Conference Session

Innovative Courses/Pedagogies in Liberal Education II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Catalano, State University of New York, Binghamton

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Liberal Education

situation.The seven stage representation of SSM can be stated as follows: ≠ Enter the situation considered problematical ≠ Express the problem situation ≠ Formulate root definitions of relevant systems of purposeful activity ≠ Build conceptual models of the systems named in the root definitions ≠ Compare models with real world situations ≠ Define possible changes which are both possible and feasible ≠ Take action to improve the problem situation Page 15.881.4In 1975, Smyth further elaborated on the elements needed in formulating the root definitions ofdifferent purposeful activities. These elements, remembered by the mnemonic CATWOE

Conference Session

Ethical Responsibilities of Engineers in the World of Corporate Business

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna Riley, Smith College

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Liberal Education

projects, the models on which they were implemented,and factors in their success or failure is instructive. Riley and Miller20 discuss the structure andcontent of the Smith course in greater detail. Using pedagogies that focus on praxis, connectinglearning with action, will ground student critiques of neoliberalism in the real world, informingand transforming their perspectives and ultimately resulting in reflective action for change.342. Ask who wins and who loses. Students need to develop an understanding of powerrelationships, a sense of the history of colonialism and its relationship to globalization today.Neoliberal economic policies produce winners and losers, and students need to develop a senseof how market economies play out to help

Conference Session

Engineering for Social Justice

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Liberal Education

Opportunities of Service-learning (ETHOS)program at the University of Dayton (Dayton, Ohio) is founded on the belief that engineers aremore apt and capable to serve our world when they have experienced opportunities that increasetheir understanding of technology’s global linkage with values, culture, society, politics andeconomy. ETHOS seeks to provide these opportunities by means of curriculum integratedservice-learning programming. Such educational programming – classroom projects, studentorganization activities, collaborative research and international technical immersion – facilitatesholistic learning, ethical engineering practices, perspectives of technology integration andappropriate technology transfer. To appropriately measure the value

Conference Session

Learning to Communicate with Engineers and Non-Engineers

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Ross, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

real-world survey collected following representative comments from practicingengineers: 11 “Engineers don’t do portfolios…” “I have a big folder on my desk – everything goes in there…” “My company doesn’t let me save anything from my job….” “I interviewed three students last week – one of them brought a portfolio.…”These are not particularly effective ideas for portfolio development. A recent discussion with anIndustry Advisory Board for the program with which the author is affiliated suggested that in the“real world,” portfolios are seen only as job-search tools. The message was that “portfoliothinking” for this group of professionals was stuck at levels 1 and 2 on Table 1. This is a severelimitation on “portfolio thinking.” 11A

Conference Session

Liberal Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory Tonkay, Lehigh University; E. Zimmers, Lehigh University

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Liberal Education

students interact closely with a team of mentors consisting of faculty, industry experts, and research engineers. Close interaction with mentors and industrial projects in systems engineering and information technology ensures that the students can apply what they learn in the classroom to real-world problems. Mentors also help students assess their leadership capabilities and plan activities to improve their leadership skills. • Preparation and presentation of case problems. Students interact with each other and industry experts to solve industry problems. This prepares them for life in the workplace. They develop case problems based on their industrial experiences. Finally, they present the case

Conference Session

Liberal Education and Leadership

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Liberal Education

leadership application willbe integrated into the existing curricular structure. The departmental implementation in upper Page 14.11.8Table 2. Framework for Teaching Leadershipdivision courses may also be complemented by common college-sponsored activities asappropriate.Conclusion:One writer on leadership claims that “Leadership is influence.”19 Advocates of leadership in thetechnical fields, including engineering, state and re-state the need for engineers, technologistsand other technical people to have more influence in the solving of problems and wiseadvancement of technology in the contemporary technology-dependent world. What is called forthen

Conference Session

Integrating H&SS in Engineering I

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna Riley, Smith College; Lionel Claris, Smith College

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

cogeneration, the class was able tospend some time talking about a real-world application of thermodynamics that has greatrelevance on campus, as Smith is considering retrofitting its physical plant to become acogeneration facility. A 15 minute discussion of Smith’s situation and the factors that influencedSmith’s past decisions not to move to cogeneration as well as its current favorable considerationof the option brought out reflections on Foucault, political and economic considerations, the needfor good communication, ethical decision-making, and other factors. The class thenbrainstormed in groups and shared the kinds of preparation an engineer needs to work on acogeneration project. Students themselves noted the importance of liberative pedagogies

Conference Session

Communication - Needs and Methods

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Lockwood, University of Calgary; Daryl Caswell, University of Calgary; Marjan Eggermont, University of Calgary

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

of an engineer’s skill set.Working from the theory that students learn best in an authentic environement4, as wellas the understanding that students strongly prefer work that is relevant, clear andengaging3, the team at S___ has integrated communications into their first year designcourse, which is itself a hands-on, real-world engineering course. This has resulted in thehiring of a communications instructor who is dedicated to the first year program, anddoes not have additional obligations to another department. During the process ofintegrating this instructor, three distinct roles for this instructor have developed, each ofwhich serves the team and the course in ways that an instructor from another departmentcould not.Course

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary and Liberal Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hilkat Soysal, Frostburg State University; Oguz Soysal, Frostburg State University

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Liberal Education

offered in Frostburg StateUniversity to discuss the interactions of science, technology, and society. The course wasdeveloped in summer 2005 as part of the general education program mainly for nonscience or engineering majors.The course introduces the main characteristics of scientific investigation and engineeringdesign problems through various applications of technology that have transformed themodern society. The outline of the course, teaching approach, materials, and classactivities are presented with examples. The experience gained in the first and secondsemesters is discussed.IntroductionThe continuous change of the modern society driven by science and technology hasmotivated higher education institutions to develop curricula to enhance

Conference Session

Liberal Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tom Moran, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education

electrocuted herself working on a piece of poorly grounded equipment in a wet labenvironment. It shocked her into the world of engineering. “I realized for being such a ‘smart’girl and taking all these ‘technical’ classes in biology and chemistry and things like that, I reallyhad no idea about how things worked in the real world.”28 So when she returned to theuniversity, Schumacher signed up for Electrical Engineering 101 as a free elective. Theinstructor helped her adjust to the new field –she later dedicated her first two books to him. “Heworked with me and I started to see some of the practical applications of engineering in the realworld and problem solving and I just fell in love with it, “she recalls. Schumacher took a secondelectrical

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary and Liberal Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Fry, Brigham Young University

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Liberal Education

given problem. Although the above described principles of creative thinkinginclude the principle of approaching a given problem from many different angles, the singleindividual can only generate these angles based on their own experiences and biases. Even ifthey have experience in many different fields (representing a multidisciplinary individual) theybring those biases with them. In dealing with the increasingly complex problems posed intoday’s world, it is through a team effort, with different points of view, that you are more likelyto uncover real problems, or be pointed towards a solution that has meaningful impact for abroader audience. A multidisciplinary approach seeks, values, and expects input from expertsand novices (because of their

Conference Session

Questions of Identity

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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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Liberal Education

big enough” One day a colleague stopped by Barbara’soffice to comment “Being the best industrial research lab in the world doesn’t do it for me. ButI’d get up in the morning to be best for the world.” It was with that minor “tweak” that the visionfor the lab began to generate sufficient enthusiasm to truly have an impact on the culture in thelab. As we studied this book on the flight home and in the days following our return, as a groupwe realized that there were real possibilities for our organization also.Three QuestionsAt the EELI, and at our initial meetings back in Madison, we began to realize that we wereconfronting three questions central to institutional change in a world of changing demographics,scarce resources, and globalization

Conference Session

Beyond Individual Ethics: Engineering in Context

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Liberal Education

paradigmsfor engineering education reform.2 Each paradigm is touted for a variety of reasons, including itsrole in “integrating” students’ educational experiences3 and in providing context that makesotherwise abstract problem solving exercises more meaningful.45 Design-based pedagogy is putforward as way to put to use engineering analysis as-needed and around “real-world” problems.Liberal arts courses are put forward as providing broader social context for engineeringknowledge and, perhaps more importantly, as providing “vision” for directing engineeringinitiatives. However sensible, there is nothing inherent in either design or liberal arts pedagogythat necessitates integration or meaning-making within engineering education. In fact, whendesign

Conference Session

Beyond Individual Ethics: Engineering in Context

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna Riley, Smith College

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

13.570.6can lead the horse to water, but we can’t make it drink; that is, we can teach students the codes,maybe we can teach students to think critically, but ultimately they determine their actions andtherefore there is nothing we can (or ought to) do about that. This separation of thought andaction is problematic, especially when we pretend that the real-world ethical decision making inengineering begins after graduation, or maybe at internships and co-ops off campus. Returning tothe horse analogy, we should not only lead them to water, we should not only encourage them todrink, but we should also – and most importantly – drink the water with them. Combiningthought and action reinforces learning in most powerful ways.Why Pedagogies of liberation

Conference Session

Liberal Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Meyer, Clarkson University; Dick Pratt, Clarkson University

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Liberal Education

AC 2007-1451: THE CLARKSON COMMON EXPERIENCE CURRICULUM:GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS BASED ON STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMESRobert Meyer, Clarkson University Robert Meyer is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Clarkson University. He received a B.A.(1970) in Electrical Engineering and Mathematics, M.E.E. (1970) and a Ph.D. (1974) in Electrical Engineering, all from Rice University. He has been employed by Texas Instruments, and Exxon, and since 1974, by Clarkson University. His research has been on applications of computing in communications network monitoring, including software design, development, and testing, and the application of distributed artificial intelligence to

Conference Session

Innovative Courses/Pedagogies in Liberal Education I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ari Epstein, MIT; Joellen Easton, American Public Media; Rekha Murthy, Public Radio Exchange; Emily Davidson, MIT; Jennifer de Bruijn, MIT; Tracey Hayse, MIT; Elise Hens, MIT; Margaret Lloyd

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Liberal Education

break. Upperclassmen continue to bepart of the Terrascope community, both formally (by serving as teaching fellows for the classesand on the field trip) and informally (by continuing to use the Terrascope facilities and to attendevents).In the fall Terrascope class, Solving Complex Problems (also known as Mission 20xx, where“20xx” changes annually to reflect the students’ expected graduation year), the students arepresented with a real-world problem, one that involves not only scientific and technical issues,but also social, economic and political considerations. They are given one semester to come upwith a detailed solution to the problem; at the end of the semester they present and defend thatsolution for a panel of experts. The problem

Conference Session

Philosophy of Engineering Education: Epistemology and Ethics

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Heywood, Trinity College-Dublin

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

thestructure of education and instruction are considered. His arguments require a response fromthose responsible for engineering programmes. The proposition that engineering educators whohave a philosophy of education will be in a better position to help schools design engineeringprogrammes is illustrated by the application of Whitehead’s model to a specific case. It is foreducators to arrive at their own defensible philosophies of education.Recent developments in philosophy and engineeringThere has been a recent interest in philosophy and engineering. Apart from a majorphilosophical treatise1and some substantial contributions on the nature of engineering and howit is differentiated with science.2 Professional organizations in China, the United

Conference Session

Innovative Courses/Pedagogies in Liberal Education II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Ross, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

* Community of engineers*TC Comp/FIG: *TC Comp/FIG:ABET a-k; space Application ofexploration Awareness of FIRST YEAR Career traditional skillsnews; the World STUDENT Competencies to newsignificance; challengesfuture of new (“spacetechnologies* exploration”)* Essential Skills

Conference Session

Critical Thinking and Creative Arts

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bill Genereux, Kansas State University, Salina; Elena Mangione-Lora, University of Notre Dame

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

. Video serves as a bridge between the humanities andengineering when it brings technology into the humanities classroom and when it brings thehumanities into the technology classroom.ABET accreditation requires that all engineering graduates have effective communication skills,have an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams, and have an understanding of the world,the economy, the environment and society. It is a challenge to fit the broad education requiredfor gaining this kind of understanding into an intensive engineering education. Digital videotechnology addresses this challenge.IntroductionVideo production has a long history in the humanities because it was developed for storytellingout of a theater tradition. While the emergence of

Conference Session

Philosophy of Engineering Education: Epistemology and Ethics

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gayle Ermer, Calvin College

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

well as the real world contexts in which engineering design occurs, can be ways tocounteract this tendency within the engineering curriculum.Most importantly, engineering educators need to address the potential problems that humanfinitude introduces into the design of contemporary technological systems. We need toacknowledge the limitations of our mathematical models. This requires us to emphasize in everyengineering science course that the equations we use are only incomplete representations ofreality. We need to get in the habit of explicitly stating assumptions and application limits. Weneed to caution students against the over-reliance on computer models. Well-designedexperiments are necessary to establish reliable predictions about a

Conference Session

Redefining the Boundaries of Engineering and Liberal Education: Contributions to the Year of Dialogue

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Grimson, Dublin Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education

disaster has caused the engineering profession to think more deeply aboutethics and ethical practice. Coupled with other ‘disasters’ in the professional world, for examplethe circumstances leading to the collapse of the Enron Corporation, it is abundantly clear that theengineering profession amongst other professions has an obligation to ensure that its membersare educated in a way that helps ensure that they practice in an ethical way or at least in an ethicsaware-manner.Just as for ethical considerations, aesthetics is not an optional addendum to the engineeringdesign portfolio. As with architectural design, aesthetic application and appropriate use ofsustainable materials in the design process are both essential and fundamental to the teaching

Conference Session

Innovative Courses/Pedagogies in Liberal Education II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Wikoff, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

: Lessons on Innovation from Creative Communities “If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.” ~ Ernest HemingwayIn his commencement address to Stanford University’s graduating class of 2005, Appleco-founder Steve Jobs recalled how, after dropping out of Reed College in his freshmanyear, he stuck around campus and experienced what can arguably be described as one ofthe most fortuitous learning experiences in the history of the world [1]: Reed College at that time offered perhaps the best calligraphy instruction in the country. Throughout the campus every poster, every label on ever

Conference Session

Liberal Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joanne Lax, Purdue University

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Liberal Education

correspondence greetings and closings. Thus, a greeting such as“Dear Esteemed Madam,” which may be used to address a female with status in some countries,may sound antiquated to North American ears. International students need to learn that “’status’has little importance” in this culture.14Finally, the tone informality and use of humor found in the writing of many North Americansmay actually be considered “offensive” to people in other parts of the world. This can includesyntactic elements such as personal pronouns (as noted above), contractions, informalpunctuation, and voice.13 While a Japanese business letter writer may go to great lengths tocreate a good relationship with his or her reader, establishing rapport in written documents maybe irrelevant

Conference Session

Critical Thinking and Creative Arts

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Liberal Education

Global Century (2007), acknowledges theneeds for all college students to prepare for twenty-first-century challenges by gaining fouressential learning outcomes: 1) knowledge of human cultures and the physical and natural world,focused by engagement with big questions, both contemporary and enduring 2) intellectual andpractical skills, including inquiry and analysis, critical and creative thinking, written and oralcommunication, 3) personal and social responsibility, including foundations and skills forlifelong learning, ethical reasoning and action, intercultural knowledge and competence and 4)integrative learning, including synthesis and advanced accomplishment across general andspecialized studies. For Engineering students in particular

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics: An Interdisciplinary Endeavor

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Herkert, Arizona State University Polytechnic; Jameson Wetmore, Arizona State University; Heather Canary, Arizona State University Polytechnic; Karin Ellison, Arizona State University

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Liberal Education

web-based microethics material andnew macroethics material developed under this project. Modules are planned in the followingareas: ≠ Nanotechnology: development of nanomaterials and their use in particular applications ≠ Real Time Macroethical Assessment: real time responses to macroethical problems in such areas as information and communication technology and transhumanism Page 14.763.4 ≠ Engineering and Sustainable Development: Efforts by professional engineering societies, engineering schools, and corporations to address the economic, environmental, and social challenges of sustainability ≠ Engineering

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary and Liberal Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

synthesize fundamental content knowledge and critical thinking skills, and applythese to unfamiliar situations based on real-world problems. Achievement on an identicalProject One technical examination administered to students in the integrated course block (M =78.8, SD = 7.9)and the non-integrated materials course (M = 77.4, SD = 12.4) showedinsignificant differences in a t-test analysis with an alpha of 0.05. This preliminary analysis oftechnical performance indicates that the coupling of broader context and emphasis on historicalthemes does not deleteriously affect engineering student development of technicalcompetencies and acquisition of disciplinary knowledge.Student self-perceptions of learningStudent perception of learning outcomes is an

Conference Session

Recent Developments in Engineering Ethics

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marilyn Dyrud, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education

challenge by initiatingan impressive, and, in some cases, imaginative, array of compliance programs, and many havedeveloped company-specific ethics games. This paper provides a snapshot of ethics gamescurrently used for training in engineering-related US businesses, including a summary of federalguidelines provided by the US Sentencing Commission and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, types ofgames currently available, efficacy of the games, and appropriateness for educationalinstitutions.IntroductionThe business scandals of 2002 have changed the compliance world, thrusting into the mediaspotlight systemic problems with corporate ethics: namely, that codes of conduct do notnecessarily result in ethical behavior and that some corporate bigwigs play by

Conference Session

Liberal Education for 21st Century Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Learning to Communicate with Engineers and Non-Engineers

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

communicating byphone/conference call, and provided a very interesting discussion on non-verbal communication. Page 13.71.7All assignments throughout the semester were provided in a similarly concrete industrialengineering context, and many of them came directly from this library of “real world” examples.Students’ communication skills were evaluated both pre- and post-course. Written skills wereassessed for qualities such as mechanics (punctuation, grammar, transitions, etc.), purpose, tone,clarity, etc. Presentation skills were assessed for qualities such as content, timing, pace,enthusiasm, and non-verbals. Intake data included an English mechanics

Conference Session

Liberal Education for 21st Century Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin

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Liberal Education

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