AC 2010-1277: WHAT IS GLOBAL ENGINEERING EDUCATION FOR?: THEMAKING OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATORSGary Downey, Virginia Tech Gary Downey is Alumni Distinguished Professor of Science and Technology Studies and Affiliated Professor of Engineering Education, Women and Gender Studies, and Sociology at Virginia Tech. He teaches the undergraduate course Engineering Cultures, an approach to international education for engineers at home. It is designed to help engineering students learn to work more effectively with people who define problems differently than they do, including non-engineers, by critically examining their own identities and predispositions. Current Chair of the ASEE Liberal Education
Pertaining to Engineering Education." She is also a member of the Middle Tennessee Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication (past president and senior member), the National Council of Teachers of English, and the Association of Professional Communication Consultants.Marilyn Dyrud, Oregon Institute of Technology Marilyn A. Dyrud has taught in the Communication Department of Oregon Institute of Technology since 1983 and regularly teaches courses in technical and business writing, public speaking, rhetoric, and ethics. She is active in ASEE as a member of the ETD Board and compiler of the annual “Engineering Technology Education Bibliography.” A past chair of the Pacific
information to potential participants and the public.Sarah Zappe, Pennsylvania State University Dr. Sarah Zappe is the Director of Assessment and Instructional Support in the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education at Pennsylvania State University. Her background is in educational psychology with an emphasis on educational testing and assessment. Page 14.1197.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Development of a National Workshop to Teach Norwegian Ph.D. Students in Engineering and Science How to Communicate ResearchKey Words: graduate
. He earned a BSEE and MSEE from the University of Wisconsin. He earned his MBA from Seattle University. His background in industry combines biomedical engineering with international marketing and sales. His dissertation research looks at entrepreneurial education. He has research interests in service-learning and experiential education. Page 14.671.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 How and to What Extent Does a Service-Learning Pedagogy Enhance Communication and Collaborative Skill Learning Among First Year Students?Introduction All engineering
integrating sustainability into engineering education at RensselaerPolytechnic Institute. The first model entails a single course on the social analysis of sustainabledesign, taught as a social sciences course but attempting to connect to and leverage (primarilyengineering) students’ disciplinary expertise and interests. The second model is a newlyinstituted undergraduate minor in “sustainability studies” that is offered in Science andTechnology Studies (STS). This minor is targeted to students across campus and, hence, isdesigned to complement a variety of majors, including engineering majors. The third model is apilot collaboration among three courses, each with a different lens on sustainable design. Thefourth and final model is an effort to
AC 2009-1131: INTEGRATING MICROETHICS AND MACROETHICS INGRADUATE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING EDUCATION: DEVELOPINGINSTRUCTIONAL MODELSJoseph Herkert, Arizona State University Polytechnic Joseph Herkert, D. Sc., P.E., is Lincoln Associate Professor of Ethics and Technology at Arizona State University. He has taught engineering ethics and related courses for more than twenty years. His work on engineering ethics has appeared in engineering, law, social science, and applied ethics journals. Dr. Herkert is the past Editor of IEEE Technology & Society and a founding Associate Editor of Engineering Studies. He received his BSEE from Southern Methodist University and his doctorate in Engineering and
talked with TanyaZainish-Belcher, archivist of the Women in Science and Engineering archives collected at IowaState University. Around and through these conversations, and in concert with other researchersparticipating in the SWE 60th Anniversary Project, we discussed particular “big questions” in thefield of gender and engineering that remain or are increasingly important to investigate. Each ofthe authors of this larger project have an intense interest in applying feminist research methods tothe investigation of women’s persistent underrepresentation in engineering education and theirstruggles in the profession, and we decided to collaborate on a project to investigate howwomen’s identities as engineers were portrayed by others as well as by
a registered professional engineer in the state of Ohio.Brian Swenty, University of Evansville Brian Swenty is Professor of Mechanical and Civil Engineering at the University of Evansville and chair of its Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering. He received both his PhD and BS degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of Missouri Rolla and his MS degree from the University of Florida. He is a registered professional engineer in several states. Page 13.853.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Liberal Education: A Survey of GoalsAbstractIn the fall
student development, oftenin collaboration with communication faculty in English departments, Writing-Across-the-Curriculum programs, and centers housed within engineering colleges themselves.What many of these same efforts lack, however, is an approach to communication informed byresearch on how students learn to write, and particularly on the metacognitive rhetorical skillsstudents need to transfer their experiences from one context to the communication challenges ofa new situation. In a 2004 article in the International Journal of Engineering Education, CarolBoiarsky outlined the metacognitive knowledge engineering students need to ground their
AC 2010-1747: INTEGRATING THE ENGINEERING CURRICULUM THROUGHCROSSDISCIPLINARY STUDIOSNadia Kellam, University of Georgia Nadia Kellam is an Assistant Professor and engineering educational researcher in the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering at the University of Georgia. She is co-director of the Collaborative Lounge for Understanding Society and Technology through Educational Research (CLUSTER) research group. Her research interests include interdisciplinarity, creativity, identity formation, and the role of emotion in cognition.Joachim Walther, University of Georgia Joachim Walther is an Assistant Professor with the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Georgia
communication and engineering conferences and has been published in communication and engineering education. Page 15.979.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Prioritizing Teamwork: Promoting Process and Product Effectiveness in the Freshman Engineering Design CourseAbstractTwenty-first century engineers face complex challenges that demand collaborative problemsolving. However, traditional engineering education does not sufficiently prepare students for theprofession. The call for instruction in such skills as communication and teamwork is not new;ABET and industrial boards have argued for inclusion
prepared towork collaboratively in culturally diverse and global settings. In order to remain relevant in anevolving field, they must also be creative and innovative, imbued with an entrepreneurial spirit,and educated for leadership and life-long learning. Traditionally, the development of attributessuch as these have not been the primary goals of the undergraduate engineering curriculum,although recent changes in accreditation standards strongly encourage engineering programs tohelp students develop teamwork and lifelong learning skills.While support for what have been understood historically as liberal (or general) education goalsfuels many discussions in engineering education community, the level to which these goalscurrently permeate
AC 2009-1610: COMMUNICATION PEDAGOGY IN THE ENGINEERINGCLASSROOM: A REPORT ON FACULTY PRACTICES AND PERCEPTIONSJulia Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Julia M. Williams is Executive Director of the Office of Institutional Research, Planning and Assessment & Professor of English at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, Indiana. Her articles on writing assessment, electronic portfolios, ABET, and tablet PCs have appeared in the Technical Communication Quarterly, Technical Communication: Journal of the Society for Technical Communication, The International Journal of Engineering Education, Journal of Engineering Education, and The Impact of Tablet PCs and Pen
AC 2007-787: PAUL REVERE IN THE SCIENCE LAB: INTEGRATINGHUMANITIES AND ENGINEERING PEDAGOGIES TO DEVELOP SKILLS INCONTEXTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND SELF-DIRECTED LEARNINGRobert Martello, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Robert Martello is an Associate Professor of the History of Science and Technology at the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering.Jonathan Stolk, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Jonathan Stolk is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science at the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering. Page 12.1147.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007
, California Polytechnic State University Stacey Breitenbach is currently Assistant Dean for Advising and Student Success Initiatives at the College of Engineering at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. She received her B.S. and M.A. from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. Prior to becoming Assistant Dean, she was the Executive Director of the College of Engineering Advising Center. Page 12.8.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 A BA Liberal Arts and Engineering Studies Degree at a Polytechnic
2006-2198: (RE)DESIGNING THE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AT THEUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON FOR 2010 AND BEYONDAmy Wendt, University of Wisconsin-MadisonJay Martin, University of Wisconsin-MadisonJeffrey Russell, University of Wisconsin-MadisonMike Graham, University of Wisconsin-MadisonPatrick Farrell, University of Wisconsin-MadisonPaul Peercy, University of Wisconsin-MadisonSarah Pfatteicher, University of Wisconsin-Madison Page 11.2.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 (Re) Designing the College of Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for 2010 and BeyondAbstractLife in engineering colleges and schools will be
received his Ph.D. in psychometrics from the University of Illinois and his B.A.in psychology from the University of Richmond. Forehand has held academic and research positions at the University of Chicago and Carnegie Mellon University. For the past 20 years, one of his areas of research and curriculum development has been workforce communication skills and instruction for undergraduates in engineering. Page 13.304.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Communication Instruction in an Engineering Introductory Statistics Course #2008
University in 1979. Page 14.954.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Personal vs. Professional E-mail: the Palin Case Edward F. Gehringer North Carolina State University efg@ncsu.eduAbstractLast fall’s break-in of Vice-Presidential candidate Sarah Palin's private e-mail account can serveas a fascinating case study in an Ethics in Computing class. The break-in is a clear violation offederal law, and the ethics of that should not be in serious doubt. But what about posting thecontents of her private e
AC 2010-602: “MORE THAN JUST ENGINEERS”- HOW ENGINEERS DEFINEAND VALUE COMMUNICATION SKILLS ON THE JOB.Christine Nicometo, University of Wisconsin, MadisonKevin Anderson, University of Wisconsin, MadisonTraci Nathans-Kelly, University of Wisconsin, MadisonSandra Courter, University of Wisconsin-MadisonThomas McGlamery, University of Wisconsin-Madison Page 15.1391.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 “More Than Just Engineers”: How Practicing Engineers Define and Value Communication Skills On the JobAbstractWhile most professional and academic sources have expressed a need for engineers who possessstrong communication skills, what these
Page 13.1121.12 Writers, Holt, Rhinehart, and Winston, NY, NY, 1987, p. v.5. --- The Engineer of 2020: Visions of Engineering in the New Century, NAE Press, Washington DC, 2004.6. Accredition Board on Engineering and Technology (ABET)7. A. Kennedy, D. Ollis, and R. Brent, Cross-College Collaboration to Enhance Spanish Instruction and Learning, Proceedings of ASEE Annual Mtg., Portland, OR, 2005.8. D. Ollis, A. Kennedy, M. Granger, and R. Brent, Addressing "engineering solutions in global and societal context" through an integrated foreign language immersion experience, Intl’l Journal of Engineering Education (submitted).9. W. Caldwell, “Taking Spanish outside the box: A model for
Page 12.492.9communication instruction necessary for engineering students’ professional development insmall, manageable pieces over time, students are better able to enhance their communicationcompetence.AcknowledgmentsThe author would like to thank the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation for continued supportof this program, as well as College of Engineering faculty for their willingness to collaborate andexperiment in the classroom.Bibliography1. Bjorkland, S. A. and Colbeck, C. L., “The View from the Top: Leaders’ Perspectives on a Decade of Change inEngineering Education,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 90, 2001, pp. 13-19.2. Evans, D.L., Beakley, G. C., Crouch, P. E., and Yamaguchi, G. T., “Attributes of Engineering Graduates and
Innovation studio sequence, including courses in industrial design, entrepreneurship and design, and sustainability design. Page 13.767.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Integrating Technical, Social, and Aesthetic Analysis in the Product Design Studio: A Case Study and Model for a New Liberal Education for EngineersAbstractThis paper investigates one initiative to bring technical, social, and aesthetic analyses together inthe same curriculum and even in the same classroom. Rensselaer’s Product Design andInnovation
AC 2007-2072: RESISTING NEOLIBERALISM IN GLOBAL DEVELOPMENTENGINEERINGDonna Riley, Smith College Donna Riley is Assistant Professor of Engineering at Smith College. She teaches an upper level elective course on engineering and global development and advises the campus chapter of Engineers for a Sustainable World. Page 12.1240.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Resisting neoliberalism in global development engineeringAbstractIn recent years we have seen an explosion of interest in global development engineering on ourcampuses. Driven by a range of goals including addressing basic human
AC 2009-2124: ENHANCING STUDENT LEARNING WITH VIDEO PROJECTSBill Genereux, Kansas State University, SalinaElena Mangione-Lora, University of Notre Dame Page 14.572.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Enhancing Student Learning with Video ProjectsAbstractThis paper will explore the use of digital video as a teaching tool in college courses. Two verydifferent courses of potential interest to engineering educators are cited as examples. The first isa foreign language course offered at the University of Notre Dame which uses video technologyto encourage students to write, produce, and star in original Spanish language "telenovelas" orday-time dramas
communication curriculum in one department of civil engineering." IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication 51.3 (2008): 313-3278. Class surveys, conducted November 15-27, 2009 by anonymous response to 7 multiple choice/scaled answer/fill-in questions.9. Examples have been drawn with permission from Encana; Spar Aerospace; medical research labs at Mount Sini Hospital (Toronto), University of Calgary, University of Manitoba; Bell Labs, Hydro One (Ontario); Canadian Ministry of the Environment.10. American Society of Mechanical Engineers Curriculum Innovation Award, 200511. American Society of Engineering Education Best Paper Award, 200412. Alan Blizzard Award for Collaborative Education, 200413. Eggermont, M
, respectively. He is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and a registered professional engineer in the state of Ohio. He is current past Chair of the IEEE Cincinnati Section, and in 1997 he received the IEEE Professional Achievement Award. He has held several research and management positions in industry working for such companies as Battelle's Columbus Laboratories, Rockwell International, and Claspan Corporation. He joined the University of Cincinnati in 1985. Page 13.389.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Developing a Writing in the
AC 2010-914: ENGINEERING AND SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITYDEVELOPMENT: CRITICAL PEDAGOGY IN EDUCATION FOR“ENGINEERING TO HELP”Juan Lucena, Colorado School of MinesJen Schneider, Colorado School of MinesJon Leydens, Colorado School of Mines Page 15.475.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Engineering and Sustainable Community Development (ESCD): Critical Pedagogy in Education for “Engineering to Help”“Don’t come here [to my community] to help! Come here to listen, to find out if our[community’s] struggles are your struggles. Then and only then, we can sit anddiscuss how, if at all, we can work together.” --Gustavo Esteva, community activist in Chiapas
AC 2010-1688: TEACHING TO ABET'S CRITERION 3(I) LIFELONG LEARNINGOUTCOME: LESSONS ON INNOVATION FROM CREATIVE COMMUNITIESKatherine Wikoff, Milwaukee School of Engineering KATHERINE WIKOFF is Associate Professor in the General Studies Department at Milwaukee School of Engineering, where she teaches courses in freshman communication, business and technical communication, literature, political science, film studies, and creative thinking. Email: wikoff@msoe.edu Page 15.1189.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Teaching to ABET’s 3(i) Lifelong Learning Outcome
AC 2008-599: KINESTHETIC LEARNING IN THE CLASSROOMJoe Tranquillo, Bucknell University JOSEPH V TRANQUILLO is an assistant professor of biomedical and electrical engineering at Bucknell University. Dr. Tranquillo teaches courses primarily in bioinstrumentation. His research focuses on theoretical and computational models of electrical activity in the body. Page 13.829.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Kinesthetic Learning in the Classroom “Great ideas originate in the muscles” – Thomas EdisonIntroductionA great deal of information exists regarding the
Tutorial,” IEEETransactions on Professional Communication, v 48 n 4 (December 2005): 413-426.6. P. Hirsch, H.D. Smith, G. Birol, B. Yalvac, J. Casler, J. Anderson, and J. Troy. “Establishing School-WideStandards for Engineering Writing: A Data Driven Approach.” Proceedings of the 2005 Annual Conference of theAmerican Society for Engineering Education, Portland, OR, June 12–15, 2005 .7. A. Powe and J. Moorehead. “Grading Lab Reports Effectively: Using Rubrics Developed Collaboratively by Page 14.672.14ECE and Technical Writing Instructors.” Proceedings of the 2005 Annual Conference of the American Society forEngineering Education