construction. As the leaders of change in fundamental civil engineeringprocesses, it is the responsibility of civil engineering departments nationwide to lead themovement toward sustainable civil engineering development through research and education oftheir students.” 1 Sustainability is one of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) fourkey programs 2. It is also part of Canon 1 of the ASCE Code of Ethics, “Engineers shall holdparamount the safety, health and welfare of the public and shall strive to comply with theprinciples of sustainable development in the performance of their professional duties.” 3Robinson and Sutterer cited as barriers to sustainability in education that many civil engineeringfaculty are not knowledgeable about
Qualitative Reasoning Information Literacy Engage in Culture, Cultural Engagement Values, and the Arts Arts Engagement Ethical Engagement Communicate Written Communication Oral Communication Visual Communication Integrated Communication3.2 ParticipantsStudents enrolled in the new program’s ePortfolio course were required to participate in theresearch as part of their assignment. Six students completed the assignment including 4 femalesand 2 males. All participants were
these processes successfully exceptSACSCOC and we started offering the curriculum courses from 2015.Laboratory ModulesLaboratory modules are used for teaching, research and outreach, and the design of laboratory modulesreflect these uses. We use two different laboratory settings for our cybersecurity concentration courses –virtual and face-to-face.The virtual laboratory is from the NDG NetLAB+(https://www.netdevgroup.com/content/cybersecurity). This platform provides our students withlaboratory experiences on number of cybersecurity and computer science topics in an onlineenvironment. Our students conduct experiments in NISGTC Security+, NISGTC Network Security,NISGTC Forensics, NISGTC Ethical Hacking, CSSIA CompTIA Security+. This laboratory
effectively as a member of a technical team (e) an ability to identify, analyze, and solve narrowly defined engineering technology problems (f) an ability to apply written, oral, and graphical communication in both technical and non-technical environments; and an ability to identify and use appropriate technical literature (g) an understanding of the need for and an ability to engage in self-directed continuing professional development (h) an understanding of and a commitment to address professional and ethical responsibilities, including a respect for diversity (i) a commitment to quality, timeliness, and continuous improvementCurricular Topics (a) Application of principles of geometric
identified eight outcomes of thefirst-year engineering program at the southwestern institution: (1) Teamwork, (2) EngineeringProfession, (3) Ethics, (4) Engineering Communication, (5) Engineering Design, (6) Math andPhysics Modeling, (7) Problem Solving, and (8) Algorithmic/Computational Thinking. Figure 2shows the engineering enculturation outcomes. Figure 2. Engineering enculturation outcomes in the first-year engineering programC. Taxonomies of Engineering EducationWith the growing areas of research and with the purpose of avoiding duplication of effort andfragmentation of the field, a team of engineering education researchers elaborated a taxonomy,entitled Engineering Education Research Taxonomy (EER Taxonomy) (Finelli, 2018
DevelopmentSystems thinking is the ability to view problems and develop solutions from a systems levelperspective, understanding the complex technical, industrial, social, and ethical implications. Webelieve this to be essential to a researcher’s ability to transform fundamental research intocomplete engineering systems [6]. The transformation of fundamental research into completesystems, known as translation, is a priority to the advancement of nanotechnology according toNSF [7] and a key focus area of the Centers. However important, systems thinking is not theonly skill necessary for success.A range of other professional and career skills are also valuable and are well articulated in theNational Academy of Engineering publication, The Engineer of 2020 [4
Director of Research at the Troost Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering, University of Toronto. Her research interests include engineering leadership in university and workplace settings as well as ethics and equity in engineering education.Mr. Mike Klassen, University of Toronto Mike Klassen is PhD Candidate in Higher Education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto. He was a long-time team member at the Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering (ILead). Mike has an MA in Higher Education and a BASc in Engineering Science from the University of Toronto.Jamie Ricci, Indspire Jamie Ricci is currently a researcher at Indspire, Canada’s largest charity supporting
. Military Academy Dr. Brock E. Barry, P.E. is Professor of Engineering Education in the Department of Civil & Mechanical Engineering at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York. Dr. Barry holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Rochester Institute of Technology, a Master of Science degree from University of Colorado at Boulder, and a PhD from Purdue University. Prior to pursuing a career in academics, Dr. Barry spent 10-years as a senior geotechnical engineer and project manager on projects through- out the United States. He is a licensed professional engineer in multiple states. Dr. Barry’s areas of research include assessment of professional ethics, teaching and learning in engineering
in October, 2014. Per Board of Trustee approval, the BS Engineering Science programwould have three specializations: biomedical, computer, and environmental engineering. Per theDirector of the University Core Curriculum, the curriculum would include twelve liberal artscourses (36 semester cr hr). But other program aspects were undefined. As an engineeringgraduate of a sister Jesuit University and an engineering ethics textbook author, she believed thatthe combination of engineering and social justice was an obvious foundation for a program.Jesuit universities have emphasized social justice since the Jesuits’ General Congregation 32 in1975, when “the promotion of justice” was declared central to the Society of Jesus’ mission [13,14]. LUC
that these trends largelyfollow the overall enrollments in engineering programs at Lafayette, with increased shares of ABEngineering degrees awarded in the mid-1980s and 2000s.In the early 1980s, preceding and coincident with these large enrollments, the college’s first yearIntroduction to Engineering course was taught by one of the two founders of the AB inEngineering program, a charismatic and dynamic professor. This professor retired in 1988, and atthe same time the Introduction to Engineering course was replaced by a sophomore level courseon engineering professionalism and ethics. That students were no longer being introduced to themajor during their first year by an enthusiastic faculty member in a required class may havecontributed to
-based courses the students acquire the ability to design, build, program and testinteractive embedded devices and implement human-machine interactions. Nevertheless, one ofthe most important goals of the program is that they learn to do research, find their ownsolutions, develop team management skills, presentation and documentation skills, they get thesense of critical design processes getting confidence and motivation to persevere until theobjective is reached.During the lectures of these courses the students learn different topics as history of computerengineering, the electronics development cycle, professional ethics, common development toolsused in industry, interview, resume/CV writing, and presentation preparation, management,testing
Paper ID #26815What You Need to Succeed: Examining Culture and Capital in BiomedicalEngineering Undergraduate EducationDanielle Corple, Purdue University Danielle Corple received her Ph.D. from the Brian Lamb School of Communication at Purdue University. This fall, she will be an assistant professor at Wheaton College in Illinois. She studies organizational communication, diversity and inclusion, ethics, and social change.Dr. Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Carla B. Zoltowski is an assistant professor of engineering practice in the Schools of Electrical and Com
University, West Lafayette Carla B. Zoltowski is an assistant professor of engineering practice in the Schools of Electrical and Com- puter Engineering and (by courtesy) Engineering Education and Director of the Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) Program at Purdue University. She holds a B.S.E.E., M.S.E.E., and Ph.D. in Engineer- ing Education, all from Purdue. Prior to this she was Co-Director of the EPICS Program at Purdue where she was responsible for developing curriculum and assessment tools and overseeing the research efforts within EPICS. Her research interests include the professional formation of engineers, diversity, inclusion, and equity in engineering, human-centered design, engineering ethics, and
dismissing student dissent, we connect student resistance to ourleveraging of power, and in the process consider how this resistance came about, and how it canbe viewed as productive rather than counterproductive to the overall change effort. In shiftingour perspective to view students’ resistance to change as meaningful and justified reactions tosituations we put them in, we can begin to question our implicit assumptions about what is fairand ethical in curricular design and innovation in engineering education.Background: Local ContextFor Year 2 (Y2) pilot implementation of Engineering Math, the decision was made to make theclass mandatory for all students entering the college who, based on an standard incoming mathplacement exam among other
are not well-studied in the engineering education literature.In related work, in order to facilitate the integration of ethics into the engineering curriculum,Nair and Bulleit [13] propose identifying ethical philosophies that are compatible with theexisting “engineering way of thinking” (EWT). Though we see engineering ethics as related butdistinct from our interests in sociotechnical integration, we look to this work as an example ofbringing together historically disparate considerations such as ethics and the technical side ofengineering work.Engineering ways of thinking were also analyzed in a case study by Godfrey on engineeringculture in an Australian university that had previously undergone a curriculum and culturaloverhaul. Godfrey
part of reducing the gaps in getting to know about field-relatedtopics such as selecting faculty advisors, following curriculum maps to ensure passing of pre-requisite courses, and other engineering specific requirements and scholarship, engaging inundergraduate engineering design and research, ethics in engineering profession and acquiringindustrial experience through internships.Institution: The authors’ institution, a land-grant institution, is a Historically Black Colleges andUniversities (HBCUs) in the U.S. It is composed of 95% African-American student populationand 59% of pupils from families with incomes below the poverty level as defined by the U.S.Census Bureau. This institution accommodated 8.5% of all undergraduate African
, interdisciplinary collaboration, ethical behavior, andorganization/management skills), whereas the writing community focuses on improvingacademic and professional writing skills. Figure 1 presents a student’s development of anePortfolio aligned with their programmatic and education experiences. Figure 1: ePortfolio developmentThe ePortfolio platform students used was Google Sites. To minimize the tediousness of creatinga website completely on their own, students were provided with an ePortfolio template, as wellas detailed instructions on how to navigate and develop their Google Sites. Two majorcomponents of the ePortfolio include the personal profiles and learning portfolio (see Table 1).These sections allowed gave students
engineering ethic. My academic interests have changed. Teamwork skills. Skills 10 Academic research skills. Critical thinking skills. I learned more about another country’s economy, political perspectives, culture, history, religion, education and food, etc. Attitudes 14 Ability to understand and interact with people from diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds. Capability to adapt to a new environment (a new
assessmentstrategies to identify services and infrastructure to meet the needs of graduate students andfaculty researchers. In general, results revealed the need for developing information literacyskills, technological infrastructure and physical facilities for collaboration. More specifically,assessment findings showed that researchers: (1) identified a need for assistance with technicalwriting, communication skills, search strategies, and ethical use of information; (2) expected newservices encompassing data management, authorship, copyright, and organizing, sharing, andpreserving information in the digital environment; and (3) needed a collaborative space whereteaching and research services coincided. A grant, awarded by the U.S. Department ofEducation
: InstrumentDevelopment and Preliminary Psychometric Data”. Proceedings from the 125th American Societyfor Engineering Education Conference and Exposition, Paper #22372.[3] Zenios, S., Makower, J., & Yock, P. (2010) Biodesign: The process of innovating medicaltechnologies. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.[4] Cech, E.A. (2014). Culture of disengagement in engineering education? Science, Technology,& Human Values, 39(1): 42-72.[5] Bairaktarova, D., & Woodcock, A. (2017). Engineering student’s ethical awareness and behavior: a new motivational model. Science and Engineering Ethics, 23(4): 1129-1157.[6] Mamaril, N.A., Usher, E.L., Li, C.R, Economy, D.R., & Kennedy, M.S. (2016). Measuringundergraduate students’ engineering self-efficacy
alterations?(3) Was the role of fire safety engineering recognised in the 2016 alterations package?(4) Are the public or even the public representatives literate enough in engineering terms to ask the critical leading questions, to separate the chaff from the wheat?(5) If a professional engineer with fire safety expertise was party to the design and construction team would their responsibilities to keeping to a Code of Ethics for Engineers {e.g. the Institution of Civil Engineers [3], or the Institution of Fire Engineers [4]) have made a difference to the nature of the specification of the materials used? Both codes would have required their member to show due regard for the safety of life and health of the public, and for any
photosyntheticmicroorganism that is ubiquitous and has been used by many civilizations for various uses. Theseuses range for aquaculture feed to food for humans. In recent years the use has been expanded forbiofuels, cosmetics, nutrient removal from wastewater and much more. The algae basedexperiments present engineering fundamentals and scientific principles, and providestudents/educators hands-on experience with engineering experiments and problem-solving. Theexperiments also include concepts from both the humanities and social sciences, such as ethics,gender and racial biases. A subset of the modules described in this paper were tested with first-year students in engineering through the use of surveys and participation in a focus group. Fromthe conducted surveys
which even technological problems canhave negative impacts on society. These connections between design, technology, ethics, and thepublic are essential to the foundation of engineering education. Faculty in higher education arepoised to create opportunities for students to build an understanding of social issues through thedevelopment of skills in civic engagement (enabling engagement in moral, social, and politicalissues), in addition to the core skills of engineering practice, will allow students to create holisticsolutions to address systemic challenges.Civic engagement in society can take a variety of forms, with the most basic indicators beingrates of voting in political elections. The National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement
Dr. Justin L Hess is the Assistant Director of the STEM Education Innovation and Research Institute and an Adjunct Assistant Professor of STEM Education Research in the Department of Technology Leader- ship and Communication at IUPUI. Dr. Hess’s research interests include exploring empathy’s functional role in engineering and design; designing STEM ethics curricula; and evaluating learning in the spaces of design, ethics, and sustainability. Previously, Justin worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Wel- don School of Biomedical Engineering at Purdue University where he created and refined ethical theory and learning modules to improve engineering students’ ethical reasoning skills and dispositions. Justin
data justice in the US/Mexican borderlands, and the development and practice of engineering expertise. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Teaching social responsibility in a Circuits courseAbstractIn an entry-level Electrical Circuits course, we designed a series of modules to help engineeringstudents consider the social and ethical implications of electrical engineering. Such implicationsare particularly evident when we consider the origin of materials that electrical engineers use, theproducts that they develop, and the lifecycle of those products. Engaging with issues related tosocial context can seem disconnected from technical course content by both students and
during their firstyear of college, and apply it to their habits for critical thinking and metacognition. Thisknowledge could inform our guided practice in reflection through essays and other prompts. Ourfirst-year engineering design course at a research institution in the southeastern United Statesalready includes practice in certain professional skills, such as ethics and integrity, teamwork andtechnical communication. It is evident that reflective judgment is another important professionalskill that should be initiated early in the engineering curriculum, both for solving ill-structuredproblems and for retaining knowledge.Our research question is as follows: How well do first year students develop higher level thinking skills through
, resource recovery from waste, and bioremediation. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Integration of a Local ‘Wicked’ Problem into the Environmental Engineering Laboratory CurriculumINTRODUCTIONThe Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology Inc. (ABET) works to ensureconfidence in programs and ensure graduates are prepared for the workforce. One outcome ofspecific importance is ABET outcome j, which is for students to ‘gain a knowledge ofcontemporary issues’ or outcome 4 which comes into effect in 2019 and states that students musthave “an ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situationsand make informed judgments, which
isolationusing the currently available data. An independent control group with the exact same conditionsexcept for the “programming without computer” experience could enable more reliable statisticalinferences. However, since this technique has indicated significant improvements on students’performance and learning experience, it would not be ethically justifiable to eliminate thisexperience in a future course for the purpose of having a control group. Nonetheless, an improvedstudy design will be incorporated in our future study to more accurately and specifically investigatethe effect of this technique on students’ performance and learning experience in computerprogramming.As a side note, since using cell phones is typically forbidden during class time
articles in compu- tational complexity theory, in professional ethics, and in engineering education research. He currently serves on the Advisory Group for the Online Ethics Center at the National Academy of Engineering. He is a Carnegie Scholar, a Fellow of the IEEE, and a Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Edu- cation. Professor Loui was the editor of the Journal of Engineering Education from 2012 to 2017 and the executive editor of College Teaching from 2006 to 2012. He was Associate Dean of the Graduate Col- lege at Illinois from 1996 to 2000. He directed the theory of computing program at the National Science Foundation from 1990 to 1991. He earned the Ph.D. at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
to our customers is of utmost importance.” • Share ideas on how best to work together. • Sketch fully-labeled process flow diagrams comparing our current design with one utilizing the exciting new additive. • Brainstorm specific engineering questions that need to be answered, then choose at least one and describe how you would recommend addressing it using the scientific process: o Hypothesis o Research/experiment (details, e.g. qualitative size, concentrations, flows, etc.) o Analyze/conclude (e.g. If we see this, then… If that, then….) • Provide me [supervisor] any feedback you might have on my ethical approach to investigating this opportunity.Data CollectionVideo data of