this week capturing at least five photos that you feel best capture yourexperiences and some of the challenges you may face participating in an REU for the first time.You can find some guiding questions below to help you: ● What are your experiences and some of the challenges you may face participating in an REU? ● How has your participation in this program changed your view on computer science/computing? ● How has your participation in this program affected your life?Each photo should have a unique title and caption. The caption should be no more than a few sentences.Keep in mind some of the technical and ethical considerations we discussed in the introduction.Step 2: Turn in pictures.Initial photo submissions are due by [due date
department andSchool of Engineering, and learn about engineering ethics and environmental justice. Thesubsequent two months of class time are used for students to work on their design projects,including group deliverables and presentations. In the final two weeks of the course, studentsdeliver individual presentations on the civil engineering/construction management major or field.Socio-technical design challengesThe course was structured as two group-based design challenges that each took one month tocomplete. Each challenge was structured in a series of deliverables that were worked on as ateam to address research of the problem, design and test of a proposed solution, stakeholder andcustomer analysis, proposal of design solution that integrated
without a license’,” PRISM, vol. 24, no. 1, p.10, 2014.[20] S.L.Titus and J.M. Ballou, “Faculty members’ perceptions of advising versus mentoring: Does the name matter?” Sci. Eng. Ethics, vol. 19, no 3, p.1267–1281, 2013.[21] B. J. Barnes and A. E. Austin, “The role of doctoral advisors: A look at advising from the advisor’s perspective,” Innovative Higher Ed., vol. 33, no. 5, pp. 297–315, 2009.[22] A. Lee, “How are doctoral students supervised? Concepts of doctoral research supervision,” Studies in Higher Ed., vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 267–281, 2008.[23] B. A. Burt, “Toward a theory of engineering professorial intentions: The role of research group experiences,” Am. Ed. Res. J., vol. 56, no. 2, pp. 289–332, 2019
filter and clean data, facilitating numerical comparisons of theLikert scale. Data analysis involves employing specific procedures for the establishedquestionnaires, with Pearson's correlation coefficient applied to the section developed in theresearch. The data are exported to statistical software for analysis. Quality of Research: Theresearch's quality is buttressed by the validity of the instrument, evaluated through expertjudgment, and reliability assessed by Cronbach's alpha coefficient. The instrument's reliability isset at a high level (0.887), indicating internal consistency. Despite adhering to ethical protocols,the study's limitations include the potential for bias in participants' responses and the limitedgeneralizability of results
discipline and welcome individuals tocome as their whole selves without expecting them to acculturate to dominant ways of speaking.Diverse people bring unique strengths to the table, and their presence changes engineering forthe better. The language resources these Multicompetent Learners bring to the classrooms couldhelp us reimagine engineering learning environments where students stay true to themselves andtheir community values to create equitable and socially just technologies and solutions for all.References[1] D. Morales‐Doyle, “Discussant, empowering students in engineering: Ethical and transformative learning approaches for a socially conscious future”, 2024 NARST Conference, Denver, CO, United States, 2024, March 17-20.[2] E
, industryvisits, cooperative projects, creative activities, exploration of societal and ethical implications ofengineering, and so forth. Because a significant challenge faced by SBP participants is a sense ofdeep scrutiny from faculty, [85] it may be particularly helpful to integrate opportunities forpositive, low-stress interactions into math-intensive SBPs. Research RecommendationsThis study confirms the findings of a previous review of SBPs, which found that, given howcommon SBPs are, there is relatively little research on their outcomes. [3, 4] Further, the findingsof this review match those of Lee et al., [86] who found that most published reports related toSBPs are more akin to experience or evaluation reports than to formal research studies, and
. Bennett, “Using narratives to evoke empathy and support girls’ engagement in engineering, Connected Science Learning, vol. 3, 2020.[34] P. S. Lottero-Perdue and J. Settlage, “Eqitizing engineering education by valuing children’s assets: Including empathy and an ethic of care when considering trad-offs after design failures,” Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research, vol. 11, Article 4, 2021.[35] E. Shokeen, “Understanding learning and sketching experiences of children involved in STEM design,” Ph.D dissertation, College of Information Studies, University of Maryland – College Park, 2023.[36] C. L. Smith, “Bootstrapping processes in the development of students’ commonsense matter theories: using analogical
, not simply a tool. In student-centered curricula, the student’s world becomes the heartof learning” [13].Figure 1: Multi/Inter/Trans Disciplinary Approaches, (Modification of Keestra [16])MethodologyThis study involved interviewing four Directors from different University based interdisciplinaryinitiatives across North America. Throughout this paper the term “interdisciplinary initiative”will be used to describe both research, industry and educational collaborations. Approval toconduct the study was obtained from the General Research Ethics Board (GREB) at Queen’sUniversity. The interviews consisted of nine questions as outlined below. 1. How did your interdisciplinary initiative originate and how was the area of focus selected? 2
presented as an in-class activity during one of the 65-minute lectureperiods. There are usually two sections of the class offered every year with between 15 and 25students per section. In addition to these two economics-oriented modules, in-class activities ontopics of global engineering ethics, culture, DEIB and mental health issues while traveling, likelyexperiences in other cultures, and appropriate technology are included. Because lecture onlyhappens once per week and the class covers a wide range of topics, each topic is intended to bean introduction to the material. Students who are interested in any of the topics are encouraged toseek out additional courses or minors in the area of interest. The following modules are thereforeintended to
disciplines of engineering, as well as undecided students. The courseintroduces students to engineering through discussion of broad topics like the definition ofengineer, engineering design, engineering ethics, professional societies, and so on. The ENGR1200 series, by contrast, is a lab course that is designed to be specific to different disciplines ofengineering: civil, mechanical, and so on. ENGR 1203 is the course at our institution for first-yearstudents who have enrolled in the civil engineering degree program.The redesign of our institution’s first-year engineering program is part of a broader trend in highereducation to develop curricula specifically for first-year engineering students [1]. This broadertrend is motivated in large part by low
. Nobel economist Herb Simon characterized engineering as problem solving, asattempting to move from a current state of affairs to a more desirable future state of affairs. The 9expression ‘more desirable’ is the value component. The issue isn’t about engineering ethics. It’sabout the value of engineering practice. In discussing this issue with an engineering professorcolleague we agreed that engineering was concerned with problem solving. We also agreed thatthe practicing engineer doesn’t really know what the problem is. My colleague told me that heteaches his students that they are ‘opportunity actualizes
allows for an additional rawdata source that can be processed by nuclear scientists to Image 1. Ford nuclear reactor [27].support validation of simulation tools [28].In summer 2023, the University of Michigan library began the years-long process of digitizingthe collection of nuclear reactor logbooks. Taken into account were copyright issues, exportcontrol issues, liability concerns with regard to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, andcompliance with our Research Ethics office. We created a custom metadata ingestion form, andthe logbooks will be digitized in-house by our Digital Conversion Unit. Once the project isfinished, the logbooks will be housed in our institutional repository and open to the public. Onceposted, the logbooks will serve
, systems thinking [6],design thinking [7], and computational thinking [8] shape engineering identity. Computationalthinking, with its focus on algorithmic problem-solving, is a vital skill for engineers [9]. Integratingcomputational skills early and regularly in engineering curricula has been shown to improvestudent outcomes [10]. Similarly, we propose that incorporating data skills throughout thecurriculum can also strengthen engineering formation.Data skills refer to the ability to collect, organize, analyze, visualize, and communicate dataeffectively and ethically. Engineering students practice data skills in various assignments, such asconducting experiments, designing solutions, and evaluating results. These assignments mirror thereal-world
practices and technology and don’t have enough time to transfer that technology. It’s great that we can then exchange this info and others can adapt it… actually establish meetings to transfer ideas… I appreciate any time we get for moving technology from one context to another. And thank you all.Another example of this is the following conversation between participants from two differentteams: Sch 1 Ed Rsch: And Sch 2 Ed Rsch, my background is in bio-engineering and I’m really [excited] to hear about what you are doing. I tried to implement a bio-engineering module into a material sciences class here at Sch 1, regarding the ethics and social justice concepts that come into play. Once we get this initial paper
National Science Foundation underIUSE/PFE:RED Grant No. 2105721. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions orrecommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarilyreflect the views of the National Science Foundation.In accordance with standards for ethical use of AI, we acknowledge that we have utilized theAPI of the GPT-4 model to assist with reviewing the manuscript, including proofreading andreducing redundancies. The use of GPT-4 was strictly limited to editing assistance; no aspect ofthe AI was employed for generating the content herein. We hold full responsibility for theaccuracy and originality of the ideas conveyed. References[1] H. A. White and P. Shah
: 1) Enhancing the social andtwo Lean Green videos. “Consider the environmental impact ofbroader impact of Lean Green Companies; 2) Sustainable business practices; 3) Ethical management;initiatives on the environment and 4) Responsible sourcing of materials. Resource Efficiency: 1)society. How do these initiatives Sustainable development; 2) Environmental sustainability; 3) wastecontribute to sustainability beyond the reduction. Influence on Others: 1) Inspiration toorganization's walls?” consumers/communities; 2) Competition for other organizations; 3) Positive media presence.Assignment 1, oral presentation on Planet, profit, people
consistency standpoint. It encompasses comments about adhering to industry recommendations, existing policies and procedures, and following ethical best practices.Practical This low-order theme represents the need for individuals to have aApplication thorough knowledge and grasp of technical standards so that they can put them to use in real-life applications (e.g., senior design projects, internships, industry). In most cases engineers were listed as the subjects in these responses; however, multiple respondents stated people in general should know about standards.Expectations of the This low-order theme
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levels. Wefollowed ethical regulations and all the respondents were kept anonymous to for the protectionof their personal information but remain their titles and roles.Table 1 provides a brief description of the trajectories and positions of the participants in thisstudy. Both interviews conducted in person and online were audio recorded, in both cases therecordings were transcribed into words which formed the basis of the findings. In the datacollection and analysis phase, we adopt the narrative inquiry approach (Polkinghorne,1995;Clandinin & Connelly,2004) to identify, analyze, and explore themes emerging from the data,with aim to explore how educational activities happening in UIC are configured and shapeeducational collaboration in UIC
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study did not measure the extent to which students were able to transfer skillslearned in this course to subsequent courses. Given that Technical Communications is afoundational course in our undergraduate program, which embeds writing across the curriculum[6, 9, 22, 23], we plan to employ common templates, exemplars, and rubrics in otherundergraduate courses where technical communication skills are required. Future research willinvestigate longitudinal transfer of technical communications skills by students from this courseto subsequent courses in their undergraduate programs of study.In future iterations of the course, we plan to embed workplace-relevant ethical considerationsinto assignments and meaningfully integrate AI tools to promote
Division Service Award. Estell currently serves as an ABET Commissioner and as a subcommittee chair on ABET’s Accreditation Council Training Committee. He was previously a Member-At-Large on the Computing Accreditation Commission Executive Committee and a Program Evaluator for both computer engineering and computer science. Estell is well-known for his significant contributions on streamlining student outcomes assessment processes and has been an invited presenter at the ABET Symposium on multiple occasions. He was named an ABET Fellow in 2021. Estell is also a founding member and current Vice President of The Pledge of the Computing Professional, an organization dedicated to the promotion of ethics in the computing
Learning Activities toImprove Procedural Capabilities and Learning Outcomes." International Journal of EducationalMethodology 9.1 (2023): 261-270.22 Carelli, John. "Achieving ABET Accreditation: An Outcome Assessment Case Study." 2020International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence (CSCI).IEEE, 2020.23 Lee, Ki-Hoon, Junsung Noh, and Jong Seong Khim. "The Blue Economy and the United Nations’sustainable development goals: Challenges and opportunities." Environment international 137(2020): 105528.24 Abulibdeh, Ammar, Esmat Zaidan, and Rawan Abulibdeh. "Navigating the confluence ofartificial intelligence and education for sustainable development in the era of industry 4.0:Challenges, opportunities, and ethical
that can be used to create more efficient and sustainable technologies. Connectingbetween biological systems and engineering design requires critical thinking and investigationfrom numerous system levels and viewpoints, thus emphasizing systems thinking [16]. In applyingbio-inspired design, functional modeling in engineering is performed analogous to functionaldecomposition of biological systems [17]. Integrating bio-inspired design approaches into anengineering course fosters creativity and innovation, enhances interdisciplinary learning,encourages sustainable and ethical design, develops problem-solving skills and providesopportunities for real-world applications [16], [18]. This effectively provides engineering studentswith a more holistic
industrial partner. Subsequently, students collaborate with industrialengineers to explore opportunities for deploying the solutions at a working level and scale upthe findings to incorporate the use of industrial-grade robotic arms in industrial operations.In the pursuit of professional practices in industrial collaborations, students surpass merehands-on knowledge application. These collaborations cultivate teamwork, effectivecommunication, and project management skills, offering insights into industry dynamics,regulations, and ethical considerations. The experience encourages adaptability andinnovation, fostering creative problem-solving. In addition to technical competence, studentsestablish a professional network, contributing to comprehensive
, Presentation skills, Technical language, Step by step Skills) explanations, Conflict resolution, Ethics, Original thinking, Ask for help, Delegate tasks, N/A How did the peer mentors Demonstration / Role model, Asking Questions, Listening, help you develop engineering Facilitating discussions/collaboration, Welcoming /friendly, social skills? Please share. Think like an engineer, Gave Advice /feedback, Gave (Social Skills) explanations, N/A, No interaction, No HelpOnce we generated the a priori codes, we collectively coded a small subset of data for eachtheme. We then individually coded a small subset for each theme and compared the consistencyof our
of mentors and advisors from nonprofit organizations also participated in curricularactivities, but the nonprofit partners were not involved in course instruction, and theirinvolvement in ongoing curricular design and programming was mostly limited to mentoringactivities that focused on exposing students to nonprofit models. Finally, the instructional staffwas supplemented by buy-outs of faculty with expertise in communication, humanities,engineering, ethics, and data analytics.Integral to the curricular organization of this academic plan were collaborative, cross-disciplinary projects where students were introduced to “real world problems” that they workedon in small groups or teams. Outside of this studio course, students were also
athriving individual in 2004, there is much more to consider amidst a global pandemic. Studentresponses detailed what thriving might look like during more difficult times.There was a large occurrence of students whose stories resonated with the dimension of “InternalAlignment” which Tobias defines as; “Is internally aligned, personally integrated, genuine,authentic, transparent; has a well-developed and well-articulated self-concept and value systemthat are consistent with feelings and behavior; stands for something; has a unifying philosophy andsense of purpose/mission; has vitality, zest/appreciation for life; has integrity and an ethical sense;is self-aware, insightful; is able to resolve internal conflicts; has humility and self-esteem
Social 3. Communicate with a larger audience. 4. Address ethical and professional responsibili es 5. Grow as a Team192193 3. PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING IMPLEMENTATION194 In retrospect, the evolu on of the first year experience for our students has developed along the195 precepts outlined in the Framework for High Quality Project Based Learning [29]. As such the remaining196 discussion will track six criteria presented by the HQPBL Organiza on. 6197 3.1. Intellectual Challenge and Accomplishment198 The first criterion for PBL established in the HQPBL framework is Intellectual Challenge &199
responsibilities and qualifications (n=29)In terms of qualifications, given that these roles seem to interface with internal and externalclients, communication (n=21) is the most demanded skill, followed closely by general computerskills (n=20) and interpersonal skills (n=18). Leadership is required for 12 positions and seem tobe mostly aligned with those that focus clearly on lean and change management. About one thirdof the positions also highlighted the need for sound ethical principles (n=10) and databaseknowledge or management (n=12). Moreover, despite several positions being lean-focused, theknowledge of lean tools is only required by four job postings, suggesting that employersunderstand they might need to train employees for these roles.Innovation