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Thomas M. Powers, University of Delaware

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Paper ID #17550Understanding International Perspectives in Science and Engineering EthicsDr. Thomas M. Powers, University of Delaware Thomas M. Powers is the founding director of the Center for Science, Ethics, and Public Policy (CSEPP) at the University of Delaware. He holds appointments as Associate Professor in the Department of Phi- losophy and in the School of Public Policy and Administration, and resident faculty at the Delaware Biotechnology Institute. His research concerns ethics in science and engineering, the philosophy of tech- nology, and environmental ethics, and his publications range from topics in

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II Skills Development

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Rockwell Franklin Clancy III, University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong Joint Institute; Gang Zheng, University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute; David L.S. Hung, University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute

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Paper ID #17501An empirical, comparative approach to engineering ethics (education) in in-ternational and cross-cultural contexts A study concerning Chinese engineer-ing students’ knowledge of and views concerning contents and concepts re-lated to engineering ethicsDr. Rockwell Franklin Clancy III, University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong Joint Institute Rockwell F. Clancy is a lecturer in engineering ethics and philosophy at the University of Michigan- Shanghai Jiao Tong Joint Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and has acted as a long-term educa- tional, setting up a course and writing a corresponding textbook with Heinz

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II Courses

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Dorian A. Cojocaru, University of Craiova; Anna Friesel, Technical University-Copenhagen; Daniel Spikol, Malmö University

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contribute to support the named abilities/skills? • What is the impact of the PELARS’ technology seen from the final users: students and teachers? • Will the new technology change the accreditation procedures?The schedule for trials in PELARS is shown in figure 1.Creating a comprehensive plan for each of the trials include also ethics considerations. Allactivities are and will be carried out taking into account FP7 guidelines as well as nationalguidelines on ethic issues, guaranteed by the Ethics Committee under EU. Participation of users isin line with agreed European and National ethical procedures for user participation andremuneration of test subjects, and subject to sign off by the Ethics and Research committees

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II Skills Development

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Hu Yu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Jiabin Zhu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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colleges have developed pioneeringengineering leadership programs to promote leadership among engineering students. Thispaper compares twenty-one engineering leadership programs around the world by analyzingthe differences and similarities across these programs via text analysis. By exploring theoutcomes and implementation of these engineering leadership programs, this paper found thatvisioning/setting goals, thinking or reasoning skills, interpersonal skills and ethics are the keyattributes emphasized in these engineering programs. Lectures, field trips and practicalexperiences are the most common implementation platforms to develop engineeringleadership. This paper aims to offer a comprehensive understanding of current practices andoffer

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II Outreach

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Paul John Ackerman Jr P.E., Virginia Military Institute; Tim Moore P.E., Virginia Military Institute; Tyler Adam Brickles

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. structures to achieve a civic aim. civic aim.There are actually several rubrics that could be added to assess an ISLPs in addition to civicengagement. AACU encourages users to also consult three other rubrics: Global Learning;Intercultural Knowledge and Competence; and Ethical Reasoning. These rubrics are provided inthe appendix12.Due to the months of planning to address all the constraints of an ISLP and the student outcomesof developing student leadership and collaborating with other project stakeholders a rubricassessing the rigor of teamwork would also be very desirable. With four rubrics to draw fromthe AACU assessment rubrics appear to be very useful. However, for the sanity of the facultyadvisors who develop these programs and

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I Accredidation

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Amitabha Bandyopadhyay, State University of New York, Farmingdale

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.  Graduates are committed with lifelong learning, quality and safety.  Graduates follow ethical principles and they contribute to the growth of the community.Typical employers are companies that manufacture steel, mining companies, dairy companies,beverage production, oil and gas service companies, and the airlines. Some of companies hiringgraduates are LAN, Gloria S.A., ABB S.A., SN/Power, and Maestranza Diesel SAC.The baccalaureate program in chemical engineering technology in this middle eastern industrialcollege is structured for a five-year duration consisting of a preparatory year, two specializationyears for the associate degree program followed by another two years for the BS degree program.The number of graduates has increased from 26 to

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II Skills Development

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Jaby Mohammed, Petroleum Institute; Mary Ragnhild Hilja Hatakka, Petroleum Institute

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) [5], states engineering students’ minimum learning outcomes (a)through (k) as shown in Table 1: Table 1: ABET learning outcomes a) an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science and engineering b) an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data c) an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability d) an ability to function on multidisciplinary teams e) an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems f) an

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I Accredidation

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Esra Tekdal Yilmaz, Pennsylvania State University, Lehman

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, prepared by ABET for accrediting engineeringprograms, 2016 – 2017 define the general program evaluation criteria as follows: 11) Students2) Program Educational Objectives3) Student Outcomes (a) an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering (b) an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data (c) an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability (d) an ability to function on multidisciplinary teams (e) an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II Skills Development

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Mahmoud Abdulwahed, Qatar University

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Technology Support Unit” with OFID, and worked with the College of Engineering on inception/approval of the ”Technology Innovation & Engineering Ed- ucation (TIEE) Department ”. Mahmoud received several fellowships, from University of Technology Sydney, University Science Malaysia, and from USA Department of State (DoS) Professional Fellows program. He published 60+ peer-reviewed conference and journal articles, and attained a number of industry research funds, academic recognitions, awards, and best papers distinctions. He published on aspects related to Internet of Things (IoT), digitally enabled learning, innovation, entrepreneurship, lead- ership, design, ethics, constructivism, competencies, Knowledge Based

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Saud A Ghani, Qatar University

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confidence, respect and motivation is useful inall kind of working fields; specially women undergraduate engineers are more confident whencompared with males of other discipline groups. Khazanee (1996) referred to female engineers,such as less aggressive attitude towards colleagues than males, tendency of listening more andacting not spontaneously, and being more attentive, accurate, and organized. Additionally,successful ability writing in math and science by females, can prove advantageous in allacademic fields (Halpern et al. 2007), while introduction of unique and important perspectivesand priorities will conclude into positive social outcomes and greater ethical accountability(Eagly and Carli 2003). Females are characterized as high self

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I Curriculum

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Alice F. Squires, Washington State University; Jon Patrick Wade, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Systems & Enterprises); Nicole A.C. Hutchison, Stevens Institute of Technology

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information literacy Personal Maintains a positive self-image and possesses positive self-confidenceOf note, the collective stakeholders from the focus groups felt that the following needed to beemphasized or added to the list for engineers to be successful in the global context3: • Cultural sensitivity / tolerance to other people and perspectives • Open-mindedness and ability to adapt • Ability to behave ethically across cultures / social responsibility • Research, analytical thinking, problem-solving, and improvement capabilities • Innovation and entrepreneurshipGiven Cross-Cultural attributes missing from the top eight list, and the observations of the focusgroups, the missing Cross-Cultural attributes, of importance to this

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II Outreach

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Terrell Lamont Strayhorn, The Ohio State University; Royel Montel Johnson, Center for Higher Education Enterprise

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relate to participation in various co-curricular (e.g., clubs andorganizations) and curricular (e.g., internships) programs and activities.Additionally, the NSSE questionnaire includes a set of items that elicitinformation about students’ perceived learning gains, making it suitable forthe present study. For instance, one item asked: “To what extent has yourexperience at this institution contributed to your knowledge, skills, andpersonal development in analyzing quantitative problems?” Responseoptions ranged from 1 (very little) to 4 (very much); other items asked aboutcommunication skills, working on a team, and ethics, to name a few. To date,more than 600 colleges and universities have participated in the nationalsurvey.A web-based approach

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Rose-Margaret Ekeng-Itua, Ohlone College

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learningenvironment for female and underrepresented students in Engineering.Burnham highlights that compared to other professions, Engineers seems to have immensepower and responsibility and should therefore be afforded the opportunities to channel this desirefor positive change around the world.29 Engineering Education should therefore prepare studentsto make lasting positive impact in the lives of people globally.Munoz also defines Humanitarian Engineers as Engineers who “try to balance technicalexcellence, economic feasibility, ethical maturity, and cultural sensitivity” through a set ofspecially designed technical, humanities, and social science classes, as well as a DesignExperience.30 This could arguably be said to really be the definition of an

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I Curriculum

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Mitchell L Springer PMP, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kari L. Clase, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Lauren Ann Terruso, Purdue University

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certifications and degrees.The methodology employed to assess the potential list of resources was to make an exhaustivelist (as possible, since higher education is constantly changing) of graduate and post-baccalaureate institutions that provide certification in regulatory science fields. First, thecategories of cost, availability, and curriculum needed streamlining for comparison purposes.Then, best practices needed to be identified, for both domestic and international programs.Common themes of coursework in the life sciences, biotechnology, and policy/ethics wereidentified. Often, programs would require or prefer a bachelors in health science, life sciences, orengineering with common requirements of the advanced degree mandating courses in

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I Study Abroad Programs

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2016 ASEE International Forum

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James N Warnock, Mississippi State University; Galyna Melnychuk, Mississippi State University

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. 3 Faculty-led Study Abroad in an engineering course International Engineering Internship Semester-long Engineering Exchange Program Overseas Service Learning (e.g. Engineers Without Borders)Leadership Electives 6 International Business Law Construction Engineering and Management Analysis and Mitigation of Conflicts, Claims and Disputes Civil Engineering Comprehensive Social and Ethical Issues in Computing Managing Software Projects Introduction to Engineering and Public Policy Engineering Entrepreneurship Seminar International Business International Economic Development International Economics

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II Courses

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Ijlal Haider, The University of Lahore; Farhan Ahmad, UOL; Nishwa Fayyaz, Virtual University, Pakistan

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secondary schools anddiscussed advantages of teaching Medical Physics1. Robinson2 has presented their experience ofoffering an introductory Biomedical Engineering course to students from various backgrounds.This course was offered as Science, Technology & Society (STS) elective for engineering andnon-engineering students. They examined the technological basis of innovation, ethics andeconomics of medical technology. Ramon has discussed teaching medical instrumentation usingMATLAB. They cover several topics including EEG, ECG, Biosensors and Electrodes, Bloodflow and MRI3.Toft-Nielsen et al. has explained the importance of teaching virtualinstrumentation to students of Biomedical Engineering. They have designed a one credit course“LabVIEW

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Sivachandran Chandrasekaran P.E., Deakin University; John Matthew Long, Deakin University; Yanan Wang P.E., School of Engineering, Deakin University, Waurn Ponds, Geelong, Victoria, Australia; Junior Nomani JN, Deakin University; Qiang Zhao; Zhigang Jiang, Wuhan University of Science and Technology; Roger Dianlei Geng PhD, Wuhan University of Science and Technology; Bernard Rolfe, Deakin University

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. From thequantitative and qualitative analysis performed, the results are analysed and presented from a students’perspective about project/design based learning practice in a particular unit. The survey was given tomore than 100 students across multiple courses in the first year of engineering. It was anonymous andnon-identifiable. These results are from students’ own experiences and the results present various views,which include students’ knowledge and expectations. In turn this can inform the collaborative programto enhance the international student-learning experience. In line with ethics process and procedures, athird party conducted the research survey. The questions were prepared to identify the challenges inteaching and learning and in

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I Accredidation

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2016 ASEE International Forum

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Sergey Gerasimov, Siberian Transport University; Yury P Pokholkov, Tomsk polytechnic university, Association for Engineering Education of Russia; Kseniya K Tolkacheva, Association for Engineering Education of Russia, Tomsk Polytechnic University; Jose Carlos Quadrado, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto

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to EPs of variouscycles (content of EPs in general and per subject in ECTS points, number of programme subjects’teachers with PhD and ScD, etc.)A substantial part of experts’ training is allocated to practical classes. During these classes expertslearn to analyze EPs goals and outcomes, their compliance with HEI mission and strategy andemployers’ requirements, efficiency of mechanisms used for adjustment of EP goals and outcomes.During the final part of their studies experts become familiar with accreditation visit report forms,order and procedure of their preparation. Moreover, experts study the professional ethics code andrequirements related to conflict of interest between HIE and experts.Training workshops were carried out by the

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II Outreach

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2016 ASEE International Forum

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Jane Goodyer P.E., Massey University; Lizzie Miles, Coventry University UK; Anh Lan Ho Tran, Coventry University

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of the humanitarian engineer9 “the artful drawing on science todirect the resources of nature with active compassion to meet the basic needs of all –especially the economically poor, or otherwise marginalized” it forces engineers to embracetheir social, cultural and ethical skills. Skills that may be underdeveloped, in many practicingengineers, due to their education and professional experience. This leads to a call to convergeconcepts, disciplines, and epistemologies to solve complex problems that are bound by largersocial systems and its interdependencies, i.e. leading engineers to work with variousdisciplines from agriculture, medicine, earth sciences, social sciences and education9. Thistransdisciplinary sytems approach also supports the

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I Accredidation

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2016 ASEE International Forum

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Uriel Ruben Cukierman, IFEES; Lueny Morell, InnovaHiEd; Rene Alejandro Noel, Universidad de Valparaíso; Roberto Munoz, Universidad de Valparaíso; Eduardo Vendrell Vidal, Polytechnic University of Valencia; Carlos Becerra, Escuela de Ingeniería Civil Informática, Universidad de Valparaíso; Carmen Gloria Prado Mg, Universidad de Valparaiso

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other three programs that were in the process of formulating their competencies, adhere to the Faculty transversal competences (professional ethics and STEM), adding only a limited number of specific competencies, relevant to their discipline.In both cases, the recommendation is that the specific elements that each career should add tothe transversal competences are explicit as learning outcomes indicators, which are ultimatelyassociated with each subject of the new curricula. These activities are currently beingdeployed among the programs of the School of Engineering, by supporting teacher with threestrategies: co-design of learning activities, elaboration of teaching guides including learningactivities that are explicitly linked