Conference Session

Questions of Identity

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Jordan, Baylor University

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Liberal Education

2006-1013: A VIRTUE ETHICS APPROACH TO ENGINEERING ETHICSWilliam Jordan, Baylor University WILLIAM JORDAN is Professor and Department Chair of Mechanical Engineering at Baylor University. He has B.S. and M.S. degrees in Metallurgical Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines. He has an M.A. degree in Theology from Denver Seminary. His Ph.D. was in mechanics and materials engineering from Texas A & M University. He teaches materials oriented courses and his main research area deals with the mechanical behavior of composite materials. He also writes and does research in the areas of engineering ethics and engineering education. He is a registered metallurgical engineer in the

Conference Session

Questions of Identity

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Ollis, North Carolina State University

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Liberal Education

.______________________________________________________________________ For example, Lou Bloomfield (physicist) presented the “Physics of EverydayLife”, Roman Kuc (electrical engineer) explained computers and computing, and DavidBillington (civil engineer) and Michael Littman (mechanical engineer) discussed therelevance of buildings, bridges, railroads, and ships to Western civilization, the US inparticular. This chemical engineer author, an academic researcher in photochemistryusing light-activated semiconductors, described his technology literacy lab containingmore than a dozen modern devices, many of which were light-activated or otherwiseinvolve light in their functions: bar code scanner, compact disc (CD) and digital videodisc (DVD), reader-“burners”, facsimile (FAX) machines and scanners, optical fibers

Conference Session

Ethical Responsibilities of Engineers in the World of Corporate Business

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donna Riley, Smith College

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Liberal Education

discuss education-industrypartnerships in mechanical engineering. Foreign language learning is initiated in middle and highschools (French, Spanish or German, and sometimes Chinese or Japanese). Then in the first twoyears of college, further language and cultural awareness preparation leads to a junior year studyabroad and co-op program. In their senior years the students remain involved in the program asmentors to their junior peers. Hirleman et al.7 discuss the Global Engineering Alliance forResearch and Education (GEARE) at Purdue, Karlsruhe and Shanghai Jiao Tong Universities, an18-month exchange program that includes language and cultural study , study abroad, two three-month internships – one domestic and one abroad, and two semester-long

Conference Session

Philosophy of Engineering Education: Epistemology and Ethics

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gayle Ermer, Calvin College

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Liberal Education

involved in the engineering design process. Theobjects designed and the tools used to form those objects all utilize materials whose behavior isnot completely understood and involve systems with very complicated interactions between theobjects and the humans who use with them. This definition also implies that the four modes oftechnology manifestation may look very different at different times in history. This opens thedoor to the possibility that there may be characteristics inherent in current technological systemsthat push the limits of acceptable risk.Engineers are important actors in technology. In our contemporary situation, it is engineeringdesign, “the systematic, intelligent generation and evaluation of specifications for artifacts

Conference Session

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

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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George Catalano, State University of New York, Binghamton; Caroline Baillie, Queens University, Kingston

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Liberal Education

modern era as well as new ideas which have justrecently been applied to the professions. In the spirit of the Diggers from the 1960’s, thepresent work offers new ‘frames of reference’ from which you can consider your decisions.The Diggers focused on promoting a new vision of society free from many of the trappingsof private property, materialism and consumerism. Our hope is to offer a new vision ofengineering which takes into account many of the elements of our society and our planetwhich have been historically ignored.As described by NSPE, “engineering ethics is (1) the study of moral issues and decisionsconfronting individuals and organizations involved in engineering and (2) the study ofrelated questions about moral conduct, character, ideals

Conference Session

A Century of Development, Promotion, and Reform: ASEE and Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carol Johnson, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education

“organ”.2 The AmericanSociety of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) was founded in 1880, grew rapidly and alsoimmediately began publishing Transactions. The American Institute of Electrical Engineers(later the IEEE) was founded in 1884. The purpose of these associations, based on the scientificsocieties in Europe, were “to promote the Arts and Sciences connected with the [industry] . . . bymeans of meetings for social intercourse, and the reading and discussion of professional papers,and to circulate, by means of publications among its members and associates, the informationthus obtained.”3 These societies were able to emerge at this time because railroads connecteddistant cities and allowed relatively rapid travel to meeting locations. Both regional

Conference Session

Approaches to Learning Outcomes Assessment in Liberal Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zhiwei Guan, University of Washington; Jennifer Turns, University of Washington

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Liberal Education

portfolioassignment. His high rating seems aligned with his high personal interest in mechanicalengineering. While the other two students had taken the course only because it was arequired course, Paul reported personal interest in the material (“I mean machining Ithink is interesting stuff”), which is also further evidenced by the fact that he is doinganother project in the campus to gain extra mechanical engineering experience.Despite these positive survey ratings, Paul, like Danielle and Ned, also held a negativeimpression of the portfolio assignment before creating the portfolio, as illustrated by thepassages below. Before creating the portfolio: “[The very first impression on the portfolio assignment is] Not probably all that favorable…I

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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Liberal Education

own and others' works • Learn to balance the advantages of relying on others with the responsibility of doing their part • Use a variety of technologies to address a range of audiences Knowledge of Conventions By the end of first year composition, students should • Learn common formats for different kinds of texts • Develop knowledge of genre conventions ranging from structure and paragraphing to tone and mechanics • Practice appropriate means of documenting their work • Control such surface features as syntax, grammar, punctuation, and spelling.Clearly, these outcomes include the kind of grammatical and structural competence manyengineering faculty hope to emphasize, particularly under “Knowledge of

Conference Session

Engineering for Social Justice

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles Schreier, University of Dayton; Carl Eger, University of Dayton; Margaret Pinnell, University of Dayton

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Liberal Education

interest include sustainability, mechanical design, appropriate technology and service-learning.Margaret Pinnell, University of Dayton Margaret Pinnell is the director for the ETHOS program and assistant professor for the Department of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Dayton. Her areas of interest include materials, materials characterization and service-learning. Page 11.1164.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 STUDENT PERSPECTIVES OF CURRICULUM-INTEGRATED INTERNATIONAL TECHNICAL IMMERSIONSabstract: The Engineers in Technical, Humanitarian

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Liberal Education for 21st Century Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Grondin, Arizona State University; Chell Roberts, Arizona State University

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Liberal Education

specialization. We requirejust above the minimum content but view the last two years of the engineering programas being centered in a primary focus area which the student selects from a menu thatcurrently consists of three choices: sustainable land development; electrical integration of Page 15.421.3engineering systems; and mechanical systems. Prior to the junior year the student doesnot need to select any particular focus inside of engineering. These foci are probablylarger than Newberry and Farison’s “short stem” but are definitely smaller than that thedisciplinary options of an instrumental program, which Newberry and Farison describe astypically closely

Conference Session

Liberal Education for 21st Century Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cherrice Traver, Union College; J. Douglas Klein, Union College

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Liberal Education

generating and analyzing real biological data. ≠ The already interdisciplinary course, Frontiers of Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials partnered with a Visual Arts course, Photography II produced a photo exhibition. The exhibition was produced by students and included electron microscope images representing applications in chemistry, biology, physics, mechanical and electrical engineering as well as artistic subject material related to those images. The engineering and science students learned about the physics of the microscope and experimental techniques needed to take careful images of micro and nanoscale samples. Visual arts students focused on the aesthetic aspects of imaging and juxtaposed

Conference Session

Historical Perspectives for Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amy Slaton, Drexel University; Mary Ebeling, Drexel University

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Liberal Education

hands of potential students,and thus shift the onus of its fulfillment onto students and away from industry, in a rhetoricalsleight of hand reminiscent of what Loïc Wacquant might say is the neoliberalization of thedisadvantaged through the individualization of responsibility. If potential nanomanufacturingstudents fail to attain control of their destinies now, their opportunities in the futurenanoeconomy may never materialize.5 A sense of possibility is unavoidable. We may ask forwhom this sensation is intended, and why.Initiated at Pennsylvania State University in 1998, the PaNMT has garnered the support ofindustry, government agencies, including the National Science Foundation, and other highereducation institutions for dozens of certificate

Conference Session

Integrating H&SS in Engineering II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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M. Pinar Menguc, University of Kentucky; Ellie Hawes, University of Kentucky; Jane Jensen, University of Kentucky; Ingrid St. Omer, University of Kentucky

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Liberal Education

2006-2360: IMPACT OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES ON SOCIETY: FROMAQUEDUCTS TO NANOTECHNOLOGYM. Pinar Menguc, University of KentuckyEllie Hawes, University of KentuckyJane Jensen, University of KentuckyIngrid St. Omer, University of Kentucky Page 11.717.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 IMPACT OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES ON SOCIETY: FROM AQUEDUCTS TO NANOTECHNOLOGY M. P. Mengüç1, E. Hawes1,2, J. Jensen3, I. StOmer4 1 Department of Mechanical Engineering 2 Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering 3

Conference Session

Engineering for Social Justice

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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George Catalano, State University of New York-Binghamton; Caroline Baillie, Queens University-Kingston

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Liberal Education

2006-22: ENGINEERING, SOCIAL JUSTICE AND PEACE: A REVOLUTION OFTHE HEARTGeorge Catalano, State University of New York-Binghamton George Catalano is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering.He researches and teaches in the areas of engineering design, the fluid dynamics of the natural world and applied mathematics and is included in the Philosophers’ Index for his work in environmental ethicsCaroline Baillie, Queens University-Kingston Caroline Baillie was appointed in 2003 as the Dupont Canada Chair in Engineering Education Research and Development, the first position of its kind in the world. Caroline previously worked for the UK Centre for Materials Education, which was a national programme to

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics: An Interdisciplinary Endeavor

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Brocato, Mississippi State University

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Liberal Education

utilizes millions of pounds of incredibly combustible material as a way to break free of gravity and eventually attain ascent speeds of one-half mile per second10. The engineering required to complete these tasks successfully therefore carries safety considerations of the highest order. • Highly complex system – Many consider the space shuttle to be the most complex system ever designed; thus, the writing relevant to this system is a true form of “technical” writing. • High-profile scenario – One of the most critical considerations about Challenger documentation is that its eventual audience was not limited to rocket scientists. The high- profile nature of the shuttle program in the 1980s meant

Conference Session

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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Liberal Education

, and Juan Lucena for collegial collaborations and committed friendship. Thanks to Workshopparticipants for openly sharing personal experiences, participating in candid exchanges, and granting permission to Page 15.1368.2report from personal geographies what is still draft material. Finally, thanks to Joseph Herkert for managing thereview of this manuscript as well as to three anonymous reviewers for enormously helpful comments andsuggestions. 2characterized the goal of economic competitiveness as economic “supremacy” in a

Conference Session

Writing and Communication II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Luke Niiler; David Beams, University of Texas-Tyler

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Liberal Education

. Criterion Freshmen Juniors Organization 4 5 Content 2 2 Mechanics 2 4 Language 1 4 Tables, Figures and Graphs 2 3 Technical Merit 2 3The operative definitions of these criteria are as follows: • Organization: Written material is organized appropriately into discrete units-for example, title page, project description

Conference Session

Approaches to Learning Outcomes Assessment in Liberal Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kyle Oliver, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Traci Nathans-Kelly; Sandra Courter, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Laura Grossenbacher, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Liberal Education

material to their lives, not just their studies. And most importantly, wewanted to foster discussion—real, dynamic, decentered discussion, in which students genuinelyspeak and listen to each other.We suspect that some of the programs Haws examined and some of those discussed at last year’sconference also had other goals in addition to ethics instruction, and we therefore advocate amore complicated view of how “best” to teach ethics at any particular institution. Thus, whilewe do not dispute Haws’s theoretical prescription of the ideal pedagogical approach to bringingabout ethics-related learning outcomes, we wish to present here the design and assessment of acourse that combines ethics with several other complementary course goals. Such a

Conference Session

Writing Is Fundamental

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Beth Richards, University of Hartford; Mohammad Saleh Keshawarz; Hisham Alnajjar, Computer and Electrical

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Liberal Education

remainder of first-semester students, English instruction ranged between 2 and 5 years,with the scale weighted toward the lower end.When asked what materials they had studied in English classes in secondary school, most repliedthat they had studied grammar texts and exercises, read ESL books (when available), andlistened to radio broadcasts of the BBC.Civil engineering courses and textsClasses in the Herat University Faculty of Engineering are conducted in a mixture of Dari andEnglish (for technical terms). However, all textbooks for core courses (geometry and calculus,physics, geology) as well as civil engineering courses (introduction to CE, soil mechanics,concrete and materials) are in English. The only non-English texts used are those for the

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I: Innovative Models for Curriculum and Assessment

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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April Kedrowicz, University of Utah

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Liberal Education

proposals, team writing, and conflict management. In addition to the proposal writing,presentation, and conflict resolution emphasis, students also complete their first peer reviewsession during class. That is, students are required to bring in a draft of their proposal andexchange it with another student. They then critique each other’s writing, thus facilitating afeedback session, but also developing students’ writing skills through the exercise of this critical Page 12.492.5review of writing.Junior Level Mechanical Engineering Lab Courses. The emphasis in the junior lab courses(including Mechatronics, Strength of Materials, Thermodynamics, Fluid

Conference Session

Integrating H&SS in Engineering I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donna Riley, Smith College; Lionel Claris, Smith College

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Liberal Education

exploring the course content and the learning process, aswell as to emphasize the ultimate goals of liberative pedagogies, critical thinking and reflectiveaction.Engineering 290: Engineering Thermodynamics covers a traditional core curriculum inthermodynamics in one semester, addressing applications in mechanical, chemical, andenvironmental engineering. After establishing a base of skills and knowledge (equations of stateand properties of pure substances; the first law; the second law; and the fundamental propertyrelations), students apply these principles to characterize different kinds of engineering systems, Page 11.1003.2including engine and

Conference Session

Innovative Courses/Pedagogies in Liberal Education I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Deborah Sinnreich-Levi, Stevens Institute of Technology; Susan Metz, Stevens Institute of Technology; David Silverstein, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education

Spring and Fall 2009, there were 8 separate workshops each semester. The disciplines (andnumber of workshops) were as follows: • Spring 2009: biomedical (4), electrical (2), computer engineering (2). • Fall 2009: biomedical (2), electrical (1), computer (2), mechanical (1), and civil (1), chemical engineering (1).All workshops conducted during the grant period were facilitated by the same staff member,David Silverstein, who has experience in academia and industry teaching communication skillsand running tutoring programs and focus groups. Page 15.703.3Participation in the communications workshops is voluntary, but strongly

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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Liberal Education

AC 2009-1966: CURRENT-EVENTS ARTICLES FOR ENGINEERING STUDENTSBeth Todd, University of Alabama Beth Todd is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Alabama.Garry Warren, University of Alabama Garry Warren is Professor of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at the University of Alabama.Susan Burkett, University of Alabama Susan Burkett is the Alabama Power Foundation Endowed Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Alabama.David Cordes, University of Alabama David Cordes is Professor and Head of Computer Science at the University of Alabama.Marcus Brown, University of Alabama Marcus Brown is an Associate Professor of Computer

Conference Session

Writing Is Fundamental

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Beams, University of Texas, Tyler; Luke Niiler, University of Alabama

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Liberal Education

in paragraphs, each of which is focused on one topic. Written material is also coherent, with strong transitions between ideas. Written material is well-developed, in that the writer fully explains, describes, summarizes and/or analyzes, as needed. Finally, equations are relevant and necessary to the development of the written material, with all variables clearly defined. Page 14.672.9 ≠ Mechanics: Written material adheres to all relevant conventions of grammar, punctuation and spelling. Equations are formatted correctly; fonts are uniform; scientific notion is

Conference Session

Beyond Individual Ethics: Engineering in Context

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Byron Newberry, Baylor University; William Lawson, Texas Tech University; Kathy Austin, Texas Tech University; Greta Gorsuch, Texas Tech University; Thomas Darwin, University of Texas at Austin

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Liberal Education

AC 2008-2589: DESIGN OF WEB-BASED PROFESSIONAL ETHICS MODULESTO ALLEVIATE ACCULTURATION BARRIERS FOR INTERNATIONALGRADUATE STUDENTS IN ENGINEERINGByron Newberry, Baylor University Byron Newberry, P.E., Ph.D. Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Baylor UniversityWilliam Lawson, Texas Tech University William D. Lawson, P.E., Ph.D. Senior Research Associate, National Institute for Engineering Ethics & Assistant Professor Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering Texas Tech UniversityKathy Austin, Texas Tech University Katherine A. Austin, Ph.D. Assistant Vice President, Information Technology Division, Texas Tech UniversityGreta Gorsuch, Texas Tech University Greta J

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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Liberal Education

popular pulp magazines andseveral science fiction novels. Hubbard studied engineering for two years at George WashingtonUniversity.8 Robert A. Heinlein, the famed writer of such science fiction classics as Stranger ina Strange Land, graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and worked as an engineer duringWorld War II.9A number of other engineers are active contemporary writers. These include memoir writer andnovelist Hickam (industrial engineering), science fiction craftsman Gene Wolfe (mechanicalengineering), mystery novelist Aileen Schumacher (civil engineering), poet Brad Henderson(mechanical engineering), and acclaimed literary novelists Nick Arvin (mechanical engineering)and Stewart O’Nan (aerospace engineering).10,11,12,13,14,15 At some point

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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Liberal Education

the course materials andassignment sheets. The Humanities and Mechanisms instructors jointly revised the reportassignment sheet to include more specific guidelines and to serve as a model of the report’sdesired organization, format, and content. This revision process included a review of previousstudent papers that had successfully fulfilled the assignment goals and those that had beenunsuccessful. The report assignment sheet went through several iterations, but in the end bothfaculty members were pleased with the results and planned to continue revising the assignmentsheet after an analysis of student responses and their remaining common deficiencies.A more multi-pronged approach was taken in the Fluid Mechanics course. The technical

Conference Session

Integrating H&SS in Engineering I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Arthur Snider, University of South Florida

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Liberal Education

consider technologies that candetect forgeries, achieve lighting without damaging materials, enhance artists' productivity, andopen new pathways for the practice of artistic endeavor.A very valuable spinoff of the course is that it provides a review that reinforces the students'grasp of the basic principles of optics and light. Although such skills are downplayed in mostengineering curricula, they remain important in the industrial sector, and we take a secretpleasure in the fact that we can “double-dip” distributional credit requirements by inserting thisreview into a humanities course. Half of a typical one-hour test will be devoted to identificationof about 25 images, and half to (rather elementary) questions about the relevant technology

Conference Session

Beyond Individual Ethics: Engineering in Context

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kristyn Masters, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Sarah Pfatteicher, University of Wisconsin - Madison

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Liberal Education

ethical discussions andproblem-solving activities into their courses, there are many challenges to doing so, including: 1) the difficulty of finding out the ‘best’ ways to teach these topics and subsequent development of new course materials 2) the need expressed by engineering faculty for instructional modules to have quantifiable, measurable outcomes 3) instructor hesitancy to teach about issues in which they may have little or no training 4) already-packed syllabi that allow little room for introduction of new (and non-technical) topics 5) the challenge of identifying relevant and appropriately scaled case studies.To be successful in incorporating ethics across the entire engineering curriculum, it is

Conference Session

Liberal Education for 21st Century Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Liberal Education

with a research focus in engineering education. His research interests include engineering students’ professional formation and qualitative research methods in engineering education. He has a background is in mechanical engineering and a PhD in engineering education.Tracie Costantino, University of Georgia Tracie Costantino is an Assistant Professor of Art Education at the Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia. She received her Ph.D. in aesthetic education and curriculum and instruction at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and her M.A. degree in art history from Brown University. Her research focuses on aesthetic education. She is especially interested in the nature