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

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Grimson, Dublin Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education

AC 2007-1611: THE PHILOSOPHICAL NATURE OF ENGINEERING – ACHARACTERISATION OF ENGINEERING USING THE LANGUAGE ANDACTIVITIES OF PHILOSOPHYWilliam Grimson, Dublin Institute of Technology Page 12.1453.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007The Philosophical Nature of Engineering - a characterization of Engineeringusing the language and activities of PhilosophyAbstractThere is a growing volume of literature concerned with the Philosophy of Engineering orEngineering Science. However to develop a satisfactory overall statement of a ‘Philosophy ofEngineering’ is very challenging, and is perhaps not attainable. To some extent the underlyingreason that there cannot be a single

Conference Session

Liberal Education and Leadership

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julia Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Richard House, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Anneliese Watt, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education

AC 2009-1610: COMMUNICATION PEDAGOGY IN THE ENGINEERINGCLASSROOM: A REPORT ON FACULTY PRACTICES AND PERCEPTIONSJulia Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Julia M. Williams is Executive Director of the Office of Institutional Research, Planning and Assessment & Professor of English at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, Indiana. Her articles on writing assessment, electronic portfolios, ABET, and tablet PCs have appeared in the Technical Communication Quarterly, Technical Communication: Journal of the Society for Technical Communication, The International Journal of Engineering Education, Journal of Engineering Education, and The Impact of Tablet PCs and Pen

Conference Session

Questions of Identity

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Ollis, North Carolina State University

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Liberal Education

2006-647: TEACHING TECHNOLOGICAL LITERACY AS A QUEST, OR"SEARCHING FOR SELF IN THE ENGINEERING COSMOS"David Ollis, North Carolina State University Page 11.1227.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Teaching Technological Literacy as a Quest, Or “Search for Self in the Engineering Cosmos”Abstract At an April 2004 NSF-NAE faculty workshop on teaching Technological Literacyat the undergraduate level, it became obvious that: There was no consensus definition of “technological literacy,” and There was no consensus format among the twelve presenters of technologicalliteracy courses. Why would twelve different

Conference Session

Innovative Courses/Pedagogies in Liberal Education II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Heard, Carnegie Mellon University

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Liberal Education

AC 2010-172: INSTRUCTION OF PROFESSIONAL SKILLS TO MATERIALSCIENCE AND ENGINEERING STUDENTS USING A MULTI-YEAR MODULEAPPROACHRobert Heard, Carnegie Mellon University Page 15.750.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010

Conference Session

Communication - Needs and Methods

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University; Joanna Garner, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus; Sarah Zappe, Pennsylvania State University

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Liberal Education

AC 2010-670: PROJECTED WORDS PER MINUTE: A WINDOW INTO THEPOTENTIAL EFFECTIVENESS OF PRESENTATION SLIDESMichael Alley, Pennsylvania State University Michael Alley is an associate professor of engineering communication at Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of The Craft of Scientific Presentations (Springer, 2003) and gives many professional workshops on presentations to engineers and scientists in the United States and Europe.Joanna Garner, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus Dr. Joanna K Garner is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Penn State University, Berks College. Her research interests focus on the application of cognitive psychological principles to the

Conference Session

Communication and Collaboration

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University; Are Magnus Bruaset, Simula Research Laboratory; Melissa Marshall, Pennsylvania State University; Marianne M. Sundet, Simula Research Laboratory; Sarah Zappe, Pennsylvania State University

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Liberal Education

AC 2009-1894: THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NATIONAL WORKSHOP TO TEACHNORWEGIAN PH.D. STUDENTS IN ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE HOW TOCOMMUNICATE RESEARCHMichael Alley, Pennsylvania State University Michael Alley is an associate professor of engineering communication at Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of The Craft of Scientific Presentations (2002, Springer-Verlag). In addition, he regularly teaches presentation workshops at several research institutions in the United States and Europe. For the Norwegian national workshop discussed in this paper, he served as a lecturer for the formal classes and a principal instructor for the parallel critique sessions.Are Magnus Bruaset, Simula Research

Conference Session

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

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University

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Liberal Education

. 9ReferencesBegel A., Garcia D. and Wolfman S., "Kinesthetic Learning in the Classroom", ACM SIGCSEBulletin, v. 36, n. 1, March 2004.Dave, R. H., Developing and Writing Behavioral Objectives. Educational Innovators Press. 1975.Dunn, R. S. and Dunn, K. J., Teaching Secondary Students Through Their Individual LearningStyles. Prentice Hall. 1978.Felder, R. M. and Silverman, L. K., “Learning and Teaching Styles in Engineering Education”,Engineering Education 78:7 674-681. 1988.Felder R. M. and Soloman, B. A., “Index of Learning Styles”, http://www.ncsu.edu/felder-public/ILSpage.html , accessed 01/17/08Feldman J. and McPhee, D., The Science of Learning and the Art of Teaching. CENGAGEDelmar Learning. 2007Gardner, H., Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple

Conference Session

Philosophy of Engineering Education: Epistemology and Ethics

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Heywood, Trinity College-Dublin

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Liberal Education

technologyStage A Stage B Stage CRomance Grammar/Precision Synthesis/Generalization(3 – 4 weeks) (8 to 22 weeks depending on programme) (3 to 4 weeks)Exhibit 2. A model for transition year technology based on Whitehead’s rythmic model of learning. Theprogrammes vary in length as a function of objectives. The times shown are equivalents since there can be overlapbetween the stages.Notes and references1. Koen, B. V. (2003) Discussion of the Method. Conducting the Engineer’s Approach to Problem Solving. Oxford University Press, New York2. Goldman, S. L (2004). Why we need a philosophy of engineering. Work in

Conference Session

Innovative Courses/Pedagogies in Liberal Education II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Wikoff, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Liberal Education

mentors, provides social structure, helps people connect, secures necessary funding or supplies, brings the basket lunch. Without that key person at the center, the community has no linchpin; yet that central person is not the star of the community.3. Expect great things from students, but don’t tell them what. As Steven Chu says, it is exhilarating and frightening to be given both freedom and expectations. Today’s students often expect to be given a rubric with every assignment, ideally with the requirements for success (what is required for an A grade, a B grade, etc.) clearly spelled out very specifically and maybe even very quantifiably. It is more comfortable for both teachers and students if assignments have specific

Conference Session

Liberal Education Division Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carole Goodson, University of Houston; Susan Miertschin, University of Houston; Barbara Stewart, University of Houston; Luces Faulkenberry, University of Houston; Curtis Johnson, University of Houston

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Liberal Education

taught successfully for several semesters as a face-to-face course, the faculty decidedto increase the opportunities for students to interact with technology by redesigning and offeringthe course online. In this way students gain experience not only with content related to societyand culture but also with the Internet technology that so fully permeates today’s society. Hencestudents are exposed to opportunities for learning on two important levels: (a) social sciencecontent and (b) computer applications.Students in the course vary substantially in both their technical and social sciences knowledgeand skill sets. Some, from technical backgrounds, are relatively comfortable with the demands oflearning and using technology as a learning tool but

Conference Session

Learning to Communicate with Engineers and Non-Engineers

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Ross, University of Wisconsin - Madison

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Liberal Education

Assessment. http://www.abet.org2. Bloom, B, et al. Taxonomy of Educational Objectives. New York: Longmans Green, 1956.3. Carliner, S. E-Portfolios. ASTD, May 2006. 71 – 74.4. Carlson, P. Teaching a Course in the Ethics of Human Communication. 29th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education,1999. 12d6 – 18.5. Cohn, E., and Hibbits, B. Beyond the Electronic Portfolio. Educause Quarterly, 4, 2004. 7 – 10.6. Hansen, E. Technological Expertise in Liberal Education. 36th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education, 2006. S1H-17- 227. Heywood, J. Think…About How Others Think: Liberal Education and Engineering. 37th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers inEducation, 2007. T3C-20 -24.8. Jablokow, K. Engineers as Problem Solving Leaders: Embracing the Humanities. IEEE Technology and Society,Winter

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Engineering for Social Justice

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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

Learning, Projects that Matter: Concepts and Models for Service Learning in Engineering, AAHE, E. Tsang, ed., Washington D.C., (2000).6 Design Criteria for Sustainable Development in Appropriate Technology: Technology as if People Matter Robert C. Wicklein, Ed. D. University of Georgia, USA7 Hazelton, B, Bull, C. Appropriate Technology: Tools, Choices and Implications, November 1988.8 Wilk, et. al., Preparing Engineering Students to Work in a Global Environmen: The Union College Model,, Proceedings of the 2001 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition9 Mayes, et. al., ABET Best Practices: Results form Interviews with 27 Peer Institutions, Proceedings of the 2005 ASEE Annual Conference and

Conference Session

Writing Is Fundamental

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Liberal Education

Street. Turn right and walk two and a half blocks. What’s on your left?Now walk east on First Street to University Avenue. Turn right and walk half a block. What’sacross the street?Analysis: (10 sentences)Flesch Reading Ease: 93.9*Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level: 1.9**Sample B: Reading sample, Introduction to Engineering text (prepared by Engineer Noor)Everything we know about the physical world and the principles that govern its behavior hasbeen learned through experiment (observation of phenomena). The ultimate test of any physicaltheory is its agreement with experimental observations. These observations involvemeasurement. Some quantities are measured directly and some are found by mathematicalrelationship.Analysis: (4 sentences)Flesch Reading

Conference Session

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

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Liberal Education

': money, negative freedom or freedom from coercion, and happiness, on theother. Monetary income alone cannot be used as a reliable indicator of substantial freedom.An increase in income might be converted into an increase in substantial freedom, but theconversion is not automatic or equally easy for everybody. A sick person is normally lessable than a healthy one to convert a given increase in income into a wider range of realopportunities, i.e., into greater substantial freedom. The same might be said of a personwho lives in a dangerous neighborhood that makes him/her fearful to go outside ascompared to a person who lives in a safer neighborhood."14 B. Ethics of Freedom: CapabilitiesNussbaum15 has continued to develop the notion of

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary and Liberal Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Liberal Education

Page 11.651.10 Homework 1: By using Microsoft word, write an essay (one or two pages) about the impact of using PC in your life. Please discuss advantages and drawbacks based on your experiences. Homework 2: Please write an essay about “Industrial Revolution” and post it on the discussion board. Homework 3: Please write an essay about “Trains and the transportation network in the USA” and post it on the discussion board. Homework 4: Solve the problems from 1 to 6 (included) on page 46, Group B. Homework 5: By using Microsoft word write an essay (not less than 500 words) to discuss the pros and cons of obtaining energy from wind, solar radiation, oil and coal. Homework 6: Please write a comprehensive

Conference Session

Communication - Needs and Methods

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Liberal Education

. (2004). Evaluating the Communication Component of an Engineering Curriculum: A Case Study. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition.3. Norback, J.S., Sokol, J.S., Forehand, G.A., Sutley-Fish, B. (2004). Using a Communication Lab4. to Integrate Workplace Communication into Senior Design. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition.5. Kahn, E. (2009) “Making Writing Instruction Authentic” English Journal, 98:5 p15-17.6. Holmes, LE., Smith, LJ. “Student Evaluations of Faculty Grading Methods”. Journal of Education for Business, 78:6, p 318-323.7. Patton, MD. "Beyond WI: building an integrated

Conference Session

Learning to Communicate with Engineers and Non-Engineers

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Liberal Education

: Many students answered the three questions, “In what ways was the workforcepresentation instruction useful?” 2) “Is there anything else you would suggest changing?” and3) “Any additional comments?” The answers represented four themes: professionalism,awareness of good communication skills, comments about skills, and appreciation. Some of theanswers are included below. 1) Professionalism---for example, students said a. “It [the instruction] helped to gather a sense of professionalism.” b. “I like this program! I think it will definitely help students with senior design, other campus presentations, and presentations in industry.” 2) Awareness of good communication skills--- a. “Good tips

Conference Session

Innovative Courses/Pedagogies in Liberal Education I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Layton, DeVry University

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Liberal Education

. ERIC Database. http://www.eric.ed.gov///sql/_storage_01/b////e.pdf (accessed December 28, 2009). 4. Litas, L. A. Teens now able to take advanced science classes in high school. Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), August 7, 2007. 5. Raham, G. Teaching Science Fact with Science Fiction. Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Teacher Ideas Press, 2004. 6. Bixler, A. Teaching evolution with the aid of science fiction. The American Biology Teacher 69, no. 3 (2007): 337-8. 7. Segall, A. E. Science fiction in the engineering classroom to help teach basic concepts and promote the Page 15.1341.10

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Innovative Courses/Pedagogies in Liberal Education I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Liberal Education

of these topics in engineering educationfor many years. Yet, engineering programs continue to struggle with the development of bestpractices for teaching communication and teamwork principles that are contextual, meaningful,and applicable. The purpose of this paper is to highlight a curricular revision that foregroundsteamwork instruction in a freshman Introduction to Robotic Systems Design course. First, wehighlight our approach to teamwork instruction to prepare students to be effective interpersonalcommunicators and collaborative writers. Next, we assess our efforts through (a) studentfeedback via course evaluations, comparing this year’s data with last year’s; (b) students’ peerevaluations; (c) students’ team progress reports, assessing

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

research areas, instead it is about the culture and thefundamental philosophy that drives the activities of the college.Acknowledgments – The Task Force would like to thank the National Academy of Engineeringand CASEE for initiating the EELI. The EELI served as a required catalyst for us to get started.References:1) The Engineer of 2020: Visions of Engineering in the New Century, National Academy ofEngineering, 2004. Page 11.2.92) Waugh, B and Forrest, M., The Soul in the Computer: The Story of a CorporateRevolutionary, Hewlett Packard, 2005.3) Williams, Rosalind, Retooling: A Historian Confronts Technological Change, MIT Press,2002.4) Cronin

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Integrating H&SS in Engineering II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

UPoN, beginning with the honorssequence, to measure student development in the areas of a) epistemological beliefsregarding the nature of knowledge construction and learning, b) critical reasoning asexpressed in oral and written communication, and c) sense of purpose and self-efficacyregarding academic choices and career aspirations. These three areas of studentdevelopment are interrelated in complex ways and measurable change occurs slowly, thus Page 11.717.10we are implementing an extended case study model of evaluation that will follow thestudents through their college careers.Acknowledgements: This foundational course and the Honors sequence

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Ethical Responsibilities of Engineers in the World of Corporate Business

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna Riley, Smith College

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Liberal Education

; Exposition, Jun 2-5 1997, Orlando, FL, USA.7. Hirleman, E.D.; Atkinson, D.; Groll, E.A.; Matthews, J.; Xu, L.; Allert, B.; Hong, W.; Albers, A.; Wittig, S.L.K.;Lin, Z.Q.; and Xi, L.. GEARE: A comprehensive program for globalizing engineering education. ASEE AnnualConference Proceedings, ASEE 2004 Annual Conference and Exposition, 2004, p 6067-6076. Page 12.1240.148. Doerry, E., Doerry, K.; and Bero, B. The global engineering college: Lessons learned in exploring a new modelfor international engineering education. ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, ASEE 2004 Annual Conference andExposition, 2004, p 6181-6195.9. Rojas-Oviedo, R

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Writing Is Fundamental

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Liberal Education

assessment 1; a plan for the incremental implementationof writing skills instruction in Engineering courses 2; an outcomes assessment 3; the use ofwritten workplace materials in Engineering courses 4,5 ; a review of shared assumptions aboutwriting skills among Engineering faculty 6; a multiple-trait scoring guide 7; and the first threeiterations of this longitudinal study 8,9,10. To date, there is no other longitudinal study ofEngineering students’ writing skills on record. Our four years of work therefore begins toaddress this gap in knowledge, and it is hoped that this project will be understood as (a) adescription and analysis of trends observed within a single cohort of subjects; and (b) aninvitation for other researchers to begin contributing

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Normative Commitments and Public Engagement in Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary Downey, Virginia Tech

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Liberal Education

emerged during the 1980s to refer to theeconomic relationship among countries. In this image, preparing engineers for international workis a crucial practice in a multi-sectoral (industry-university-government) effort to advanceAmerican economic competitiveness in a world in which private industry has gone multinationalin scope. The broad image of economic competitiveness has arguably provided the dominantU.S. frame for planetary relations since the decline and end of the Cold War [24-31]. Theexpectation of a link between engineering education and economic competitiveness is notsurprising since engineering educators have been adjusting curricula to fit the broader, evolvinggoal of low-cost production for mass consumption since the 1870s [32

Conference Session

Writing and Communication II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Luke Niiler; David Beams, University of Texas-Tyler

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Liberal Education

class and work schedules, as well as changesof address and major, it is always a challenge to locate, contact and follow up with students.During the fall 2005 semester, the authors used the following tools to continue gatheringinformation about student attitudes toward writing and student writing skills: (a) A Likert-scale survey (b) A written questionnaire, (c) Oral interviews with students (completed in May 2005; these results are included here for the purposes of comparison), (d) A focus-group discussion, and, (e) A quantitative, multiple-trait assessment of writing samples.Results of each of these methods will be described below, with discussions

Conference Session

Writing Is Fundamental

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Murali Krishnamurthi, Northern Illinois University

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Liberal Education

Peters, AssociateProfessor of English and Director of the Writing Across the Curriculum Program, for hisencouragement of this effort, and the staff of the University Writing Center at Northern IllinoisUniversity for their assistance. This effort would not have been possible without the support ofthe chair and faculty members of the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering atNorthern Illinois University.References1. Bean, J.C. (1996). Engaging ideas: The professor’s guide to integrating writing, critical thinking, and active learning in the classroom. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.2. Benson, B. K. (1997). Coming to Terms: Scaffolding. The English Journal. 86, 7, 126-127.3. College Board (2004). Writing: A Ticket to Work … or a Ticket Out

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary and Liberal Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Liberal Education

Also Available at: prism- magazine.org/feb02/research.cfm (Accessed December 2006) 2. American Society for Industrial Security, “Academic Institutions Offering Degrees and/or Courses in Security”, asisonline.org/education/ universityPrograms/traditionalprograms.pdf (Accessed December 2006.) 3. Rogers, B., Palmgren, D., McHenry, A., Danielson, S. (2006) A Rigorous Foundation for Security Engineering Programs , ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, Chicago, IL 4. Garcia, Mary Lynn (2001) The Design and Evaluation of Physical Security Systems, Butterworth/Heinemann. 5. Garcia, Mary Lynn (2006) Vulnerability Assessment of Physical Protection Systems, Butterworth/Heinemann. 6. Rogers, B

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Historical Perspectives for Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel Maines, Cornell University

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Liberal Education

component of the rise andspread of democratic institutions that aspire to provide Field Marshal Slessor’s “first socialservice.”13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20 Due process for the development of consensus codes is itself definedby an ANSI (American National Standards Institute) consensus standard, as follows: Due process means that any person (organization, company, government agency, individual, etc.) with a direct and material interest has a right to participate by: a) expressing a position and its basis, b) having that position considered, and c) having the right to appeal. Due process allows for equity and fair play.21 Safety engineering as the instrumental arm of injury epidemiology, including the codedevelopment

Conference Session

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

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Liberal Education

AC 2009-1862: “ENGINEERS WHO HAPPEN TO BE GAY”: LESBIAN, GAY, ANDBISEXUAL STUDENTS’ EXPERIENCES IN ENGINEERINGErin Cech, University of California, San Diego Erin Cech is a doctoral student in Sociology at the University of California, San Diego and received bachelor's degrees in Electrical Engineering and Sociology from Montana State University. Her research examines the role of gender schemas in the reproduction of labor market gender inequality, the intersection of technology and social justice, and inequalities in science and engineering.Tom Waidzunas, University of California, San Diego Tom Waidzunas is a doctoral student in Sociology and Science Studies at the University of

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Integrating H&SS in Engineering I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna Riley, Smith College; Lionel Claris, Smith College

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Liberal Education

2006-259: POWER/KNOWLEDGE: USING FOUCAULT TO PROMOTECRITICAL UNDERSTANDINGS OF CONTENT AND PEDAGOGY INENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICSDonna Riley, Smith College Donna Riley is Assistant Professor in the Picker Engineering Program at Smith College. Her work focuses on implementing liberative pedagogies in engineering education.Lionel Claris, Smith College Lionel Claris holds a master's degree in education from Smith College and currently teaches Spanish and French to elementary school students in Springfield, MA. He is a passionate advocate for new ways of thinking about learning, involved locally in the Holistic School Project of Amherst and the Re-radicalization of Hampshire College