real world environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety,constructability, and sustainability constraints. This project provided an academic enrichmentand curriculum engagement for students to apply their knowledge to benefit the community. Thispaper discusses capstone design project objectives, student learning activities, educationaloutcome assessment mapping, faculty reflections and lessons learned.IntroductionIn professional practice, engineers build successful careers out of solving open-ended problems[1]. However, the well-structured and constrained problems that engineering students tend tosolve at the early level coursework, do little to prepare them for the complexity of ambiguousand unstructured real-world problems [1
activity” [23], and moreover, arguedthat “Now, more than ever, as engineering educators we need to explore and analyze howstudents’ core values may clash with engineering Discourses” [23].Personal Value and Decision Making, Prosocial Behaviour, Ethics and EmpathyBayram [24] argued that “values are intimately related to prosocial behaviour” [24, p.4]. Shedefines prosocial behaviour as “actions undertaken to benefit and help others (citing [25],[26])” [24, p.1], and argues that it can be traced back and predicted by basic human values.She finds in her study, that Self Transcendence and Openness to Change values are indeedreliable predictors of support for “foreign development assistance”, or in other words,prosocial behaviour (as she explains it
ethics. Her book Extracting Accountability: Engineers and Corporate Social Responsibility will be published by The MIT Press in 2021. She is also the co-editor of Energy and Ethics? (Wiley-Blackwell, 2019) and the author of Mining Coal and Undermining Gender: Rhythms of Work and Family in the American West (Rutgers University Press, 2014). She regularly pub- lishes in peer-reviewed journals in anthropology, science and technology studies, engineering studies, and engineering education. Her research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the British Academy. American c Society for Engineering
create intercultural engineers. Service Learning can have positive impact onskills such as teamwork and communication skills, global competency and develop sociallyresponsible engineers [15, 16, 17]. It may also help attract a more diverse population intoengineering [18, 19]. Sustainability taught through experiential learning contributes to students’understanding of ethics and their ethical obligation as engineers [20]; research shows a strong linkbetween ethics and sustainability (environment) [21]. To study the long-term effect of participatingin service learning opportunities, Canney et al. [22] surveyed alumni who were in their first job orsubsequent jobs and found that participants with more service engagement were more likely tomore
national exemplar in teaching engineering ethics. Her book Extracting Accountability: Engineers and Corporate Social Responsibility will be published by The MIT Press in 2021. She is also the co-editor of Energy and Ethics? (Wiley-Blackwell, 2019) and the author of Mining Coal and Undermining Gender: Rhythms of Work and Family in the American West (Rutgers University Press, 2014). She regularly pub- lishes in peer-reviewed journals in anthropology, science and technology studies, engineering studies, and engineering education. Her research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the British Academy.Dr. Juan C. Lucena, Colorado School of Mines Juan Lucena is
collaborate with teammates, to engineer a system. Learn collaborative and inclusive industry practices in the engineering development process, and environment, establish goals, plan project management skills such as Gantt charts, critical path, and tasks, and meet objectives budgets. Ability to recognize ethical and Assess the impact of engineering solutions on the world. professional responsibilities and Students will work on projects associated with pressing needs of make informed judgments which human society, and broaden their perspectives to consider and consider the impact of engineering assess ethical, sustainability, health, environmental, and societal solutions in global, economic
Academic Program, a living-learning community where students learned about and practice sustainability. Bielefeldt is also a licensed P.E. Professor Bielefeldt’s research interests in en- gineering education include service-learning, sustainable engineering, social responsibility, ethics, and diversity.Dr. Jon A. Leydens, Colorado School of Mines Jon A. Leydens is Professor of Engineering Education Research in the Division of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at the Colorado School of Mines, USA. Dr. Leydens’ research and teaching interests are in engineering education, communication, and social justice. Dr. Leydens is author or co-author of 40 peer-reviewed papers, co-author of Engineering and Sustainable Community
Paper ID #33149Engagement in Practice: Social Performance and Harm in Civic HackathonsAngela L. Chan, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign Angela has completed her B.S. Systems Engineering and Design at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign and is beginning a M.S. Systems & Entrepreneurial Engineering to focus on design research. She is invested in co-designing with communities, ethical tech and engineering education, and radical empathy.Dr. Molly H. Goldstein, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign Molly H. Goldstein is Teaching Assistant Professor in Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering at
range of audiences. Q3-b: Participating in the Service-Learning Project activities in FYSE, I have improved my ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences. Q4-a: The Service-Learning Project activities in FYSE provided me with an opportunity to improve my ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts. Q4-b: Participating in the Service-Learning Project activities in FYSE, I have improved my ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of
students to engineering in order to increase their curiosity andlikelihood of choosing a STEM degree in the future. This STEM workshop was devoted tobuilding curiosity among the students and increasing their likelihood to seek a future in theSTEM field. This workshop proposed many challenges given the virtual environment. Thestudents who attended the conference were a group of high school students from FranklinMilitary Academy in Richmond, VA. Due to the COVID-19 restrictions put in place, theworkshop was held completely virtually through Google Classroom.This workshop was a conglomerate of ethics, diversity, and STEM discussions led by theDepartment of Civil and Mechanical Engineering as well as the Department of Social Sciences atthe United
can lead to lasting, socially just change ineducational access and economic outcomes for historically marginalized communities. This workinvolves praxis—confronting oppression and injustice through learning, action, and repeatedreflection on the ways actions reverberate into society [11]. Anti-oppressive practices stem fromself-reflexivity and introspection that aims to align actions with the values and ethics of thework.Community engaged work enlists those who are most affected by a community issue. This canbe in collaboration or partnership with others who have particular skills or resources with thegoal of devising strategies to resolve it. Community engaged work adds to or replacesprogramming done on community members with programs done
University of Puerto Rico, Mayag¨uez Campus (UPRM). He earned B.S. degrees in Civil Engineering and Mathematics from Carnegie Mellon University (1993) and a Ph.D. in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics at Cornell University (1999). Prior to UPRM, Papadopoulos served on the faculty in the Department of Civil engineering and Mechanics at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Papadopoulos has diverse research and teaching interests in structural mechanics and bioconstruction (with emphasis in bamboo); appropriate technology; engineering ethics; and mechanics education. He has served as PI of several NSF-sponsored research projects and is co-author of Lying by Approximation: The Truth about Finite Element Analysis. He is
and evaluate the technical and ethical implications of civil engineering infrastructure in transforming a community’s quality of life. 6. Apply a ‘systems thinking’ approach to solve problems and make connections across multiple disciplines in an engineering project. 7. Evaluate the role global engineering plays in the world and how students can affect change based on their educational experiences. 8. Understand the differences between a footbridge project and formal engineering education, and why these differences exist. 9. Create viable solutions to real-world problems, despite not having one ‘correct answer’. 10. Understand that continuity in education is necessary to adapt and overcome ever
community, (iii) to promote STEM to under-served communities close to SCU. In additionto the ELSJ learning objectives, this course was designed with the hope that students would also:• Develop educational materials and hands-on STEM activities as a service to the community• Develop project/time management, organizational, and leadership skills.• Develop effective listening/collaboration skills while working with community partners.• Recognize and understand ethical responsibilities of engineers.In the lecture component of the class, students are introduced to concepts that can help themwhen performing their outreach. Specifically, there is a nine-lecture sequence where thefollowing material is discussed:Lecture 1: Introductions, Course
) instrument was an exception in that it employed qualitative methods offocus groups and interviews with engineering students and faculty as part of its development.This instrument was designed to measure the curricular and co-curricular events and experiencesthat would affect the ethical development of undergraduate engineering students [18].Instruments that have been developed in engineering to measure non-cognitive skills have mostlyused the traditional development process of reviewing the literature on existing instruments toguide their own scale development. Here, the conceptual domain is developed through literaturereviews, expert consultation, peer review, and conversations with target groups [19]. These arewell-established and validated