principles of engineering, science, and mathematics 2. The ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs, with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors 3. The ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences 4. The 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 5. The ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment
labor again tomorrow, they get even richer and even richer. So it's in their interest to make sure you think your work is de-political.”Maria similarly described a separation of engineers from the moral and ethical consequences oftheir work and how that separation benefits corporate interests: “… [to] face [engineers] with the thought that, you know, what they're doing actually has consequences when you consider them, they're gonna say ‘that's not my job. I'm just the engineer, that's management, that's business, that's something else.’ Because really, they're there to do this very specific thing. And the fact is, um, if you were to try to get them involved in all these other things, it's going to take
different learning activities, they function as a motivational asset, central to thedevelopment of a sense of belonging and persistence in engineering programs [1]. Thetransformation of ENGR 110 is informed both by the needs of first-year engineering students andpedagogical practices designed to foster autonomy.The redesigned course addresses three themes: “What is Engineering?”, “Exploring Michiganand Michigan Engineering”, and “Self-Understanding”. Within these themes, students gainexposure to engineering disciplines, engineering contributions to society, the interdisciplinarynature of engineering, engineering as both a technical and social discipline, experiential learningopportunities, personal strengths, ethics, values, social identity
to be delivered in a distance learning format.At the University of Cincinnati, a large, urban, midwestern university, a common first-yearengineering design course sequence is taught, which focuses on developing students’ design,algorithmic, mathematical, and spatial thinking skills along with other professional skills such aswritten and oral communication, teamwork, and professional ethics. The course meets twice aweek for two hours each and relies heavily on team-based, hands-on activities and projects tohelp students learn the course material. Additionally, the course uses a flipped classroomapproach, where students watch assigned videos or read selected chapters from the textbookprior to attending class and spend most of class time
. Emerg. Technol. Learn., 2020, doi: 10.3991/ijet.v15i16.14179.[20] I. Hamadneh and A. Al-Masaeed, “Math teachers’ attittudes towards photo math application in solving mathematical problem using mobile camera,” Educ. Res. Rev., 2015.[21] K. A. A. Gamage, E. K. de Silva, and N. Gunawardhana, “Online delivery and assessment during COVID-19: Safeguarding academic integrity,” Educ. Sci., 2020, doi: 10.3390/educsci10110301.[22] Z. R. Khan and S. Balasubramanian, “Students go click, flick and cheat... e-cheating, technologies and more,” J. Acad. Bus. Ethics, 2012.[23] C. Webel and S. Otten, “Teaching in a World with PhotoMath,” Math. Teach., 2015, doi: 10.5951/mathteacher.109.5.0368.[24] N. Cox
Kay Bothwell, Oregon State University Michelle Bothwell is a Professor of Bioengineering at Oregon State University. Her teaching and research bridge ethics, social justice and engineering with the aim of cultivating an inclusive and socially just engineering profession.Dr. Christine Kelly, Oregon State University Dr. Kelly earned her BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Arizona and her PhD in Chem- ical Engineering from the University of Tennessee. She served as an Assistant Professor for 6 years at Syracuse University, and has been an Associate Professor at Oregon State University in the School of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering since 2004, where she also served for three and
principles via hands-on experiences, highlights the importanceof professional ethics, project planning, prototype fabrication, engineering creativity, andpreviews each engineering discipline. Student teams undertake a design project that involvesdesigning, constructing, and testing an autonomous hovercraft. Work examining the effect ofproject-based learning by Major and Kirn [13] has shown increased confidence and reducedanxiety to perform engineering tasks. Cohort 1 took this course in-person and worked in teamswith at least one other CREATE scholar. Due to the pandemic the course was re-structured andstudents worked on teams of four to design Rube Goldberg machines. The course emphasizedengineering design and teamwork throughout the semester
experience including feeling more confident and preparedwith respect to engineering and problem solving, and feeling motivated to seek more researchexperience. Suggestions for improving the undergraduate research experience included offeringmore varied research projects, and clarifying student expectations.SeminarsSeminars are an integral part of the Engineering Scholars program. They are designed to increasestudents’ understanding of engineering research including the sociological aspects of conductingresearch. Engineering sociology seminars including topics such as engineering research ethics,research methods, identifying social problems addressed by engineers, and how to read academicjournals. Scholars rated the usefulness of these seminars on a
, speakingother languages, and communicating with people from marketing and finance will be just asfundamental to the practice of engineering as physics and calculus.”In addition to the ethical and humanistic dimension, it is unarguable that these attributes arerelevant even outside the domain of engineering practice. Scientists and engineers do becomepolitical leaders and policymakers; thus, engineering students must have the opportunities to“develop a global perspective, and address the fundamental problems of the world by combiningtheory and practice, learning and service” [4].Following Miller [5], STEM-focused study abroad programs, such as the one described herein,can achieve the following outcomes: 1. achieving and demonstrating ability
tell me about one of your experiences speaking up/sharing your opinion in this team? IQ8. Was there ever confrontation or conflict within this team? If so, how did the team deal with this? IQ9. How, if at all, did you feel your gender identity and/or racial/ethnic identity impacted your experience on your team?IQ10. Could you describe any instances of feeling respected and/or disrespected on the team?IQ11. If you felt disrespected, what were the reasons for any lack of respect? Personality? Work ethic? Technical Skills? Ethnographic or Economic Background?IQ12. To what extent did you socialize with any team members outside of the project work?IQ13. How much did you enjoy being together with the team as a whole?IQ14. Were
claimBingo wins bragging rights. From the prior lab course, students in the cohort had participated inan activity based on the team policies and student expectations assignment presented by Oakley et.al.[5]. Rather than repeat this activity exactly, teams were sent to breakout rooms a second timeto discuss an ethics case study and to develop a Team Compact agreement outlining expectationsthey have for one another.After the second week, teams worked together to complete post laboratory assignments, to providea blind peer review of lab reports from other students, and to complete an end of semester project.For the most part, teams met during the ‘off’ lab week to accomplish these tasks. A teachingassistant was available in a course Zoom session to
“The Boeing employeeapparently wrote, that given “the nature of this complaint, the fear of retaliation is high,despite all official assurances that should not be the case. There is a suppressive culturalattitude toward criticism of corporate policy-especially if that criticism comes as a result offatal accidents” (OR 172).By filing the complaint the engineer was exercising his/her ethical responsibility. While it isknown that some senior managers were engineers, questions about their exercise of ethicalleadership were not asked in the report.The House Committee wrote “The AOA Disagree Alert issue may not rise to what Boeingand the FAA believe are critical safety issues. However, the Committee’s investigation hasfound that it sheds light on a
framework for all theprojects we undertake [13]. The ExSJ supports the connection between engineering and socialjustice by providing a system whereby communities are supported to submit project ideas, whichare then developed and channeled through professionals and academics to create suitable projectsfor students through a variety of mechanisms also described in a later section of this paper.BackgroundThe campus context for the ExSJ is uniquely supportive of initiatives that advance social andenvironmental justice and socio-technical engineering. USD is an independent, private CatholicUniversity known for its commitment to the formation of values, community involvement, andpreparing leaders dedicated to ethical conduct and compassionate service.In
. Yousef Jalali, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Yousef Jalali is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. He re- ceived a B.S. and M.S. in Chemical Engineering and M.Eng. in Energy Systems Engineering. His research interests include interaction between critical thinking, imagination, and ethical reasoning, interpersonal and interinstitutional collaboration, diversity, equity, and inclusion, systems thinking, and chemical en- gineering learning systems. Yousef taught chemical engineering courses for a few years in his home country, Iran, and first-year engineering courses for several semesters at Virginia Tech. He has provided service and leadership in different
issues. Graduates with an MSET degree will not only build theirunderstanding of leading-edge concepts in their technology arenas but will also become able tostrategically apply these concepts and technology at all levels of the industry.The MSET degree is designed to allow students to achieve their career objectives by offering aflexible, 30 credit hour plan of study in which each student chooses a focus area from thefollowing three areas. Construction Management Fire Safety and Explosion Protection MechatronicsThe university’s approach of merging engineering technology with other areas of study such asproject management, engineering ethics, and financial studies allows the MSET students tocustomize their plan of study to branch
, Experiment, Data Analysis, Psychomotor, Safety,Communication, and Ethics in the Laboratory. Undergraduate students involved in this projectwere required to have an interest in semiconductor device fabrication or testing and status as anElectrical Engineering student moving into their junior year.System Requirements The proposed system is intended to perform HTOL and HTRB tests on semiconductordevices. The tests apply high temperatures to solid-state devices while applying a stress voltagein order to observe and measure changes in their performance. These changes, in combinationwith statistical analysis tools, can be used to make assumptions and predictions about thedevices.[3] The system was designed by a team of 2 undergraduate students and
global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors. 5) an 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. 8) an ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.Riley’s text uses a modular format that engages students in a four-step process (Engage, Analyze,Reflect, and Change). Figure 1: Learning Process for ModulesThe modules presented in Riley’s text can be integrated “as-is” into typical thermodynamicscourses. However, as the modules are not
, instructional design, and educational technology.Dr. W. David Merryman, Vanderbilt University W. David Merryman, PhD is the Walters Family Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, and Professor of Pharmacology, Medicine, and Pediatrics at Vanderbilt University. He is also Associate Chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering. His research interests are cardiovascular and pul- monary mechanobiology with a particular focus on developing new therapeutic strategies, cell and soft tissue biomechanics, and bioengineering ethics. Prior to his arrival at Vanderbilt, Dave was an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and prior to that, a Research Associate of the
criteriafor accreditation, provide guidance to those programs seeking accredited status, and carry outthe accreditation process [9].The latest Outcome-Based Standards were approved by ACCE in 2016 which required allconstruction management programs accredited by ACCE to measure and evaluate thefollowing 20 Student Learning Outcomes (SLO) [10]: 1. Create written communications appropriate to the construction discipline. 2. Create oral presentations appropriate to the construction discipline. 3. Create a construction project safety plan. 4. Create construction project cost estimates. 5. Create construction project schedules. 6. Analyze professional decisions based on ethical principles. 7. Analyze construction documents for planning and
environmental attitudes and behavioral intentions,” Sci. Total Environ., vol. 728, 138126, Aug. 2020.[18] G. E. Fryxell and C. W. Lo, “The influence of environmental knowledge and values on managerial behaviors on behalf of the environment: An empirical examination of managers in China,” J. Bus. Ethics, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 45–69, Aug. 2003.[19] P. Janmaimool and S. Khajohnmanee, “Roles of environmental system knowledge in promoting university students’ environmental attitudes and pro-environmental behaviors,” Sustainability, vol. 11, no. 16, p. 4270, Jan. 2019.[20] T. J. Brown, S. H. Ham and M. Hughes, “Picking up litter: An application of theory-based communication to influence tourist behavior in protected areas,” J. Sustain
educational tool.Research QuestionsThis study seeks to answer the following two research questions: 1. Are there differences in academic motivation towards the online gamified homework portal based on gender? 2. What effects does gender have on submission behavior in an online gamified homework portal?MethodsThis study was completed using data from the spring 2019 semester of a first-year engineeringdesign course. The first-year engineering design course covers topics including commonly usedengineering tools, statistics, economics, engineering ethics, and product development. Thecourse involves in-person interactive class sessions but has additional coursework that iscompleted outside of class time such as online textbook questions
developing pedagogy that encourages students in reflective learning and personal self reflection in engineering classes in addition to her passion for engineering ethics and conceptual learning. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Work in Progress: Leveraging Curriculum to Mitigate Engineering Killer Courses Historically Engineering curriculums dropout rates have hovered around 50% over thepast 60 years despite attempts to mediate the losses. Most students don’t enjoy Calculus,Differential Equations, or Physics. Moreover, given the heavy course load at typicallyengineering schools it is very difficult for some students to
economic factors; 3. an ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences; 4. an 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; 5. an ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives; 6. an ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions; 7. an ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using
a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Texas at Dallas within the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science where she is studying retention of undergraduate engineering students. She has extensive experience using qualitative and mixed-methods research in Engineering Education. Before joining UTD in September 2020, Laura worked at the University of San Diego on their RED grant to study institutional change efforts and redefine the engineering canon as sociotechnical. She has a background in environmental engineering and received her Ph.D. in Engineering Education at Utah State University with a research focus on the ethical and career aspects of mentoring of science and engineering
, effectivecommunication with their mentees will help them in their future careers. One mentor said, “I am always trying to have a mental note of how I am explaining things to thestudents…It will be the same thing when I get into the job field, there will be times when I haveto explain my ideas to people who don’t have my background and I will have to find ways tomake it relatable.” Another noted, “After I complete my PhD, I’ll go into a biotech company. Iknow their work ethic is working in groups, so I hope to bring to the table the communicationskills I developed through mentoring into those groups.”While mentors and mentees agreed that the PINC mentoring program successfully created anenvironment of open communication, they noted times when
are presented with practical applications, together with societal, global, environmental or economic impacts.Q43. What kinds of problems are used in your course(s)? • Level 1. Problems usually require focus on technical detail only. • Level 2. Between 1 and 3 • Level 3. Problems acknowledge societal needs but are still primarily technically focused. • Level 4. Between 3 and 5 • Level 5. Problems are open ended and focus on both societal and technical needs in their solution.Q44. Are problems approached in a multidisciplinary manner (e.g. do they draw upon orlink to a range of other academic areas such as ethics, social justice, or politics?) • Level 1. Strictly single-discipline approach • Level 2
rubrics.In particular, the following ABET outcomes have components that are included in this activity: • 2. Ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors • 4: An 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 contextsFuture work includes a robust and modular ABET-style assessment exercise that faculty can useto gather this data. At the time of publication, a first draft was
national technology education nonprofits including the Computer Science for All and Nation of Makers. Andrew was also the lead author on the Maryland Access Task Force report to Maryland’s Governor Larry Hogan. His work has been recognized by Baltimore Business Journal, The Daily Record, Forbes Magazine, Baltimore Sun, Education Week, and K12 Magazine.Ms. Amy L. Freeland, University of Maryland Baltimore County Ms. Freeland’s areas of interest include HCI, Assistive Technology, Inclusive Practices, Everyday Com- puting, Ethical and Legal Practices Pertaining to Computing. In the past, she has worked on projects that include (1) the study of assistive technology as it pertains to individuals with multiple disabilities
and approved by thehuman research ethics board at the University of Toronto.In the feedback survey, demographic data were collected on students’ gender, previous hands-onexperience, as well as preferred learning styles by asking students to self-identify based on theVARK model categories: Visual, Auditory, Reading/Writing, and Kinesthetic [9]. The amount oftime it took the students to complete each activity module was also collected. In the main sectionof the survey, the students were asked to rate their subjective perception using a 5-point Likertscale: Strongly agree (5), agree (4), undecided (3), disagree (2), strongly disagree (1).These perception questions were divided into two sections:Overall experience: 1. I found the assembly