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Engineering for Social Justice

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven VanderLeest, Calvin College

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important details, perhaps because they are too close to the Page 11.851.4details, or perhaps because they do not empathize enough with the user. As Thamus chidesTheuth in Plato’s Paedrus, “…the parent or inventor of an art is not always the best judge of theutility or inutility of his own inventions to the users of them”5 Good engineering requires a teamapproach to help tease out all the important facets and implications of design decisions. Oftenthese teams include not only engineers, scientists, and other technical experts, but also financialanalysts, artists, marketing and sales experts, managers, and others. Although they do not havetechnical

Conference Session

Learning to Communicate with Engineers and Non-Engineers

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Laura Wilson, University of CIncinnati; Teresa Cook, University of Cincinnati; Jo Ann Thompson, University of Cincinnati; James Everly, University of Cincinnati

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AC 2008-2041: DEVELOPING A WRITING IN THE DISCIPLINES PROGRAM INAN ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY COLLEGELaura Wilson, University of CIncinnati Laura Wilson, University of Cincinnati Laura Wilson is a Field Service Instructor at the University of Cincinnati’s College of Applied Science (CAS). Her main focus is Humanities, specifically English Composition and Technical Writing. She began co-teaching the Senior Design sequence in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Department in Fall 2006. She holds a Masters of Arts from Bowling Green State University in Scientific and Technical Communication.Teresa Cook, University of Cincinnati Teresa Cook, University of Cincinnati Teresa Cook is a

Conference Session

Liberal Education and Leadership

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Val Hawks, Brigham Young University; John Harb, Brigham Young University; Alan Parkinson, Brigham Young University; Spencer Magleby, Brigham Young University

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prepared to meet this need.The model, supporting curriculum and implementation framework presented in this paper couldserve as a guide for pursuing leadership goals in a variety of institutions. As we continue toimplement the leadership framework in the programs across the college we will be monitoring itseffectiveness and reporting on the results.References1 Duderstadt, J. J, Engineering for a Changing World: A Roadmap to the Future of Engineering Practice, Research,and Education, The Millennium Project, 2008, p. 32.2 Farr, J. V., S. G. Walesh, and G. B. Forsythe. 1997. Leadership Development for Engineering Managers. Journalof Management in Engineering 13, no. 4: 38-41.3 American Society of Engineering Management, 1995. The engineering leader

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Innovative Courses/Pedagogies in Liberal Education I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kyle Simmons, University of Utah; Susan Sample, University of Utah; April Kedrowicz, University of Utah

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Liberal Education

AC 2010-860: PRIORITIZING TEAMWORK: PROMOTING PROCESS ANDPRODUCT EFFECTIVENESS IN THE FRESHMAN ENGINEERING DESIGNCOURSEKyle Simmons, University of Utah Kyle Simmons is a graduate student currently pursuing his Ph.D. in Communication at the University of Utah. He received his M.A. from Colorado State University in Communication Studies and is currently working with the CLEAR Program as a consultant for communication and teamwork with the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Drawing from his eight years of experience with communication and teamwork, his responsibilities in this position include team building—including cohesion and conflict management, providing student/team consultations, and

Conference Session

Questions of Identity

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mike Graham, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Amy Wendt, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Paul Peercy, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Patrick Farrell, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Jay Martin, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Sarah Pfatteicher, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Jeffrey Russell, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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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

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary and Liberal Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Fry, Brigham Young University

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2006-996: UNDERSTANDING "DESIGN THINKING" IN THE CONTEXT OFEDUCATIONRichard Fry, Brigham Young University Richard Fry currently serves as the program chair in the Industrial Design Program in the School of Technology at Brigham Young University where he specializes in Product Design. Previous to entering the education field, he worked professionally in the areas of Appliance, Aerospace, Exhibit, and Home Fitness design. He received his MFA from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1994. Page 11.1363.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Understanding “Design

Conference Session

Innovative Courses/Pedagogies in Liberal Education II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katherine Wikoff, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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, the “computer science”degree offered by American universities had been in existence for only ten years [2].Programming meant using a keypunch, carrying decks of punch cards in a shoe box to thecard reader, and waiting endlessly for printouts to return from the mainframe. What arethe chances that a program director in 1972 could have anticipated the potential fordesktop publishing and designed a curriculum pointing toward such future innovation,especially a curriculum that incorporated a course like calligraphy?More to the point of issues faced by engineering educators today, if an outcomes-assessment environment similar to today’s ABET’s engineering criteria had existed in1972, would an advisor have encouraged a computer science major to take

Conference Session

Beyond Individual Ethics: Engineering in Context

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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approaches. The PDI program entails a set ofinterdisciplinary, undergraduate courses and degree options that span engineering, the humanitiesand social sciences (H&SS), design disciplines, and management. Initiated in the mid-1990s,PDI was motivated primarily by the desires 1) to combine the strengths of various disciplinaryapproaches to social problem solving and 2) to revamp undergraduate engineering curricula byincluding systematic analysis of the social context of engineering problems. By beingintegrative, interdisciplinary, and systematically attentive to the social context of engineeringwork, PDI addresses fundamental shortcomings in the H&SS-electives model of traditional

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I: Innovative Models for Curriculum and Assessment

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marie Paretti, Virginia Tech; Lisa McNair, Virginia Tech; Diana George, Virginia Tech; kelly belanger, Virginia Tech; Lisa Norris, Virginia Tech

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individualhas the information needed to make subsequent decisions, calculations, or modifications. Theyalso mediate the relationship between the engineers and the manager responsible for keeping theproject on track (often the course instructor in academic settings), and between the designers andthe client to insure that the emerging design is meeting the clients’ specifications. Documents are“good” when the audiences involved can accurately and quickly extract the information theyneed for subsequent tasks.This understanding of writing quality informs the analytical approach advocated by Boiarsky andothers, where students learn an analytical framework for approaching communication tasks;standard reporting structures, grammatical correctness, transitions

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Multidisciplinary and Liberal Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Martello, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Jonathan Stolk, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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outcomes are works in progress, and futureassessments are being designed to shed additional light upon these issues.IntroductionIn recent years, the broader engineering community as well as individuals and departmentsaround the country have affirmed the importance of modernizing and updating engineeringpedagogy in many ways, including the application of self- (or student-) directed learningapproaches (i.e., activities that help students to gather and evaluate information, set educationalgoals, and plan and execute activities that help them achieve these goals) as well as theintegration of broader social, historical, ethical, environmental, or other context into technicalprojects and topics. Authors Martello and Stolk initiated this study as a

Conference Session

Learning to Communicate with Engineers and Non-Engineers

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paul Ross, University of Wisconsin - Madison

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goals – is typically a part of student work. For example, a portfolio may bethe product of an internship or other special program and may be required as part of a finalassessment at graduation. However, at the undergraduate level, the portfolio tends to “die” oncethe immediate task has been accomplished. Portfolios as a long-term investment in professionalgrowth have not been widely valued in engineering once the right job has been attained and asense of employment security has set in.However, “security” is now not necessarily the guaranteed benefit of any job. This has been adifficult lesson for the engineering profession. “Portfolio thinking” can be useful for continuedprofessional growth and as an antidote to obsolescence.An un-scientific

Conference Session

Liberal Education Division Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tom Moran, Rochester Institute of Technology

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interested in writing while doing his undergraduate studies at theUniversity of Michigan. His short stories won a number of awards and a collection, On theNature of Human Romantic Interaction, was published in 2003, and his first novel is due forpublication in 2007.32 His accomplishments as both a writer and an engineer were profiled in asegment of the television program Nova.33Iagnemma thinks that the mechanical design process is the engineering activity most akin tocreative writing but it was not something that interested him in his undergraduate studies. Hispassion then was control systems. “I became interested as an undergraduate student in controlsystems. I really don’t have any good reason for it. Other than they are interesting. When youare

Conference Session

Critical Thinking and Creative Arts

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Helen Donis-Keller, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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. Therefore, it isimportant that these courses address the educational goals for engineers as effectively andcomprehensively as possible. Page 14.20.2 I propose a unique first year foundation course, designed specifically for engineeringstudents, which facilitates the development of communication skills, individual creativity,critical thinking and writing, and requires that students contextualize their work with respect toprofessionals in the field and the world at large. My course, titled "Seeing and Hearing:Communicating with Photographs, Video and Sound", fulfills a first year foundation requirementin AHS and provides a project-based

Conference Session

Critical Thinking and Creative Arts

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Beth Todd, University of Alabama; Garry Warren, University of Alabama; Susan Burkett, University of Alabama; David Cordes, University of Alabama; Marcus Brown, University of Alabama

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, OR, pp. 4213-4222, 2005.3. S. S. Courter and G. Johnson, “Building community and retention among first-year students: Engineering first- year interest groups (eFIGSs),” Proc. 37th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Milwaukee, WI, pp. F4A3-F4A8, 2007.4. R. M. Berg and K. J. Nasr, “Achieving those difficult ABET program educational outcomes through a capstone design course,” Proc. ASEE Conf., Montreal, Que., Canada, pp. 3657-3670, 2002.5. P. Biney, “Assessing ABET outcomes using capstone design courses,” Proc. ASEE Conf., Honolulu, HI, 2007.6. K. Van Treuren, “Addressing contemporary issues, lifelong learning, and the impact of engineering on global

Conference Session

Liberal Education for 21st Century Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nadia Kellam, University of Georgia; Joachim Walther, University of Georgia; Tracie Costantino, University of Georgia; Bonnie Cramond, University of Georgia

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learning, creativity and adaptation. Also the reportconceptualizes humanism as critical in facing global issues that require engineers to beembedded in the human and environmental contexts of their work.To implement this vision, the Faculty of Engineering at UGA is currently designing anddeveloping its Environmental Engineering curriculum. This integrative curriculum is intended toovercome engineering students’ commonly observed difficulties in developing innovative andhumanistic designs for local complex systems.15 In each of the semesters of their program,Environmental Engineering students will be required to take Synthesis and Design Studios with afocus on observation and modeling, management and communication, problem framing, andsynthesis. As

Conference Session

Communication - Needs and Methods

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christine Nicometo, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Kevin Anderson, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Traci Nathans-Kelly, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Sandra Courter, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Thomas McGlamery, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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hospital staff for a new operating room design. The engineer managing the projectremarked, “We found out from the surgeons that they think they want it to be 65 degrees [ steadytemp in the operating room], - but they don’t really [tonal emphasis], since they actually need tocontrol certain fluctuations.” From his interactions with the medical team, the engineer haddiscovered that their stated desire was not going to meet the clients’ actual physical needs inreality. Only through listening carefully to them and adjusting his design team’s plan was thespace his team designed going to truly meet the needs of the client. Another engineer fromGeminid put this skill another way, stating, I think it is important for us to listen to understand what

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Writing and Communication II: Practical Perspectives on Teaching and Assessment

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Luke Niiler; David Beams

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faculty member will visit two orthree engineering professors’ classes during the course of a given semester to promote andillustrate strong writing skills. Engineering students are in turn invited to utilize the University’sWriting Center, where trained tutors are available to assist them.A standardized style guide appears to be a response to problems of mechanics. As is shownabove, such a style guide, when used, is appreciated by students. However, the most-significantproblems appear to be those of rhetoric and logical construction, not necessarily of spelling andgrammar. And these are problems for which a standardized style guide does not appear to beeffective.8In light of the above, we are developing a pilot program called “Design for

Conference Session

Learning to Communicate with Engineers and Non-Engineers

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Judith Norback, Georgia Institute of Technology; Nicoleta Serban, Georgia Institute of Technology; Nagi Gebraeel, Georgia Institute of Technology; Garlie Forehand, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education

U.S. and Canadian Programs.” Journal of Business and Technical Communication, Oct 2004. 18(4): p. 252-290. 10. Ford, J.D., and Riley, L.A., “Integrating communication and engineering education: A look at curricula, courses, and support systems.” Journal of Engineering Education, 2003. 92(4): p. 325-328. 11. Brinkman, G.W., and van der Geest, T., Assessment of Communication Competencies in Engineering Design Projects. Technical Communication Quarterly, 2003. 12(1): p.67-81. Page 13.304.8 712. McKenzie, K. J., et al., Capstone

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Innovative Courses/Pedagogies in Liberal Education II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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George Catalano, State University of New York, Binghamton

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writings of E.F. Schumacher. Cases includedin the course focus on hydraulic fracturing and its possible use in Upstate New York and the oilspill associated with the Exxon Valdez.IntroductionA new course has been introduced into the undergraduate engineering program which focuses onsustainable engineering from a complex systems perspective. Sustainable engineering, one facetin the broader discussion of sustainability, can be defined as environmentally conscious attitudes,values, and principles, combined with science, technology, and engineering practice, to developproducts and processes directed toward enhancing the human experience while improving localand global environmental quality. It begins with our ability to model nature

Conference Session

Writing and Communication II: Practical Perspectives on Teaching and Assessment

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kathleen Jernquist, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; David Godfrey, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Todd Taylor, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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HANDBOOK – A CASE STUDYAbstractEffective written communication is one of the most important skills an engineer can have. Yet,growing numbers of undergraduate students leave first-year composition courses without theskills, self-discipline and strategies to write effectively. This is especially troublesome forengineering students as they transition to the writing skills and styles appropriate to engineeringat the same time as they struggle to improve their fundamental writing skills. In an effort todevelop the writing skills of engineering undergraduates at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, theElectrical Engineering and Naval Architecture/Marine Engineering programs have developed aclose collaboration with the USCGA writing

Conference Session

Tree-huggers, Diggers, and Queers--Oh my!

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Erin Cech, University of California, San Diego; Tom Waidzunas, University of California, San Diego

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engineering scholars have noted the surprising extent to which engineersare able to maintain these dualistic ideologies in spite of their heterogeneous lived experiences.22,23, 24, 26One particularly relevant dualism for gender inequality in engineering is the technical/socialdistinction—the ideological separation between technically-focused activities (such as design,science, and math-related activities) and socially-focused activities (such as management,communication with other employees and clients, etc). Educational training is overwhelminglyfocused on technical aspects of engineering, and teach students very little management orcommunication-related skills.27, 28, 29 “Core technical” work, then, is work which is most closely-aligned with this

Conference Session

Writing Is Fundamental

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Murali Krishnamurthi, Northern Illinois University

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AC 2009-2425: SCAFFOLDING TECHNIQUES FOR IMPROVING ENGINEERINGSTUDENTS' WRITING SKILLSMurali Krishnamurthi, Northern Illinois University Murali Krishnamurthi is Associate Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering and Director of Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center at Northern Illinois University. He received his Ph.D in Industrial Engineering from Texas A&M University. His teaching and research interests include project management, information systems, system simulation, optimizaton, expert systems, and engineering education. Page 14.1042.1© American Society for Engineering

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Historical Perspectives for Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rachel Maines, Cornell University

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, available athttp://soa.utexas.edu/faculty/moore/syllabi/syllabus_hbt.pdf, accessed 6 March 2010.10 Makarechi, Yar. "CM 3500-001 Building codes [syllabus]." Marietta GA: SouthernPolytechnic State University. Department of Construction Management, 2010, available athttp://www.spsu.edu/cnst/CNSTWEB/Course%20Schedules/Spring%202010/Dr.Yar/CNST3500_001SyllabusSpring2010.pdf, accessed 6 March 2010.11 Westwood College. School of Business, Denver CO. "Construction management."http://www.westwood.edu/programs/school-of-business/construction-management/ [webpage],2010, accessed 6 March 2010.12 Middle Tennessee State University. Engineering Technology Department, Murfreesboro TN."Commercial construction management," http://www.mtsu.edu

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Liberal Education Division Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Walsh, California Polytechnic State University; Stacey Breitenbach, California Polytechnic State University

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nature.1 It demands graduates that are integrative as well asanalytical. Academia must develop programs that are capable of producing graduates who areadept at functional thinking as well as analytical thinking, alumni as capable of integrating andconnecting parts as they are at reductionism. Engineering education must provide exposures thatextend a students desire to develop order into an ability to orchestrate chaos, experience whichpush students beyond a need to create certainty to enable them to develop a tolerance for and anunderstanding of risk and an attendant ability to embrace ambiguity. It requires engineers topractice problem forming as well as solving. It must stress engineering design and the ability torealize products. To be

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary and Liberal Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bradley Rogers, Arizona State University; Dale Palmgren, Arizona State University; Dennis Giever, Indiana University of Pennsylvania; Mary Lynn Garcia, Sandia National Laboratories

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Sandia methodology for security system design and evaluation will beemphasized. The Sandia methodology is a rigorous and scientific systems engineering approachto security that embraces the unique contributions from varied specialists on the security team,while maintaining focus on the overarching goal of effective security. The result will be thatstudents will develop a more complete, broader way of approaching the problem of security, andunderstand the unforeseen problems that can be induced by poorly conceived and implementedsolutions. Graduates will better appreciate the contributions of individual experts in the securityteam, understand the role and importance of their own specialty, and, as their careers evolve andexpand into management

Conference Session

Venturing Out: Service Learning, Study Abroad, and Criterion H

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Duffy, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Carol Barry, University Massachusetts Lowell; Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; David Kazmer, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; William Moeller, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Cheryl West, University of Massachusetts Lowell

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curriculum is more effective than one intensive course, 2) amixture of required and elective service-learning is more effective than either one or the other,and 3) service-learning could result in less coursework time than traditional programs satisfyingABET 2000 criteria. In fact, most engineering work involves initial contact with clients (herecommunity partners) to ascertain needs and then design and analysis and manufacturing of adevice (or system or study) and then delivery of the device (or system or study) to the client. Inother academic areas, placements in the community agencies are common; however, inengineering placements as such are not typical and generally not appropriate. The program atUML is called SLICE (Service-Learning Integrated

Conference Session

Communication - Needs and Methods

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Warren Waggenspack, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Sarah Liggett, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Warren Hull, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; David Bowles, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Stephen Sears, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Daniel Thomas, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Paige Davis, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge

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students.¹ One of the key elements of the CxC program was theinception of Communication-Intensive (C-I) Courses. C-I courses are intended to be integratedinto existing discipline-specific courses, with additional requirements for emphasis on two of thefour modes of communication: written, spoken, visual (the focus of this paper), andtechnological. In a 2007 survey designed to solicit student perceptions of the value of C-Icourses in the engineering curricula, students overwhelmingly agreed that the assignmentscontributed to their communication skills, and that these skills were important to their futurecareers in engineering.2 Faculty assessment of C-I courses in 2008 showed that workloadincreased somewhat for both faculty and students in C-I

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Learning to Communicate with Engineers and Non-Engineers

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Leslie Potter, Iowa State University; John Jackman, Iowa State University; K. Jo Min, Iowa State University; Matthew Search, Iowa State University

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AC 2008-1477: A NEW ENGINEERING COMMUNICATIONS COURSE BASEDON A PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATIONS PROCESSLeslie Potter, Iowa State University Leslie Potter is a Lecturer in the department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering at Iowa State University. She has extensive professional engineering experience, including seven years with Deere & Company in various engineering and supervision capacities. She received her M.S. in Industrial Engineering from Penn State University prior to joining the IMSE department at ISU. She is currently teaching her eighth year of the IE capstone design course. Her research interests include capstone design course effectiveness, engineering and

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Liberal Education for 21st Century Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin

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Technological Change.1 Her general thesis was accompanied by illustrationsfrom the history of MIT, where as a social historian, she is Director of MIT’s program inScience, Technology and Society. Subsequently in 2003 she published a short butcontroversial paper in The Chronicle of Higher Education with the intriguing title“Education for the profession formerly known as engineering.” 2Williams argues that engineering has lost its identity because it “has evolved into anopen-ended profession of everything in a world where technology shades into science,art, management with no strong institutions to define an overarching mission”.The consequence of this for engineering education is that there are numerous forces thatpull engineering in different

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Normative Commitments and Public Engagement in Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gary Downey, Virginia Tech

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importanceof having personal and work identities that challenge one another, keeping both stimulated andvibrant. A career commitment to service led to work on international standards, where herealized that participants tended to assume deployment in the developed or near-developedworld, without much thought of the possibility that not all technology is appropriate for thedeveloping world. Asserting that the goal of the engineering profession is to actually help people,Dan asserts that an expansive life insures expansive work by forcing a focus on broader impact.3. Expanding the practitioner to fit the person-Margaret Pinnell More importantly, when I was asked to manage programs developing war-related materials I also found my job to be in