Conference Session

Multimedia and Distance Learning

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie M. Little-Wiles, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Linda L. Naimi, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

”.Faculty PerceptionsWe wanted to gather information on faculty attitudes toward and perceptions of Blackboard as asupplement to classroom instruction. Faculty were asked how important they thought it was forstudents to monitor their course performance and grades online. 72% felt that it was “extremelyto very important”, 11% thought it was “somewhat important”, 16% considered it “neitherimportant or unimportant”, and only 2% reported it as being “unimportant”. Page 22.171.5We also wanted to know how important it was to post course materials (PowerPoint’s, lectures,assignments, syllabus, etc.) and a student roster on Blackboard. 75% of respondents felt

Conference Session

Unique Developments in Engineering Technology

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie M. Little-Wiles, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Adrie Koehler, Purdue University; Stephen Hundley, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

may incorporate these into the LMS or atthe very least link them, but others may not, telling students to go to their websites and “not useOnCourse”, the LMS, for the course at all.Common tools that students see used in the LMS by faculty are the assignments, gradebook, messagesand announcements although the degree of use by faculty varies as mentioned before. Students alsoconfirm that the syllabus for the course is almost always loaded in the LMS, but that the location canvary. Students conveyed their desire to be able to download course materials; have a calendar tool withannouncements and assignments linked to it; and to have the ability to submit assignments online. Thegradebook feature is one students find particularly useful, but only

Conference Session

Design and Graphics Potpourri

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan W. Hartman, Purdue University, Computer Graphics Technology; Mitchell L. Springer, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

distribute lecture slides, laboratory activity documents andcourse syllabus. Each class session generally starts with the instructors discussing the weeklytopic followed by more open dialogue between the class members. Both Adobe Connect andWebEx allow for an “online chat,” which gives students the opportunity to take discussionsitems into more detailed conversations after the rest of the class moves to the next topic or tocarry on related conversations without disturbing the rest of the class. All class sessions arerecorded through Adobe Connect and WebEx and a link for the recorded session is placed intoBlackboard so students can have an opportunity to review course topics at a later date withoutlosing the context of the discussion.The Role of the

Conference Session

Developments in BME Pedagogy and Assessment

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hatice O. Ozturk, North Carolina State University; Dianne Raubenheimer, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

) GSS 2009Sub-Outcome k1 x x xSub-Outcome k2 x xSub-Outcome k3 xSub-Outcome k3 x xNote: Each x in the matrix indicates a course in which that particular outcome is taught and alsoassessed. There will be other intersections for teaching of each sub-outcome that are not assessedas part of the assessment plan, and are hence not shown in this table.Phase 1: The start of programmingDuring phase 1 the following features were developed and programmed into the tool.• Syllabus and CV generators,• Levels of access by different roles,• Creation and revision of assessment matrices,• Articulation of program sub-outcomes associated with A-K

Conference Session

FPD IV: Improving Student Success: Mentoring, Intervening, and Supplementing

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig J. Scott, Morgan State University; Yacob Astatke, Morgan State University; Jumoke 'Kemi Ladeji-Osias, Morgan State University; Carl White, Morgan State University; Myra W. Curtis, Morgan State University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

theuniversity mathematics ACCUPLACERTM placement exams. Having an online math course hashelped facilitate that task by allowing prospective engineering students refresh and improve theirmathematics skills. The use of online courses offers the most flexible and cost-effective way ofreaching out to prospective college students through their respective high school science andmathematics teachers.Fundamentals of Engineering (FOE) Course This course is a part of a seamless approach to learning math related STEM skills startingat the pre freshman level through the use of a FOM/ Fundamentals of Engineering (FOE)/Pre-calculus/calculus course sequence. The Fundamentals of Engineering course features a―dynamic‖ syllabus tailored to meet the individualized

Conference Session

Focus on Capstone Experiences in the Chemical Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David L. Silverstein, University of Kentucky; Margot A. Vigeant, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

discussion and group problem solving.  Computer projectors are typically available, and many instructors project their solutions to problems and explore the models developed in class. PowerPoint is extensively used, as are online videos and images of real reactor systems. Some environments allow students to solve problems on computers alongside the instructor.  Some classes are taught in a studio environment to facilitate interaction amongst students.In addition to program determined outcomes, individual instructors tend to have areas ofemphasis corresponding to their individual perceptions of importance of class topics. Typicalindividual goals for this course include  Application of conservation laws

Conference Session

Assessment Methods and Learning Pedagogy I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mehrube Mehrubeoglu, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi; Satyajit Verma, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

assessments, but the method does not appear standardized across disciplines. Thepresented method also does not assemble or put together the information from all coursesautomatically. Essa et al. describe a web-based tool to assist with the course assessment processfor ABET accreditation.3 The authors give the details of the design process for such a tool. Thetool, though not yet fully complete by the time of publication3, incorporates the ABET criteriainto the online system to collect entries from individual instructors for their course evaluation.Although such a tool is very valuable in terms of assessing individual courses, it does notcombine the information from multiple courses for a single output. Gastli et al. lay out thedetails of a course

Conference Session

Public Policy in Engineering Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Adams, Virginia Commonwealth University; Rosalyn S. Hobson, Virginia Commonwealth University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

credit to veterans seeking to transfer totheir institution. 2 ACE has also offered the Guide for over 50 years to monitor learning acquiredthrough the military. 2 The Guide is an online tool used to summarize learning outcomes,methods of instruction, course length and offer credit recommendations for military courses,for all service branches. The Guide was initially developed to provide an evaluation structure tocounter the education community’s granting of credit to World War I veterans as a reward forlength of service. Today it serves as a resource for both service members and university officialsto present course credit equivalences for military training. Although the Guide is maintained by ACE, subject matter experts evaluate the

Conference Session

Attracting and Retaining Students in Civil Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rhonda K. Young, University of Wyoming; Kristen L. Sanford P.E., Lafayette College; Steven W. Beyerlein, University of Idaho, Moscow; Andrea Bill, University of Madison, Wisconsin; Michael Kyte, University of Idaho, Moscow; Kevin Heaslip, Utah State University; David S. Hurwitz, Oregon State University; Shashi S. Nambisan, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

knowledge tables and course outcomes to guide course content decisions. This processremoved considerable breadth from the course, which provided time to introduce further depthinto the most critical topics. Another major change to the course was the addition of a 1 hour and45 minute lab section to the course. The lab section was scheduled weekly, but the intent was tooffer 5-6 labs per semester on key topics and to also use the time for exams.It is difficult to accurately quantify the change in course content from one semester to another,but using the topics listed in the syllabus as a guide, the total number topics covered in the coursewas reduced by approximately 25%. As the lecture material for each topic was reworked thefocus was again to

Conference Session

Assessment Methods and Learning Pedagogy II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shi Stan Lan, DeVry University, Tinley Park

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

increased momentum. “Blended-learning systems combine face-to-face instruction with computer-mediated instructions” (Graham, 2005). As Shibley(2010) pointed out, “A blended course involves a mixture of face-to-face activities withonline activities,” and “Usually face-to-face time is reduced by 50% but reductions rangefrom 10% - 90%” (Shibley, 2010). One of the major advantages of blended-learning isto maximize student mobility in a vibrant technology and socio-economic environment.For traditional classroom teaching, there were abundant research studies revealing thatthe classroom attendance had a positive impact on academic performance. However,there have been less explorations of the correlation between online attendance andstudent learning

Conference Session

Communication: From Pecha Kucha to Bullets

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Isabel Simões de Carvalho P.E., ISEL, Lisbon, Portugal; Christy Moore, University of Texas, Austin

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

efficiency topic is embedded in most of thelearning activities and course assignments along the semester. The course is designedand delivered in a way that allows students to experience a variety of teachingenvironments: i) traditional lectures; ii) invited speakers and field trips; iii) shortformative assignments; iv) individual and team long term assignments with a strongcollaborative component, and; v) an online environment (Learning Management System)for course resources and materials, information and assignments sharing and severaldiscussion boards.As students are used to more traditional assignments they tend to feel uncomfortablewhen they are asked to make decisions, share information and get actively involved inpeer review and even in peer

Conference Session

Innovations in Computing Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tao Xing, Tuskegee University; Legand L. Burge Jr., Tuskegee University; Heshmat A. Aglan, Tuskegee University

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

electronic lecture notes 7. I liked handy assignments with due dates 8. I like announcements and class news are helpful 9. I like the handy syllabus Figure 3. Results for survey questions Page 22.927.6Overall, student feedback on using BML for their learning is quite positive, especially the handyand electronic lecture notes, handy assignments and grades, and real-time class announcements,etc. However, due to the difficulties on setting up the BML for the course, students did not haveenough time to use the BML in their learning such that they were not sure if the use BMLenhanced their engagement

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bonnie Ferri, Georgia Tech; JillL L. Auerbach, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jennifer E. Michaels, Georgia Institute of Technology; Douglas B. Williams, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees

desk).Each of the modules in Table 1 links to supporting material on the TESSAL website. Thesupporting web resources include: • Tutorial on fundamental, theoretical concepts demonstrated in the lab • Instructional videos for how to run the labs • Laboratory procedures for students to follow to do the lab • Online problems representative of those found in lecture-based course exams • Instructor resources for building the platform and for implementing itThese resources satisfy two goals for the center: 1) to maximize the benefits of incorporating theexperiments into the course and 2) to maximize wide-spread usage of the experiments. Thewebsite material ties the experiments to lecture material as well as provides support for studentsand

Conference Session

Design Spine

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Frank, Queen's University; David S. Strong, Queen's University; Rick Sellens, Queen's University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

, creativity and idea generation, decision makingincorporating technical, economic, societal, and environmental factors, safety, engineering codesand regulations, and engineering ethics. In that first six weeks stude nt groups complete a simpledesign/build project to provide a focus for tools they are learning. The final 6 weeks of thecourse centers around a more advanced design project delivered by each discipline. This courseis integrated with the communications course, and coordinated by the same instructor. Thecommunication course will include a small number of lectures, online modules, and workingtutorials supporting deliverables in the design course. This ensures the communicationsexpectations occur in an engineering context.EDP I Detailed

Conference Session

Information Literacy: Theory and Practice

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jay J. Bhatt, Drexel University; Larry Milliken, Drexel University; Lloyd Ackert, Drexel University; Eleanor J. Goldberg, Drexel University Library

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

for Engineering Education, 2011 Keeping the Conversation Alive: Maintaining Students' Research Skills Throughout Their College CareersAbstractAt Drexel University the library teaches engineering students information research skills in theirfirst and senior years. These students would benefit from a refresher in their middle college yearsto enhance their abilities in using library databases. Such an opportunity exists in the junior yearwhen all engineering students are required to take “Technology in Historical Perspective” (HIST285) a course offered by the Department of History and Politics in the College of Arts andSciences. This course examines the interrelationship between technology and its economic,social

Conference Session

Issues and Answers in Mathematics Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Chanley, North Essex Community College; Michael E. Pelletier, Northern Essex Community College; Linda A. Desjardins, Northern Essex Community College; Lori Heymans, Northern Essex Community College

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

DifferentialEquations. They were the ideal SI Leader candidates to facilitate the SI sessions and once theywere recruited, the plan was finalized and ready for implementation in the spring of 2009.The SI SectionThe curriculum for the SI version of College Algebra & Trigonometry was identical to thetraditional sections of the course. A sample of the course syllabus is provided in the appendix.The only difference between the SI section and the traditional sections was the additional two-hour Friday SI session to be held at the same hours as the Monday and Wednesday sessions andin the same classroom as on Monday and Wednesday. The Monday and Wednesday sessionswere facilitated by the instructor. The additional session on Friday was facilitated by the two

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Potpourri I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sohum Sohoni, Oklahoma State University; Donald P. French, Oklahoma State University; YoonJung Cho, Oklahoma State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

. His research focus is on biology education including the use of inquiry and tech- nology in the teaching introductory biology lecture and laboratories. He has published articles on the impact of teaching in reformed courses on graduate students.YoonJung Cho, Oklahoma State University Assistant professor in the School of Applied Health and Educational Psychology at Oklahoma State Uni- versity. Her research is focused on students’ achievement motivation and self-regulated learning process as well as teachers’ motivation and its impact on instructional practices, both in traditional classroom setting and online instruction. She published articles on graduate teaching assistants’ professional devel- opment as well as

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John V. Tocco, Lawrence Technological University; Donald D. Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

project management experience,or capstone sequence, for the Department of Civil Engineering (Department) at LawrenceTechnological University occurs over two terms: ECE4021 CE Design Project 1 (CE Project 1), a one-credit course offered in the fall, and ECE4033 CE Design Project 2 (CE Project 2), a three-credit course offered in the spring.Students form their own teams of three to five members and develop a project where theygenerate a conceptual design and project management plan. The capstone represents theculmination of the students’ undergraduate education, providing them an opportunity to integratevarious curricular components in preparation for careers as civil engineers.Neither course has an instructor in the traditional sense

Conference Session

FPD VI: Presenting "All the Best" of the First-Year Programs Division

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chris Smaill, University of Auckland; Gerard Rowe, University of Auckland; Lawrence J. Carter, University of Auckland

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

is given to about 300students. Two lecturers give the lectures, with each lecturing both streams for about half thesemester. Tutorials are smaller, typically of size 40, and involve several academics. Eachtutorial is managed by one academic and one teaching assistant, normally a postgraduatestudent. In addition to tutorials, informal drop-in clinics are also provided. These take placein a large, open workspace and are staffed by senior students who assist students needing helpin mastering the course. Laboratory exercises provide further learning experiences, as dovarious online resources. While completion of all laboratory exercises is required, there is noattendance requirement for lectures or tutorials. Online assignments2 provide early

Conference Session

Innovations in Design within BME Curricula

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Naomi C. Chesler, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Christopher L. Brace, University of Wisconsin; Willis J. Tompkins, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

engineers [to address Outcome 7]. • Students should be made more aware of BME departmental educational learning outcomes by putting a link on our design course syllabus to the department's mission web page [to address Outcome 9]. • The Committee should explore additional strategies for improving consistency in outcome assessment (i.e., scoring) from year to year. Page 22.1000.8 6 Sr 6 Sr Assessment Score (1‐5

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandra Shaw Courter, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Lauren Seabury, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Benjamin Lee; Gregory Alan Payne; John A. Hoopes, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

integration of the additional assignment were crucial.These components included lectures, laboratory experiments, homework problems, quizzes, andApp. To align the material in the course, end-of-week meetings were held to discuss learningoutcomes and concepts that were presented the previous week and topics that would be coveredthe following week. This practice provided flexibility in scheduling laboratory experiments toensure all material was interconnected and well integrated. For example, a syllabus with lecturetopics and their respective lecture date was provided at the start of the semester; however, certaintopics required additional or less time than originally scheduled. As a result, the lab experimentswere aligned with the most recent material

Conference Session

Electromechanical Capstone and Design Projects in Engineering Technology

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William C. Beston, Florence-Darlington Technical College; Elaine L. Craft, Florence-Darlington Technical College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

AC 2011-2791: ROBOKNOWLEDGE: ADAPTABLE, ON-LINE ROBOTICSPRODUCTION TECHNICIAN INSTRUCTIONAL COMPONENTS ADDRESS-ING MOBILE ROBOTIC DEVICESWilliam C. Beston, Florence-Darlington Technical College William C. Beston has been actively teaching Engineering, Mathematics, and Physics for the past 43 years. He is currently teaching Phys102- Explorations in Physics online for Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and is developing three online Robotics courses for Florence-Darlington Technical College. From January, 2001-August, 2002, he served as Staff Associate for the National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Undergraduate Education in Arlington, Virginia. He currently works as a consultant for NSF and serves on the

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Rex Maixner, U.S. Air Force Academy

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

areavailable, it is anticipated that the project will provide students with a practical application of theprinciples of basic thermodynamics and heat transfer, and of the specific principles associatedwith solar energy harvesting. Details of the project are provided, along with possible extensionsand variations for future course offerings.2. BackgroundA new course in renewable/sustainable energy has been developed for the mechanicalengineering curriculum at USAFA, and is being taught for the first time in the Spring 2011 term.As opposed to many of the texts in the renewable/sustainable energy field, the text selected1provides a computationally intense basis for most of the topics in the course syllabus. Guestlecturers and a field trip to the National

Conference Session

Faculty Tools

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Walter W. Schilling, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

“effectively” published throughout the course Course syllabus Example problemsConfidential data provides the one area of concern with the usage of a cloud computing platform.The concerns purely rest with the manner in which the cloud contract is structured. In the eventthat an institution routinely uses contracted services and discloses this in their FERPA filing,then the usage of a cloud based service is acceptable.However, the lack of contracted services by a university does not completely preclude the usageof a cloud based system for data storage. For example, a grade book is only a concern if itcontains personally identifiable information. If a professor uses an

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experience

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine E. Winters, Virginia Tech; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies, Student

emphasis inconsistency” with a teaching supervisor who teaches another section of the same course. Thesupervising professor developed the course materials that Mary is using, and the two sectionsshare a syllabus and course website. During meetings about the course Mary believed she madesome suggestions but that they were not often accepted for implementation. Mary has mademinor changes to the lecture, “added in a few, one or two things maybe throughout… like addingin a slide or two or an example”, and to the exams. Her supervisor “provided the old exams and Ikind of added some new questions and rewrote some of the old questions”. Still, Mary reportsnot making many changes because “I don‟t know, I just didn‟t feel that I could, I guess”. At

Conference Session

Pedagogical Issues in Computing

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Perry Samson, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

, 2007.20 Fried, C.," In-class laptop use and its effects on student learning", Computers & Education Vol. 50, No. 3, 2008, pp. 906-914.21 Kladko, B., "Wireless Classrooms: Tool or Distraction?", The Record, Bergen County, NJ, 2005.22 McWilliams, G., "The laptop backlash", The W allstreet Journal, New York, NY, 2005, pp. B1.23 Anderson, R.," Beyond PowerPoint: Building a New Classroom Presenter", Syllabus Magazine, 2004.24 Anderson, R., R. Anderson, L. McDowell, and B. Simon, "Use of Classroom Presenter in Engineering Courses", 35th A SEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Indianapolis, IN: IEEE, 2005.25 Driver, M.," Exploring student perceptions of group interaction and class satisfaction in the web-enhanced

Conference Session

They're Not "Soft" Skills!

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eckehard Doerry, Northern Arizona University; James Dean Palmer, Northern Arizona University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

endemic, students simply did not feel comfortable publiclyconfronting teammates with poor ratings in the report, worrying about hard feelings andretribution from slighted teammates. Another drawback was the considerable effort required toproduce the report, coming precisely at the crux of team effort, where teams were struggling tofinish up projects at term’s end.3.2 Version 2: Anonymous Evaluation, Individual ReportsIn the next iteration of our system, the peer evaluations were made anonymous, and restricted tothe one-page questionnaire of ratings and comments; no Teamwork Report was required.Students were explicitly promised anonymity of peer evaluations in the course syllabus, and peerevaluations were emailed directly to the instructor by

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet H. Murray, Georgia Tech; Christine Valle, Georgia Institute of Technology; Sue Rosser, San Francisco State University; Wendy C. Newstetter, Georgia Institute of Technology; Laurence J. Jacobs, Georgia Institute of Technology; John D. Leonard II, Georgia Institute of Technology; Sneha Veeragoudar Harrell

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees

targetcourse, and John Leonard analyses student data for the College of Engineering; WendyNewstetter and Sneha Veerdagoudar Harrell do research in cognition and learning; andJanet Murray, the project manager, is a professor of digital media. Most of the studentswho have worked on the project, including Calvin Ashmore, the lead programmer andsystem designer, have been drawn from Georgia Tech’s graduate program in DigitalMedia.MaterialsInTEL Toolkit.The InTEL software was developed to support students’ capacity to learn the process ofstatics problem solving and develop more expert like habits of mind (Nasir, XXXX) overthe course of the semester. The problems developed within the toolkit reflect the GeorgiaInstitute of Technology Statics course syllabus

Conference Session

Automation Subjects in Manufacturing Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Chiou, Drexel University; Yalcin Ertekin, Drexel University, Engineering Technology; Michael G Mauk P.E., Drexel University; Robin Kizirian, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

process parameters, and optimize the CNCmachining process.BackgroundIn the United States, undergraduate curricula in Engineering Technology (ET),Mechanical Engineering, Industrial, or Manufacturing Engineering generally include acourse in Computer Numerical Control (CNC). The course syllabus comprises topicsmainly on machining and CNC. At Drexel University (DU), all the students in theEngineering Technology Program learn the basics of machining, Computer Aided Designand Manufacturing (CAD/CAM), dimensioning and tolerancing, and statistical processmeasurement in a CNC course. In machining process planning, selection of machine toolsand process tolerances is critical as they directly affect the part quality and the machiningtime. An optimum process

Conference Session

Sustainability and Humanitarian Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

courses discussed ethics. There were two lectures onethics and then the students completed a homework assignment on ethics that was worth 20% oftheir overall course grade. The assignment required students to consult the ASCE and/or NSPEcodes of ethics (http://www.asce.org/Content.aspx?id=7231;http://www.nspe.org/Ethics/CodeofEthics/index.html), answer questions regarding one to threecases from the Online Ethics website (http://www.onlineethics.org; the specific cases selectedvaried each year), and compare the CU student honor code and the engineering professionalcodes of ethics. The assignment also allowed the students to learn about one “moral exemplar”from the Online Ethics website (http://www.onlineethics.org/); some of these individuals can