Arlington, Virginia
March 12, 2023
March 12, 2023
March 14, 2023
Professional Engineering Education Papers
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10.18260/1-2--45007
https://peer.asee.org/45007
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Dr. P. E. Arce is University Distinguished Faculty Fellow, Professor and Past Department Chair of Chemical Engineering at TTU, Cookeville, TN-Currently, he is a co-coordinator of the Grad Engineering Education Task Force of the TTU College of Engineering
Andrea Arce-Trigatti holds a PhD in Education with a Learning Environments and Educational Studies concentration from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She is an interdisciplinary scholar and educational evaluator whose research centers on cultural
In this work-in-progress, we present preliminary results from survey methods data to explore how students use the Engineering for One Planet (EOP) framework to investigate BioMimicry in student-led group project designs. The process of biomimicry can be used as a great combat technique to deal with the problems created due to urbanization and modernization, a practice that mimics the processes in nature. Specifically, this pilot data stems from efforts to magnify the focus on Sustainability in the engineering curriculum at Tennessee Tech (TNTech) by systematically incorporating the EOP model into core components of the design process of potentially four chemical engineering courses. Using the Renaissance Foundry Model (i.e., the Foundry, Arce et. al., 2015) as a guided strategy, student-teams develop prototypes of innovative technology to address societal challenges as required outcomes in these courses. In this contribution, we describe the work done in ChE 3550, Transfer Science II (Fluids), a 3 Crs-hs course with 1 credit of lab work. The integration of the EOP model as a structured approach to sustainable design was incorporated to help guide student-teams developing such prototypes to address societal challenges as part of their formation as a holistically-trained professional. For example, intentional activities asked student-teams to leverage the EOP model as a way of integrating approaches to systems thinking, knowledge and understanding, skills, experiences, and behavior as part of the design processes within Foundry-guided learning experiences. The preliminary outcome will present and discuss the implications related to holistic-engineering-education-efforts and socially relevant learning. Co-authors:Dipendra Wagle, Andrea Arce-Trigatti, Pedro E. Arce and J. Robby Sanders (all at TTU expect second one, at TCC)
Arce, P. E., & Arce-Trigatti, A., & Wagle, D. (2023, March), EOP Centered Courses Guided by the Renaissance Foundry Model of Learning Paper presented at ASEE Southeast Section Conference, Arlington, Virginia. 10.18260/1-2--45007
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