Conference Session

Undergraduate Peer Educators: Mentoring, Observing, Learning

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico; Catherine Anne Hubka, University of New Mexico; Eva Chi, University of New Mexico

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ASEE Board of Directors

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

conducted qualitative analysis on the student work.Students critiqued their peer’s work, finding everything from mechanical and grammaticalerrors, troubled tables, figures, and calculations, to issues with coherence and logical flow ofideas. While students did not have sufficient background to give technical feedback on the firstshort report, they were able to on the long reports. Students responded positively overall to theprocess and reflected on their own writing. The revision process resulted in significant gains inconceptual understanding, t(51)= 12.01, p < 0.0001, with a large effect size, (d = -1.68). Scoresincreased for 49 out of 52 students at an average improvement of 33.97% (SD = 20.41%). Therevision process vastly improved their

Conference Session

Undergraduate Peer Educators: Mentoring, Observing, Learning

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

YunJeong Chang, University of Virginia; Rider W. Foley, University of Virginia

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ASEE Board of Directors

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

.” (UTA, 8) Lack of examples “Some confusion over what parts should be Offering eye-catching examples of prior student’s to give students included in a PPA - maybe helpful to provide work or the work of fourth-year students. and them with a past example from the class?” understanding of (UTA, 6) expectations. Lack of relevance “Standing around, not a lot of discussion, Connection between key lessons for navigation to between the some people just looking” (UTA, 1) GPS as a way to adapt assignments to make the course and “What was the point of this activity? And how tasks more authentic. Ensure that lecture materials engineering

Conference Session

Why Industry Says that our Engineering Students Cannot Write

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William K. Durfee, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Benjamin Adams, University of Minnesota; Audrey J. Appelsies, University of Minnesota; Pamela Flash, University of Minnesota

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Mechanical Engineering

three-phase WEC process is (1) to develop awriting plan based on discipline-specific writing outcomes desired for graduating majors, (2)implement the plan and (2) assess the plan and revise based on the assessment. The plan formechanical engineering defined nine attributes of mechanical engineering writing and 14 desiredwriting ability outcomes for graduating majors. Stakeholders agreed that problem sets were thenumber one form of writing for engineering students and that attention paid to writing a problemset would help students to learn the material. The plan was implemented by targeting three corecourses for explicit writing instruction and raising the awareness of writing in other requiredcourses in the program. Assessment is on-going and

Conference Session

Undergraduate Peer Educators: Mentoring, Observing, Learning

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chandra Anne Turpen, University of Maryland, College Park; Ayush Gupta, University of Maryland, College Park; Jennifer Radoff, University of Maryland, College Park; Andrew Elby, University of Maryland, College Park; Hannah Sabo; Gina Marie Quan, University of Maryland, College Park

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ASEE Board of Directors, Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Paper ID #23278Successes and Challenges in Supporting Undergraduate Peer Educators toNotice and Respond to Equity Considerations within Design TeamsDr. Chandra Anne Turpen, University of Maryland, College Park Chandra Turpen is a Research Assistant Professor in the Physics Education Research Group at the Uni- versity of Maryland, College Park’s Department of Physics. She completed her PhD in Physics at the University of Colorado at Boulder specializing in Physics Education Research. Chandra’s work involves designing and researching contexts for learning within higher education. In her research, Chandra draws from the

Conference Session

Research on Diversification, Inclusion, and Empathy II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joachim Walther, University of Georgia; Shari E. Miller, University of Georgia; Nicola W. Sochacka, University of Georgia; Michael Alvin Brewer jr., University of Georgia

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Paper ID #16055Fostering Empathy in an Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering CourseDr. Joachim Walther, University of Georgia Dr. Joachim Walther is an associate professor of engineering education research at the University of Georgia (UGA). He is a director of the Collaborative Lounge for Understanding Society and Technol- ogy through Educational Research (CLUSTER), an interdisciplinary research group with members from engineering, art, educational psychology and social work. His research interests range from the role of em- pathy in engineering students’ professional formation, the role of reflection in engineering

Conference Session

Communication Across the Divisions III: Writing as Social–Technical Integration

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natascha M. Trellinger, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Rebecca R. Essig, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Cary D. Troy, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Josh Boyd, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Computing & Information Technology, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

, fluid mechanics, homework problems, content analysis,textbooks, writing promptsIntroductionAs assessments of learning outcomes are increasingly emphasized through accreditationrequirements (e.g., via ABET) and other quality assurance initiatives, written communication isone area that engineering instructors often find challenging to incorporate and assess.1 This isparticularly true in large core courses at the sophomore and junior levels. Yet it has also beenfound that technical writing is best taught during the learning of technical material.2This study is part of a larger ongoing project to understand and expand the incorporation ofwriting in large-lecture engineering courses, including investigation of faculty perspectives andtextbook

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer C. Mallette, Boise State University; Harold Ackler P.E., Boise State University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

case study exploring the connections among women’s experiences in engineering, their identities as writers, and their writing.Harold Ackler P.E., Boise State University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Using Reflection to Facilitate Writing Knowledge Transfer in Upper-Level Materials Science CoursesIntroductionWhen students enter upper-level engineering courses, they may bring with them unclear orinconsistent approaches to writing in engineering. Influenced by their past experiences withwriting, students encountering engineering genres such as reports and proposals may struggle towrite successfully [1]. They may struggle in part because of the messiness inherent in

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nancy B. Barr, Michigan Technological University

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Writing Program Administration in STEM. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Extending WID to train mechanical engineering GTAs to evaluate student writingAbstractBeyond first-year composition, the undergraduate mechanical engineering curriculum providesfew opportunities for students to develop technical writing skills. One underutilized path forstudents to strengthen those skills is the required sequence of laboratory courses, where studentswrite reports that are evaluated by graduate teaching assistants (GTAs), many of whom speakEnglish as a second language. Historically, engineering GTAs have not been trained informative assessment techniques to help

Conference Session

Engineering Communication II: Curricular Practices, Integrations, and Collaborations

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Mary M. McCall, University of Detroit Mercy; Nassif E. Rayess, University of Detroit Mercy

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Paper ID #34023Embedding Technical Writing Into Mechanical Engineering Curriculum:Tools for Immediate Feedback on Student PerformanceMary M. McCall, University of Detroit Mercy I have taught Technical Writing and Business Communication at the university and community college level for more than 30 years. My current focus at Detroit Mercy is the Embedded Technical Writing Program for Mechanical Engineering, now in its sixth year. Other work includes reference book and fiction publishing, communication consulting with business and industry, and writing, employee training, and developing marketing strategies for non-profit and

Conference Session

Communication Across the Divisions II: Communication and Transdisciplinary Pedagogies

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn A. Neeley, University of Virginia

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

literary criticism and creativewriting” (in Connors, p. 190).As it turns out, the “conscripts” had good reason for perceiving their situation this way. To beginwith, their training had not prepared them to teach technical writing. Technical writing textbooksemerged not as a complement to but as a substitute for expertise on the part of the teacher. Themotivation for technical writing instruction was typically articulated in terms of mastering forms(i.e., business letters and reports) and mechanical correctness; the textbooks (and by extensioncourse designs) followed suit.The forms and mechanics approach may have simplified or standardized the work of teachers oftechnical writing, but its disadvantages outweighed its advantages. It did nothing to

Conference Session

Communication Across the Divisions II: Communication and Transdisciplinary Pedagogies

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Valenzuela P.E., University of Evansville; Valerie A. Stein, University of Evansville

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Diversity

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

: International Diversity, Domestic Diversity, and Social Responsibility.6The First Year Seminar (FYS) is the cornerstone of the general education program at theUniversity of Evansville. The essential learning objectives of the required course (FYS 112)include critical reading, critical thinking, and effective written and oral communication. FirstYear Seminar sections are different in content from each other, but each section meets thesegoals by encountering challenging texts and using this material as the basis for writingassignments and class discussion. This course builds upon the students’ basic academic writingskills and helps them begin to understand the conventions of academic research and college-leveldiscourse. Through FYS, students meet the

Conference Session

Communication Across the Divisions II: Communication and Transdisciplinary Pedagogies

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey J. Evans, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Amy S. Van Epps, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Michael Thomas Smith; Sorin Adam Matei, Purdue University Polytechnic Institute; Esteban Garcia

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Diversity

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

artifacts.Figures 1, 2, and 3 illustrate the patterns of student submission of material to meet challenges for differentbadges during the course of the semester. Initial submissions for a challenge and resubmissions are notdistinguished in the graphs. There are some artifacts in the patterns that bear discussion. As can be clearlyseen in Figure 1, there are several submission bursts, represented by higher spikes, in the 15-18submission range at several points in the semester. These predominantly represent student attendance at afew required sessions, each offered at 3 different times during the semester. The attendance was allrecorded on a single day and for all students present in a given session, thus creating the scatteredsubmission spikes

Conference Session

Communication Across the Divisions II: Communication and Transdisciplinary Pedagogies

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brock E. Barry P.E., U.S. Military Academy; Daniel J. Fox, U.S. Military Academy; Robert M. Wendel, U.S. Military Academy

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

Paper ID #12127A Nod in the Right Direction? Designing a Study to Assess an Instructor’sAbility to Interpret Student Comprehension from Nonverbal Communica-tionDr. Brock E. Barry PE, U.S. Military Academy Dr. Brock E. Barry, P.E. is an Associate Professor and Mechanics Group Director in the Department of Civil & Mechanical Engineering at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York. Dr. Barry holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Rochester Institute of Technology, a Master of Science degree from University of Colorado at Boulder, and a PhD from Purdue University. Prior to pursuing a career in academics

Conference Session

Why Industry Says that our Engineering Students Cannot Write

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Conrad, Portland State University; Timothy James Pfeiffer P.E., Foundation Engineering, Inc.

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Mechanical Engineering

research,the problem has most often been examined with case studies of individuals3, examinations ofparticular courses and internships4, or surveys of the types of communication engineersundertake5. This project takes a new approach to investigating the problem and devisinginstructional materials. It focuses first on the empirical analysis of language features in a largecollection of texts written by numerous students and practitioners. Instructional materials arethen based on the specific language differences found between the student and practitioner texts.The project is innovative in including applied linguists (who study language variation in differentcommunication contexts), engineering faculty, and engineers in local consulting firms

Conference Session

Innovations in Promoting Technological Literacy II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zbigniew J. Pasek, University of Windsor

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

Page 25.1107.16[21] Pearson, G. and Young, A.T., 2002, Technically Speaking: Why All Americans Need to Know More About Technology. National Academies Press.[22] Phillips, L. and Jorgensen, M., 2002, Discourse Analysis as Theory and Method, Sage Publications.[23] Riffe, D., 2005, Analyzing media messages; using quantative content analysis in research. Lawrence Erlbaum.[24] Rose, G., 2007, Visual Methodologies. An Introduction to Interpretation of Visual Materials. 2nd ed., Sage Publications[25] Valenti, M. 1991, “Engineers on the silver screen,” Mechanical Engineering, pp. 30-37. Page 25.1107.17

Conference Session

Why Industry Says that our Engineering Students Cannot Write

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn Mobrand, University of Washington; Jennifer A Turns, University of Washington

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Mechanical Engineering

where communication is enabled by an ability to listeneffectively as well as to communicate through oral, visual, and written mechanisms‖ (p. 55).1 Inaddition, ABET lists the ―ability to communicate effectively‖ and the ―recognition of the needfor, and an ability to engage in life-long learning‖ as two of the eleven outcomes in their 2010-11Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs (p. 3).2 Programs seeking and maintainingaccreditation must be able to demonstrate that their students attain these outcomes beforegraduation.NAE addresses the importance of situating communication within a given audience and context.Specifically, the Engineer of 2020 calls for students to be prepared to communicate effectivelyon environmental and political

Conference Session

Non-Canonical Canons of Engineering Ethics

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna M Riley, Virginia Tech; Yanna Lambrinidou, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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

, emotional, and self-reflective livesof engineers themselves that fail to “fit into” prevailing professional paradigms of thought andpractice.Cannons refers then not only to military annihilation but also to the systematic drowning out ofvoices/perspectives that diverge from, challenge, or oppose the engineering status quo. Wepropose that these voices and perspectives are essential for the development of technically andmorally robust engineering research and practice. In fact, they are the very thing that wouldenable engineering to truly hold paramount the safety, health, and welfare of the public, andrealize philosopher Charles Harris’ proposed ideal of bettering “the material basis of humanwell-being or quality of life.”3This paper engages in a

Conference Session

Non-Canonical Canons of Engineering Ethics

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna M Riley, Virginia Tech; Amy E. Slaton, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Joseph R. Herkert, Arizona State University

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Diversity

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

bring aboutthese demarcations of worthy practitioner from unworthy. As Slaton3 describes, materialsstandards and specifications surrounding materials testing after 1900 indirectly denigrated thetechnical capacities of traditional artisans in American building trades; these written instrumentsdid not say explicitly that such artisans were incapable of any particular activity, but conveyedthrough their selection of optimized practices that only the activities of degree holding engineerscould constitute reliable practice. Similarly, engineering codes of ethics connote that only thoseassociated with their use have the potential for proper technical conduct. In the normal conductof engineering business, nobody would expect that a mechanic would or

Conference Session

Pedagogies of Making and Design

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anneliese Watt, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Ashley Bernal, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Scott Kirkpatrick, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

overlapping interests ME497 • Provide strategies and practice for design development Mechanical • Applying a systems approach to develop an innovative design for Engineering utilizing solar energy Technical • Learning to approach design problems and alternatives broadly and Elective creatively; for example, broadening and deepening concepts and understanding of solar power • Utilizing best manufacturing practices in design development, including in the choice of materials • Understanding and meeting challenges associated with addressing stakeholder needs from different cultures/environments

Conference Session

Programmatic Integration of Liberal Education

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jenn Stroud Rossmann, Lafayette College; Kristen L. Sanford P.E., Lafayette College; Julia Nicodemus, Lafayette College; Benjamin Cohen, Lafayette College

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Paper ID #31651The sociotechnical core curriculum: An interdisciplinary EngineeringStudies degree programDr. Jenn Stroud Rossmann, Lafayette College Jenn Stroud Rossmann is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Lafayette College. She earned her BS in mechanical engineering and the PhD in applied physics from the University of California, Berkeley. Prior to joining Lafayette, she was a faculty member at Harvey Mudd College. Her scholarly interests include the fluid dynamics of blood in vessels affected by atherosclerosis and aneurysm, the cultural history of technology, and the aerodynamics of sports projectiles.Dr

Conference Session

Pedagogies of Making and Design

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Lombardo, Harvard University; Daniela Faas, Harvard University; Avinash Uttamchandani, Harvard University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

, and refine the design of simple electro-mechanical devices making use of basic physics, mathematics, and engineering principles • Describe and select common machine elements such as fasteners, joints, springs, bearings, gearing, motors, belts, chains, and shafts • Apply experimentation and data analytic principles relevant to mechanical design • Communicate a design and its analysis (written, oral, and graphical forms) • Develop basic machining and fabrication skillsThese topics are introduced during three 60-minute lectures and weekly lab sessions. The lectureportion is used to introduce new material, work through interactive exercises, and providefeedback on homework assignments and exams. The lab sessions

Conference Session

Pedagogies of Making and Design

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; James W. Malazita, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

history of bridging content from engineering andliberal education, but the making activities that are currently being carried out have not yet beentheorized as one of the mechanisms through which technical-social integration is achieved. In thepaper, we provide specific examples of making practices and projects that exemplify the desiredintegration, and then argue that even engineering-centered design pedagogy can make use ofmaking activities as a vehicle for integrating critical social inquiry and humanistic educationalframeworks.Background: Making in the Context of the Digital HumanitiesAs in engineering (and STEM fields generally), making activities have been embraced in thehumanities and interpretive social sciences. In fact, wide-ranging

Conference Session

The Interdisciplinary Nature of Engineering

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin Cohen, Lafayette College; Jenn Stroud Rossmann, Lafayette College; Kristen L. Sanford Bernhardt, Lafayette College

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

is but a century or so old, tracking along with the modern eraof industrial production. What most people have considered technology over the past century hadbeen understood as craftwork and mechanical arts in the centuries before that. This is not a meresemantic point. Craftwork and arts were processes, ways of doing things, and activities. Theywere dynamic and labor-based, rather than static and product-oriented. The evolution of publicviews during the twentieth century tended to treat technologies instead as isolated and asocialthings. Such a view allows for and propagates the perception that technology and society aredistinct categories: the former material and technical, the latter human and value-laden. Ifengineers are defined as those

Conference Session

Programmatic Integration of Liberal Education

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

David Robert Bruce P.E., Fulbright University Vietnam; Sebastian Dziallas, Fulbright University Vietnam

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Paper ID #29554Exploring an Active Learning Focus in a Liberal Arts EngineeringCurriculumDr. David Robert Bruce P.E., Fulbright University Vietnam Dr. Bruce has a passion for technology development with a focus on empowering society through altering perception and perspective. He holds a B.A.Sc. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Waterloo, an M.A.Sc. in Materials Science & Engineering from McMaster University, and a Ph.D. in Chemical and Biological Engineering from the University of British Columbia. This varied engineering education has taught him to view our world through a multifaceted lens. Dr

Conference Session

Pedagogies of Making and Design

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geetanjali R. Date, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research; Sanjay Chandrasekharan, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

processFour key transition episodes can be identified from EP's designs and designing process forbuilding micro hydro power stations.1. Modified water mill2. Pelton turbine and digital load controller3. Cross flow turbine and heat sink4. Electrical and mechanical powerEpisode 1: Modified water millThe situationIn 1975, fresh out of college, EP was asked by one of his professors whether he could develop apower station for a research lab in a non-electrified, high-altitude region of a protected NationalPark. The professor's team was working on high-altitude plants, and the material they collectedgot spoiled due to germination by the time they got back to their labs in the city. To avoid this,they needed to set up a lab and conduct experiments where

Conference Session

The Interdisciplinary Nature of Engineering

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mehmet Vurkaç, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

isperhaps somewhat unusual about the IDM and SMR courses in terms of Humanities subject Page 24.775.7matter is that the instructor’s graduate work in systems science has enabled the integration ofsystems thinking into these courses. Some of this influence, which permeates the instructor’sapproach to the material, is directly reflected in the choice of Dr. Melanie Mitchell’s Complexity:A Guided Tour as one of the textbooks. Complexity is an award-winning book from a leadingscientist that brings cutting-edge findings in dynamic systems, complexity, and emergence to thelevel of the layperson while still offering much food for thought to an engineer-in

Conference Session

Why Industry Says that our Engineering Students Cannot Write

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey A. Donnell, Georgia Institute of Technology; Betsy M. Aller, Western Michigan University; Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; April A. Kedrowicz, University of Utah

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Mechanical Engineering

AC 2011-1503: WHY INDUSTRY SAYS THAT ENGINEERING GRADU-ATES HAVE POOR COMMUNICATION SKILLS: WHAT THE LITERA-TURE SAYSJeffrey A. Donnell, Georgia Institute of Technology Jeffrey Donnell coordinates the Frank K. Webb Program in Professional Communication at Georgia Tech’s George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical EngineeringBetsy M. Aller, Western Michigan University Betsy M. Aller is an associate professor in industrial and manufacturing engineering at Western Michigan University, where she teaches and coordinates the capstone design project sequence. She also teaches first-year engineering, manufacturing for sustainability, and graduate-level project management courses.Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University

Conference Session

Integration of Liberal Education into Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

K.L. Jordan, Michigan Technological University; Anahita Pakzad, Michigan Technological University; Renee Oats, Michigan Technological University

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Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

online classroom by way of using other’s opinions or theories, borrowing statisticsor illustrative material, and submitting projects using others’ material withoutacknowledgment8. To this end, it is the instructor’s responsibility to help studentsunderstand the importance of academic integrity8.This discourse provided a background to shape an understanding of the ethical andsocietal implications of internet-based engineering education as summarized throughcurrent literature. Moving forward, the authors summarize the thoughts and opinions ofcurrent undergraduate students, graduate students and faculty members in Mechanical,Civil, Electrical, Chemical, and Environmental Engineering. The opinions were collectedat a medium sized technological

Conference Session

Integration of Liberal Education into Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kacey Beddoes, Virginia Tech; Maura J. Borrego, Virginia Tech; Brent K Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Education at Virginia Tech. She is currently serving a AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowship at the National Science Foundation. Her research interests focus on interdisciplinary faculty members and graduate students in engineering and science, with engineering education as a specific case. Dr. Borrego holds U.S. NSF CAREER and Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) awards for her engineering education research. Dr. Borrego has developed and taught graduate level courses in engi- neering education research methods and assessment from 2005-2010. All of Dr. Borrego’s degrees are in Materials Science and Engineering. Her M.S. and Ph.D. are from Stanford University, and her B.S. is

Conference Session

Rethinking PowerPoint and Other Acts of Communication

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine G. Nicometo, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Traci M. Nathans-Kelly, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Senior Member, where she is the Manager for International Technical Communication Special Interest Group, she is a member of the Committee on Global Strategies, and she judges at the international level for the STC Publications contests for scholarly journals, scholarly articles, and information materials. As a mem- ber of IEEE’s Professional Communication Society, she serves as a book series editor for ”Professional Engineering Communication.” For the University of Wisconsin-Madison, she regularly holds workshops (both online and face-to-face) for practicing engineers all over the globe on how to improve their technical presentations