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Technological Literacy and the Non-science College Student

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Krupczak, Hope College; Mani Mina, Iowa State University; Robert J. Gustafson, Ohio State University; James F. Young P.E., Rice University; Scott VanderStoep, Hope College

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

AC 2012-4696: MINORS AS A MEANS OF DEVELOPING TECHNOLOG-ICAL AND ENGINEERING LITERACY FOR NON-ENGINEERSDr. John Krupczak, Hope College John Krupczak is professor of engineering, Hope College, Holland, Mich.; CASEE Senior Fellow (2008- 2010); Past Chair, ASEE Technological Literacy Division, and Past Chair, ASEE Liberal Education Divi- sion.Dr. Mani Mina, Iowa State UniversityDr. Robert J. Gustafson, Ohio State University Robert J. Gustafson, P.E., Ph.D., is Honda Professor for engineering education and Director of the Engi- neering Education Innovation Center in the College of Engineering and a professor of food, agricultural, and biological engineering at the Ohio State University. He has previously served at Ohio

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Technological Literacy and Technological Policy

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert A. Heard, Carnegie Mellon University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

AC 2012-4041: TECHNOLOGY IMPACT: FROM UTOPIA TO WASTE-LANDDr. Robert A. Heard, Carnegie Mellon University Robert Heard is Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Past experience includes 17 years in industry and the past seven years teaching at Carnegie Mellon with particular emphasis on the engineering-based courses, including materials selection and capstone design courses. Page 25.1268.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Technology Impact – From Utopia to WastelandAbstract A course entitled

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Technological Literacy and Technological Policy

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Boz Bowles, Louisiana State University; Paige Davis, Louisiana State University; Warren N. Waggenspack Jr., Louisiana State University; Barbara A. Heifferon, Louisiana State University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

AC 2012-3428: USING TECHNOLOGY TO TEACH COMMUNICATIONSAND COMMUNICATIONS TO TEACH TECHNOLOGY IN A STUDY-ABROADLEARNING ENVIRONMENTMr. David Bowles, Louisiana State University David (Boz) Bowles is a Technical Communication Instructor in the Engineering Communication Studio at Louisiana State University. He earned a bachelor’s degree in English and a master’s of fine arts in creative writing from Virginia Commonwealth University.Paige Davis, Louisiana State University Paige Davis has 22 years of experience in the College of Engineering at Louisiana State University. For the past two years, she has directed a study abroad program specifically designed for engineering students. In addition to teaching, she assists with

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Innovations in Promoting Technological Literacy II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vazgen Shekoyan, Queensborough Community College, CUNY; Todd Holden, Queensborough Community College, CUNY; Raul Armendariz Ph.D., Queensborough Community College, CUNY; Helio Takai, Brookhaven National Laboratory; Sunil Dehipawala, Queensborough Community College, CUNY; Dimitrios S. Kokkinos Ph.D., Queensborough Community College, CUNY; Regina Sullivan, Queensborough Community College, CUNY; George Tremberger Jr, Queensborough Community College, CUNY; Paul J. Marchese, Queensborough Community College, CUNY; David H. Lieberman, Queensborough Community College, CUNY; Tak Cheung, Queensborough Community College, CUNY

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

AC 2012-4458: TECHNOLOGICAL LITERACY IN REQUIRED SCIENCECOURSES FOR NON-STEM STUDENTS IN A COMMUNITY COLLEGEWITH EXTENSION TO JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTProf. Vazgen Shekoyan, Queensborough Community College, CUNYDr. Todd Holden, Queensborough Community College, CUNY Todd Holden is an Associate Professor in the Physics Department of Queensborough Community College of CUNY. His current research interests include bioinformatics and microbial fuel cells. He also mentors student research projects.Raul Armendariz Ph.D., Queensborough Community College, CUNYDr. Helio Takai, Brookhaven National Laboratory Helio Takai is an Elementary Particle and Nuclear Physicist with interest in development of instrumenta- tion for the

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Engineering and Technological Literacy: Past and Future

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Krupczak, Hope College; John W. Blake P.E., Austin Peay State University; Kate A. Disney, Mission College; Carl O. Hilgarth, Shawnee State University; Randy Libros, Community College of Philadelphia; Mani Mina, Iowa State University; Steven R. Walk, Old Dominion University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

AC 2012-5100: DEFINING ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGICAL LIT-ERACYDr. John Krupczak, Hope College John Krupczak is professor of engineering, Hope College, Holland, Mich.; CASEE Senior Fellow (2008- 2010); Past Chair, ASEE Technological Literacy Division;and Past Chair ASEE, Liberal Education Divi- sion.Dr. John W. Blake P.E., Austin Peay State University John Blake is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Technology at Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, Tenn. He served as Department Chair from 1994-2005. He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Northwestern University, and is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Tennessee.Ms. Kate A. Disney, Mission

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Innovations in Promoting Technological Literacy I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dan G. Dimitriu, San Antonio College; Simona Dana Dimitriu, Pat Neff Middle School - Northside Independent School District (NISD); Thomas Gadsden Jr., Our Lady of the Lake University

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professionals as well.ProblemTexas has the 8th largest economy in the world, an unemployment rate of 4.8%, and four assetsthat are drawing more manufacturers to the state: low taxes (no state taxes), tort reform, a centralNAFTA location, and a growing population. Engineering is one of the four jobs in most demandin Texas. However, in the Thomas B. Fordham Institute's 2005 report on the State of the StateScience Standards, Texas was among 16 states to receive an "F" in science instruction. A 2007report by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) showed that between 2004-2007 the number of undergraduates at public schools in Texas earning STEM degrees declinedfrom 14,600 to 13,000, despite a “Closing the Gaps” target of 24,000 STEM degrees

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Technological Literacy Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rigoberto Chinchilla, Eastern Illinois University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

traitsthe biometric system requires? Are minorities disadvantaged in biometric applications? Theintellectual significances of this paper are: (a) to discuss social and ethical consequences ofbiometric technologies, and (b) to increase public awareness of potential violations of privacy,security, civil and human rights that may have not been fully addressed yet by lawmakers. Thefindings of this paper have been successfully incorporated in courses related with engineeringethics and technology ethics at a senior level and graduate level. Results of theseimplementations are presented.Biometrics Fundamentals Human beings have unique physical and behavioral attributes that can be used forauthentication purposes. Authentication is a process that

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Technological Literacy and Technological Policy

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Heywood, Trinity College, Dublin

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in one sector ofthe economy technological innovation will ensure that an equal number of jobs (and hopefullymore) will be created elsewhere. It is with the challenge to this last view that this paper isprimarily concerned.Supporting dataCurrent data seemingly supports this axiom but it is often difficult to interpret. Some data revealsgeneral shortages: for example in 2011 the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) reported that40% of companies had difficulties recruiting people with science, technology, engineering, andmaths skills. But it did not say at what level these skills were wanted [14].Other data reveals specific shortages [12(b), 15]. A striking example of a specific shortage is thatbeing experienced by the resurging nuclear

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Technological Literacy and the Non-science College Student

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mariana Tafur, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Demetra Evangelou, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Johannes Strobel, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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. Educating the engineer of 2020 adapting engineering education to the new century. 2005; http://site.ebrary.com/lib/librarytitles/Doc?id=10091305.18. Dix A, Ormerod T, Twidale M, Sas C, Gomes da Silva PA, McKnight L. Why dab ideas are a good idea. 2006.19. Abu-Khalaf AM. Improving Thinking Skills in the Unit Operations Laboratory. International Journal of Engineering Education. 2001;17(6):593-599.20. Chrysikou EG, Weisberg RW. Following the Wrong Footsteps: Fixation Effects of Pictorial Examples in a Design Problem-Solving Task. Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition. 2005;31(5):1134-1148.21. Hatchuel A, Le Masson P, Weil B. Teaching innovative design reasoning: How concept– knowledge theory

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Technological Literacy and the Non-science College Student

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert M. Brooks, Temple University; Jyothsna Kavuturu; Mehmet Cetin, Temple University

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employees or consumers in a dynamic and capitalist economy, (b) to enablestudents to comprehend how individuals and societies use technology to satisfy their needs andpursue their wishes and dreams, (c) to provide students with ways of thinking about howtechnology can be shaped to serve a range of goals and values.The authors agree with Carlson16 that we should strive to develop a technological literacy thatembraces this broader and more active perspective. The course is designed to promotetechnological literacy by introducing students to basic scientific principles in several areas ofEnvironment. Page 25.362.3MotivationThe conventional system of

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Innovations in Promoting Technological Literacy I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Isabel Huff, Smith College; Glenn W. Ellis, Smith College; Lucy McAuliffe, Smith College; Sonia K. Ellis, Smith College; Beth McGinnis-Cavanaugh, Springfield Technical Community College

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

. Bereiter, Education and Mind in the Knowledge Age, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Mahwah, NJ, 2002.11. S. Ellis, Talk to Me. 2010. available on-line at http://www.talk2mebook.com.12. Talk to Me Website (2010), available on-line at http://www.talk2mebook.com.13. L.R. McAuliffe, G.W. Ellis, S.K. Ellis, I. Huff, B. McGinnis-Cavanaugh, Mysteries and Heroes: Using Imaginative Education to Engage Middle School Learners in Engineering, Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, Vancouver, BC, June 26-29, 2011.14. D.C. Dennett, Brainstorms: Philosophical Essays on Mind and Psychology, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1981.15. A. Turing, Computing machinery and intelligence, Mind, 59

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Innovations in Promoting Technological Literacy II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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J. Douglass Klein, Union College

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

AC 2012-3653: DO WE CONTROL TECHNOLOGY OR DOES TECH-NOLOGY CONTROL US?Dr. J. Douglass Klein, Union College J. Douglass Klein is the Kenneth B. Sharpe Professor of Economics at Union College. Klein joined the Union faculty in 1979, after earning a B.A. in mathematics at Grinnell College and a M.A. and Ph.D. in economics at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. At Union College, he has held several administrative positions, including most recently, Dean of Interdisciplinary Studies, and from 2008-2011 served as Co- chair of the Symposium on Engineering and Liberal Education. His research is in the areas of energy, the economics of auctions, the measurement of efficiency, and the integration of engineering and liberal

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Innovations in Promoting Technological Literacy II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zbigniew J. Pasek, University of Windsor

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

Engineering, National Academies Press[12] Goldman, S.L. 1989. “Images of Technology in Popular Films: Discussion and Filmography.” Science, Technology, and Human Values (Summer): 275-301[13] Jensen, K. and Jankowsky, N. (eds.), 1991, A Handbook of Qualitative Methodologies for Mass Communication Research, Routledge.[14] Johnson, S., 2005, Everything Bad Is Good for You. How Today’s Culture Is Actually Making Us Smarter, Riverhead Books[15] Laugksch, R.C., 2000, “Scientific literacy: A conceptual overview,” Science Ed., vol. 84, pp. 71-94.[16] Lewenstein, B. V., 1989, “Frankenstein or wizard: Images of engineers in the mass media,” Engineering: Cornell Quart., vol. 24, pp. 40[17] National Science Board, “Science and

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Innovations in Promoting Technological Literacy II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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William R. Loendorf, Eastern Washington University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

EducationalAssociation4, 2007). In order to be technologically literate four competencies or abilities arerequired: “(a) accommodate and cope with rapid and continuous technological change, (b)generate creative and innovative solutions for technological problems, (c) act throughtechnological knowledge both effectively and efficiently, and (d) assess technology and itsinvolvement with the human life world judiciously” (Wonacott21, 2001).“Artifacts are probably our most obvious everyday encounter with technology. Therefore, a goodunderstanding of the nature of technical artifacts is a relevant part of technological literacy”(Frederik, Sonneveld, & Vries3, 2011). Students can learn a great deal from studying artifactswhether they are from the recent or ancient

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Technological Literacy and Technological Policy

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zachary Foltz, Iowa State University; Amanpreet Kaur, Iowa State University; William Henry Tushaus, Iowa State University; Christopher Sears Mikelson, Iowa State University; Brian Vincent Skalak; Mani Mina, Iowa State University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

chairing committees and commissions inand outside of the government [16].Dr. Gregory B. Jaczko is the current Chairman of the United State Nuclear RegulatoryCommission. As chairman, his responsibilities include conducting administrative, organizational,long-range planning, budgetary, and certain personnel functions of the agency, and serving as theauthority for Nuclear Regulatory Commission functions pertaining to a potential emergencyinvolving a licensee of Nuclear Regular Commission. Prior to the Chairmanship, Dr. Jaczkoserved as the appropriations director and science policy advisor for Senator Harry Reid as well asa congressional science fellow for Representative Markey. Chairman Jaczko has a Bachelor’sDegree in Physics and Philosophy and a

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Engineering and Technological Literacy: Past and Future

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John W. Blake P.E., Austin Peay State University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

Technological Literacy, AC 2009-1691, Proceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition.16. Standards for Technological Literacy: Content for the Study of Technology, 3rd Ed., International Technology Education Association, 2007, ISBN 1-887101-02-0.17. Gorham, David, Pam B. Newberry, Theodore A. Bickart, ABET and Standards for Technological Literacy, Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition.18. Newberry, Pam, T. Richard Grimsley, John Hansen, Anne Spence, Research of Project Lead the Way (PLTW) Curricula, Pedagogy, and Professional Development: Activities Regarding Increasing Engineering and Technological

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Innovations in Promoting Technological Literacy I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lawrence E. Whitman, Wichita State University; Mandy C. Phelps, Wichita State University; Karen V. Reynolds, Wichita State University; Barbara S. Chaparro Ph.D.

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

AC 2012-4627: ASSESSING TECHNOLOGICAL LITERACY OF MIDDLESCHOOL STUDENTSDr. Lawrence E. Whitman, Wichita State University Lawrence E. Whitman is the Director of Engineering Education for the College of Engineering and an Associate Professor of industrial and manufacturing engineering at Wichita State University. He received B.S. and M.S. degrees from Oklahoma State University. His Ph.D. from the University of Texas, Arling- ton, is in industrial engineering. He also has 10 years experience in the aerospace industry. His research interests are in enterprise engineering, engineering education, and lean manufacturing.Mandy C. Phelps, Wichita State University Mandy C. Phelps is a Ph.D. candidate in human factors

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Engineering and Technological Literacy: Past and Future

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven R. Walk, Old Dominion University

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AC 2012-3366: IMPROVING LEARNING TECHNOLOGY DESIGN THROUGHTHE IDENTIFICATION OF ANTHROPOLOGICALLY INVARIANT LEARN-ING BEHAVIORS IN THE ADOPTION OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOL-OGYMr. Steven R. Walk, Old Dominion University Steven Robert Walk, P.E., is an Assistant Professor of electrical engineering technology in the Frank Batten College of Engineering and Technology at Old Dominion University. He is Founder and Director of the Laboratory for Technology Forecasting. His research interests include energy conversion systems, technology and innovation management, and technological forecasting and social change. He is owner and founder of Technology Intelligence, a management consulting company in Norfolk, Va. Walk earned

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Technological Literacy and the Non-science College Student

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert M. Brooks, Temple University; Jyothsna Kavuturu; Mehmet Cetin, Temple University

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AC 2012-2977: SCIENCE FOR NON-SCIENCE MAJORSDr. Robert M. Brooks, Temple University Robert Brooks is an Associate Professor of civil engineering at Temple University. He is a fellow of ASCE. His research interests are engineering education, civil engineering materials, and transportation engineering.Jyothsna K. S., Jyothsna K. S., Department of English, St.Joseph’s College, Bangalore, eecured a gold medal for the high- est aggregate marks in the Post Graduate English Literature course at St.Joseph’s College (autonomous). K. S. has been working for the Department of English, St.Joseph’s College for almost two years now, teaching both undergraduate and postgraduate courses in English. K. S. has published papers in