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Pinar Omur-Ozbek

Infusing Your Course with Social and Environmental Justice and EthicsDiscussionsPinar Omur-OzbekDr. Omur-Ozbek is an Associate Professor of Teaching in the Department of Civil and EnvironmentalEngineering at the Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO. Dr. Omur-Ozbek’s teaching interestsinclude environmental engineering concepts, environmental chemistry, water quality analyses, ecologicalengineering and environmental and social justice, and engineering ethics. Her research interests includedrinking water quality and treatment, odorous and toxic algal blooms, impacts of toxins on crops andhumans, impacts of wildfires and hydraulic fracking on surface water quality, and affected indoor airquality due to use of contaminated tap water

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Joel TerMaat; Kristopher Williams; Christopher Wentworth

Comparison of the DIT2 and EERI instruments for assessing the development ofethical reasoning of engineering studentsJoel R. TerMaatDr. Joel TerMaat is an Assistant Professor of Engineering and chair of the Engineering & Physicsdepartment at Doane University.Kristopher J. WilliamsChristopher D. Wentworth © American Society for Engineering Education, 2023WORK-IN-PROGRESS: Comparison of the DIT2 and EERI instruments forassessing the development of ethical reasoning of engineering students Joel R. TerMaat (1), Kristopher J. Williams (2), and Christopher D. Wentworth (1) (1) Department of Engineering and Physics, Doane University (2) Director of Institutional Effectiveness

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Alexis Capitano; John Cook; Kathryn Johnson

interview responses – was collectedin Fall 2021 at a public university in Western Canada as part of a larger study on macroethics andsocial justice. Eight faculty affiliated with engineering departments consented to be interviewedfor the study. Coding and analysis performed by this paper’s three authors resulted in six relevantcategories to help us understand the data, which might help to improve the curriculum in the future.The six categories that the authors discovered through the qualitative research process are outdatedacademics, cheating, non-technical skills, innovation, ethical responsibility, and greater purpose.We observed that ethical responsibility and greater purpose were more often described as fosteredin the context of the post

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Salman Mohaghegi

students exposed to realistic operationand design scenarios which present one or more environmental and/or social ethics dilemmas. Itis only then that the students learn to make environmentally and socially aware decisions and viewthe problem beyond engineering principles alone. This paper presents a project-based learning(PBL) exercise conducted at a graduate level course related to the operation and management ofthe power system, where the students are presented with a design scenario in which manyenvironmental and energy justice issues are intertwined with the technical design criteria. The goalof the exercise is to create ethical awareness in students and develop their ethical judgment througha realistic exercise.2. Electric Power Grid: The

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Pinar Omur-Ozbek; Ketul Popat; DaeSeok Chai; Christie Peebles; Abdulkhakim Salokhiddinov

Enhancing STEM Education with a Global and Interdisciplinary Perspective:Developing and Teaching a Course on Global Water Challenges through anInternational CollaborationPinar Omur-OzbekDr. Omur-Ozbek is an Associate Professor of Teaching in the Department of Civil and EnvironmentalEngineering at the Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO. Dr. Omur-Ozbek’s teaching interestsinclude environmental engineering concepts, environmental chemistry, water quality analyses, ecologicalengineering and environmental and social justice, and engineering ethics. Her research interests includedrinking water quality and treatment, odorous and toxic algal blooms, impacts of toxins on crops andhumans, impacts of wildfires and hydraulic fracking on

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Elizabeth Novosel

programs and research.”The specific topics to be covered included: “reproducible research and data management; toolsfor collaboration and sharing (using GitHub and GitHub Pages); data analysis and visualizationfundamentals in Python and R; and an overview of interdisciplinary data practices and ethics.”The instructors for the bootcamp consisted of CRDDS faculty and staff as well as librariansaffiliated with the center. The CRDDS was developed in 2017 as a partnership between ResearchComputing and the University Libraries and consists of a collaborative team of data andinformation professionals who provide education, support, and community for data-focusedresearch, students, and scholars on campus. Much like the first iteration of the data

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Cortney Holles; Cynthia James; Roel Snieder; Qin Zhu

Teaching with Heart in CommunityCortney HollesCortney Holles, Ed.D. is a teaching professor at Colorado School of Mines who teaches sciencecommunication, service learning, writing, and ethics. She researches faculty-student interaction and well-being in higher education and also writes poetry and memoir.Cynthia JamesRoel SniederQin Zhu © American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Developing Teaching with Heart: An Early ReflectionAbstract: Teaching with Heart is a project to bring faculty development workshops to STEMprofessors in higher education, focused on bringing love and compassion into the collegeclassroom to the benefit of both faculty and students. Researchers from Colorado School of

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Iris Bahar; Ashley Oelrich; Bridget Griswold; Eva Goetz

Multi-Disciplinary Design: Implications for CS and Engineering PedagogyIris BaharDr. Omur-Ozbek is an Associate Professor of Teaching in the Department of Civil and EnvironmentalEngineering at the Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO. Dr. Omur-Ozbek’s teaching interestsinclude environmental engineering concepts, environmental chemistry, water quality analyses, ecologicalengineering and environmental and social justice, and engineering ethics. Her research interests includedrinking water quality and treatment, odorous and toxic algal blooms, impacts of toxins on crops andhumans, impacts of wildfires and hydraulic fracking on surface water quality, and affected indoor airquality due to use of contaminated tap water.Ashley

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Angela Bielefeldt; Joan Tisdale; Katherine Ramos; Mike Soltys

) 2.031.11 2.261.16 2.691.21* Electronics (circuit design, soldering) 1.560.82** 2.061.06 2.461.14* Manufacturing (saws and drills, mills and lathes, CNC) 1.941.12** 2.941.18 3.301.18* Teamwork 4.070.80 4.090.78 4.310.71* Ethical reasoning 3.401.05 3.360.96 3.610.99+ Sustainable practices 2.791.22 2.600.96 2.900.97* Computer Aided Drafting (CAD) and modeling 2.211.20* 2.751.42 2.731.35T-test compared to male ENG ** p< .01; * p < .05; + p< 0.10Interestingly, the PIE male students were particularly

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Ben Weihrauch

/ethnicity, low-SES,immigrant identities (Verdin & Godwin, 2015).When encouraged by family, STEM FGS felt an obligation to attend college (Mobley &Brawner, 2019) and be a positive role model for younger siblings (Capannola & Johnson, 2022).What they lack in “college knowledge,” families of STEM FGS make up for in emotionalsupport (Martin et al., 2020). While STEM FGS are less likely to have engineering role models(Allaire, 2019), they also draw motivation from the work ethic modeled by family members topursuing engineering (Espinoza, 2013).STEM Financial DeterminantsThis category of literature is focused on how financial and career determinants impact thepersistence and graduation outcomes of STEM FGS. The escalating cost of higher