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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE) Technical Session 3

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Robinson, Saint Vincent College

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE)

Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Towards a Philosophy of Engineering Education LaboratoriesAbstractMost engineering educators agree that laboratories are a key part of the engineering curriculum,but there is less agreement about what labs are to accomplish. This ambiguity may be partiallyattributed to changing views in science more broadly about the role of experimentation andparallel changes in emphasis on lab education throughout the twentieth century. Whenlaboratories are seen as practical necessities, their perceived importance decreases. At present,many are returning to the view that laboratories play a key epistemic role. This paper develops arole for philosophy in understanding the purpose of laboratories. Concepts from

Conference Session

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE) Technical Session 3

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamed Fadlelmula, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Nayef Alyafei, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Albertus Retnanto, Texas A&M University at Qatar

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE)

petroleumengineering education to keep pace with these changes to keep attracting the brightest students.This is important because petroleum engineering schools need to prepare the future engineeringleaders of the industry. The aim is to equip them with the essential skills and to make them agileand adaptive so they can use their technical background and experiences to attain new skills andtackle challenges whenever needed. Thus, the petroleum engineering (PETE) program at TexasA&M at Qatar (TAMUQ) has implemented different educational tools (integrative andcooperative capstone project, fourth-year comprehensive exam (CE), augmented reality and 3Dvisualization, field trips and laboratory simulators, engineering video games, programming anddata analytics

Conference Session

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE) Technical Session 3

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Haley Williams, University of California, Berkeley; Denia Djokic, University of Michigan

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE)

noveltechnical domain, nuclear engineering developed within a new organizational context [8].Previously, physicists practiced their research within university science departments, but with thedevelopment of wartime research efforts, such as the Manhattan Project, top physicists andengineers found themselves employed by government and military-funded research initiatives.Post-WWII, these government research efforts continued via the establishment of nationallaboratories. The first national laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory, cites its establishmentin 1946 as having the goal to perform “cooperative research in nucleonics”, another term used todescribe the field of ‘nuclear engineering’ or ‘atomic energy’ [9]. This time period was markedby specific

Conference Session

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John R. Reisel, P.E., University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE)

of those particular courses. In this offering format, a program isstill able to teach the material that is deemed necessary for students to learn before they graduate,but allows students to apply that knowledge in particular applications that are of the most interestto them. For example, suppose that a program wishes to teach students how to design laboratoryexperiments. The program could teach this in one particular laboratory course. Or the programcould offer two or three laboratory courses that focus on different particular subdisciplines in thefield, and teach students in each of these courses how to design experiments. By requiring thatstudents take at least one of these elective courses, the program guarantees that the students

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE) Technical Session 2

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carl O. Hilgarth, Shawnee State University; John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE)

: Some division members have created what might be termed Technology Survey Courses. These courses address a range of technologies. In some cases, course content may include social and historical dimensions of engineering and technology. Approaches are varied including lectures, demonstrations, and laboratories. Scientific principles involved in technological applications are often a major component of these courses [1]. • Technology Focus Courses: These courses tend to address a single technological topic or issue. Subject matter is intentionally focused rather than intentionally broad. In some cases, the courses have a substantial technical or quantitative component. The classes frequently include