Conference Session

ELOS Best Paper Nominations

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Huettel, Duke University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

4.42  4.11  ‐1.50  0.15 f) understand professional and ethical responsibility 2.98  3.33  1.00  0.33 g) communicate persuasively, in writing and orally 2.90  3.39  1.39  0.17 h) understand the impact of engineering solutions in global and society context 2.93  4.11  3.68  1E‐04 i) recognize the need for engaging in life-long learning 3.36  4.06  2.27  0.03 j) know and understand contemporary issues 3.19  4.00  2.55  0.02 k) use techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for

Conference Session

Enhancing Instructional Effectiveness in Civil Engineering: Case Studies

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fernando Fonseca, Brigham Young University; Steven E. Benzley, Brigham Young University; James Nelson, Brigham Young University; A. Woodruff Miller, Brigham Young University

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Civil Engineering

document it is stated that “In 2025, civil engineers will serve as masterbuilders, environmental stewards, innovators and integrators, managers of risk and uncertainty,and leaders in shaping public policy.” ASCE continues on to challenge educators in that“Colleges and universities must examine their curricula as they relate to the future civil engineerso advancement toward the vision can be realized.”ASCE now prescribes a body of knowledge (i.e.BOK23) which specifies 24 outcomes needed forprofessional licensure. Of the 24 outcomes, 9 focus on professional practice. These 9 outcomesare: Communication, Public Policy, Business and Public Administration, Globalization,Leadership, Teamwork, Attitudes, Lifelong Learning, and Professional and Ethical

Conference Session

They're Not "Soft" Skills!

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ruth Wertz P.E., Purdue University, West Lafayette; Meagan C. Ross, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Michael Fosmire, Purdue University Libraries, West Lafayette; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

of information needed Access the needed information effectively and efficiently Evaluate information and its sources critically Incorporate selected information into one‟s knowledge base Use information effectively to accomplish a specific purpose Understand the economic, legal, and social issues surrounding the use of information, and access and use information ethically and legally.3Despite the growing importance of lifelong learning skills in our rapidly evolving work Page 22.237.2environment, where technical knowledge has a half life of less than five years, Lattuca,Terenzini, and Volkwein reports that

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Philip Doepker

engineering problems 5. An understanding of professional and ethical responsibility. 6. An ability to communicate effectively 7. An ability to use modern engineering tools for the practice of engineering.X. References1. “Improving Engineering Design – Designing for Competitive Advantage”, National Research Council, National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 19912. Dewhurst, Peter, “DFMA and Simultaneous Engineering – Current Status and Future Trends”, ASME Design Conference and Show, March 1993.3. “The Design and Manufacturing Clinic: Bringing Industrial Projects Into the Classroom”, Philip E. Doepker, ASEE National Conference, June 1999.4. “Implementing the Product Realization Process in the Design Sequence

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Frank J. Fronczak; John G. Webster

was developing anunderstanding of professional and ethical responsibilities. Only 11 of the 16 students respondedpositively on this item. Somewhat related areas where the students did not overwhelmingly feelthat the course contributed towards meeting the ABET goals were:a) an ability to function in multi-disciplinary teams (9)b) the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global and societal context (4)c) a knowledge of contemporary issues (9)This information was used to help guide the topics to be considered in more detail in subsequentcourses.One clear theme emerged from the students’ comments on how to improve the course. Thereclearly was some frustration concerning the somewhat ambiguous nature

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Neil D. Opfer; John Gambatese

4 Subtotal 11 Spring Semester CEM 701 Construction Seminar II 1 CEM 751 Advanced Construction Estimating 3 CEM 775 Construction Operations and Management 3 MBA 706 Laws, Regulations, and Ethical Issues 2 CEM 797 Research Thesis 3 Subtotal 12 Fall Semester Business Administration/Civil Engineering Elective 3

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Karl Stephan

also include aspects ofeconomics, sociology, history, and even philosophy which are rarely if ever treated in standardundergraduate engineering curricula. Philosopher of technology Carl Mitcham has recentlycalled upon engineers to philosophize as a way of both improving ethical behavior and increas-ing self-understanding. 7 One classical definition of the proper function of those within a univer-sity is to study the universe and everything in it. While it is true that bits and pieces of the widerfield of engineering knowledge appear in science, history, sociology, and mathematics courses, apicture of engineering as an integrated and significant human activity seldom emerges from thesetreatments by other disciplines. Technological

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Magaly Moreno; Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre; Larry J. Shuman; Cynthia Atman

Industrial Engineering. She holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineer-ing from UTEP. She has interned with Allegiance Healthcare Corporation.LARRY J. SHUMANLarry J. Shuman is Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Industrial Engineering at the Universityof Pittsburgh. His primary areas of interest are the application of operations research to improving the engineeringeducational experience and the study of the ethical behavior of engineers. He served as the co-General Chair of the1997 Frontiers in Education Conference held in Pittsburgh, PA.CYNTHIA J. ATMANCynthia J. Atman is an Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering at the University of Washington and Directorfor the Center for Engineering Learning and Teaching (CELT). Her research

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew N. Hrymak; Donald R. Woods; Heather Wright

processes of Australian University Students:investigations of contextual and personological factors,” Bri. J. educ. Psychology, 51, 384-393(1981) Page 5.110.1122. G. Feletti, J. Drinan and B. Maitland, “Students’ approaches to learning and satisfaction withproblem-based curricula for four different professions,” Assessment and Evaluation in HigherEducation, 13, 163-176 198323. W.G. Perry, Jr., “Forms of Intellectual and Ethical Behaviour in the College Years,” HoltReinhardt and Winston, New York, NY., 1970.24. D.R. Woods, “Problem-based learning: how to gain the most from PBL,” Woods, Waterdown,1994. Text distributed by

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Zhao Liang; Ye Tao; Xiang Bo Wang; Ke Qin Li

American Society of Engineering Education Conference Proceedings.Bush, V., (1945) Science: The endless Frontier, Office of Scientific Research and Development, Washington, D.C., (reprinted 1990 National Science Foundation).De Vries, M.J. (1996). Technology Education: beyond the “Technology is Applied Science” paradigm Journal of Technology Education, Vol. 8, Number 1, Fall, 1996.Garry, F.W. (1986). What does industry need? Engineering Education. January.Gorman, M.E. (1999). Ethics, Invention and Design: creating cross-disciplinary collaborations. 1999 ASEE Conference Proceedings.Gorman, M.E., Richard, L.G., Scherer, W.T., & Kagiwada, J.K. (1995). Teaching invention and design: multidisciplineary learning module

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Devon; Wayne Hager; Dhushy Sathianathan; Dominique Saintive; Michel Nowé; Jacques Lesenne

, Mass:Kluwer, forthcoming, 1998.5. Jehn, et al., op. cit. Ancona, D. G., “Outward Bound: Strategies for Team Survival in an Organization,”Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 33, No. 2, 1990, pp. 334-65.RICHARD DEVON is an Associate Professor of Engineering Design & Graphics and Director of the PennsylvaniaSpace Grant Consortium. He has twice been Acting Director of the Science, Technology, and Society Program. Hepublishes on design education, design ethics, international education, and spatial visualization.DOMINIQUE SAINTIVE is Professeur d'Anglais Certificat and in charge of international relations in theDepartment of Organization and Management of Production at the Institut Universitaire Technologie (IUT) on theBethune campus of the University

Conference Session

Issues and Directions in ET Education & Administration: Part II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kim Nankivell, Purdue University, Calumet; Jana Whittington, Purdue University, Calumet; Joy Colwell, Purdue University, Calumet

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Leadership research in academia also needs to focus on the ethical aspects andhow it affects learning. This includes the relationship between leadership and learning.There appear to be comparable characteristics of IT professionals and academic faculty. The ITprofessional has been described as high maintenance, and thus unique to lead. The older ITprofessionals are considered stagnant with little desire for new knowledge. They are alsoperceived as not desiring positions of management. 5 Similarly, academic faculty have beendescribed as “the last group of workers in the world who actually own the means of projection intheir job and have life-time job security”. 9 These practices are now being questioned ascorporate management styles are being adopted

Conference Session

Liberal Education for 21st Century Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cherrice Traver, Union College; J. Douglas Klein, Union College

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

between engineers andnon-engineers. Carol Christ, President of Smith College, has noted that the rise of Area Studiesin the humanities and social sciences has arisen out of the growing awareness that for people tounderstand a region, like Asia, Latin America, or (especially during the Cold War), Russia, “theyneeded the tools of multiple disciplines – history, political science, economics, sociology.”6On a more dramatic note, authors ranging from Eric Drexler7 to Bill Joy8 to Braden Allenby9have noted the profound social and ethical challenges of a possible merging humanity withtechnology, and the need for dialog between technologists and humanists.Engineering education, guided by ABET’s Criteria 2000,10 increasingly stresses breadth in

Conference Session

College-Industry Partnerships: Bringing Industry into the Curriculum Development and Design Cycle

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Shelley, United States Air Force; Kenneth Santarelli, Cal State Fresno

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College-Industry Partnerships

. P. (2007). Designing and conducting mixed methods research. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.13. Creswell, J. W. (2003). Research design: qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods applications (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, p. 15.14. Elliott, J., & Luke, D. (2008). Epistemology as ethics in research and policy: the use of case studies. Journal of Philosophy of Education, 4287-119. doi:10.1111/j. 1467-9752.2008.00629.x.15. Shelley, J.S., & Bowen, M. (2009). Innovation in engineering outreach: Engineering 11 as a tool for recruiting minority students to engineering. Proceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition. Austin, TX. June

Conference Session

Innovations in Civil Engineering Education III

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah McCubbin-Cain, University of Kentucky; Bruce Tschantz, University of Tennessee - Knoxville

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Civil Engineering

and Technology’s (ABET) General Program Outcomescriteria1 require engineering programs to demonstrate that their students attain an “ability todesign a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such aseconomic, environmental, social, political, ethical health and safety, manufacturability (orconstructability), and sustainability” and “an ability to use techniques, skills, and modernengineering tools necessary for engineering practice.” For organizations responsible fordesigning, constructing, and maintaining levees and dams, these are two especially importantqualifications for apprenticing engineers. Committee members agree that one of the mosteffective means for achieving these two criteria is through

Conference Session

Online and Web-based Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bridget Smyser, Northeastern University; David DiBiasio, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Computers in Education

-class time, required discussion questions were used to give the students achance to interact with each other and with the professor. The questions, posed by the professor,were open ended. Often, they had to do with ‘gray areas’ of materials – ethics, recycling, thepros and cons of changing from one material to another, etc. Other questions required students toresearch a certain topic, and provide links to information that they found interesting or helpful.A portion of the grade for the course was based on an open ended group project. Each group hadan open ended design question to research and answer, with an emphasis on material selection.Normally, student groups would present their solution to such a problem in front of the class.However, due

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Assessment in ECE III

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jianbiao Pan, California Polytechnic State University; Albert Liddicoat, California Polytechnic State University; James Harris, California Polytechnic State University; Linda Shepherd, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

skills, project management, engineering ethics and other relatedskills.1, 2 This paper focuses on the assessment of the curriculum improvement from these threenew courses.Various methods have been reported in the engineering education literature to assess theeffectiveness of the curriculum improvement. Dempsey et al. 3 presented using senior mini-projects instead of traditional senior capstone projects in electrical and computer engineeringcurriculum assessment. Ricks et al. 4 used student perceptions of their abilities and quantitativemeasures of student performance using both written assignments and laboratory assignments toevaluate the effective of a new embedded systems curriculum. Gannod et al. 5 described the gapanalysis and its impact on

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation in Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Steiner, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Junichi Kanai, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Richard Alben, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Lester Gerhardt, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Cheng Hsu, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

communicating, a. Identifying the goals of and audience for their communication b. Using their understanding of goals and audience to choose appropriate media, language, and content 2. Organize their work, a. Establishing a clear structure or principle of organization b. Creating effective introductory and concluding passages in which they identify their main point and set their work in a larger context 3. Develop content appropriately, a. Displaying a clear ethical sensibility (e.g., reporting data accurately, citing sources of information) b. Asserting and elaborating on claims using evidence and reasoning that are appropriate for their audience and their discipline

Conference Session

Service Learning and Societal Issues in the First Year

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Savilonis, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; David Spanagel, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Kristin Wobbe, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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First-Year Programs

seminars often introduce ethics and professionalresponsibility and cover some study survival skills. Intimacy of small group settings is preferredto provide student-faculty interaction. In rare cases, the seminars may have a liberal arts orinterdisciplinary backdrop. Stengel,10 for example, describes a Princeton seminar on space flightwhich exposes liberal arts students to details of technology and engineering students to societalimpacts of technology. Tryggvason and Apelian11 have argued that the engineer of the 21stcentury will be redefined. Advances in information technology have made all informationavailable to everyone everywhere with almost infinite speed and ease. A paradigm shift ineducation is indicated. Now, rather than merely to deliver

Conference Session

Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Post, Bradley University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

heard a story about aprofessor at another university selling solutions manuals online through eBay. While it would benice if all our students were perfectly ethical, it really is not reasonable to expect them not tolook at the solution manual when it is freely and readily available, and it is unfair to grade theproblems when part of the class already has access to the solutions and the other part does not.Since that time the author has picked homework problems from a textbook other than theassigned textbook (and of course not telling the students the source of the new problems).Textbook publishers are quite willing to send copies of alternative titles to instructors, so there isno shortage of sources for questions, and a different book can be

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wael Mokhtar, Grand Valley State University

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Design in Engineering Education

experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data. 5. Design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs. 6. Function on multi-disciplinary teams. 7. Understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global and societal context. 8. Understand professional and ethical responsibility. 9. Communicate effectively. 10. Recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning. 11. Knowledge of contemporary issues.Figure 11 shows the results of the student survey. The students gave a high score for all items.The students were asked to put a score for their level of confidence in each of the presentedareas. It is important to notes that most of these skills are introduced in all the levels of theengineering

Conference Session

History, Program Design, and even a Journal Club

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Blanchard, Florida Gulf Coast University; Robert O'Neill, Florida Gulf Coast University; James Sweeney, Florida Gulf Coast University; Lisa Zidek, Florida Gulf Coast University; Simeon Komisar, Florida Gulf Coast University; Diana Stoppiello, Florida Gulf Coast University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

profit businesses through to completion and delivery to the • Analyze business case studies client. • Discuss ethical and legal aspects of business decisions • Communicate effectively in a short oral presentation • Interview potential clients to determine their needs • Work

Conference Session

Industry based new Innovative and Nontraditional Curriculum in Industrial Technology and Industrial Engineering Technology

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Louis Reifschneider, Illinois State University

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Engineering Technology

 within realistic constraints such as  economic, environmental, health and safety, and manufacturability. 10. Function effectively on teams. 11. Identify, analyze and solve technical problems. 12. Communicate effectively through the use of industry accepted software, verbal and written communication. 13. Recognize the need for and engage in life‐long learning. 14. Demonstration of professional and ethical responsibility. 15. Understand the impact of solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context. 16. Committed to quality, timeliness, and continuous improvement. Table 1 Management-Oriented Skills Assessed During Alumni SurveyA header to each set of questions showed a Likert-type scale to

Conference Session

CE Capstone: Innovations in Learning & Assessment

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan Fries, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Brad Cross, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Susan Morgan, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

(c) design a system, comp or process (l) proficiency in math (d) function on teams (m) proficiency in four areas (e) solve engineering problems (n) experiments in more than one area (f) prof & ethical responsibility (o) perform civil eng design (g) communicate effectively (p) prof practice issues (h) broad education (q) work experience (i) lifelong learning a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p qCE 493-eng design S09

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Design Across Disciplines

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Besser, University of Saint Thomas; AnnMarie Thomas, University of Saint Thomas

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Design in Engineering Education

differences between mechanical engineering andindustrial design that has been highlighted in literature46. Teaching students to fully examine andformulate the problem statement for themselves will help them to gain a better understanding of Page 22.25.5the problem in question and in turn, perhaps result in a more innovative solution.Problem finding/defining could be incorporated into mechanical engineering education in severalways. Educators could create questions and problem statements in ways that cause ambiguity.Felder 47 described five question styles (such as “Questions that require technical, as well associal and ethical analysis”) that have

Conference Session

Making Students Aware of Their World: Five Perspectives

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Warren N. Waggenspack Jr., Louisiana State University; Warren R. Hull, Louisiana State University; David Bowles, Louisiana State University; Sarah Liggett, Louisiana State University; Stephen O. Sears, Louisiana State University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

into their courses smoothly, without depending on supplementalinstruction from CxC staff. In a previous paper, we reported on the results of a survey of facultymembers teaching C-I courses.19 We found that faculty members believed that students learnedthe technical content in more detail when the course was taught in a C-I format. Rather than Page 22.131.9merely teaching rhetorical concepts as important tools for the students’ futures, we are able touse communications to further students’ critical thinking regarding topics that are vital toprospective engineers, like ethics, teamwork, and lifelong learning.We believe that there is an opportunity

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoffrey L. Herman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Michael C. Loui, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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NSF Grantees

complexity theory, professional ethics, and the scholarship of teaching and learning. He serves as Exec- utive Editor of College Teaching, and as a member of the editorial board of Accountability in Research. He is a Carnegie Scholar and an IEEE Fellow. Professor Loui was Associate Dean of the Graduate Col- lege at Illinois from 1996 to 2000. He directed the theory of computing program at the National Science Foundation from 1990 to 1991. He earned the Ph.D. at M.I.T. in 1980. Page 22.142.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Administering a Digital Logic Concept

Conference Session

Technological Literacy for Undergraduate Students

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Krupczak, Hope College; Kate A. Disney, Mission College

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

; Societal Interdependence History/Evolution of Science & Technology Disciplines of STEM Ethics Design Process Risk/Safety Tradeoffs/Cost-Benefit Analysis Intended/Unintended Consequences Satisfying Human Wants & Needs Energy, Materials, & Information Flow Interdependence/Interactions Dynamic/Static Systems Systems Perspective Control & Feedback ComplexityFigure 1. Proposed Framework: The Technological Literacy Course Evaluation Matrix.Using this 2D

Conference Session

Enhancing CE Learning Through Use of Technology

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Parhum Delgoshaei, Virginia Tech; Vinod Lohani, Virginia Tech; Chelsea Green, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

areanalyzed and discussed.IntroductionIn 2004, a group of engineering and education faculty at Virginia Tech received a majorcurriculum reform and engineering education research grant under the department-level reform(DLR) program of the NSF1. A number of hands-on activities were developed and implementedin the freshman engineering program as a result of the DLR project2,3, 4. Engineering Exploration(EngE1024), a freshman engineering course required of all engineering undergraduates, is themost affected course by the DLR project in the general engineering (also called freshmanengineering) program. This course primarily focuses on hands-on design, problem solving,professional ethics and skills, and critical thinking skills5. This course is taken by

Conference Session

Developing Systems Engineering Curricula

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Satinderpaul Devgan, Tennessee State University; Sachin Shetty, Tennessee State University; Saleh Zein-Sabatto, Tennessee State University

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering Constituent Committee

.d). e.  an ability to identify, formulate and solve engineering and electrical engineering  problems (ABET Criterion 3.e, Program Criteria).  f.  an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility (ABET Criterion 3.f).  g.  an ability to communicate technical information through professional quality reports, oral  presentations and interaction with audience (ABET Criterion 3.g).  h.  the broad education necessary to understand the impact of electrical engineering solutions  in a global and societal context (ABET Criterion 3.h).  i.  a recognition of the need for and an ability to engage in life­long learning (ABET  Criterion 3.i).  j.  a knowledge of contemporary issues (ABET Criterion