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Interested in integrating sociotechnical content into your Introduction to Circuits course but not sure how? Come join our workshop! As part of an NSF IUSE project, we have developed several modules for the Introduction to Circuits class that connect typical technical course learning objectives with larger social context. For example, we connect capacitors to conflict minerals, electric vehicle batteries to voltage dividers, power and energy to energy burden, and Kirchoff’s laws to prioritization of equipment in a hospital. Integrating sociotechnical modules helps better prepare graduates for the workforce and instructors to address ABET accreditation criteria related to broader issues such as social, global, environmental, economic considerations. We have tested these modules in small and large classes at private and public universities. This workshop will introduce these modules to other educators who teach Introduction to Circuits so that they could implement the modules in their courses.

Speakers

1. Dr. Susan M Lord

   University of San Diego

   Susan M. Lord, PhD, is a Fellow of the IEEE and the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE). Dr. Lord’s teaching interests include electronics, optoelectronic materials and devices, service-learning, feminist pedagogy and lifelong learning. From 1993-1997, Dr. Lord taught at Bucknell University. Her industrial experience includes AT&T Bell Laboratories, General Motors Laboratories, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, and SPAWAR Systems Center. In 2012, she taught at Southeast University in Nanjing, China. From 2006-2016, she was chair of Electrical Engineering at USD

2. Cindy Finelli

   I am a fellow of the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), fellow of the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), past Deputy Editor of the Journal of Engineering Education, past Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Education, and past chair of the Educational Research and Methods Division of ASEE. My research area is engineering education. I currently study instructional practices to improve students’ sense of social responsibility, factors that influence the success of college students with ADHD, and faculty adoption of evidence-based teaching practices. I also led a project to develop a taxonomy for the field of engineering education, and I was part of a team that studied ethical decision-making in engineering students. I am Founding Director of the Center for Research and Learning in Engineering at Michigan, which supports college-wide initiatives in engineering teaching and learning, and I currently serve as Director for Engineering Education Research in the College of Engineering.