industry. European Journal of Engineering Education , 30 (2), 167-180. Page 25.238.14 7. Abersek, B., & Abersek, M. K. (2010

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STS Perspectives on Engineering Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

AC 2012-3854: THE MIT LEWIS SURVEY: CREATING A BLUEPRINTFOR A COLD WAR TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, 1947-1949Dr. Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Atsushi Akera is Associate Professor of history in the Department of Science and Technology Studies and the Director of First-year Studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He has published Calculating a Natural World: Computers, Scientists and Engineers During the Rise of U.S. Cold War Research with MIT Press (2006) and is currently working on a book on the history of engineering education reform in the United States. Page 25.1322.1

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Creative and Cross-disciplinary Methods Part I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Craig J. Gunn, Michigan State University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

AC 2012-3961: REVISITING A LIBERAL ACTIVITY IN A COLLEGE OFENGINEERING ENGINEERS AS POETS 10 YEARS LATERMr. Craig J. Gunn, Michigan State University Craig Gunn is the Director of the Communication Program in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Michigan State University. His duties include the integration of communication skill activity into all courses within the mechanical engineering program, including overseas experiences. He works closely with the Cooperative Engineering Education Division of the College of Engineering to monitor the com- munication skills of students who co-op during their college years. He is currently the Editor of the CEED Newsbriefs and is co-author of a number of textbooks focusing

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STS Perspectives on Engineering Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wesley Marshall P.E., University of Colorado, Denver; Michael Tang, University of Colorado, Denver; Stephan A. Durham, University of Colorado, Denver

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3400 or ENGR 3600 do not have a strong design component; however, these courses do teach systems as a sociological methodology, which can be applied to economic, environmental, social, political, and ethical issues relating science and engineering practice. ENGR3400 focuses one-third of the course on ethical and value issues as they relate to science and engineering. B. An understanding of professional and ethical responsibility: One of three units in ENGR 3400 is dedicated to ethics as they relate to entrepreneurs involved in the development of the Internet. The course looks at ethics as part of a new business value system as well as the “hacker ethic,” which some speculate may be emerging in

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Linking Engineering and Liberal Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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J. Ledlie Klosky, U.S. Military Academy; Scott M. Katalenich, U.S. Military Academy; Steven D. Hart, U.S. Military Academy

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

AC 2012-4961: REQUIRING A COURSE IN INFRASTRUCTURE FORALL GRADUATESDr. J. Ledlie Klosky, U.S. Military Academy J. Ledlie Klosky, P.E., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at West Point, where he also serves as the Deputy Director of the Center for Innovation and Engineering. Klosky is the 2010 winner of the National Outstanding Teaching Medal from the society, and, in addi- tion to traditional engineering pursuits, he works in communication in education, course design, and the interface between engineering and other disciplines.Major Scott M. Katalenich, U.S. Military Academy Major Scott Katalenich is an instructor in the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at

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Creative and Cross-disciplinary Methods Part II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Justin L Hess, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jessica Erin Sprowl; Rui Pan, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Melissa Dyehouse, Purdue University; Carrie A. Wachter Morris, Purdue University; Johannes Strobel, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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should not be included, Coder 2 revised her editions and agreed on which items shouldbe removed. The second round of coding produced two new categories (C=E and AexpE, seeAppendix B) to acknowledge newly formed understanding and resolution of some of the initialdisagreements. The final total number of unsettled disagreements was 81 of a total 778 itemscoding, giving an overall agreement of 89.6%, which is considered an acceptable to high level ofinter-rater reliability70 (see Figure C2 in Appendix C).The larger team discussed the findings by the two coders, questioned interpretive decisions and Page 25.520.11provided input on critical junctions

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Creative and Cross-disciplinary Methods Part II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joachim Walther, University of Georgia; Shari E. Miller, University of Georgia ; Nadia N. Kellam, University of Georgia

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AC 2012-4670: EXPLORING THE ROLE OF EMPATHY IN ENGINEER-ING COMMUNICATION THROUGH A TRANSDISCIPLINARY DIALOGUEDr. Joachim Walther, University of Georgia Joachim Walther is an Assistant Professor of engineering education research at the University of Georgia (UGA). He is Co-director of the Collaborative Lounge for Understanding Society and Technology through Educational Research (CLUSTER), an interdisciplinary research group with members from engineering, art, educational psychology, and social work. His research interests span the formation of students’ pro- fessional identity, the role of reflection in engineering learning, and interpretive research methods in en- gineering education. He was the first international

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Innovations in Promoting Technological Literacy II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vazgen Shekoyan, Queensborough Community College, CUNY; Todd Holden, Queensborough Community College, CUNY; Raul Armendariz Ph.D., Queensborough Community College, CUNY; Helio Takai, Brookhaven National Laboratory; Sunil Dehipawala, Queensborough Community College, CUNY; Dimitrios S. Kokkinos Ph.D., Queensborough Community College, CUNY; Regina Sullivan, Queensborough Community College, CUNY; George Tremberger Jr, Queensborough Community College, CUNY; Paul J. Marchese, Queensborough Community College, CUNY; David H. Lieberman, Queensborough Community College, CUNY; Tak Cheung, Queensborough Community College, CUNY

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

AC 2012-4458: TECHNOLOGICAL LITERACY IN REQUIRED SCIENCECOURSES FOR NON-STEM STUDENTS IN A COMMUNITY COLLEGEWITH EXTENSION TO JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTProf. Vazgen Shekoyan, Queensborough Community College, CUNYDr. Todd Holden, Queensborough Community College, CUNY Todd Holden is an Associate Professor in the Physics Department of Queensborough Community College of CUNY. His current research interests include bioinformatics and microbial fuel cells. He also mentors student research projects.Raul Armendariz Ph.D., Queensborough Community College, CUNYDr. Helio Takai, Brookhaven National Laboratory Helio Takai is an Elementary Particle and Nuclear Physicist with interest in development of instrumenta- tion for the

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Creative and Cross-disciplinary Methods Part II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech; Wende Garrison, Virginia Tech

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

 and  are  receiving  monetary  compensation  for  their  participation.    At  the  University  B,  students  are  participating  over  one  semester  and  are  volunteering  to  participate.    These  students  at  University  B  are  all  a  part  of  an  interdisciplinary  cohort  and  attend  weekly  research  group  meetings.    University  C  students  are  also  volunteering  to  participate,  also  over  only  one  semester,  but  all  student  volunteers  are  taking  a  class  at  the  same  time  they  are  building  an  ePortfolio.    University  D  students,  like  University  B  and  C  students,  are  volunteering,  over  only  one  semester,  but  are  neither  taking  a  class  together  nor  attending  a  weekly  cohort

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STS Perspectives on Engineering Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Harold R. Underwood, Messiah College

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

interactive discussion. Avariety of activities helps maintain interest and allows for differing modes of assessment.Assessment in the course consists of a combination of Pass or Fail (PF) checks balancedwith fully graded work. The PF category includes: a) study guide question responsesassociated with required readings, videos or lecture notes, b) reflective writing inresponse to a specific prompt, and c) completion of steps associated with a mini-experiment or mini-project. PF assessment facilitates instructor time-management, whileproviding sufficient incentive for students to participate. The instructor can apply a strictor more lenient quality control filter on submitted work, as appropriate. Failed work canbe returned to students with feedback on

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Advances in Communication Instruction

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Keri Lynn Wolfe, Pennsylvania State University; Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Joanna K. Garner, Old Dominion University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

provides a larger respective image than theaverage classroom on campus. Immediately after the presentation, the participants took an essay test. This essay testasked the students to describe the process of magnetic resonance imaging to detect canceroustumors in the human body. In essence, the essay test asked the participants to describe how themagnetic resonance imaging process works (the exact wording of this essay question can befound in Appendix B). Because this test provided no scaffolding details for the participants (asa multiple choice question would), the essay test revealed much about the audience’scomprehension of this complex concept. The essays were scored blindly using the rubric foundin Appendix C. In the scoring, specific

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Creative and Cross-disciplinary Methods Part I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jean Hertzberg, University of Colorado, Boulder; Bailey Renee Leppek, University of Colorado, Boulder; Kara E. Gray, University of Colorado, Boulder

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AC 2012-5064: ART FOR THE SAKE OF IMPROVING ATTITUDES TO-WARD ENGINEERINGProf. Jean Hertzberg, University of Colorado, Boulder Jean Hertzberg is currently Associate Professor of mechanical engineering at CU, Boulder. Her research centers around pulsatile, vortex dominated flows with applications in both combustion, and bio-fluid dy- namics. She is also interested in a variety of flow field measurement techniques, and has recently begun work in engineering education research. Hertzberg teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in mea- surement techniques, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, design, and computer tools. She has pioneered a spectacular new course on flow visualization, co-taught to

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Advances in Assessment of Communication and Interdisciplinary Competence

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tristan T. Utschig, Georgia Institute of Technology; Judith Shaul Norback, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jeffrey S. Bryan, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

the overall rubric is acceptable. However, there is some variation in thereliability of each skill. In particular, we see a. High reliability for 7 of the skills, b. Good reliability for an additional 4 skills, c. Reasonable but lower reliability for 8 skills.Schools will be able to use the results of this study to identify the most reliable parts of thisrubric and to enhance the reliability between different raters using the rubric. Further, theseresults will be used, in conjunction with both formal and informal user feedback, to improve theoverall reliability of this rubric, and specifically, the reliability of those skills showing lessconsistency among raters.IntroductionSince the Accreditation Board of

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Innovations in Promoting Technological Literacy II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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J. Douglass Klein, Union College

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

AC 2012-3653: DO WE CONTROL TECHNOLOGY OR DOES TECH-NOLOGY CONTROL US?Dr. J. Douglass Klein, Union College J. Douglass Klein is the Kenneth B. Sharpe Professor of Economics at Union College. Klein joined the Union faculty in 1979, after earning a B.A. in mathematics at Grinnell College and a M.A. and Ph.D. in economics at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. At Union College, he has held several administrative positions, including most recently, Dean of Interdisciplinary Studies, and from 2008-2011 served as Co- chair of the Symposium on Engineering and Liberal Education. His research is in the areas of energy, the economics of auctions, the measurement of efficiency, and the integration of engineering and liberal

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Advances in Communication Instruction

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Beth Bateman Newborg, University of Pittsburgh; Teresa L. Larkin, American University; Dan Budny, University of Pittsburgh

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

EnglishLinguistics, 37(4), 356, 2009.14. Gunnarsson, B., Professional Discourse, New York: NY, Continuum International Publishing Group, 5-6,2009.15. Gunnarsson, B., Professional Discourse, New York: NY, Continuum International Publishing Group, 7, 2009.16. Bailey, R., in Adams, M, “Shut Up and Listen: an Interview with Richard Bailey,” Journal of EnglishLinguistics, 37(4), 360-361, 2009.17. Hyland, K., “Stance and engagement: a model of interaction in academic discourse, Discourse Studies,7(2),173, 2005.18. Hyland, K., “Stance and engagement: a model of interaction in academic discourse, Discourse Studies,7(2),177- 178, 2005.19. Hyland, K., “Stance and engagement: a model of interaction in academic discourse, Discourse Studies,7(2),186- 187, 2005.20

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Innovations in Promoting Technological Literacy II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zbigniew J. Pasek, University of Windsor

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

Engineering, National Academies Press[12] Goldman, S.L. 1989. “Images of Technology in Popular Films: Discussion and Filmography.” Science, Technology, and Human Values (Summer): 275-301[13] Jensen, K. and Jankowsky, N. (eds.), 1991, A Handbook of Qualitative Methodologies for Mass Communication Research, Routledge.[14] Johnson, S., 2005, Everything Bad Is Good for You. How Today’s Culture Is Actually Making Us Smarter, Riverhead Books[15] Laugksch, R.C., 2000, “Scientific literacy: A conceptual overview,” Science Ed., vol. 84, pp. 71-94.[16] Lewenstein, B. V., 1989, “Frankenstein or wizard: Images of engineers in the mass media,” Engineering: Cornell Quart., vol. 24, pp. 40[17] National Science Board, “Science and

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Innovations in Promoting Technological Literacy II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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William R. Loendorf, Eastern Washington University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

EducationalAssociation4, 2007). In order to be technologically literate four competencies or abilities arerequired: “(a) accommodate and cope with rapid and continuous technological change, (b)generate creative and innovative solutions for technological problems, (c) act throughtechnological knowledge both effectively and efficiently, and (d) assess technology and itsinvolvement with the human life world judiciously” (Wonacott21, 2001).“Artifacts are probably our most obvious everyday encounter with technology. Therefore, a goodunderstanding of the nature of technical artifacts is a relevant part of technological literacy”(Frederik, Sonneveld, & Vries3, 2011). Students can learn a great deal from studying artifactswhether they are from the recent or ancient

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Creative and Cross-disciplinary Methods Part II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Melissa Marshall, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Enrique D. Gomez, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Esther Gomez, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Angela D. Lueking, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

validity of tests and instruments.Ms. Melissa Marshall, Pennsylvania State University, University ParkDr. Enrique D. Gomez, Pennsylvania State University, University ParkDr. Esther Gomez, Pennsylvania State University, University ParkProf. Angela D. Lueking, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Page 25.1442.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Using student ambassadors to relay themes from Changing the Conversation in Engineering First Year SeminarsAbstractThis paper describes the efforts at a large mid-Atlantic university to integrate themes

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Advances in Communication Instruction

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Holly M Matusovich, Virginia Tech; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech; Andrea M. Motto, Virginia Tech ; Kelly J. Cross, Virginia Tech

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Conference, 2009. IPCC 2009. IEEE International. 2009.5. House, R., A. Watt, and J.M. Williams. Mapping the Future of Engineering Communication: Report on a Research Study of Engineering Faculty and Their Teaching of Writing as a Function of the ABET/EAC Criteria. in International Professional Communication Conference. 2007. Seattle.6. Paretti, M.C., et al., Reformist Possibilities? Exploring Cross-Campus Writing Partnerships. WPA: Writing Program Administration, 2009. 33(1-2): p. 74-113.7. Shwom, B., et al., Engineering Design and Communication: A Foundational Course for Freshmen. Language and Learning Across the Disciplines, 1999. 3(2): p. 107-112.8. Waggenspack, W.N.J., CxC and Engineering: A New

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Accreditation and Outcomes-based Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jens Kabo, Chalmers University of Technology; Xiaofeng Tang, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; John Currie, University of Sydney; Hu Wenlong, Beihang University; Caroline Baillie, University of Western Australia

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/interpersonal skills”). • Each document includes capabilities related to what we classify as “social analytic skills,” such as ethical reasoning, understanding of global and local contexts, or political awareness.As our main interests are how a) “the social” and b) the relation between “the social” and “thetechnical” are represented, our attention now shifts to an assessment of how these features aremanifest in the accreditation documents. For the most part, professional/interpersonal skills areconceptually straightforward in the accreditation documents, and there is agreement that goodcommunication and teamwork skills are core competencies for engineers (even if the attributesof these skills are less-clearly specified). While we acknowledge

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Creative and Cross-disciplinary Methods Part I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katherine Hennessey Wikoff, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Michael Hoge Carriere, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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ABSTRACTThis paper describes the way innovation and entrepreneurship have been integrated intoan engineering curriculum through a year-long liberal arts seminar. This three-coursesequence has “The City” as its topical focus, and it incorporates principles ofentrepreneurship and innovation through course content specifically centered on theseconcepts through experiential learning in a service project, and through critical thinkingand rhetorical analysis of students’ own research strategies using the Burkean parlormodel of academic and professional conversation.In Fall Quarter, students read texts, view films, and study other cultural products relatedto the concept of “The City.” They examine how depictions of entrepreneurs andindustry illuminate our

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Linking Engineering and Liberal Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gayle E. Ermer, Calvin College

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

AC 2012-4539: THE COMPLEXITIES OF ENGINEERING DESIGN ANDSYSTEM MODELINGDr. Gayle E. Ermer, Calvin College Gayle Ermer is a professor of engineering at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Mich. She teaches in the mechanical concentration in the areas of machine dynamics and manufacturing processes. Her master’s degree was obtained from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in manufacturing systems engineering (1987), and her Ph.D. from Michigan State University (1994). Her research interests include philosophy of technology, engineering ethics, and women in engineering. Page 25.1279.1 c

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Accreditation and Outcomes-based Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amy E. Slaton, Drexel University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

AC 2012-4144: THE TYRANNY OF OUTCOMES: THE SOCIAL ORIGINSAND IMPACTS OF EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS IN AMERICAN ENGI-NEERINGProf. Amy E. Slaton, Drexel University Amy E. Slaton is a professor of history at Drexel University. She is the author of Race, Rigor, and Selectivity in U.S. Engineering: The History of an Occupational Color-Line (Harvard University Press, 2010). She also writes at the website STEMequity.com. Page 25.1348.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 The Tyranny of Outcomes: The Social Origins and Impacts of Educational Standards in American