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

Paper ID #15513The Socio-Technical Connection is Plastic, but Only When Design Starts fromNeed FormulationMs. Geetanjali R. Date, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Geetanjali Date is a doctoral research scholar at Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, T. I. F. R. India. There she is a part of the Learning Sciences Research Group led by Dr. Sanjay Chandrasekha- ran. Her research area is at the confluence of Engineering Design Education, Engineering Studies, and Cognition and Learning Sciences.Dr. Sanjay Chandrasekharan, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Cognitive Scientist working in Learning Sciences

Conference Session

Writing and Communication

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vukica M. Jovanovic, Old Dominion University; Denise Tombolato-Terzic, Christopher Newport University; Daniel P. Richards, Old Dominion University; Pilar Pazos, Old Dominion University; Megan McKittrick, Old Dominion University; Julia Romberger, Old Dominion University; Otilia Popescu, Old Dominion University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Paper ID #19747Developing a Faculty Learning Community to Support Writing across Dif-ferent STEM DisciplinesDr. Vukica M. Jovanovic, Old Dominion University Dr. Vukica Jovanovic is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Technology in Mechanical Engineering Technology Program. She holds a Ph.D. from Purdue University in Mechanical Engineering Technol- ogy, focus on Digital Manufacturing. Her research is focused on mechatronics, digital manufacturing, digital thread, cyber physical systems, broadening participation, and engineering education. She is a Co-Director of Mechatronics and Digital Manufacturing Lab at ODU and a

Conference Session

Writing and Communication

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Necia Werner, Carnegie Mellon University; Suguru Ishizaki, Carnegie Mellon University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

“text-aware” involves understandingthat texts produced from classroom assignments are not just composed of words and sentences,but of highly structured and often highly predictive composing decisions. A fundamental goal ofcore writing courses in many first-year writing and upper-level technical writing services coursesfor STEM majors is to impart this textual awareness to students, helping them understand thatdifferent decision-making at the compositional level leads to different text types appropriate forspecific purposes and audiences. However, “visualizing” the decision-making processes ofunderlying writing, and “seeing” textual patterns within genres, is an extremely abstract idea forstudents, and even harder to teach within the constraints

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

Paper ID #12150Something to Write Home(work) About: An Analysis of Writing Exercises inFluid Mechanics TextbooksNatascha M Trellinger, Purdue University, West Lafayette Natascha Trellinger is a second year Ph.D. student in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She received her B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Syracuse University where her interest in the teaching and learning aspects of engineering began. At Purdue, Natascha is a member of the Global Engineering Education Collaboratory (GEEC) and is particularly interested in graduate level engineering education.Ms. Rebecca R Essig, Purdue University

Conference Session

Design, Assessment, and Redesign of Writing Instruction for Engineers

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Y. Yoritomo, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Nicole Turnipseed, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign; S. Lance Cooper, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Celia Mathews Elliott, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; John R. Gallagher, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; John S. Popovics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Paul Prior, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Julie L Zilles, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

], rather than as a finalproduct [18], [19]. Social theories put greater emphasis on the purpose of writing as a means ofcommunication and on the social contexts and interactions that influence writing [20], [21]. Inparallel with research in these areas, Writing-Across-the-Curriculum (WAC) programs havebeen widely implemented in universities to support writing instruction across disciplines, andWriting-in-the-Discipline (WID) research and pedagogies have particularly worked to describeand develop specialized genres and practices within a discipline.As we work to improve writing instruction in engineering, three fundamental principles stand outfrom these literatures: i) writing is a complex and social process rather than just a product; ii)writing

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

Paper ID #12488What is gained by articulating non-canonical engineering ethics canons?Dr. Donna M Riley, Virginia Tech Donna Riley is Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech.Prof. Amy E. Slaton, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.) Amy E. Slaton is a Professor of History at Drexel University. She write on issues of identity in STEM education and labor, and is the author of Race, Rigor and Selectivity in U.S. Engineering: The History of an Occupational Color Line .Dr. Joseph R. Herkert, Arizona State University Joseph R. Herkert, D.Sc., is Lincoln Associate Professor of Ethics and Technology (Emeritus) in

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Endeavors: Engineering and Liberal Arts

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alyson Grace Eggleston, The Citadel; Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

Paper ID #26016Student Teamwork and Leadership in an Engineering Technical Writing CourseDr. Alyson Grace Eggleston, The Citadel Alyson G. Eggleston received her B.A. and M.A. in English with a focus on writing pedagogy and linguis- tics from Youngstown State University and her PhD in Linguistics from Purdue University. Her research and teaching interests are in technical and scientific writing pedagogy and the interaction of language and cognition. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English, Fine Arts, and Communications at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina.Dr. Robert J. Rabb P.E., The

Conference Session

Undergraduate Peer Educators: Mentoring, Observing, Learning

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Tagged Topics

ASEE Board of Directors

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

: All of the wolves survived the rugged winter. Although, the bitter cold and lack of food weakened many in the pack.Here, the author has simply used the wrong word. The word that the author wanted was however: All of the wolves survived the rugged winter. However, the bitter cold and lack of food weakened many in the pack.Because the word although is such an important and often used word in engineering and science, makingthe mistake given above seriously undercuts one’s credibility.c: Run-on sentence with however or thereforeSentences are the fundamental units of expression in scientific documents. Readers of professionalwriting expect authors to write in sentences. When a sentence runs on, readers often lose their place in

Conference Session

Teaching Communication I

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brad Jerald Henderson, University of California, Davis

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Page 24.64.14 more to writing at the sentence-level. “Noise” interferes with the reader's fundamental ability to decode textual strands that link together to form paragraphs. Instead of getting in the way of overall message flow, noise is a measure of sentence impurity. Excellent sentences are concise, clear, and correct. They channel clean signals. They are not full of static, glitches, and unwanted rogue waveforms. Some examples of "noise" would be dead wood (extraneous verbiage), jargon (buzz words and gratuitous frills), unnecessary passive phrasing, out of parallel phrasing, and inexact/incorrect/awkward phrasing (grammar, mechanics, punctuation, and spelling errors). Packaging: This

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brad Jerald Henderson, University of California - Davis

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

. • CLO #4: understand the discrepancy (and resultant inequities and social injustices) between what is grammatically correct/acceptable from the points of view of descriptive grammar (grammar as defined/infused by how people speak the language) versus that of prescriptive grammar (grammar as defined/imposed by how people within academe, institutions, and the high-social-economic subculture write formal/professional English). • CLO #5: have examined an overview of the history of the English language. • CLO #6: are familiar with the fundamentals of language science, that is, linguistics, and this discipline’s various schools of thought.I also observed that standard

Conference Session

Advances in Assessment of Communication and Interdisciplinary Competence

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carolyn Kusbit Dunn, East Carolina University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

taken from an entirely separate course, which should ameliorateconcerns about reliability. Page 25.238.8 For the global issues outcome, however, both methods of assessment had to come fromthe Technical Writing course, which required some revision. Each week of material taught in theclass includes a component on cultural considerations. For instance, when the topic of graphics iscovered, students are taught to address multicultural issues. From a fundamental standpoint, oneof the reasons graphics are effective in technical writing is precisely because they oftencommunicate better than text to a multicultural audience. A company can save

Conference Session

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

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tatiana Teslenko, University of British Columbia, Vancouver

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Computing & Information Technology, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Paper ID #11869Focus on Social Learning in a First-Year Technical Writing Class: a Cana-dian Case-studyProf. Tatiana Teslenko, University of British Columbia, Vancouver Prof. Tatiana Teslenko (Kandydat of Philological Sciences, 1989, PhD, 2000) lives in Vancouver, Canada. She is Professor of Teaching at the Department of Mechanical Engineering in the Faculty of Applied Sci- ence, the University of British Columbia. Her research interests include transformative learning pedagogy, engineering communication, education for sustainable development, and community service learning. Her recent publications include articles and

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 III: Writing as Social–Technical Integration

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bryan A. Jones, Mississippi State University; M. Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Mississippi State University; Amy K. Barton, Mississippi State University; Donna Reese, Mississippi State University; Hejia Pan, Mississippi State University

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Computing & Information Technology, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Amy Barton is Technical Writing Instructor in the Shackouls Technical Communication Program at Mis- sissippi State University. In 2013, she was inducted into the Academy of Distinguished Teachers for the Bagley College of Engineering. She is an active member of the Southeastern Section of ASEE. Her research focuses on incorporating writing to learn strategies into courses across the curriculum.Dr. Donna Reese, Mississippi State University Donna Reese has served as head of the Computer Science and Engineering Department at Mississippi State University since 2010. Prior to that she served for six years as associate dean in the Bagley College of Engineering. Her research interests are in recruitment and retention of

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kamarza Mulia, Chemical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Indonesia; Elsa Krisanti, Chemical Engineering Department, Universitas Indonesia

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

concept of audience analysis was emphasized throughout the course5. Students wereasked to analyze the audience in terms of the audience’s objectives, needs, andcharacteristics. This approach was emphasized throughout the course since audience analysisis an essential step in creating an effective communication product. The focus of thecommunication course is mastery of the fundamental elements of effective communication:reading the communicative situation, understanding the audience, creating a well-craftedmessage, and projecting confidence and competence through an appropriate communicationstyle. For each topic, there is a short overview, followed by in-class activities, and take homeassignments. By the end of the semester, students are expected

Conference Session

Why Industry Says that our Engineering Students Cannot Write

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Duncan, Valparaiso University; Mark M. Budnik, Valparaiso University; Jeffrey Will, Valparaiso University; Peter E. Johnson, Valparaiso University; Shahin S. Nudehi, Valparaiso University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Mechanical Engineering

course, itis also critical that students receive individual feedback to assess and improve theircommunication skills. Similar to most Senior Design courses, the VU course emphasizes teamperformance, and it has been determined that team assignments can mask communicationdeficiencies of individual students. This is especially prevalent in the area of technical writing Page 22.1135.4where the faculty advisor may not know the author of each paper section. Therefore, it isimportant to provide communication feedback to both teams and individuals.Multiple techniques are used to improve the consistency of faculty technical communicationfeedback. First

Conference Session

Engineering as a Professional Calling

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph M LeDoux, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jacquelyn E. Borinski, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kimberly Danielle Haight, Georgia Institute of Technology ; Elaine Catherine McCormick, Georgia Institute of Technology; Alisha A.W. Waller, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

that serves as a blueprint for the learning experience for that day. The teacher handsthe document to the students, who then carry out the workshop. Importantly, the teacher’swriting does not explain or tell; rather, it poses one or more problems and a set of activities toaddress and explore those problems. In this way, the teacher communicates to the studentsthrough his writing, once again teaching with his mouth shut. The teacher’s presence is stillrequired during the workshop, since some supplemental oral communication and consultation isinevitably required. Conceptual workshops were frequently used to teach students systems-thinking and model-based reasoning as a fundamental engineering way of thinking, whereasopen-ended seminars were the

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mathew D. Evans, Arizona State University; Michelle Jordan, Arizona State University

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Paper ID #27378How Writing for the Public Provides Affordances and Constraints in Enact-ing Expert Identity for Undergraduate Engineering StudentsMathew D. Evans, Arizona State University Mathew D Evans is currently a doctoral candidate at the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State UniversityDr. Michelle Jordan , Arizona State University Michelle Jordan is as associate professor in the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State Uni- versity. She also serves as the Education Director for the QESST Engineering Research Center. Michelle’s program of research focuses on social interactions in collaborative

Conference Session

Creative and Cross-disciplinary Methods Part I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig J. Gunn, Michigan State University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

enjoyment that they might get from participating. There are manyindividuals who will never gain a desire to write poetry; but for those who do, providing thisvenue makes the effort worthwhile. As other directions of writing are investigated, hopefullymore students will be drawn into other activities that expand their ideas on communication.ABET’s requirements for accreditation since 2000 give a clear indication that writtencommunication is of tantamount importance in the education of undergraduate engineers. It isinteresting to note that previous to EC 2000, communication in all its forms did not merit morethan a few lines hidden away in the ABET document. With its newly gained prominence,educators are scrambling to make sure that their programs

Conference Session

Communication: From Pecha Kucha to Bullets

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth R. Leitch, West Texas A&M University; Rhonda B Dittfurth, West Texas A&M University; Freddie J Davis P.E., West Texas A&M University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

(Introduction to Academic Writing and Argumentation), ENGL 2311(Introduction to Professional and Technical Communication), and COMM 1315 (Basic Speech Communication) aspart of the university’s core educational requirements. The State of Texas has legislated a 120 semester credit hourrestriction on degree requirements with the exception being a need for additional hours to receive accreditation. TheDepartment of Engineering currently holds one of these exceptions but it is felt that it cannot be extended to cover acourse specific to engineering communication.The authors, working in conjunction with the Communication and the Engineering and Computer ScienceDepartments, respectively, have identified methodologies to improve and reinforce technical

Conference Session

Promoting Communication Skills

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kathryn A. Neeley, University of Virginia; Judith Shaul Norback, Georgia Institute of Technology; Charlie Bennett, Georgia Institute of Technology; Benjamin J. Laugelli, University of Virginia

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

-defined theoretical framework, forexample, “Vygotsky’s theory of scaffolding” and “zone of proximal development (ZPD),”[which is] “the learning zone between what students can do by themselves and what cannot beachieved without the explicit support of an instructor.” The authors also make interestingdistinctions such as writing as metacognition, writing as disciplinary meaning-making, andwriting as technical communication. All of these strategies both strengthen the researchpresented and increase the potential impact of the methods and findings reported in the paper.Conclusions: what does our analysis demonstrate or suggest and what should we do?Perhaps the most significant finding emerging from the research and analysis presented here isthat

Conference Session

Accreditation and Outcomes-based Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

AC 2012-5416: ”WE’RE ALL IN THE SAME BOAT”: ACHIEVING ANINSTITUTIONAL CULTURE OF ASSESSMENTDr. Sandra A. Yost, University of Detroit Mercy Sandra A. Yost is a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Detroit Mercy, where she is active in institutional and engineering program assessment. She teaches in the areas of design, E.E. fundamentals, linear systems theory, mechatronics, control systems, and signal processing. She is currently serving on the ASEE Board of Directors as the Vice President for External Relations.Dr. Laurie A. Britt-Smith, University of Detroit Mercy Laurie Britt-Smith is an Assistant Professor in the English Department at UDM. She is the Director of the writing

Conference Session

Engineering Communication I: History and Praxis

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kathryn A. Neeley, University of Virginia; Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

communication.Specifically, we conducted a title search for “communication or writing or speaking orpresentations” and then examined the papers individually to determine whether they serve one ormore of four functions: (1) develop or assess the communication abilities of engineering students, (2) assess student attitudes and experiences in communication courses, (3) analyze pedagogical strategies or curriculum design processes for teaching engineering students to communicate, or (4) provide fundamental understanding of engineering writing and speaking. The search function in PEER makes it possible to identify trends across the divisions ofASEE and over time, but this function is far from perfect. A strategy like the title search

Conference Session

Integrating Engineering & Liberal Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heath Tims, Louisiana Tech University; Krystal S Corbett, Cyber Innovation Center; Galen E. Turner III, Louisiana Tech University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

camp provides the opportunity for teachers and students to 1) betterunderstand the history of cyberspace, cryptography, and cyber security; 2) experience cyberapplications and programs; 3) discuss social and ethical implications of cyber; 4) explorepossible cyber career fields; and 5) gain an appreciation for the need to secure cyberspace. Thedynamic interactive camp curriculum consists of hands-on labs, a cryptographic treasure hunt,writing assignments, evening film sessions, and a Final Cyber Challenge. The Parallax Boe-Bot™ is used as the core teaching platform throughout.In the months preceding the camp, high school teachers, one science/mathematics teacher andone humanities teacher from each school, attend two professional development

Conference Session

Communication Across the Divisions I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessie Stickgold-Sarah, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Rebecca Thorndike-Breeze, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Educational Research and Methods, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Paper ID #15524Disciplinary Specificity in Engineering Communication: Rhetorical Instruc-tion in an Undergraduate Engineering Research ClassDr. Jessie Stickgold-Sarah, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Jessie Stickgold-Sarah received a joint B.S. degree in electrical engineering and computer science, and the Science, Technology & Society program, in 1997 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and the Ph.D. degree in English and American literature in 2011 from Brandeis University. She is a lecturer in Writing, Rhetoric, and Professional Communication in CMS/W at MIT.Dr. Rebecca Thorndike-Breeze

Conference Session

Innovations in Promoting Technological Literacy II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

families. Health related topicssuch as microbes on Earth and perhaps elsewhere are most receptive to parents, but the teenagedlearners have more diverse interests such as pulleys, prism, and optics.What Is Literacy?What is literacy? In general being illiterate would suggest a person who lacks the ability inreading and writing, but has no trouble in listening and speaking in daily life. The ability to readand write is essential to fulfill the NAE criterion on critical thinking and decision making, thethird cognitive dimension on technological literacy. Recollection, being a fundamental elementin the critical thinking process, would be easier when reading and writing skills are available. Infact recollection belongs to the second cognitive dimension

Conference Session

Promoting Communication Skills

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Lisa R. Volpatti, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Alex Jordan Hanson, University of Texas at Austin; Jennifer M. Schall; Jesse N. Dunietz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Amanda X. Chen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Rohan Chitnis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Eric J. Alm; Alison F. Takemura, U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute; Diana M. Chien, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

experiences for scientists and engineers. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020Evaluating Peer Coaching in an EngineeringCommunication Lab: A Quantitative Assessment ofStudents’ Revision ProcessesAbstract Communication is a crucial skillset for engineers, yet graduates ​[1]–[3]​ and theiremployers ​[4]–[8]​ continue to report their lack of preparation for effective communication uponcompletion of their undergraduate or graduate programs. Thus, technical communicationtraining merits deeper investigation and creative solutions. At the 2017 ASEE Meeting, weintroduced the MIT School of Engineering Communication Lab, a discipline-specific technicalcommunication service that is akin to a writing center, but

Conference Session

Communication as Performance

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John W. Brocato, Mississippi State University; Amy Barton, Mississippi State University; Kelly Agee, Mississippi State University; Ed Dechert, Mississippi State University; Greg Carlisle, Morehead State University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Paper ID #11936Improving Engineering-Student Presentation Abilities with Theatre ExercisesMr. John W. Brocato, Mississippi State University John Brocato is the coordinator of the Shackouls Technical Communication Program in the Bagley Col- lege of Engineering at Mississippi State University, where he teaches technical communication and pro- vides writing/presenting-related support to the entire college. He is the LEES Division Program Chair- Elect as well as the Campus Representative Coordinator for ASEE’s Southeastern Section.Mrs. Amy Barton, Mississippi State University Amy Barton (M.A. in English from Mississippi State

Conference Session

Research on Diversification & Inclusion

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Lachney, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, New Engineering Educators, Student, Women in Engineering

. Page 26.616.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Engineering Bait-and-Switch: K-12 Recruitment Strategies Meet University Curricula & CultureAbstractThis paper uses the metaphor of engineering bait-and-switch to characterize the misalignmentbetween educational approaches of major K-12 engineering initiatives and traditional higher-education engineering programs. We argue that this misalignment is the result of divergentunderlying educational logics. While K-12 engineering education is notably inclusive, “baiting”student interest with context-driven, open-ended problem solving, higher engineering education“switches” toward an exclusive, abstract fundamentals-first

Conference Session

Social Responsibility and Social Justice II: From Classroom to Community

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica Mary Smith, Colorado School of Mines; Carrie J. McClelland P.E., Colorado School of Mines; Nicole M. Smith, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

5were less likely to identify these links concerning promoting the public good (13 fewermentions), environment (12 fewer), sharing wealth with communities or the public (9 fewer), andminimizing negative impacts (8 fewer).DiscussionAlthough anecdotal, the authors believe that these patterns may emerge from various factors.The lower number of links mentioned at the end of the unit as compared to the beginning of thesemester may be a result of the post-write being assigned as a part of a larger assignment versusthe pre-write being a standalone essay. The students may have been fatigued by that point in theassignment and wrote much less. It is also possible that the pre-writes were longer because theseparticular engineering students tend to write