Conference Session

Using technology in engineering ethics education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald P. Uhlig, National University; Shatha Jawad, National University; Phillip Zamora, National University; Elizabeth Niven, National University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS)

. It was concluded that it depended onspecific circumstances, but it was noted that students might potentially undermine their ownlearning by relying on tools like ChatGPT to answer questions and compose papers. This paperaddresses how to enable students to use these tools in a way that students are not cheatingthemselves.The introduction of calculators into the classroom in the early 1970s stimulated discussion onethical use of technology in teaching. A similar revolution is occurring with the introduction ofGenerative Artificial Intelligence tools such as ChatGPT, Bard (now Gemini), and many others,and a similar set of opportunities is emerging. A key issue is how to use GenAI toolsconstructively to encourage critical thinking in the solving

Conference Session

Engineering, Ethics, and Leadership

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

B. Michael Aucoin P.E., Texas A&M University; Zhendi Zhang, Texas A&M University; Miles O. Dodd, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS), Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD)

done on these topics. We conclude the paper witha discussion and recommendations for future work.IntroductionWhile generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) first became available for widespread use in late 2022(in the form of OpenAI’s ChatGPT platform), this milestone is the latest in a long march ofincreasingly sophisticated developments in harnessing computational power [1] for a variety ofapplications. For this paper, we will generally address how computational power and the use of datais increasingly impacting the practice of leadership. We will speak broadly to the impact of big dataand more specifically to Gen AI, but all under the umbrella term of data-enhanced leadership. Weuse this phrase to capture the phenomenon that