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Accountability and Stewardship

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Helen Newton; Lisa Romkey, University of Toronto

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adapting to the impacts of climate change, including the adaptation of infrastructureand other systems to handle extreme weather events [6]. This presents opportunity for theprofession, but also demands a sense of resilience from those working in engineering, who mustdevise complex sociotechnical solutions and combat rampant politicization in the space.This paper describes the process of surveying 200 undergraduate engineering students at a large,public research institution in Canada. The CAS was adapted for this survey, with additionalqualitative questions added to understand the student experience with sustainability curriculumand their ideas about pursuing careers in sustainability. In short, we wanted to understand theincidence of climate

Conference Session

Wellness, Readiness, and Thriving

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Harly Ramsey, University of Southern California; Stephanie Nicole Bartholomew, University of Southern California

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perspectives on post-graduation life. The study intends to investigate whetherthe videos can improve students’ understanding of the realities of early career engineering andcan promote their ability to visualize their future professional selves. The study includes a pre-survey, video viewing, a post-survey, and semi-structured interviews with some of theparticipants. This paper presents some data from the post-survey.This paper focuses on the impact of the video series as a means of communication from thealumni speakers to the student viewers. The paper presents scholarship on the use of videos ineducation and other fields. As a medium, the video series can convey representational rolemodeling as it delivers content. Preliminary data from 121

Conference Session

Transgression, Conflict, and Altruism

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard A House, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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(Oxford UP 2017). ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 “Moral Weirdos”: Effective Altruism and Empathy in Engineering EducationAbstractPublic attention to the effective altruism (EA) movement—in which utilitarian moral calculationsare applied to career choices, seeking to maximize the good of an individual’s work—hasexploded over the last year. Unfortunately, that attention is currently monopolized by the scandalaround FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, EA’s highest-profile champion. At first glance, EAappears broadly consonant with broad trends in engineering education dedicated to applyingengineering work toward global human problems. Indeed, “EA for Engineers” seems

Conference Session

Identity Formation and Engineering Cultures

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cindy Rottmann, University of Toronto; Dimpho Radebe, University of Toronto; Emily Moore P.Eng., University of Toronto; Andrea Chan, University of Toronto; Emily Macdonald-Roach, University of Toronto; Saskia van Beers, University of Toronto; Sasha-Ann Eleanor Nixon, University of Toronto

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the University of Toronto. Her research interests include engineering culture, engineering careers in the public sector, and ethics and equity in STEM. Dimpho has several years of experience in thDr. Emily Moore P.Eng., University of Toronto Emily Moore is the Director of the Troost Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering (Troost ILead) at the University of Toronto. Emily spent 20 years as a professional engineer, first as an R&D engineer in a Fortune 500 company, and then leadingDr. Andrea Chan, University of Toronto Andrea Chan is a Senior Research Associate at the Troost Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering | University of TorontoMs. Emily Macdonald-Roach, University of Toronto

Conference Session

Wellness, Readiness, and Thriving

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nicholas Choi, University of California, Irvine; Natascha Trellinger Buswell, University of California, Irvine

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improvement-basedstrategies are an essential part needed to ensure that the student populations feel supported and toretain students throughout their degree.Mental wellness is important to be discussed in the classroom at an early stage within students’professional careers to not only give them resources but to also improve the climate of the field.Engineering is a high-stress major where the goal is for students to be able to directly translate toa career-based environment after college. Studies recommend the engineering classroom shouldbe designed to teach students about skills beyond what the normal content is included within thesyllabus including problem recognition and solving, time management, and to collaborate withpeers on different hands-on

Conference Session

Writing and Technical Communications

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lynn Hall, The Ohio State University; Bob Rhoads P.E., The Ohio State University; Tyler James Stump, The Ohio State University

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student experiences, computing education, fostering mastery-based learning mindsets, and assessments. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 (Re)visions: Approaches to Teaching Technical Communications and Professional Development in a Multidisciplinary Engineering Capstone Course1. IntroductionIntegrating writing pedagogy-based practices and instruction into capstone curriculumdemonstrates the interconnectedness of the disciplines. While engineering programs and alumniof those programs report a need for technical and professional communication skills as part oftheir career success [1]. Success in their careers will depend on their ability to

Conference Session

Writing and Technical Communications

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lance R Curtis, University of Maryland, College Park

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about requiring engineering students to complete graded writing Q5 assignments in an engineering class? How helpful do you feel the graded writing assignments were in helping you to Q6 learn engineering statics? Explain your response. How helpful do you feel more extensive writing assignments would be to learning Q7 engineering statics? How helpful do you feel more extensive writing assignments would be to preparing Q8 you for an engineering career? As may be seen in Figure 4, a majority of the students have taken a writing class withinthe previous two years, but at the start of the semester a vast majority did not identify as a writer.Over

Conference Session

Equity and Belonging

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Felicity Bilow, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Lucas Adams, Clarkson University; Mohammad Meysami, Clarkson University; Jan DeWaters, Clarkson University

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solvingsocial issues [24] and helping people [25], and are more likely to pursue engineering because ofsocial motivations [5],[26]. Women are typically more interested in engineering disciplines thatprovide more real-world, contextualized learning opportunities [27], so engineering courses thathighlight the social aspects of engineering may help female students to see engineering as asuitable career for them. Second, engineering graduates would better understand the importanceof considering the social aspects of engineering and the societal implications of engineeringwork. This would better prepare them for a career industry where they will be (1) makingdecisions that impact people [1] and (2) interacting and collaborating with others [28]-[30].One

Conference Session

Sociotechnical Integration and Programmatic Reform

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Casey Gibson, National Academy of Engineering; David A. Butler, National Academy of Engineering

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representation comprises a mere 1% of graduateengineering degrees, underscoring the “imperative need to further engage women andunderrepresented minorities in engineering” (p. 49).In part thanks to support from the NSF in the form of a Major Research Instrumentation grant, anNSF Faculty Early Career (CAREER) award, and a Partnership for Research and Education inMaterials (PREM) Center award, Lozano established a flourishing research program at UTRGVon nanofiber composite materials. Since 2009, the PREM center has involved an estimated 500+students with a 100% graduation rate. As of 2022, PREM had more than 200 peer-reviewedjournal publications with 85% of them featuring an undergraduate coauthor, as well as 20+patents and applications. Lozano stressed

Conference Session

Sociotechnical Integration and Programmatic Reform

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Tomblin, University of Maryland, College Park; Nicole Farkas Mogul, University of Maryland, College Park; Christin J. Salley, University of Michigan

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designed to create a space for students to try on a criticalmindset about technology in their classes, so they may eventually take that perspective into theirinternships and careers [7,8]. The first feature aims to heal the modern mind/body fracture byhelping students develop a sense of how bodies and emotions contribute to knowledgeproduction and engineering design. The second feature provides students with analyticalapproaches grounded in STS theory (e.g., locating power, interpretive flexibility,democratization of S&T, etc.) to ask questions about their everyday encounters with engineeringeducation and technology. The third feature consists of data collection techniques (e.g.,interviews, participant observation, visual representations, etc

Conference Session

Wellness, Readiness, and Thriving

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julianna Gesun, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Rachel Eve Gail Swan, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Bryan Watson, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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OR education Macro* OR societ* OR profession* OR global* OR national OR international OR government* OR country OR career OR worldwide OR state) AND (interconnect* OR equity OR integrat* OR intersect* OR cross-level OR multilevel OR link OR union OR converge OR bridg* OR connect)Scopus TITLE-ABS-KEY( (Micro* OR individual* OR Limited to 234 self* OR agent OR Meso* OR department* OR engineering institution* OR organization* OR workplace OR and computer Macro* OR societ* OR world OR global* OR science national OR international OR

Conference Session

Identity Formation and Engineering Cultures

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Timothy Duane Reedy, University of Maryland, College Park; David Tomblin, University of Maryland, College Park

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defense industry,interpreted diversely by the student body. Theprevalence of these organizations, as reflected in thestudent quotes, suggests that the Clark School heavilyleans on this network for career opportunities,influencing the perceptions of student’s professionaltrajectories post-graduation, as the following participantquotation captures, “It's for all engineering majors, but it is Figure 7: Image of Corporate Sponsors especially for aerospace, and it's the constant and Military Organizations Associated dilemma and ethical tension about what to do with the Engineering School with all this military-corporate attraction. And I would say that opportunities from the Clark School grow very

Conference Session

Writing and Technical Communications

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jonathan M Adams, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott; Ashley Rea, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott; Brian Roth, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott; Katrina Marie Robertson, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott; Trey Thomas Talko, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott

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specific practices of inclusive pedagogy that faculty might implement to fostergreater belonging in their classrooms.Faculty play an important part in students’ sense of belonging. Rainey et al. [30] found thatwomen “were less likely to feel a sense of belonging” when compared to men and that womenstudents broadly did not feel as though their instructors wanted them to succeed (our previousresearch [3] echoes some of these claims.) However, when faculty emphasized their availabilityand willingness to help students with questions and cultivated an atmosphere of mutual respect,all students experienced a greater sense of belonging [30].In a recent study of early career engineering students [31], students’ self-efficacy and belongingwere examined

Conference Session

Sociotechnical Integration and Programmatic Reform

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chelsea Salinas, Colorado School of Mines; Dean Nieusma, Colorado School of Mines

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thedesign context alongside the technical dimensions, leading to more meaningful solutions [27].Design and project-based learning also offer opportunities for students to engage more fully withtheir education, bringing more of their capacities and personal values to their coursework.Offering coursework that leverages students “funds of knowledge” has been shown to engage agreater diversity of students [28] and supports career preparation beyond what most engineeringprograms offer [29], [30]. Such coursework can also foster student belongingness in engineering[31], [32], particularly important for women and minoritized students [36], and positive peerrelationships [33], [34].Given the diversity of approaches tosociotechnical integration, Smith et al

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jacqueline Rose Tawney, California Institute of Technology; Meredith Hooper, California Institute of Technology; Harly Ramsey, University of Southern California; Morgan Hooper, University of Toronto

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theory in engineers’ professional identities,” Leadership, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 351–373, 2015. [Online]. Available: https://doi.org/10.1177/1742715014543581 [5] How to Change the World, “Transforming Careers for a Sustainable Future,” https://www.howto- change-the-world.org/, Accessed: 02-06-24. [6] J. A. Leydens and J. C. Lucena, Engineering Justice: Transforming Engineering Education and Practice, ser. IEEE PCS Professional Engineering Communication Series. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2017. [7] J. C. Lucena, M. F. Rojas, S. L. Schlezak, and E. Chapman, “Beyond uncritical blindness: How critical thinking about engineering for community development could lead to socially responsible and sustainable projects,” in 2023 ASEE

Conference Session

Writing and Technical Communications

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John William Lynch, University of Cincinnati; Sheryl A. Sorby, University of Cincinnati; Teri J Murphy, University of Cincinnati; Betsy M. Aller, Western Michigan University

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later, found that adolescent spatial reasoning skills were predictive ofchoice of STEM majors and careers, above and beyond the effects of verbal and mathematicsabilities [6]. Project Talent analyzed the verbal, spatial, and mathematics testing for students whoearned bachelor’s degrees. For the majority of students who majored in non-STEM (e.g.education), they had similar verbal and mathematics scores with relatively lower spatial skills.Students in STEM fields (except biology) had lower verbal skills, followed by spatial and thenmathematics. Students who pursued engineering had the highest spatial skill levels of all majorsand had mathematics skill levels similar to those who majored in mathematics. Students whopursued humanities had the

Conference Session

Transgression, Conflict, and Altruism

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joey Valle, Purdue University; Lazlo Stepback, Purdue University; Polly Parkinson, Utah State University; Fawn Groves, Utah State University; Angela Minichiello, Utah State University; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University

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engineering workforce. Angie received an NSF CAREER award in 2021 for her work with student veterans and service members in engineering.Dr. Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University Matthew W. Ohland is the Dale and Suzi Gallagher Professor and Associate Head of Engineering Education at Purdue University. He has degrees from Swarthmore College, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and the University of Florida. His research on the longitudinal study of engineering students and forming and managing teams has been supported by the National Science Foundation and the Sloan Foundation and his team received for the best paper published in the Journal of Engineering Education in 2008, 2011, and 2019 and from the IEEE Transactions on

Conference Session

Wellness, Readiness, and Thriving

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vanessa Tran, Utah State University; Cassandra McCall, Utah State University; Stephen Secules, Florida International University; Maimuna Begum Kali, Florida International University; Gabriel Van Dyke, Utah State University

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engineering culture and applying cognitive load theory in the engineering classroom. He is currently working on an NSF project attempting to improve dissemination of student narratives using innovative audio approaches. Gabe has a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Utah State University (USU). ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 From Mind Full to Mindful: Proposing Mindfulness as a Proactive Strategy for Safeguarding Mental Health in Engineering EducationAbstractEngineering students are increasingly reporting struggles with stress and mental healthchallenges during their undergraduate careers, yet most will only consider seeking

Conference Session

AI and Tools for Transdisciplinary Work

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Grant Fore, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

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Conference Session

Accountability and Stewardship

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gail Baura, Loyola University, Chicago; Matt Miller, Loyola University, Chicago

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

important for a professional engineer. 5.6 (0.9) 5.8 (1.2)It is important to me personally to have a career that involves helping people. 6.6 (0.7) 6.4 (0.6)I will use engineering to help others. 6.8 (0.4) 6.6 (0.6)The needs of society have no effect on my choice to pursue engineering as a career. 2.5 (1.2) 2.8 (1.4)Engineers should use their skills to solve social problems. 5.8 (1.0) 5.9 (1.2)It is important to use my engineering abilities to provide a useful

Conference Session

Equity and Belonging

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rachel Figard, Arizona State University; Abimelec Mercado Rivera, Arizona State University; Marcus Melo de Lyra, The Ohio State University

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(EED) at The Ohio State University. His research interests include teaching faculty development and early-career faculty experiences. Before joining the EED program, Marcus studied two years in the Engineering Education Systems and Design program at Arizona State University, he also earned his BS in Civil Engineering at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte and his MS in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Federal University of Campina Grande in Brazil. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024Opportunities and Challenges in Teaching Equitable Design in EngineeringEducation: A Scoping Literature ReviewAbstract This paper presents the results from a scoping

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AI and Tools for Transdisciplinary Work

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Craig J. Gunn, Michigan State University

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engineering students at the junior level one must realize that they arefocused completely on the task at hand, placing themselves in a career that makes themchemical, mechanical, electrical, or one of the various other forms of being an engineer. Theyhave usually spent the first two years of college rushing through all the humanities, socialstudies, and composition classes that they can to remove those from their radar. Now they havearrived at the time when many colleges accept them into the brother/sister hood of theprofession. They come with a wide perspective on engineering, a number of mathematicscourses, and in many cases nothing more. They seem to understand all that engineering holds butfail to understand what is important in their lives as

Conference Session

Identity Formation and Engineering Cultures

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jenn Stroud Rossmann, Lafayette College; Mary A. Armstrong, Lafayette College

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-centered approach, and remind me to consider how important it is to be inclusive and equitable within STEM.” (AFS) ● “I think of why things were made the way they are and how certain people are favored over others when creating different systems.” (WGS) ● “This class has made me more aware of the many different ways technology affects society (and vice versa) and I will keep that in mind when pursuing my career in engineering so I am less likely

Conference Session

AI and Tools for Transdisciplinary Work

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tammy Mackenzie, The Aula Fellowship; Leslie Salgado, University of Calgary; Sreyoshi Bhaduri, ThatStatsGirl; Victoria Kuketz, Catalyst ; Solenne Savoia, Mila-Quebec AI Institute; Lilianny Virguez, University of Florida

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Conference Session

Transgression, Conflict, and Altruism

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jenna Tonn, Boston College; Avneet Hira, Boston College

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, work in the repository was making a case for such an approach that integrated, the firsthalf of the 2000s focused on communicating the importance of such an integration forindividuals studying and not studying engineering, the second half focused on a more macrodemonstration of "how science, technology, and society are interwoven," (p.1) and 2017 – 2018moved to pedagogies focused on sociotechnical thinking and assessment techniques. A year afterthis study was presented, Erickson et al. (2020) made a case for sociotechnical thinking for notjust courses that students are currently taking but the importance of the role of sociotechnicalthinking to engage with problems later on in their careers. Indeed, the ability to 'get a job' is notthe only

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AI and Tools for Transdisciplinary Work

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elana Goldenkoff, University of Michigan; Erin A. Cech, University of Michigan

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, public responsibility,and whistleblower training into their curricula to ensure that the engineers of tomorrow are well-equipped to address the novel ethical dilemmas of AI.IntroductionThe prevalence of ethical challenges in engineering, particularly in the field of artificialintelligence (AI), is a growing concern to both experts and the lay public. Research indicates thata significant majority of engineers face ethical dilemmas during their careers; over 70% ofprofessional engineers have encountered ethical issues in the workplace and approximately aquarter find it challenging to align their professional ethics with their employer’s demands [1].This ethical complexity is especially pronounced in AI development, where engineers often

Conference Session

Equity and Belonging

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kaitlyn Anne Thomas, University of Nevada, Reno; Kelly J Cross, Georgia Institute of Technology; Isabel Anne Boyd, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Diversity

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. My education and career inengineering took place in predominantly white, male settings. Because of the privilege Iexperience as a white person and the sheltering of experiences that my privilege offers, I haveundergone a massive amount of learning to identify systems of oppression embedded in theculture that may limit others in the profession. My goal with my research is to explore norms inengineering to understand and identify systems of oppression embedded in the culture that maylimit marginalized communities in the profession.Author 2: I am a queer, white woman raised by upper middle-class parents in a suburb to a midsized Southeastern city. I attended a mid-size public high school that was mildly diverse in termsof race and socio