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William Jordan

Session 1-2 Ethical Issues Related to Engineering Service Learning William Jordan Mechanical Engineering Baylor University bill_jordan@baylor.edu AbstractService learning within engineering education is increasing in amount andvisibility. The rapid growth of Engineers without Borders (workinginternationally), and the EPICS program (working domestically), demonstrate thistrend.There has been much work dealing with the legitimacy of service learning inengineering education. However, there has been less work

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Pradeep K. Bhattacharya; Jiecai Luo

Session 10-4 Ethical Challenges Affecting Engineers and Engineering Education Pradeep K. Bhattacharya and Jiecai Luo Electrical Engineering Department Southern University and A & M College, P.O. Box 9969, Baton Rouge, LA 70813 bhattach@engr.subr.edu and jluo@engr.subr.edu Phone : (225) -771-5292 Abstract Engineering is a creative field produced by an intelligent mixing of science, practiceand policy (or ethics). Engineers design, create and test

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2008 GSW

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Mohan A. Ketkar; Nripendra N. Sarker

are able to (i) perform relevant analysis (engineering, mathematical, economic), (ii) develop final design specifications, and identify applicable codes and standards for the design, apply and evaluate realistic constraints (which may include regulations, design, economic, environmental, health, manufacturability and safety constraints considered in design, professional, ethical, social & political issues in design). (iii) select materials, components, software, and test equipment, (iv) fabricate a prototype or a model (physical, software, or hardware) of the design, test or simulate the design and make necessary changes to obtain optimum design.Performance Criteria

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2008 GSW

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Nripendra Sarker; Cajetan M Akujuobi

problems g an ability to communicate effectively h a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in lifelong learning i an ability to understand professional, ethical and social responsibilities j a respect for diversity and an knowledge of contemporary professional, societal and global issues k a commitment to quality, timeliness, and continuous improvement Figure 1. ABET Program Outcomes for Engineering Technology Program [1]The outcomes, as per the definition in Figure 1, are frequently referred to as a-k outcomes. Theopening statement in the Figure demands that the outcomes should be assessed on the graduates,not on

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2008 GSW

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Farrokh Attarzadeh; Enrique Barbieri; Miguel A Ramos; Mayuri Mahajan; Vishal Naik; Aditya Gupta

is like an industry run by professionals for making professionals. Professionalethics is embedded in the working environment of this lab. The students become moreprofessional as they the semester moves on as can be seen from Figure 10. Professional Ethics, Fall 2007 10 Team 1 Team 3 Mean Survey Score 8 Team 4 6 Team 6

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2008 GSW

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Ian A. Gravagne; Kenneth W. Van Treuren

energy laboratory. They will research topics that could be of significant impact to energy consumption/production and energy economics on campus.The purpose of the proposed Energy ELG is to give Baylor students a foundation upon which tobuild an informed understanding of complex energy issues. With understanding comes the ability tobegin answering the questions confronting society. Specifically, the four overarching learningobjectives are:1.) To develop scientific energy literacy;2.) To closely examine the production and consumption of energy in both developed and developing countries;3.) To examine the social, political, environmental and ethical problems of an energy-dependent civilization.4.) Understand, hypothesize, propose

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2008 GSW

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Susan M. Bogus; Kerry J. Howe

, such as overly principles. uses sustainable expensive, materials, and difficult to does not trigger implement, poor ethical, social, choice of political, or materials, or environmental triggers other concerns. concerns.A similar rubric is under development for the ACCE criteria listed in Table 3

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2008 GSW

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Jerry K. Keska

on the Internet and their ready accessibility, there is also the ever-presentdanger of plagiarism. This requires that the instructor explain the ethical and judicial repercussionsof plagiarism, which will hopefully guide the students to police their own practices.10 BecauseOEPs require the students to do independent study on the subject and define a unique idea usinglimited knowledge, another good resource is the US patent database. In spite of the fact that theprofessor needs to carefully guide the students’ selections of good quality patents, the fact thateach patent must have at least one, cookbook-type recipe concerning how to implement thepatented idea, makes it a valuable source for students working on OEPs. Besides patents