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2008 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Chih-Hao Wu; Kim Troboy; Tracy Cole; Loretta Cochran; David Roach

Does Education Have an Impact on Student Ethical Reasoning? Developing an Assessment of Ethical Reasoning for Engineering and Business Students Chih-Hao Wu Department of Electrical Engineering Kim Troboy, Tracy Cole, Loretta Cochran, David Roach School of Business Arkansas Tech UniversityAbstract This paper outlines the development and assessment of ethical reasoning for Engineeringand Business students at Arkansas Tech University. The main focus of this paper is to investigatethe concept of how to teach ethics and assess in a cross-disciplinary fashion whether students areimproving in how

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2008 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Peter LoPresti; Theodore W. Manikas; Jeff Kohlbeck

teach about the engineering profession and the field of electricalengineering. Activities included laboratories in electrical circuits, designing an electric car,soldering, a field trip, and discussion about ethics. Students worked in two and four-personteams, and made presentations on their experiences.The academy was evaluated using formal assessment instruments and faculty observations. Eachof the individual activities attained an overall rating of at least 4 on a scale of 1 to 5, with mostactivities rated at 4.5 or greater. A formal evaluation of the entire academy revealed ratings of4.5 or greater out of 5 on most aspects of the academy, though some areas indicated a need forimprovement, such as clarity of written materials and the

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2008 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Lawrence Whitman; Zulma Toro-Ramos; Dan Allison; Colin Davidson; Martha Shawver; Shelly Belles; Chris Wilkinson

, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability 5d) an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teamse) an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problemsf) an understanding of professional and ethical responsibilityg) an ability to communicate effectivelyh) the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environment, and societal contexti) a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in, life-long learningj) a knowledge of contemporary issuesk) an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering

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2008 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Dominic M. Halsmer

phenomena. A system that illuminates humanity‟s scientific, moral, aesthetic, and religious experience, for example, is superior to one that only illuminates science.”15 The historic Christian viewpoint accounts for the vast array of realities in nature and in human experience, including the universe, abstract entities, ethics, human beings, and religious phenomena.16 Systems engineering is the synthesis of diverse information and resources into a combination of complex subsystems that work together as a unified whole to solve some problem or accomplish some purpose. A systems engineering mindset is useful in thinking about the power and scope of a worldview because diverse elements of the worldview must come together to form a