Conference Session

Sociotechnical Systems in Practice

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marie Stettler Kleine, Colorado School of Mines; Aubrey Wigner, Colorado School of Mines; Dean Nieusma, Colorado School of Mines; Chelsea Salinas, Colorado School of Mines

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

translation of the problem-in-the-world to a free-body diagram simplification. Itmight ask: How were the boundaries of the free body diagram chosen? In what social contextmight a student find this physical setup? What alternative arrangements or applications of forcemight matter for a given user or situation? And, most ambitiously, whether the conceptual tool ofa free-body diagram is the best or most appropriate tool to apply to make sense of the underlyingphysical problem in the world? These questions explore the problem-framing process.Engineering educators who are frustrated by the near-exclusive technical focus of engineering“problem solving” identity formation often point to the complexities of real-world engineeringpractice and the need to

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Integration at the Course Level

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Romkey, University of Toronto

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

towards real-world applications through a varietyof mechanisms. Instructors demonstrated moderate support for STSE, with a strong orientationtowards problem solving and design, but shared concerns, in particular about exploring issues ofsocial justice and fairness and the possibility of imposing bias on students. This is reflective ofwork in engineering education that highlights the apolitical nature of engineering and itsresonance in undergraduate engineering programs. Finally, a reframing of STSE is offered toacknowledge the role of problem solving rather than issue exploration in engineering, whilehighlighting the need to further consider the context of engineering activities, aligned with recentwork on sociotechnical thinking and social

Conference Session

AI and Tools for Transdisciplinary Work

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Todd Nicewonger, Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

shifting (Clark-Stallkamp and Garmise, 2020). This includes theemergence of “transdisciplinary” academic plans that are being developed at universities andcolleges throughout the U.S. that partner with industry and aim to respond to public sectordemands for graduates who are trained to work on mixed-disciplinary research and developmentteams. Prominent examples include Arizona State University’s EdPlus (Arizona State university,2018), Bennington College’s “Field Work Term,” Georgia Tech’s “Creating the Next” (GeorgiaTech, 2021), and Purdue’s “Hands On Education - Real World Success” Initiatives (Purdue,2020).In this paper we draw on ethnographic research that was conducted as part of an externalevaluation involving a newly launched

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacqueline Rose Tawney, California Institute of Technology; Meredith Hooper, California Institute of Technology; Harly Ramsey, University of Southern California; Morgan Hooper, University of Toronto

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

applications. She is passionate about creating positive change within her communities and being a compassionate scientist and leader.Meredith Hooper, California Institute of Technology Meredith Hooper is an Aeronautics PhD student studying under Professor Mory Gharib and Co-Director of the Caltech Project for Effective Teaching (CPET). Her PhD research uses a combination of machine learning and experimental techniques to investigate optimal modes of propulsion, spanning interests in both bioinspired propulsion and classical aviation. In her role as Co-Director of CPET, Meredith works closely with the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Outreach to coordinate and lead a variety of workshops, speakers, discussions, and more

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Integration at the Program Level

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alice Huang; Nava Bozorgmehri; Alexander Broome; Peyton Elise Carter; Hayoung Cho; Jaxen Farrell; Jane Ginley; William Kaeul Gotanda; Margaret Hynes; Charles Patrick Neill; Owen Pett; Will Purnell; Eliana Jean Razzino; Olivia Lane Remcho; Vanessa Rigoglioso; Cyrus Rosen; Ellen Ryan; Mary Katherine Serpe; William Sweeney; Avneet Hira, Boston College; Gabriella Maria Bachiochi

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

chosenas the primary foci of the stories that the students shared. Perspective. On the topic of perspective, the most commonly referred to example of how itapplies to engineering was that it helps them make connections between what they are learning about intheir STEM classes and how that can be applied into the real world. Riffling Cuttlefish and SnifflingPomegranate gave examples of how they were able to see the connections between engineering andcommunities, which was explored in a literature class, or how their engineering classes gave them adeeper understanding of climate change. Additionally, Grappling Grape suggested that taking liberal artscourses help them overcome the challenge of “los[ing] sight of why we are spending so much

Conference Session

Accountability and Stewardship

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gail Baura, Loyola University, Chicago; Matt Miller, Loyola University, Chicago

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

professional ethics, that is, “special morally permissible standards of conduct that,ideally, every member of a profession wants every other member to follow, even if that wouldmean having to do the same” [6]. These courses or modules begin with a discussion of U.S.engineering ethics codes, which were first issued by the American Institute of ConsultingEngineers in 1911 and the American Institute of Electrical Engineers code in 1912 [7].Engineering ethics codes stress public safety, health and welfare, protection of the environment,competency, honesty, and fairness [8]. Using these codes as a framework, the courses ormodules also contain engineering ethics cases of simulated or real-world situations.Critics of this training approach have shown over

Conference Session

Equity and Belonging

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel Figard, Arizona State University; Abimelec Mercado Rivera, Arizona State University; Marcus Melo de Lyra, The Ohio State University

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Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

; Motti &Dura, 2021; Murdock et al., 2023; Oleson et al., 2023; Reynante, 2022; Rossmann et al., 2020).These articles addressed factors that may have contributed to students’ boosted or lessenedenthusiasm for the subject matter. Across several articles, authors expressed challenges aroundkeeping students engaged and motivated, particularly when teaching abstract or seemingly lessrelevant topics like ethics and socio-technical aspects of engineering (Claussen et al., 2019;D’Souza, 2017; Forbes et al., 2022; Kang et al., 2021; Letaw et al., 2022; Motti & Dura, 2021;Murdock et al., 2023; Reynante, 2022; Rossmann et al., 2020). Including real-world applications,team projects with students across disciplines, hands-on experiences, and

Conference Session

Wellness, Readiness, and Thriving

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vanessa Tran, Utah State University; Cassandra McCall, Utah State University; Stephen Secules, Florida International University; Maimuna Begum Kali, Florida International University; Gabriel Van Dyke, Utah State University

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

, commonthreads intersect across all definitions regardless of origin. Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh, arevered Buddhist figure, activist, and educator, defines mindfulness as “showing us what ishappening in our bodies, emotions, minds, and the world. Through mindfulness, we avoidharming ourselves and others” [3]. Another widely recognized definition comes from Kabat-Zinn, who frames mindfulness as "paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the presentmoment, and nonjudgmentally” [4]. This definition emphasizes the intentional and non-judgmental aspects of mindfulness while highlighting its focused engagement with the present.Overall, mindfulness involves noticing and acknowledging thoughts, feelings, and sensations asthey arise in real-time

Conference Session

AI and Tools for Transdisciplinary Work

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tammy Mackenzie, The Aula Fellowship; Leslie Salgado, University of Calgary; Sreyoshi Bhaduri, ThatStatsGirl; Victoria Kuketz, Catalyst ; Solenne Savoia, Mila-Quebec AI Institute; Lilianny Virguez, University of Florida

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

verydisciplinary silos and discourse communities that stand as barriers to interdisciplinary research and education alsoserve as barriers to combining and transferring this scholarship in ways that would be informative to sciences,engineering, humanities, and social sciences alike” [10].Collaboration with individuals with diverse perspectives leads to rich and creative solutions, especially to poorlystructured problems that are common in engineering. This is true in the everyday interactions that engineers mayhave in work teams, as highlighted by Felder [11], Ventura [12], Chowdhury et al. [13], and is essential in complex,real-world problem-solving, too [14]. It is vital when the stakes are high, such as work to do with climate change,health, social

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Integration and Sociotechnical Thinking: The Big Picture

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth A. Reddy, Colorado School of Mines; Marie Stettler Kleine, Colorado School of Mines; Matt Parsons, Colorado School of Mines; Dean Nieusma, Colorado School of Mines

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

- Hulman Institute of Technology, and an M.S. and PhD in STS from Virginia Tech. She conducts research on engineering practice and pedagogy around the world, exploring its origins, purposes, and potential futures. Marie’s interest in values and engagement in professional cultures also extends to innovation and its experts. With Matthew Wisnioski and Eric Hintz, Marie co-edited Does America Need More Innovators? (MIT Press, 2019).Matt Parsons, Colorado School of Mines My name is Matt Parsons. I completed my undergraduate degree at The Ohio State University. At OSU, I was a teaching assistant for the first-year engineering sequence for 5 semesters. I developed a passion for teaching there. I researched STEM students

Conference Session

Identity Formation and Engineering Cultures

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Madeline Polmear, King's College London

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

starting in the early 2000s due in large part to accreditation (such ABET andWashington Accord). In the UK, the Engineering Council establishes the Accreditation ofHigher Education Programmes (AHEP) [10]. The learning outcomes, which were updated in2020, include “consideration of applicable health & safety, diversity, inclusion, cultural,societal, environmental and commercial matters” in design (outcome B5), “evaluate theenvironmental and societal impact of solutions” (B7), “identity and analyse ethical concernsand make reasoned ethical choices” (B8), and “recognize the responsibilities, benefits andimportance of supporting equality, diversity and inclusion” (B11) [10]. These outcomes spanmicroethics, the duties of individual engineers within

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Integration and Sociotechnical Thinking: The Big Picture

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cherie D. Edwards, Virginia Commonwealth University; Bryanne Peterson; Sreyoshi Bhaduri, ThatStatsGirl; Cassandra J. McCall, Utah State University; Desen Sevi Özkan, Tufts University

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

potential for using thisapproach as a means of student assessment is less common. However, we argue that visualmethods can not only provide a useful frame for instructors to develop assessments that examinewhat students are learning, but also make space for students to articulate to what extent theyunderstand and relate to content in ways that are most conducive to them. This use of visualmethods as an assessment tool aligns with previous applications of visual methods-basedassessment in fields such as student affairs and management education (Rohn, Arnold, &Martini, 2022; Ward & Shortt, 2013; Su, 2012). While the applications of these methods mayhave been to measure different constructs, rationales for applying visual methods as

Conference Session

Sociotechnical Integration and Programmatic Reform

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chelsea Salinas, Colorado School of Mines; Dean Nieusma, Colorado School of Mines

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

7 Focus Area Elec7ves 8Figure 2. Design Engineering Simplified Requirements MapEach of the curriculum categories in Figure 2 is briefly described below:Design Spine – Open-ended, interdisciplinary engineering design projects every semester,including our signature “integrative design studios” (IDSs). IDSs are founded on sociotechnicalintegration over five semesters and are situated between our first-year Cornerstone Designcampus-wide requirement and our senior-year Capstone Design I & II requirements. All thesedesign courses are crafted to expose students to complex, open-ended, real-world problem-solving with hands-on and team-based components. Sociotechnical integration is prioritized inthe IDSs, where

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LIBED) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jingshu Meng; Hannah Norton; Chelsea Andrews, Tufts University

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

engineering computingcourse [1]. The revised course includes weekly readings followed by small-group discussions oncurriculum-aligned real-world justice topics. For example, students read an article onenvironmental racism that discussed how, contrary to popular belief, environmental pollutioncorrelates more strongly with race than with class. Discussion prompts drew students’ attentionto the data science implications: how what data is collected and how it is analyzed directlydetermines what conclusions can be drawn.This work-in-progress paper develops a case study analysis of post-course interviews of sixinternational students of color. We use a qualitative case study approach to analyze theseinterviews, focusing on students’ expressed identity and

Conference Session

Sociotechnical Thinking: Who, Why, and How?

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin David Lutz, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

college students and early career individuals’epistemological development. For sociotechnical design, I offer a brief overview of predominanttheories and practices that are applicable within engineering design settings. I also highlightexisting work in sociotechnical thinking in engineering education. By weaving together thesestrands of scholarship, I hope to make space for an emerging and critical area of engineeringeducation research that can illuminate issues surrounding the development of vital engineeringskills and ways of thinking. In this paper, I put forth a few questions and discuss potentialopportunities to explore student and professional development in sociotechnical design. Forinstance, How does Sociotechnical Thinking develop and

Conference Session

Equity and Belonging

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Felicity Bilow, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Lucas Adams, Clarkson University; Mohammad Meysami, Clarkson University; Jan DeWaters, Clarkson University

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Diversity

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Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

solvingsocial issues [24] and helping people [25], and are more likely to pursue engineering because ofsocial motivations [5],[26]. Women are typically more interested in engineering disciplines thatprovide more real-world, contextualized learning opportunities [27], so engineering courses thathighlight the social aspects of engineering may help female students to see engineering as asuitable career for them. Second, engineering graduates would better understand the importanceof considering the social aspects of engineering and the societal implications of engineeringwork. This would better prepare them for a career industry where they will be (1) makingdecisions that impact people [1] and (2) interacting and collaborating with others [28]-[30].One

Conference Session

AI and Tools for Transdisciplinary Work

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Grant Fore, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

students having to create plans that completely redesignedexisting structures that were owned by the organizations. The courses’ scope did not extend toactual construction although the students’ final designs were given to the organizations in thehope that the designs could be leveraged in future grant applications to fund construction.The instructor, who was a professional architect, reported that she had organized the classroomas if it were an architectural firm. This setup led to multiple intersecting conversations in eachclass period between peers as they navigated the desires of their “clients,” as well as thechallenges of utilizing new design software and building codes to complete their designs. Thelogic of designing the class as if it were

Conference Session

Sociotechnical Systems in Practice

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Russell Korte, The George Washington University; Cory Brozina, Youngstown State University ; Aditya Johri, George Mason University; Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

building themselves or managed teams/crews of othersassigned to doing the work. Designs were also carefully produced within narrow constraints offederal, regional, and/or state regulations, as well as the constraints from the organization forsafety, feasibility, and performance. Maintaining the order of the industry was the overridingobjective of the work of these engineers [12].Developing knowledge and appreciation of the complexities of engineering work as practiced inengineering organizations is one of the important competencies supporting successful transitionsof students from school to work [21]. The findings of this study can help educators and studentsdevelop their knowledge and understanding real-world applications of many of the concepts

Conference Session

Transgression, Conflict, and Altruism

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard A House, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

to attracthumanitarian and civically engaged engineers and engineering students very similarly toinitiatives like NAE’s Grand Challenges for Engineering and Engineers for a Sustainable World.Yet EA also differs from those enterprises, most starkly in extolling the philanthropic “Money-Maker” over mere “Direct Benefiters.” Michael Lewis paraphrases MacAskill’s argument that agifted young person should become a banker rather than a doctor [or, by implication, anengineer] serving the developing world: someone else does the investment banking, “very littleof the replacement banker’s earnings would find its way to doctors in Africa. All those peopleyou might have saved if you had become a banker and given away your money would die.” Inthis way

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Integration at the Course Level

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary K. Pilotte, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Rich Dionne, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

, the work of other students–designers, technicians, stage managers, actors, dancers,etc.,--is all interdependent. A theatre engineering student’s failure impacts not just them, butpotentially dozens of others. Finally, because students are applying their knowledge and skills toa “real thing,” that knowledge is activated and remembered in a way that simple conceptualprojects cannot replicate: students see the real impact of their choices, of their application ofskills, of their ability to be timely and to accurately complete analyses.Other Values/Challenges/OpportunitiesThe preceding paragraphs unpack the 3-year capstone design approach through the logic of theCAP framework. There are however invisible values embedded in this course design

Conference Session

Stories, Communication, and Convergence in Engineering Education

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joanna G Burchfield, University of South Florida; April A. Kedrowicz, North Carolina State University, Raleigh

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

engineeringcontext, followed by a deliverable requiring students to account for these issues. For example,this could include a design report that must address stakeholder needs for a civil engineeringproject impacting housing and community development in a low-income neighborhood. It mightalso include engagement with case studies followed by an oral presentation where students mustgrapple with ethical issues. It could also include a critical self-reflection designed to enhanceself-awareness. Service-learning opportunities are another avenue for student immersion in real-world problem solving, stakeholder engagement, and debate and decision making related toDEIJ.Lessons Learned and Moving ForwardScaffolded, integrated, discipline-specific instruction works

Conference Session

AI and Tools for Transdisciplinary Work

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elana Goldenkoff, University of Michigan; Erin A. Cech, University of Michigan

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

accompany its advancementand deployment. While some students feel equipped to handle these challenges, the majority feelunprepared to manage these complex situations in their professional work. Additionally, studentsreported that the ethical concerns involved in the development and application of technologieslike AI is often not included in curricula or is viewed as “soft skills” that are not as important as“technical” knowledge. Although some students we interviewed shared the sense of apathytoward these topics that they see from their engineering program, most were eager to receivemore training in AI ethics. These results underscore the pressing need for engineering educationprograms, including graduate programs, to integrate comprehensive ethics

Conference Session

Accountability and Stewardship

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin J. Laugelli, University of Virginia

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

that are important to them [4]. For my course, this meant that itwould not be sufficient motivation for students to read Frankenstein in the abstract as a literaryclassic; instead, they would need to encounter the novel as a text that speaks directly to aspectsof engineering design and practice. Another of the authors’ strategies for enhancing studentmotivation concerns helping students see in concrete terms the relevance and applicability of theideas and concepts they are learning. This could involve relating course concepts to real-worldcontexts, examples, and events [4]. To deploy this strategy, it would be important to relate thenovel’s concerns about techno-science in the early nineteenth century to contemporary forms ofscience and

Conference Session

Global Roles and Societal Responsibilities of Engineers

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Todd E. Nicewonger, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Stacey Anne Fritz; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

as it relates to preparingstudents for working on wicked problems, this case study illustrates the need to attend to howengineering practices in building design become entangled and materially influenced by moraleconomies (Nieusma and Riley, 2010; Riley et al. 2016). We close with the open-endedquestion: What role can social scientists, working with engineers and builders, have in thedevelopment of post-occupancy tools and analyses of built environments? For instance,anthropologists have tended to focus on the cultural production of design in engineering fields,but design in its broadest sense exists in multiple places that are in contention with thisconceptual framework that is also dually popular in the real world (Keating and Jarvenpaa

Conference Session

Identity Formation and Engineering Cultures

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cindy Rottmann, University of Toronto; Dimpho Radebe, University of Toronto; Emily Moore P.Eng., University of Toronto; Andrea Chan, University of Toronto; Emily Macdonald-Roach, University of Toronto; Saskia van Beers, University of Toronto; Sasha-Ann Eleanor Nixon, University of Toronto

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

society or group. To say that two people belong to the same culture is to say that they interpret the world in roughly the same ways and can express themselves, their thoughts, and feelings about the world, in ways which would be understood by each other. Thus, culture depends on its participants interpreting meaningfully what is happening around them, and “making sense” of the world, in broadly similar ways. (p.2)7For Hall, this communal sense making project is deeply contextualized, and has the “tendency to take onthe intellectual coloration of the place where it is operating.” (p.24)8 He characterizes culture asindivisible from power and underlines the “historic

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Integration at the Program Level

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth A. Reddy, Colorado School of Mines; Courtney Van Kirk; Marie Stettler Kleine, Colorado School of Mines; Emily York, James Madison University; Shannon Conley; David Tomblin, University of Maryland, College Park; Nicole Farkas Mogul, University of Maryland, College Park; Marisa Renee Brandt, Michigan State University; Kathryn Peck

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

Engineering, Design, and Society. She holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering and international studies from Rose- Hulman Institute of Technology, and an M.S. and PhD in STS from Virginia Tech. She conducts research on engineering practice and pedagogy around the world, exploring its origins, purposes, and potential futures. Marie’s interest in values and engagement in professional cultures also extends to innovation and its experts. With Matthew Wisnioski and Eric Hintz, Marie co-edited Does America Need More Innovators? (MIT Press, 2019).Emily York, James Madison University I am an Assistant Professor in the School of Integrated Sciences at James Madison University (JMU). Drawing on the fields of Science and

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Integration at the Program Level

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

MC Forelle, University of Virginia; Kent A. Wayland, University of Virginia; Bryn Elizabeth Seabrook, University of Virginia

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

, Across Cultures in and leadership skills to address the Business, grand challenges of the 21st century.”26 Engineering, and • “must complete a work, research, study Technology (DVCC) or service-learning experience abroad. • Teaching and This experience gives students an Learning about opportunity to exercise leadership of Cultural Diversity self and others in a foreign engineering through Intergroup or technology environment on a real- Dialogue world problem. Students also

Conference Session

Values in Engineering: Ethics and Justice-Oriented Engineering

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fatima Naeem Abdurrahman, University of Maryland, College Park; Sona Chudamani, University of Maryland, College Park; Chandra Anne Turpen, University of Maryland College Park; Jennifer Radoff, University of Maryland, College Park; Andrew Elby, University of Maryland, College Park; David Tomblin, University of Maryland, College Park

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

dehumanizing practices by constructing human relationships as “inputs and outputs…increasing organizational efficiencies by minimizing inputs and maximizing outputs” [11], [12].This understanding of ideology as a barrier to sociotechnical reasoning is consistent with thepresiding interpretation of ideology in the Learning Sciences, where the term is commonly usedto evoke a stable set of beliefs that constrain learning [13]-[21].Stuart Hall [22], however, offers an alternative to ideology being simple dogmatic attitudes withhis conception of ideology as collective systems of unarticulated assumptions used to make senseof the world in a way that is “fragmentary, disjointed, and episodic”. Philip et al. [9] drawparallels between Hall’s emphasis on the

Conference Session

Stories, Communication, and Convergence in Engineering Education

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ariana Turner, Georgia Institute of Technology; Hye Yeon Lee, Georgia Institute of Technology; Joseph M LeDoux, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

reflectionat a particularly vulnerable period: end-of-life. Implementing life review therapy has been shownto improve spiritual well-being and reduce depression symptoms in terminally ill patients (Hesset al., 2019) and improve the quality of life in elderly patients (Sharif et al., 2018). As such, storytelling broadly, like research on expressive writing, takes on a far-reachingutility—with story-based applications also touting improvements in feelings of belonging andconnectedness (Sonn et al., 2014), empathy (Manney, 2008), and mental health (Kellas, 2017).While storytelling—as both an intervention and a pedagogical approach—has been commonlyapplied in medical and therapeutic contexts (among others), we believe it may be less

Conference Session

Sociotechnical Thinking: Who, Why, and How?

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrice Marie Buzzanell, University of South Florida; Sean M. Eddington, Kansas State University; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

moves from visualizations of “perhaps” orpossibilities and invitations to engage to closing visualizations that “put things together” for howDEI can be done.Literature ReviewDT for DEI in the Professional Formation of EngineersIn our NSF-funded project, we assumed that novice engineers are better prepared for theircareers if they have real-world engineering team experiences, see DEI as critical to their workrather than an add-on, and learn how to integrate the socio-technical aspects of engineeringdesign [20]. These assumptions are based on decades of reports advocating for interventions toaccomplish these needs. We also assumed that these issues are intertwined “wicked problems,”or deeply embedded contradictions and seemingly intractable