Conference Session

Professional Issues in Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brock Barry, Purdue University; Yusuf Mehta, Rowan University; Sean St. Clair, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering

West Point. He is a licensed professional engineer in four states and has 10+ years of consulting engineering experience. His research interests include engineering ethics, assessment, motivation theory, and integration of professional skills in the engineering curriculum.Yusuf Mehta, Rowan University Dr. Mehta is an Associate Professor at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Rowan University. Dr. Mehta has extensive experience in teaching several civil engineering courses and has published several technical and educational papers in leading professional organizations. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of New Jersey.Sean St. Clair, Oregon Institute of

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Measurements: Innovative Course Development

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Farrow, University of Tennessee-Martin

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Instrumentation

thirteen expected educational outcomes as ones that the course is intended todirectly reinforce in the UT Martin program (“At the time of graduation, graduates will have anability to”): • Use standard software such as word processors, spreadsheets, and presentation systems. • Use commercially available software to model and perform analyses of components and systems. • Formulate and perform basic engineering analyses. • Recognize discrepancies in analysis and test results. • Visualize components and their interaction in a system. • Interpret, use, and apply standard industry terminology. • Make decisions necessary to ensure safety. • Behave in a professional and ethical manner in personal and business affairs

Conference Session

Progress on Raising the Bar

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Russell, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Thomas Lenox; Stuart G. Walesh S.G., Walesh Consulting; Richard O. Anderson; Gerald E. Galloway, University of Maryland-College Park; Craig Musselman; Wayne R. Bergstrom; James K. Nelson, University of Texas-Tyler; James O'Brien

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Civil Engineering

Body of Knowledge TECHNICAL PROFESSIONAL Technical core Inter-disciplinary teams Experimentation Professional & ethical standards Design Communication Engineering problems Impact of engineering Engineering tools Life-long learning Specialized area of civil Contemporary issues engineering Business & public policy Project management, construction, and asset mgmt. Leadership

Conference Session

Promoting Scientific and Technological Literacy

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jan DeWaters, Clarkson University; Susan Powers, Clarkson University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Conference Session

Engineering Education & Capacity Building in Developing Countries

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lueny Morell, Hewlett-Packard; Alice Abreu, OAS; Marta Cehelsky, InterAmerican Development Bank; Teofilo Ramos, Instituto Tecnologico de Monterrey; Daniel Marcek; Russel Jones, World Expertise LLC; Luiz Scavarda Do Carmo, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro; John Spencer, Microsoft Corp.; Jorge Yutronic, Conicyt - Chile

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International

onlytechnically proficient, but also ethically grounded, global citizens who can become leaders inbusiness and public service. NAE’s Phase II report provides recommendations to guideengineering educators, employers, professional societies, and government agencies as theyreengineer the "system of systems" called the engineering education process.But not only enhancement of engineering education is required to reengineer the educationprocess. Development and enhancement of quality assurance mechanisms, harmonization ofdegree patterns and portable measures of standards and abilities are also needed if credentials areto be understood. In addition to providing accreditation of engineering programs in Canada, theCanadian Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin Flores, University of Texas-El Paso; Ann Darnell, University of Texas-El Paso

. UTEP, a regional University that primarily provides a highereducation to the residents of El Paso and the surrounding region, continued to focus on thepreparation of its students to meet lifelong intellectual, ethical, and career challenges and to beleaders in the 21st century. Paramount is the need to provide high-quality educationalopportunities to students that otherwise would never have access to them. This commitment toaccess and excellence is the foundation of emerging trends in UTEP’s engineering education.UTEP is the largest Mexican-American majority university in the nation. Over 70 percent of ourstudent population is of Mexican-American descent. Many must work to support themselves andtheir families and 98 percent commute daily. The

Conference Session

Standards Based Approaches to K -12 Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chris Merrill, Illinois State University; Vincent Childress, North Carolina A&T; Rodney Custer, Illinois State University; Craig Rhodes, North Carolina A&T

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

technology education, engineering’s growing interest in pre-university level involvement, and broad public support for engineering at the K-12 level.In a Delphi study made up of a panel of experts in engineering and technology education,Dearing and Daugherty17 found that the top ten engineering-related concepts that should beinfused into technology education were: 1. Interpersonal skills including teamwork, group skills, attitude and work ethic; 2. The ability to communicate ideas verbally and orally; 3. Working within constraints; 4. Ability to brainstorm and generate ideas; 5. Assess product design; 6. Troubleshoot technological devices; 7. Understand mathematical and scientific equations; 8. Have an understanding of

Conference Session

ECE Pedagogy and Assessment

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Mark Jansson; Ying Tang; Ravi Ramachandran, Rowan University; John Schmalzel, Rowan University; Shreekanth Mandayam, Rowan University; Robert Krchnavek, Rowan University; Robi Polikar, Rowan University; Linda Head, Rowan University; Raul Ordonez, University of Dayton

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Electrical and Computer

of projectsFacilitate multidisciplinary ‚ Work in multidisciplinary ‚ Multidisciplinary designdiscourse teams project work ‚ Contribute to out-of- ‚ Out-of-discipline evaluation discipline design projects ‚ Communication across disciplinesSensitize to contemporary issues ‚ Professional issues ‚ Total project scope ‚ Ethics ‚ Interpretation and interaction ‚ Societal concerns

Conference Session

Knowing Our Students I

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heidi Loshbaugh, Colorado School of Mines; Tawni Hoeglund, Colorado School of Mines; Ruth Streveler, Colorado School of Mines; Kimberley Breaux

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Educational Research and Methods

.” The perception that MT is an extremely difficult learning environment existsapart from notions about the institution’s rigor. Students are proud that MT is rigorous and thatthey have the skills, work ethic, and intelligence to be successful in an environment of highexpectations. However, MT’s difficulty is not a source of pride, but rather of anxiety, defeat,depression, and hopelessness. Difficulty is an enemy of balance, and all MT’s students feel theeffect. Page 11.573.5Research into learning indicates that learners perform best in conditions in which difficulty canbe managed; new information and/or tasks should be presented just beyond a

Conference Session

Trend in Construction Engineering Education I

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eddy Rojas, University of Washington; Carrie Dossick, University of Washington

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Construction

action taken will have implications on project quality, cost, and schedule, as well as possible ethical implications. Analogous to the previous case, these approaches are not mutually exclusive. However, Experiences will tend to focus primarily on one or the other. ‚ Individual Work vs. Team-based Activities: Individual learning and team-based work are equally valuable skills for construction engineering and management students. Experiences can be designed for individuals or teams. Individual analysis and reflection is the basis for critical thinking, and the authors recommend that some type of individual work be incorporated into each learning Experience. Individual work can be reinforced by

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Architectural Engineering II

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margaret Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology; Erin George, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Architectural

sponsor has a working prototype for their design problem and necessarydocumentation at the end of the project term. They benefit from the work the students completeand developing a relationship with the university for future partnerships. The RCX project teamgained experience in taking a project from start to finish, dealing with customer requirementsand satisfaction, team work, leadership, and work ethic as well as applying their knowledge ofthermodynamics, design, and testing gained through coursework and co-op employmentexperience. The students gained insight from the analysis and testing they conducted as to what Page 11.1092.14engineering

Conference Session

Approaches to K -12 Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eugene Brown, Virginia Tech; Robert Kavetsky, Office of Naval Research; Robert L. Stiegler, NSWCDD; Peter N. Squire, NSWCDD; Juanita Jo Matkins, College of William and Mary; Gail Hardinge, College of William and Mary; John A. McLaughlin, McLauglin Associates

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

days related to the project.The teachers and the mentors were provided with training both in approaches to using problem-based learning in classrooms and in technical training sessions. They were trained together inorder to build both a confident working relationship and to develop as a team that will implementthe curriculum in the schools. Together, the SET (scientist, engineer, and teachers) teams wereprovided with professional development sessions by the College of William and Mary in theareas of collaborative teaching, curricula development, rubric development, problem-basedlearning, managing student teams, and ethics in the classroom. The technical training sessionsincluded two days of instructions on the LEGO Mindstorms kits and ROBOLAB

Conference Session

Programs for High School Students

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

P. Ruby Mawasha, Wright State University; Kumar Yelamarthi, Wright State University; Paul Lam, University of Akron

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

demonstrated to the protégés in this program is that,mentors do not judge protégés as being poorly prepared, overconfident or defensive. But viewthem as challenges in an effort to provide meaningful support. It was very important for thementors to make the protégés understand the importance of the problems they might face in thebeginning phase of teaching. In order to do so, professors were advised to revisit their first yearexperiences as a teacher and pick similar situations and explain them to the students. Doing sohelped students better understand problems and their consequences.People Skills Technical knowledge alone does not guarantee success of a student. An individual needs tohave good PEOPLE skills (Problem-solving, Ethics, Open-mindedness

Conference Session

Where are We Going? The Future of Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allen Estes, U.S. Military Academy; Ronald Welch, U.S. Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

engineering2 Ability to design and conduct XX XX X experiments, as well as analyze and interpret data3 Ability to design a system, X X XX component or process to meet desired needs4 Ability to function on multi- X XX X disciplinary teams5 Ability to identify, formulate, and XX X XX solve engineering problems6 Understanding of professional and X X X XX ethical responsibility7 Ability to communicate X X X XX

Conference Session

Progress on Raising the Bar

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Ressler, U.S. Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

fundamentalcharacteristics of a profession—an ethic of professional service, a professional organization, anda specialized body of knowledge.2 The committee’s analysis of the civil engineering professionsuggested that, of these three characteristics, only the first two were adequately defined. Thusbegan a broad-based effort to define and articulate the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge. InJanuary 2004 this effort came to fruition with ASCE’s publication of Civil Engineering Body ofKnowledge for the 21st Century—a report describing the knowledge, skills, and attitudesnecessary for entry into the practice of civil engineering at the professional level.This report describes the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge (BOK) in terms of fifteenoutcomes, the first eleven

Conference Session

FPD6 -- Early Intervention & Retention Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Light, University of Washington; Laura Girardeau, Washington State University; Jennifer Beller, Washington State University; Greg Crouch, Washington State University

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First-Year Programs

Conference Session

Network Administration and Security

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ron McKean, Ferris State University

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Engineering Technology

, creative responses, and lessons learned. Analogous to the naturalworld, survival depends upon continuous improvement. Not only is an educational programjudged by economic viability but also an ethical responsibility to meet its educational goals.Most importantly, the undergraduate educational experience must lay a foundation for asuccessful career as well as a valued societal member. The interaction of curricula, resources,marketing, technology and other factors are also discussed.While assessment and continuous improvement are important for external accreditations andinternal reviews; it is helpful to look back and examine their long-term benefits. These methodsprovide information that generally indicates needs for improving quality in the form

Conference Session

Climate Issues for Women Students

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Creamer, Virginia Tech; Soyoung Lee, Virginia Tech; Peggy Meszaros

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Women in Engineering

Counseling Psychology, 40, 456-469.31. O'Brien, K. M., Friedman, S. M., Tipton, L. C., & Linn, S. G. (2000). Attachment, separation, and women's vocational development: A longitudinal analysis. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 47(3), 301-315.32. Paa, H. K., & McWhirter, E. H. (2000). Perceived influences on high school students' current career expectations. Career Development Quarterly, 49, 29-44.33. Perry, W. G. (1970). Forms of intellectual and ethical development in the college years: A scheme. Troy, MO: Holt, Rinehart, & Winston.34. Rainey, L. M., & Borders, D. (1997). Influential factors in career orientation and career aspiration of early adolescent girls. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 44(2

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rocio Alba-Flores, University of Minnesota-Duluth; Fernando Rios-Gutierrez, University of Minnesota-Duluth

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Electrical and Computer

role of engineering in society, so that students take into account environmental, economical, social and ethical issues that are important in the development of an engineering project.5. Project Budget and Administration.In Table 1, we present a full list of parts and cost for each vehicle. Originally the budget assignedto the workshop was $3000. The cost of the parts purchased for each vehicle was in the order of$1450, and as shown in the table this cost does not include the costs of parts that we already hadavailable in the department such as the laptops and software packages. Taking these expensesinto account the actual cost increases to about $3500 for each vehicle. One faculty member wasin charge of administrating the budget. The main

Conference Session

Questions of Identity

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Ollis, North Carolina State University

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Liberal Education

recreation. The personal context connectseasily, since the current student generation is probably more surrounded and immersed intechnology than any predecessor. This need for connection, or bridging, using context is not new, of course.Florman’s first book, Engineering and the Liberal Arts, argues for the bridge analogy tocreate specific linkages to arts9. Thus, history of technology is a bridge to history, ethics abridge to philosophy, and sound a bridge to music. The intrigue and pleasure of exploringa “liberal education” I opportunistically pursued with the arrival of the ABET EC 200criteria, which attempt to spell out not only the technical but the interpersonal andpersonal attributes of a modern engineer. A survey program organized in

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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International

; • a perception of social, ethical, and political responsibilities; • an awareness of the evolution of human civilization in general, with an emphasis on technological developments in particular; • a commitment to lifelong learning, a capacity for critical judgment, and a sense of interdisciplinary approach in tackling engineering problems.Region’s colleges have graduated, during the last three decades, over thirty thousand engineers;some with reasonably good technical skills, but most of these graduates were not adequatelyprepared to assume leading roles and/or able to manage innovative technology. To the contrary, arelatively high percentage of these graduates have found themselves “ill-equipped” to carry on asengineers

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Laura Melissa Cruz Castro, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Huma Shoaib, Purdue University; Kerrie A Douglas, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

research interests include educational data mining, ethical considerations regarding the use of data in education, assessment in engineering education, and the statistics curriculum for engineering. She is a member of Eta Kappa Nu (HKN), Purdue.Ms. Huma Shoaib, Purdue University Huma Shoaib is an engineering education graduate student at Purdue working with The Weldon School Biomedical Engineering. Her research interests are; identifying computational thinking patterns in engi- neering students and underrepresentation of women in engineering.Dr. Kerrie A Douglas, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE) Dr. Douglas is an Associate Professor in the Purdue School of Engineering Education. Her research is focused on

Conference Session

Makers, Making, and the Maker Movement

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gina Navoa Svarovsky, University of Notre Dame; Marjorie B. Bequette, Science Museum of Minnesota; Lauren Causey, Science Museum of Minnesota

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

of Chicago Press.Gee, J. P. (2005). An introduction to discourse analysis (Second ed.). New York, NY: Routledge.Gonzalez, N., Moll, L., & Amanti, C. (Eds.). (2005). Funds of knowledge: Theorizing practices in households and classrooms. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.Halverson, E. R., & Sheridan, K. (2014). The maker movement in education. Harvard Educational Review, 84(4), 495-504.Hernández, M. G., Nguyen, J., Saetermoe, C. L., & Suárez-Orozco, C. (Eds.). (2013). Frameworks and Ethics for Research with Immigrants: New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, Number 141. John Wiley & Sons.Honey, M., & Kanter, D. (2013). Design, make, play: Growing the next generation

Conference Session

Professional Skills and Teaming in Design

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tristan Utschig, Kennesaw State University; Sandip Das, Kennesaw State University; Valmiki Sooklal, Kennesaw State University; Eduardo Farfan, Kennesaw State University

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Design in Engineering Education

environment. Thechoice of a nuclear engineering project required students to utilize knowledge in mechanicalengineering but also forced them to learn more in areas such as material selection as applied tonuclear facilities. They were also required to make use of codes and standards that they had notpreviously used in order to achieve adequate safety factors for their design. The project havingindustry involvement and requiring more stringent safety standards due it being in nuclearengineering also made students more aware of the ethical implications of their design practice.A student survey was conducted to evaluate the impact on student learning, as related to theinterdisciplinary aspect of the project. The questions are shown in Table 1.Table 1

Conference Session

Making, Hacking, and Extracurricular Design

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan Tomko, Georgia Institute of Technology; Julie S. Linsey, Georgia Institute of Technology; Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University; James Deverell Watkins; Melissa Wood Aleman, James Madison University

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

Academy of Engineering (NAE) described the qualities of the Engineer of2020 (The engineer of 2020: Visions of engineering in the new century, 2004). The NAEhighlighted the following attributes as essential for an Engineer of 2020: strong analytical skills,practical ingenuity, creativity, communication, business and management knowledge, leadership,high ethical standards and professionalism, dynamism, agility, resilience, flexibility, and thehabit of lifelong learning. While developing these qualities may seem a lofty feat to accomplish,these benchmarks for success in engineering introduced the need to generate alternative teachingenvironments in education that foster opportunities for a student-engineer to acquire this diverseskill set (Zabudsky

Conference Session

Engineering Leadership Development: Theories, Models, Frameworks, and Tools

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. S.. Shelley, California State University, Long Beach; Kenneth Wayne Santarelli P.E., California State University, Long Beach; Christopher R. Warren, California State University, Long Beach; Amelia Bahrami, California State University, Long Beach

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

cohort workshop designed to initiate learning community, instill professionalism, andintroduce learning skills to the students. The cohort workshop is presented through team instruction by the programs director, aprofessional engineer with 30 years’ experience as an engineering hiring manager who representsthe professional work environment to the students, the mechanical engineering faculty, a PE with20 years’ experience in industry, and a professor from the University’s organizational behaviorprogram in the department of psychology who represents professionalism and knowledge infields outside of engineering needed in professional practice. The workshop covers the topics ofprofessionalism, ethics, cohort norms, self-awareness, and

Conference Session

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies - Mechanical Engineering Labs

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey A. Donnell, Georgia Institute of Technology; Philip Varney, Georgia Institute of Technology; David MacNair, Georgia Institute of Technology; Aldo A. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

as well as other outcomes that are more distantto the experiments themselves; e.g., teamwork, professionalism and ethics, life-long learning,and especially communications. This paper will describe the process of redesigning a junior-level mechanical engineering laboratory on measurements and instrumentation at Georgia Tech.Such classes are fairly standard in ME curricula, and they are often structured so that a newmeasurement technique, or new sensor/actuator is introduced in every lab. Such courses have theadvantage of introducing students to a wide variety of instruments and measurement techniques,but they do this at the risk of losing conceptual connections between the weekly projects. Thispotential problem was compounded by the original

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gavin Duffy, Ohio State University; Sheryl A. Sorby, Ohio State University; Austin Mack, Ohio State University; Brian Bowe, Dublin Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Mathematics

in this range.When compared to the men, women begin the first semester at OSU with a large deficit inspatial skills, SAT Math and ACT Math and a slightly lower MPT score but finish thesemester with equal grades. Assuming GPA draws on verbal, mathematical and visuospatialabilities, at a cognitive level, and on several emotional and affective aspects such asmotivation, work ethic and so on, there are at least two possible explanations for thisobservation: (i) the male and female suite of cognitive abilities remain unchanged relative toeach other but females compensate for other reasons or (ii) females improve their math andverbal abilities to reach parity with men and all other things are equal. Since our data set islimited to the cognitive

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 10

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diane T. Rover, Iowa State University; Joseph Zambreno, Iowa State University; Mani Mina, Iowa State University; Phillip H. Jones III, Iowa State University; Douglas W. Jacobson, Iowa State University; Seda McKilligan, Iowa State University; Ashfaq A Khokhar, Iowa State University

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Electrical and Computer

technologies have evolved into dynamic, complex systemsthat profoundly change the world we live in. Designing these systems requires not only technicalknowledge and skills but also new ways of thinking and the development of social, professionaland ethical responsibility. The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) atIowa State University was awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant in 2016 aimed attransforming curricula and practices to better respond to student, industry and society needs. Thisis being done through new structures for faculty collaboration and facilitated throughdepartmental change processes. Ironically, an impetus behind this effort was a failed attempt atdepartment-wide curricular reform. This failure led

Conference Session

Innovation and Reflection

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

. student in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech (VT). Benitez seeks to understand how to best instruct and assess ethical reasoning of engineering practices and engineering responsibilities, including wildlife and humanity, in our definitions of public good. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Self-Authorship and Reflective Practice in an Innovation MinorAbstract This project describes a minor in Innovation that is being introduced in an engineeringdepartment as a part of a new general education curriculum initiative. The minor connects threeexisting courses from different colleges to form the core course sequence. The theories of self-authorship1 and reflective practice 2