gettinginvolved with other traditional students. Finding ways to unite this group of students both in andout of the classroom can be a challenge1. Veteran and active duty students have persistence andmental toughness for academic work stemming from their goal oriented work ethic in themilitary. Some of these veterans and active duty students initially entered college after highschool, performed poorly due to the lack of mental toughness and persistence, and then enteredthe military. As students who are now traditionally older and more cognitively developed, theyare better equipped to scaffold more traditional students through complicated problems andinteractions. In addition, their world experience provides a different and critically broadexperience
development with a specific focus on professional development, ethics, and coaching.Valerie N. Streets, University of Tulsa Valerie N. Streets is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Tulsa. She received her Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Old Dominion University in 2016. Her research focuses on underrepresented groups and the professional development of the STEM workforce.Ms. Alison J. Kerr, University of Tulsa Alison Kerr is a graduate student at The University of Tulsa. She is pursuing a doctoral degree in Industrial-Organizational Psychology. Her research interests include training development and evaluation as explored across a variety of academic disciplines and organizational
descriptivenarrative often including sound engineering judgement or justifications, outstandingcontributions and key conclusions. Some critical findings and contributions may not berecognized unless they are presented through a formal writing narrative. On the other hand, theAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) has stipulated the engineeringeducation outcomes as (f) an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility; (g) anability to communicate effectively; (h) The broad education necessary to understand the impactof engineering solutions in a global and societal context; (i) A recognition of the need for and anability to engage in life-long learning, and (j) Knowledge of contemporary issues. Theseoutcomes are hard to achieve in
example, the institute is accompanied by an Honor Code when it was establishedthat outlines certain standards of ethical conduct for persons associated with the institute. Thepolicies of the Honor Code apply to all students of the institute or taking courses at the institute,faculty members, staff members, and administrators. The Faculty Committee for Discipline(FCD) consists of faculty members and imposes sanctions on students that have been found tohave violated the Honor Code. The decisions of the FCD are ordinarily final.The JI is a US-like system within a Chinese institution and a private-like college of a publicuniversity. This unique identity creates challenges as well as opportunities for the institute toexperience differences between the
designed in soil mechanics Character - Identify personal passions (5) an ability to recognize ethical and explain basic concepts in Develop professional and a plan for professional professional responsibilities in engineering leadership; analyze issues in development plan; analyze development situations and make informed judgments, which professional ethics; and explain ethics cases from ASCE; track - Fulfill commitments in a must consider the impact of engineering the importance of professional number of students involved in timely manner
professionals. When asked what specific skills were important as a follow up question,the respondents highlighted that the most important skills could be identified as timemanagement, work ethic, mathematical skills, business and accounting skills, team work, peopleskills and communication skills.It was interesting to observe that the management level industry professionals credited theimportance of the above STEM success necessities and skills to the interaction that is requiredeither directly or indirectly with the customer / end consumer. While direct supervisors seemedto be more focused on the streamlining and efficiency aspects of the skills they associated withsuccess in a STEM profession.The biggest and most common weakness in STEM students
, knowledge of changes in student attitudes were sought as a response to a coursedeveloped for first year engineering (FYE) majors [12]. This course, Engineering and Society,contains elements that are common among FYE courses such as the study of engineeringdisciplines, ethics, and a team-based design project, yet it uniquely focuses on the connectionsamong engineering/technology and society and the development of technology within a societalcontext. This allows us to integrate ethics and the engineering design experience with thetechnology and society content, which provides a platform for analyzing current technologicalsystems and exposes students to the breadth and diversity of engineering. Aside from meetingABET and University-level outcomes
● Clear conclusion stated interaction between living and non-living materials and systems.(c) Design a system, component, or ● Final design meets or exceeds client-specified criteria process to meet desired needs within ● The design evaluation considers environmental, ethical, health, realistic constraints such as economic, safety, regulatory constraints environmental, social, political, ● The design evaluation considers manufacturability, sustainability, ethical, health and safety, social, political, and economic constraints manufacturability, and sustainability(d) Function on multidisciplinary and ● Positive peer evaluations diverse teams and provide leadership
undergraduate engineering programs. He has advised on over forty (40) Senior Design Projects and his teams of students have received five (5) National Championships and three Best Design Awards. In the recent years, he has challenged himself with the creation of an effective methodology for successful Invention and Innovation. He was part of a 14 member multi-disciplinary team to design and create the ”Society, Ethics, and Technology (SET)” course at TCNJ in 1994 and has taught multiple regular and Honors sections of this course since then. He is currently leading a multi- disciplinary team of faculty from TCNJ’s School of Engineering and the Department of Sociology for assessment of the Professional Formation of Engineers
in response to the call for expanded professional skill sets. LED(now LEES) produced, for instance, a number of “spin-off” constituent committees anddivisions, most notably the Ethics Division. Not limited to those in the humanities and socialsciences, and indicative of the import that ASEE members now place on the associated learningoutcome, the Ethics Division is now one of the largest divisions in our society. The traditionaldisciplinary divisions have also responded to this shift. The call to integrate professional skillsinto the core technical courses within engineering has brought innumerable changes in curriculaas well as associated educational research, which are reflected in the papers presented at ourannual conference.Once the EAC
teacher and an engaged, participative student. Alongthe way the student should learn how to explore gaining knowledge without the teacher in orderto instill life-long learning. The teacher usually also tries to instill a good work ethic as thestudent learns. For the mathematics and sciences courses this often involves assigning problemsets for the student to apply and practice the tools, techniques, and concepts presented in classand in the reading assignments. At regular intervals the student is tested on her or his ability toidentify and categorize problems, select the appropriate tools to solve the problem, and apply theappropriate problem solving steps to actually solve the problem. This testing exercise isdesigned for assessment and feedback
Ethics Center.Ms. Jennifer L Pratt, University of Southern Maine, Muskie School of Public Service Jennifer Pratt is a Research Analyst with extensive experience conducting quantitative and qualitative evaluation projects. Jennifer’s strong organizational skills impact a variety of environments in her role at the Muskie School as she guides process flow for several inter-disciplinary teams. She assists with the development and implementation of data collection protocols and surveys. In addition Jennifer develops and facilitates design of databases and use of database management systems, including computer assisted qualitative data analysis tools. She provides technical support and assistance in performance quality
teamwork, diverse skills, o Optimization creativity and cooperation o Collaboration• Inviting divergent thinking and doing o Communication• Integrating interdisciplinary and creative o Ethical Considerations approaches o Critical Thinking• Exploring multiple solutions to problems NSTA. (2017) Best STEM Books. Science and Children, 54(6), 71-78.For More Information: Download the “Best STEM Books” article for free from the NSTAwebsite by going to http://www.nsta.org/publications/, and selecting the February 2017 issue ofScience and Children, Science Scope, or The
thefields of water resources engineering, environmental engineering, cosmetics, and nutrition havebeen developed. By focusing on these fields, the positive impact that algae can have on issuesfaced by developing nations around the world was highlighted. Gas transfer and coagulationflocculation experiments have been used to research the sustainability of algae use in the watertreatment process, with a focus on the feasibility of replacing current processes with algae basedalternatives. Calorimeter tests have been conducted to research the potential nutritional benefit ofalgae based products. Exposure to social and environmental injustices along with ethics casestudies are also an integral part of the project. Ultimately, the purpose of this project
experts atchallenging students to develop excellent listening skills, cultural sensitivity, ethics, andempathy13,14. While engineering programs require students to take courses in the arts,humanities, and social sciences, students often compartmentalize these human-centric skills as“liberal arts” skills instead of weaving them into their technical expertise. There are numerousexamples of engineering programs or courses that have incorporated arts and humanities intodesign courses to encourage students to practice integrating human-centric skills with theirtechnical knowledge.15-17 A major challenge faced by this approach is that these courses are oftenseen as design courses and the “soft skills” offered by the arts and humanities faculty are just
instrumentation lab experiment (Rhudy and Rossmann, 2015). • Our first year introduction to engineering course featuring a cornerstone design experience as well as the introduction of engineering as a sociotechnical enterprise. We teach engineering design thinking as founded on empathy & interchange with all stakeholders; we encourage students to become problem definers, not simply problem solvers (Cohen, Rossmann, and Sanford Bernhardt, 2014). • Engineering ethics infused throughout the engineering curricula in several majors; faculty members develop and include modules on ethics related to the course’s technical content. This work in one engineering department has been recognized
valuedMaintain high ethical standards Demonstrates high ethics in their interactions and fairness in their decisionsTo augment the KEEN [2] definition and give multiple perspectives on Maker characteristics, theFive Roles framework [3] is also used. It was selected due to it being constructed from behaviorsEntrepreneurs reported doing. Table 2 shows an excerpt from the Five Roles framework [3], thefull framework is shown in Appendix 2.Table 2: Five Roles Framework [3]Roles Attributes DefinitionFraming the Challenge Performance Orientated Sets high standards of(specifying highly challenging
interdisciplinary problems PS2 Interdisciplinary communication TS2 Design of computational/physical experiments PS3 Interdisciplinary collaboration TS3 Application of informatics to materials science TS4 Goal-oriented design of systems, components, PS4 Ethical behavior processes PS5 Organization/management skills TS5 Hands-on experience and practical knowledgeNote: The table is adapted from [11].Table 2. Program Learning Outcomes. Program Learning Outcomes 1. Master concepts and principles of his/her central discipline and apply this subject matter to solve problems/generate new interdisciplinary knowledge (TS1-TS5
, skills, and Processes (ETool) and tools engineers use in their work.Issues, Solutions, and Impacts To solve complex and multidisciplinary problems, students need to be able to understand the impact of (ISI) their solutions on current issues and vice versa. Ethics (Ethics) Students should consider ethical situations inherent in the practice of engineering. In K-12 engineering education, it is important to develop students’ abilities to participate as a contributing Teamwork (Team) team member. Communication Related to Communication is the ability of a student to effectively take in information and to relay
Paper ID #20308Assessing the Spectrum of International Undergraduate Engineering Educa-tional Experiences: A Cross Institutional SurveyDr. Larry J. Shuman, University of Pittsburgh Larry J. Shuman is Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Distinguished Service Professor of industrial engineering at the Swanson School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. His research focuses on improving the engineering education experience with an emphasis on assessment of design and problem solving, and the study of the ethical behavior of engineers and engineering managers. A former Senior Editor of the Journal of
the changing demands of the modern medical device productdevelopment environment. Under the proposed changes, accredited BME programs will beexpected to develop diverse teams of engineers that are not only comfortable in the clinicalenvironment, but also “recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineeringsituations” and have the ability to identify “the ongoing need for additional knowledge andlocate, evaluate, integrate, and apply this knowledge appropriately.”2For many engineering disciplines, teaching students how to find and use journal articles, patents,and standards ensures that they will have a relatively complete understanding of the professionalinformation environment.3 However, BME students entering the workforce
% Teamwork 57% Problem Solving 55% Design 52%Analysis of course syllabus and course timeline scheduleStudents that responded to this survey had just completed an introductory course for theirengineering coursework that included learning outcomes of: applying critical thinkingframework to engineering design problems, explaining steps to an engineering design,summarizing effective strategies for dealing with interpersonal and communication problems thatarise in teamwork, and identifying ethical and professional issues of engineering practice.Through an analysis of the course schedule and lesson timeline we found a significant amountclass time was
proposedsolutions and helped redefine program-level student learning outcomes.Eventually the committee agreed on changes and developed an implementation plan. At thispoint courses and programs were developed into a proposal and passed on through the universitycourse and curriculum approval process.Key Artifacts of the ProcessThis paper will not attempt to present all of the brainstorming ideas, diagrams, and artifactsproduced during the process. However, a few key artifacts may help the reader understand thecontext of the revised curriculum: Mission Statement We educate students from Kansas and the Midwest, transforming them into capable, ethical members of the computing profession. We provide Kansas and Midwestern
related to classroom instructors’ feedback onsite leadership performance including areas of management, supervision, their ability to givefeedback, professionalism, work ethic and problem solving skills. These results will then becompared to the classroom instructors interest outcomes on the SEEK program. The implicationsof this research include better understanding the role of leadership during short-term, out-of-school (OST) engineering programs such as training and professional development and otherpotential best practices.INTRODUCTIONOut-of-school time (OST) programs including after-school, before-school, and summer-basedactivities assist with narrowing the achievement gap and increasing interest in STEM forstudents of color. OST programs
clear expression of ideas in writing. ISLO 2: Critical Thinking “A habit of mind” characterized by the comprehensive exploration of issues, ideas, artifacts, and events before accepting or formulating an opinion or conclusion. ISLO 3: Information Literacy The ability to know when there is a need for information, to be able to identify, locate, evaluate, and effectively and responsibly use and share that information for the problem at hand. ISLO 4: Ethical Reasoning Ethical reasoning to reasoning about right and wrong
notexplicitly reflected in the rubric’s criteria. Specifically within the chemical engineering literature,many key themes were already reflected in the rubric, with the exception of uncertainty. Fromthe electrical and mechanical engineering literature, themes such as industrial ecology,technological adaptability, e-waste, and user experience were missing from the rubric. Inaddition, design for “X” (DfX) approaches, such as design for disassembly, were commonlydiscussed in the electrical and mechanical literature.3 Affordability and Ethics Innovation Equity (Across Disciplines
isparticularly suitable for implementation in engineering courses because its benefits are consistentwith student learning outcomes specified by the Accreditation Board for Engineering andTechnology (ABET), specifically the following strands from criterion 3 (ABET, 2015): (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
to meet 7 outcomes.Outcome 4 states “Design appropriate solutions in one or more application domains usingsoftware engineering approaches that integrate ethical, social, legal, and economic concerns”. Itis through this outcome we expect students to design solutions that address ethical, social, legal,security, and economic concerns. The importance of security in the curriculum guidelines can benoted from the change in SE education Knowledge Areas. In the 2004 Curriculum Guidelines forUndergraduate Degree Programs in Software Engineering [4] security was listed as an area ofstudy. However in the 2014 Curriculum Guidelines for Undergraduate Degree Programs inSoftware Engineering [5] there is now an increase in the visibility of software
is resolved in favor of students’ learning, increasing thelikelihood that partner communities are left with inappropriate and unusable solutions.6To address these tensions and make sure that communities also benefit from these programs,many scholars have proposed elaborate frameworks and philosophical commitments toinform the practice of humanitarian engineering projects. For instance, Amadei andcolleagues published a model comprising 10 guiding principles for Sustainable HumanitarianEngineering projects. 9 The principles stress the importance of following ethical andprofessional codes and collaborating with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.Another model for HE is Engineering for Social Justice (E4SJ)10 which provides six
Paper ID #17898An Evaluation of a Research Experience Traineeship (RET) Program for In-tegrating Nanotechnology into Pre-College CurriculumDr. Justin L Hess, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis Dr. Justin L Hess is the Assistant Director of the STEM Education Innovation and Research Institute. In this role, Justin is working on improving the state of STEM education across IUPUI’s campus. Dr. Hess’s research interests include exploring empathy’s functional role within engineering and design; de- signing STEM ethics curricula; and evaluating students’ learning in the spaces of design, ethics, and