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Integrating Liberal Education and Engineering

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel B. Oerther, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Paper ID #18229Diplomacy Lab Provides Term-length Group Projects Integrating Policy Anal-ysis and Liberal Arts into the Traditional Engineering ClassroomDr. Daniel B. Oerther, Missouri University of Science & Technology Professor Daniel B. Oerther, PhD, PE, BCEE, CEng, F.AAN joined the faculty of the Missouri University of Science and Technology in 2010 after ten years on the faculty of the University of Cincinnati where he served as Head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Since 2014, he has concur- rently served as a Senior Policy Advisor to the U.S. Secretary of State in the areas of environment

Conference Session

Innovation and Reflection

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Irene B. Mena, University of Pittsburgh; Alexander T. Dale, Engineers for a Sustainable World

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Paper ID #18804Exploring Students’ Perceptions of Complex Problems and StakeholdersIrene B. Mena, University of Pittsburgh Irene B. Mena has a B.S. and M.S. in industrial engineering, and a Ph.D. in engineering education. Her research interests include first-year engineering and graduate student professional development.Dr. Alexander T. Dale, Engineers for a Sustainable World Alexander Dale is a AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow hosted at the US EPA, and Board Mem- ber at Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW). His career has included time in academia, nonprofits, and federal policy, focusing on energy, water

Conference Session

Assessment and Liberal Education

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jenn Stroud Rossmann, Lafayette College; Mary Roth, Lafayette College

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Diversity

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” educationefforts, “to investigate empirically the ways in which college students bring knowledgeand experiences together so that educators can better understand undergraduate studentlearning and more intentionally promote the integration of learning.” Barber identifiedthree distinct types of integration of learning: (a) connection, the discovery of a similaritybetween ideas that themselves remain distinctive; (b) application, the use of knowledgefrom one context in another; and (c) synthesis, the creation of new knowledge bycombining insights.What have been the driving forces behind these interdisciplinary and integrativeinitiatives? At the beginning of the 20th century, a traditional liberal arts educationtypically included courses in sciences, social

Conference Session

Integrating Liberal Education and Engineering

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ravi T. Shankar, Florida Atlantic University; Diana Mitsova, Florida Atlantic University; Alka Sapat, Florida Atlantic University; David J. Terrell, Florida Atlantic University

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-disciplinary team project that involves faculty members and students from engineering and non-engineering disciplines. This paper benefits from our experiences with multidisciplinarycollaboration that has helped engineering students build critical thinking, systems approaches,and alternate solution scenarios (Donate et al., 2015, Shankar et al., 2017 a & b). Thesemultidisciplinary teaching alliances have involved professors and students from engineering anddigital arts, and a content field such as urban planning, education, nursing, or business. The endproduct has been smart phone apps. We have published 55 such apps at the open source Githubsite (For museum apps developed by high school students, see MODS15 and MODS16. ForHealth care apps

Conference Session

Design and Making

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marisa Exter, Purdue University; Iryna Ashby, Purdue University; Colin M. Gray, Purdue University; Denise McAllister Wilder NCIDQ, Purdue University; Terri S. Krause, Purdue University

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: A Case StudyThe context of this case study is the development of a technology-focused, transdisciplinaryprogram at a large research-intensive Midwestern university. This program is part of a largerinitiative supported by the university to experiment with new educational approaches. The visionfor this initiative was to prepare students to succeed across their future career—which mayinclude jobs that do not exist today. A group of interested faculty fellows were charged withinvestigating new educational approaches that met the values of: (a) viewing the student as awhole person; (b) welcoming diversity and access for all; (c) student autonomy; (d) risk-takingas an important component to learning; and (e) openness fostered through sharing

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Flexible Engineering Curricula

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Diana A. Chen, University of San Diego; Gordon D. Hoople, University of San Diego

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. Newberry, B. & Farison, J. A Look at the Past and Present of General Engineering and Engineering Science Programs. ​Journal of Engineering Education​ ​92,​ (2003).9. Bowden, J. A. in ​Effective Teaching and Learning in Engineering​ 36–47 (Kogan, 2004).10. Baillie, C., Bowden, J. A. & Meyer, J. H. F. Threshold capabilities: threshold concepts and knowledge capability linked through variation theory. ​High Educ​ ​65,​ 227–246 (2013).11. Aquino, J. 33% Of CEOs Majored In Engineering -- And Other Surprising Facts About Your Boss. Business Insider​ (2011). Available at: http://www.businessinsider.com/ceos-majored-in-engineering-2011-3.​ (Accessed: 24th January 2017)12. Hoople, G. & Choi-Fitzpatrick, A

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Thinking Globally, Acting Locally: The Role of Engineering Education towards Attaining UN Sustainable Development Goals

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles Cowan, James Madison University; Elise Barrella P.E., James Madison University; Mary Katherine Watson, The Citadel; Robin Anderson, James Madison University

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] Borrego, M., Foster, M.J. and Froyd, J.E. 2014. Systematic literature reviews in engineering education and other developing interdisciplinary fields. Journal of Engineering Education, 103(1), pp.45-76.[16] Penzenstadler, B., Bauer, V., Calero, C. and Franch, X. 2012. Sustainability in software engineering: A systematic literature review. In 16th International Conference on Evaluation & Assessment in Software Engineering (EASE 2012), pp. 32-41.[17] Barrella, E., Watson, M. K., Cowan, C. 2017. Expert Evaluation of a Sustainable Design Rubric. Proceedings of the 2017 ASEE Zone II Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

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Writing and Communication

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanie Sheffield, University of Michigan; Robin Fowler, University of Michigan; Laura K. Alford, University of Michigan; Katie Snyder, University of Michigan

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, or formatting to increase clarity andreadability. The suggestions are truly minor, and if the document were sent on without the requestedchanges, I wouldn’t be too concerned. None of the errors are so large that they would affect ourcompany’s or your relationship with the client. See your document, as instructors will have madesuggestions directly on the text.(B+/B) 86.5% of points possible. Work earning this score is good. If I were your supervisor on aninternship, I’d consider this a ​strong draft but suggest changes before sending it on to a real client​.Either because of severity of a single issue (perhaps errors or missing evidence for technical content), orsignificant issues with prose, I would be concerned if this document went to a

Conference Session

Design and Making

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ayush Gupta, University of Maryland, College Park

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the benefits of new technological developments and who does not. (a)Figure 2: (a) White Board Image of network of stakeholders if there was wide-scale adoption of carts with scanners and (b) digital reproduction of the network drawn on the white board in (a)C. The roles and responsibilities of engineersThe first semester that I conducted this activity, in fall 2011, about 10 minutes into sharing prosand cons of the different solutions, a student raised her hand and asked if it was theirresponsibility as engineers to be concerned about the various other stakeholders besides theclient (store owner) who has hired them. I turned that question over to the class inviting otherstudents’ opinions. Discussion was spirited with

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Thinking Globally, Acting Locally: The Role of Engineering Education towards Attaining UN Sustainable Development Goals

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Zelinka, University of Colorado, Boulder; Bernard Amadei, University of Colorado, Boulder

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chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing fluids in coal-bed methane and regular oil and gas wells in Colorado. While in the middle of his master’s degree, he also spent a year as a graduate intern at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory studying renewable energy commercialization in Caribbean countries among other areas. He is currently completing is second master’s in engineering for developing communities in conjunction with his PhD Civil Systems Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder. His trans-disciplinary research involves addressing global development issues from an engineering, political, and economic perspective.Dr. Bernard Amadei, University of Colorado, Boulder Dr. Amadei is Professor of Civil

Conference Session

Writing and Communication

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vukica M. Jovanovic, Old Dominion University; Denise Tombolato-Terzic, Christopher Newport University; Daniel P. Richards, Old Dominion University; Pilar Pazos, Old Dominion University; Megan McKittrick, Old Dominion University; Julia Romberger, Old Dominion University; Otilia Popescu, Old Dominion University

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Implementing Programs. Jossey- Bass Higher and Adult Education Series: ERIC, 1999.7. L. Richlin and M. D. Cox, "Developing scholarly teaching and the scholarship of teaching and learning through faculty learning communities," New directions for teaching and learning, vol. 2004, pp. 127-135, 2004.8. A. V. Vázquez, K. McLoughlin, M. Sabbagh, A. C. Runkle, J. Simon, B. P. Coppola, et al., "Writing-To-Teach: A New Pedagogical Approach To Elicit Explanative Writing from Undergraduate Chemistry Students," Journal of Chemical Education, vol. 89, pp. 1025-1031, 2012/07/10 2012.9. E. B. Coleman, A. L. Brown, and I. D. Rivkin, "The effect of instructional explanations on learning from scientific texts," The Journal of the Learning Sciences

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The Big Picture in Engineering Education

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen Secules, University of Maryland, College Park

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Diversity

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Paper ID #18030Putting Diversity in Perspective: A Critical Cultural Historical Context forRepresentation in EngineeringDr. Stephen Secules, University of Maryland, College Park Stephen received a PhD in education at the University of Maryland researching engineering education. He has a prior academic and professional background in engineering, having worked professionally as an acoustical engineer. He has taught an introduction to engineering to undergraduate engineers and to practicing K-12 teachers. Stephen’s research interests include equity, culture, and the sociocultural dimensions of engineering education

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Design and Making

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jewell Amanda Brey, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Danianne Mizzy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Richard Goldberg, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

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Paper ID #19705A Maker-in-Residence Program to Build a Community of MakersMs. Jewell Amanda Brey, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Undergraduate biomedical engineering student at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, graduating May 2017. Heavily involved with the BeAM University Maker Spaces and president of MakNet, the student maker organization on campus.Ms. Danianne Mizzy, University of North Carolina, Chapel HillDr. Richard Goldberg, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Richard Goldberg is a Research Associate Professor and Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of

Conference Session

Assessment and Liberal Education

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sean Ferguson, University of Virginia; Rider W. Foley, University of Virginia

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. • Student’s expressions of business, finance, and other economic concepts were captured with the code Economics [E], e.g. profit. • Actors and Stakeholders was relabeled as Social Groups and Users [SU], e.g. green movement and Steve Jobs.We acknowledge that, as with all coding schema, it does not represent of all possible categories.The difference in this coding scheme from Segalás et al.22 is due to their work focused on a well-structured course on sustainability compared to the less-structured, open-ended courses underevaluation.2.4 Data AnalysisAll student-participants were assigned a random number and concept maps were renderedanonymous by removing names and adding the designated number and a letter (A, B, or C) thatcorresponded

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Diversity and Inclusion

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Erin A. Cech, University of Michigan; Tom J. Waidzunas, Temple University; Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University

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Paper ID #19483The Inequality of LGBTQ Students in U.S. Engineering Education: Reporton a Study of Eight Engineering ProgramsDr. Erin A. Cech, University of Michigan Dr. Erin Cech is an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Michigan. Before coming to Michigan in 2016, she was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stan- ford University and was on faculty at Rice University. She earned her Ph.D. in Sociology in 2011 from the University of California, San Diego and undergraduate degrees in Electrical Engineering and So- ciology from Montana State University. Cech’s research

Conference Session

Improving Presentation Skills Through Summer Research and Ambassador Programs

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer R. Amos, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Marie-Christine Brunet, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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also beused in the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) Career Readiness programoffered on our campus as part of career preparation education for engineering students [21].References 1. Ledbetter, S. (October 13, 2015). America’s Top Fears. Retrieved from https://blogs.chapman.edu/wilkinson/2015/10/13/americas-top-fears-2015/2. Nixon, S., Brooman, S., Murphy, B., & Fearon, D. (2016). Clarity, consistency and communication: using enhanced dialogue to create a course-based feedback strategy. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 1-11.3. Boyce, J. S., Alber-Morgan, S. R., & Riley, J. G. (2007). Fearless public speaking: Oral presentation activities for the elementary classroom. Childhood

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Assessment and Liberal Education

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kirsten A. Davis, Virginia Tech; Chris Gewirtz, Virginia Tech; Ramon Benitez, Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech

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well as interrelated assessment cycles used for understanding engineeringeducation, but we focus on assessment cycles as defined by Lattuca and Stark’s model, shown asPaths A, B, and C in Figure 1. It is important to understand that, in this framework, whileassessment may be used to evaluate performance of faculty and students, it is primarily for thepurpose of continuous improvement of the academic plan. The following paragraphs describethe three pathways represented by Paths A, B, and C as “educational control loops” that adjustacademic plans to effectively satisfy stakeholders’ needs. Path A is the path of adjusting the academic plan within the educational environment.This may be instigated by self-study, perceptions of faculty, or

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Innovation and Reflection

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Scott A. Newbolds P.E., Benedictine College; Patrick F. O'Malley, Benedictine College; Meredith Stoops, Benedictine College

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. Furthermore, they found thatbetween 2008 and 2014, written reflection was the most commonly described means of“operationalizing” the reflection discussed in the ASEE papers. These written reflectionsincluded essays, surveys, journals, portfolios, and short answer questions. Group or in-classdiscussions and other activities were also mentioned.While a comprehensive literature review on reflection in engineering education is beyond thescope of this paper, the authors conducted an abbreviated review in order to give context to theuse of critical reflection in the present case study. Of particular interest to the authors were thefollowing questions: a) Are critical reflections in engineering education effective in achievinglearning outcomes? and b) Are

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Assessment and Liberal Education

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Caitlin Donahue Wylie, University of Virginia; Kathryn A. Neeley, University of Virginia; Toluwalogo Odumosu, University of Virginia

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and Assessing Engineering Professional Skills. iJEP, Volume 3, Special Issue 3: “EDUCON2013” June 2013, pp. 13-20.Barry, B. E. and Whitener, J. (Spring, 2014). Impact of professional skills on technical skills in the engineering curriculum and variations between engineering sub-disciplines. Teaching Ethics, pp. 105-122.Downey, G. (2005). Are engineers losing control of technology? From “Problem solving” to “problem definition and solution” in engineering education. Trans IChemE, Part A, Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 83(A6): 583–595Lederman, N. G., Abd-El-Khalick, F., Bell, R. L., & Schwartz, R. S. (2002). Views of Nature of Science Questionnaire: Toward Valid and Meaningful

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Social Justice, Social Responsibility, and Critical Pedagogies

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ashley R. Taylor, Virginia Tech ; Cynthia Hampton, Virginia Tech; Walter C. Lee, Virginia Tech; Bevlee A. Watford, Virginia Tech; Ben David Lutz, Virginia Tech

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courses. Admittance requiredobtaining a B or better in all four courses, passing a math readiness exam, and attending allrequired activities. STEP is run through the Center for the Enhancement of EngineeringDiversity (CEED) office and is separate from the first-year program at the current university.Evidence based curricular innovation is welcomed in the development of STEP courses,specifically the engineering fundamentals course. Additionally, this development is supported bythe administrators and instructors of STEP. The curriculum for STEP is revisited every year bythe program director and instructors in order to address new needs or areas of improvement, andin conjunction with the first-year engineering courses that the students will

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Innovation and Reflection

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chris Gewirtz, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech; Kirsten A. Davis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Ramon Benitez, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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practice and Baxter Magolda’s Learning PartnershipsModel, which is based on self-authorship, was developed for ethnographic classroomobservation. The collected data will help us better understand the educational environment andeducational processes3, as well as the actors situated within them. In this paper, we offer ananalysis of pilot data to better understand how the classes might align with desired outcomes -such as student development of self-authorship, reflective practice, and capacity for innovation.Using this analysis, we identify possible implications for (a) adjustment of academic plans, and(b) evaluating and adjusting the educational environment, both described by Lattuca & Stark’smodel.Introduction / Purpose Statement

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Improving Presentation Skills Through Summer Research and Ambassador Programs

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joanna K. Garner, Old Dominion University; Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Christine Haas, Engineering Ambassadors Network; Suzanne Sontgerath, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Avi Kaplan, Temple University

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Paper ID #19156Developing a Role Identity as an Ambassador through Hands-On ActivitiesDr. Joanna K. Garner, Old Dominion University Dr. Garner is a Research Associate Professor in The Center for Educational Partnerships at Old Dominion University, VA.Mr. Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Michael Alley is an associate professor of engineering communication at Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of The Craft of Scientific Presentations (Springer-Verlag, 2013) and is serving as the Coordinator of the Engineering Ambassador Network.Ms. Christine Haas, Engineering Ambassadors Network

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Innovation and Reflection

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph R. Herkert, North Carolina State University; Jennifer Kuzma, North Carolina State University; Patricia Mae Roberts, North Carolina State: School of Public and International Affairs; Erin Banks, North Carolina State University ; Sharon A Stauffer, NC State University Genetic Engineering and Society Center

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Paper ID #18015Ethics and Responsible Innovation in Biotechnology Communities: A Peda-gogy of Engaged ScholarshipDr. Joseph R. Herkert, North Carolina State University Joseph R. Herkert, D.Sc., is Associate Professor Emeritus of Science, Technology and Society and a Visiting Scholar in the Genetic Engineering and Society Center, North Carolina State University. He was formerly Lincoln Associate Professor of Ethics and Technology in the Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes, Arizona State University (retired May 2015). Herkert has been teaching engineering ethics and science, technology & society courses for

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Improving Presentation Skills Through Summer Research and Ambassador Programs

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Necia Werner, Carnegie Mellon University; Joanna Dickert, Carnegie Mellon University; Nisha Shanmugaraj, Carnegie Mellon University ; Kevin G. Monahan, Carnegie Mellon University; Stephanie Wallach, Carnegie Mellon University; Jennifer Keating, Carnegie Mellon University

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Paper ID #19800”Speak Up!” A Program for Teaching Communication Skills to Summer Un-dergraduate ResearchersNecia Werner, Carnegie Mellon University Necia Werner is an Assistant Teaching Professor of English and Director of the professional and technical writing programs at Carnegie Mellon University. Werner serves on the advisory committee (AdCom) of the IEEE Professional Communication Society, and as an Associate Editor for the teaching case section of the IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication.Ms. Joanna Dickert, Carnegie Mellon University Joanna Dickert is the Assistant Director of Undergraduate Research and

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Thinking Globally, Acting Locally: The Role of Engineering Education towards Attaining UN Sustainable Development Goals

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven J. Burian, University of Utah; Mercedes Ward, University of Utah; Tariq Banuri, University of Utah; Sajjad Ahmad, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Rasool Bux Mahar P.E., Mehran University, Pakistan; David Lawrence Stevenson, University of Utah; James A. VanDerslice, University of Utah; Kamran Ansari; Abdul Latif Qureshi

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  catalyze  a  viral process  that  enables  sustainable  systems  to  multiply  from  site  to  site.  In  this  approach,  the University of Utah is working as the catalyst with the local “catalyst‐in‐training”, MUET, which more generally could be a University, an NGO, a government agency, local Service Providers (SP), or other key stakeholders in the identified Community of Practice. The catalyst seeks to (a) build capacity of the actors, (b) facilitate data management and ongoing dialogue among the actors in the community, and (c) build capacity of the local University, or other identified entity, to serve as the next catalyst in a new district. In the next step, the ‘local catalyst’ organization is then poised to take on the catalytic role with

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Integrating Liberal Education and Engineering

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David DiBiasio, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Paula Quinn, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Kristin Boudreau, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Laura A. Robinson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; John M. Sullivan Jr, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; John Bergendahl, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Leslie Dodson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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and at other institutions to advance work on project-based learning. She believes project- based learning holds significant potential for increasing the diversity of students who succeed in college and who persist in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields, and she views her work with the Center as contributing to education reform from the inside out. She holds an M.A. in Developmental Psychology from Clark University and a B.A. in Psychology from Case Western Reserve University. Her background includes working in the field of education evaluation, where she focused primarily on the areas of project-based learning; STEM; pre-literacy and literacy; student life; learning communities; and

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Flexible Engineering Curricula

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Claudio da Rocha Brito, Science and Education Research Council; Melany M. Ciampi, Safety, Health and Environment Research Organization; Rosa Maria Castro Fernandes Vasconcelos, Universidade de Minho; Luis Alfredo Martins Amaral P.E., University of Minho; Henrique Dinis Santos, University of Minho; Victor F. A, Barros, Science and Education Research Council

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Friends Society (AAMP) and Secretary of Education Society of the IEEE (IEEE-EdSoc). She is also Chair of Intersociety Cooperation Committee of Education Society of the IEEE (IEEE-EdSoc) since 2011, Co-Chair of Working Group ”Ingenieurp¨adagogik im Internationalen Kontext” in IGIP (Internationale Gesellschaft f¨ur Ingenieurp¨adagogik) since 2002, Member of Strategic Planning Committee of Education Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc (IEEE-EdSoc) since 2009 and Board Member of ”Global Council on Manufacturing and Management” (GCMM) since 2004.Prof. Rosa Maria Castro Fernandes Vasconcelos, Universidade de Minho Rosa Maria de Castro Fernandes Vasconcelos is a Associate Professor at the

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Diversity and Inclusion

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mel Chua, Olin College; Tess Edmonds, Olin College

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are also sometimes used in situations where feedback is beingcollected, such as the constructive criticism technique “I like… / I wish…” described by Tomand David Kelley in their book, Creative Confidence [10].The Open Sentences architecture involves a facilitator and a group of students that has beenorganized into pairs (person A and person B). The facilitator provides the opening to a sentence.A good open sentence fits these criteria: it is in the first person (an “I” sentence), it has manypossible completions, and it prompts personal reflection. To offer a real-life example from afirst-year engineering course centered on biomimetic design, an instructor might prepare studentsfor a new project with prompts such as “I am excited about

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Professional Development and Lifelong Learning

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Greg Rulifson P.E., Colorado School of Mines; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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extent that fourth year engineering students discuss helpingothers and society through their careers as an aspect of an ideal job or an aspect that would maketheir work rewarding. Hour-long, semi-structured interviews were conducted with twentyengineering undergraduate students near the end of their fourth year of college. These studentswere attending five different universities and pursuing six different majors (primarily mechanicaland civil engineering). Student responses, while unique to their personal situation, fell into fourcategories regarding their visions for a future ideal engineering career: (A) helping people andsociety was the most important component to their future engineering career; (B) helping peopleand improving society was

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The Big Picture in Engineering Education

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanie Quiles-Ramos, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Donna M. Riley, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Paper ID #19121WannABET? Historical and Organizational Perspectives on Governance inEngineering EducationMs. Stephanie M. Matos, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Stephanie is a Gradaute Research Assistant at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. She has a BS in Industrial Organizational Psychology, a BA in Sociology, and a Certification in Women and Gender Studies. She is a Virginia Tech Pratt Fellow and a Virginia Tech Graduate McNair Scholar. Her research interest are in Engineering Culture, Institutional Behavior, Women & Racial Minorities in Engi- neering, Responsible Civic