Paper ID #29733Professional Ethics LIVE! – A Community Partnership in ContinuingEducationWilliam D Lawson P.E., Ph.D., Texas Tech University William D. Lawson, P.E., Ph.D. serves as an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at Texas Tech Uni- versity. His career in higher education is characterized by excellence and innovation in teaching, award- winning scholarship and sponsored research, and professional service at the national, regional and local levels. Creative activities encompass both technical research on geotechnical applications in transporta- tion, and interdisciplinary study of professionalism, ethics
career as a structural engineer. She was a founding board member, and the first chair elect of the Hampton Roads Green Building Council. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Engagement in Practice: Adopting Service Learning and Community Engagement as a High Impact Teaching Strategy in Geotechnical EngineeringIntroductionTo meet the high calling of professional engineering ethical cannons and civil engineeringprofession vision to establish safe, healthy, equitable, and vibrant communities; undergraduateeducation programs need to prepare graduates to be well-rounded leaders in planning, design,and construction of public infrastructure and built environment
community members. Even as students have good intentions, there is atendency to focus on what seems solvable over what community members indicate are priorities.This is a result of years of outcomes-focused, over relational, educational practices. In theabsence of meaningful relationships, it is easy to lose sight of the purpose of communityengagement. Technologies that students create do not serve the needs of community partners,and community partners suffer as a result.At the same time, engineers’ desire to help and strong work ethic lend themselves well toworking on issues of social justice [3]. In recent years, critical pedagogy has influenced service-learning programs as educators have attempted to engage the action-reflection
. Dating back to the 1960s, researchershave explored the theoretical characterization of intercultural competence and the effectivenessof varying classroom practices [24]. More recently, various researchers have explored theefficacy of CEL and research immersion experiences. Research shows that teachers learn tonavigate complex, intercultural encounters through challenging CEL experiences promoting,“reflective, critical and ethical practices” [25].Since international engineering CEL has the potential benefit to both increase interculturalawareness, while also demonstrating engineering as a career that helps humanity, engagingteachers in this type of experience may prepare them to encourage and inspire their students,particularly females and other
encompasses philosophy of technology and of engineering and engineering education. I am now studying grassroots engineering (GE) and so- cial/solidarity technology (ST), as well as engineering education, focusing, on one hand, on the ethical- political, aesthetics, and epistemic aspects that both characterize and make GE and ST possible, and, on the other hand, on the challenges the engineering education must face in order to train/develop the capa- bilities or skills engineers must possess so to be able of doing GE and producing ST. The work I currently develop at ITA is related to the conception and institutionalization of a minor in engaged engineering. c American Society for Engineering
skills and professional skills goals, including building a set of hands-onengineering skills for prototyping and manufacturing and understanding the role of analysis in thedesign process as well as learning and practicing effective teamwork skills and understanding theimportance of an ethical code for the practice of engineering. The authors reveal specific examplesof client projects, lessons on how to pair students with clients, lessons learned after several offeringsof the course, transferability to other settings, and opportunities for future improvements to thecourse. This course description adds to the growing base of available offerings for service-based,active learning courses.IntroductionDuring spring 2014, the Engineering Plus
beenestablished, the dimensions tend to include attributes similar to the list compiled by Parkinson. 1. Can appreciate other cultures. 2. Are proficient working in or directing a team of ethnic and cultural diversity. 3. Are able to communicate across cultures. 4. Have had a chance to practice engineering in a global context, whether through an international internship, a service learning opportunity, a virtual global engineering project or some other form of experience. 5. Can effectively deal with ethical issues arising from cultural or national differences.While many Multinational Corporations (MNCs) provide training for engineers workingglobally, some
] Katie Sullivan, “Conducting Mixed Method Research: An Interdisciplinary Service Learning Approach,” 2005 ASEE Annual Conference, Portland, Jun. 2005.[13] Ash, S. & Clayton, P. “The articulated learning: An approach to reflection and assessment,” Innovative Higher Education, 29, p. 137-154, 2004.[14] National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) Code of Ethics https://www.nspe.org/resources/ethics/code-ethics[15] Bringle, R., & Hatcher, J. “A service learning curriculum for faculty,” Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2, p. 112-122. 1995.Appendix A: Qualitative Survey Results on Service LearningQ1. Describe your positive thoughts about your service experience. “My hope was to learn
learned about and practice sustainability. Bielefeldt is also a licensed P.E. Professor Bielefeldt’s research interests in en- gineering education include service-learning, sustainable engineering, social responsibility, ethics, and diversity.Dr. Greg Rulifson PE, USAID Greg is currently an AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow. Greg earned his bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering with a minor in Global Poverty and Practice from UC Berkeley where he acquired a passion for using engineering to facilitate developing communities’ capacity for success. He earned his master’s degree in Structural Engineering and Risk Analysis from Stanford University. His PhD work at CU Boulder focused on how student’s connections
technology and of engineering and engineering education. I am now studying grassroots engineering (GE) and so- cial/solidarity technology (ST), as well as engineering education, focusing, on one hand, on the ethical- political, aesthetics, and epistemic aspects that both characterize and make GE and ST possible, and, on the other hand, on the challenges the engineering education must face in order to train/develop the capa- bilities or skills engineers must possess so to be able of doing GE and producing ST. The work I currently develop at ITA is related to the conception and institutionalization of a minor in engaged engineering. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020
to process and identify connections with environmental, ethical, and societal factors.The components of an effective service learning reflection can be described by the 5 C’s:continuous, connected, challenging, contextualized, and coached [11]. The reflection should becontinuous throughout project, that is, it should happen before, during, and after the experience.The connection component should link the service experience to the course curriculum. Thereflection should challenge students to engage with current issues, while also contextualizing thework in a way that fits the specific project. Finally, coaching is necessary for supporting studentsintellectually, emotionally and academically.Student reflections can also be useful tools for the
2014 he was awarded by FAPESP with a post-doctoral research at the Centre for Ethics, Law and Public Affairs at the same university. His research focus relies on Engineering and Community Services; Socio-Legal Studies, Science and Technology Studies, Political philosophy, Sociology of Environment and Intellectual Property Rights.Dr. Cristiano Cordeiro Cruz, Aeronautics Technological Institute (Brazil) I currently develop a post-doctorate research at the Aeronautics Technological Institute (ITA) with a schol- arship from FAPESP (#2018/20563-3). I hold a PhD degree in Philosophy (University of S˜ao Paulo, 2017), a bachelor degree in Philosophy (Jesuit Faculty of Philosophy and Theology, 2008), a master degree in
influence over therelational dimension by cultivating social trust by exhibiting competence, care, predictability,and commitment to diversity. But in doing so, what should the guiding principles of students’behavior with communities be?4. Theory 2: How should engineers behave with communities?In a different writing, we have shown how engineering ethics benefit the relationships thatengineers have with corporate employers while not serving as appropriate guides in theirrelationship with communities. [22] To overcome the limitations of engineering ethics (the codesand the forms in which they are taught), we developed a set of criteria for socially responsibleengineering (SRE), which I highlight here with examples of how students began developingthese
/expanding the educational methods used in the formation of engineers.Dr. Nathan E Canney P.E., CYS Structural Engineers Inc. Dr. Canney conducts research focused on engineering education, specifically the development of social responsibility in engineering students. Other areas of interest include ethics, service learning, and sus- tainability education. Dr. Canney received bachelors degrees in Civil Engineering and Mathematics from Seattle University, a masters in Civil Engineering from Stanford University with an emphasis on structural engineering, and a PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Colorado Boulder.Dr. Benjamin V Fell P.E., California State University, Sacramento Professor Fell joined Sacramento State
Paper ID #31392Engagement in Practice: A Second Year Project-Based Learning SequenceDr. Melissa Morris, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide Melissa is an assistant professor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in the Department of Engi- neering and Technology of the College of Aeronautics. She is specialized in mechatronics and robotics and also has a deep interest in promoting STEAM education rounded with professional skills and ethics. She earned her PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Florida International University, MS in Mechanical Engineering with Bionengineering from Florida Atlantic University, and
likely due to the fast pace of the program, the time that isspent in the lab and in the field at forty hours per week and working with new people and their own uniquepersonalities and work ethic that may not mesh with their own. For example, some student mentor pairings have notbeen ideal. Personality clash can be a problem for some students that are more sensitive than others. So, changes inmentors have been made mid program for a couple of students. These changes did work out much better in the endbut was still a challenge to face.In order to help with the stress that arises during the program, the new workshops are being developed that will teachthe students new methods for dealing with stress. Mental and physical health components will be
, Conference Proceedings, 2017.[6] E. Schmitt, E. Kames, B. Morkos, and T. A. Conway, “The importance of incorporating designer empathy in senior capstone design courses,” in ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings, 2016.[7] J. L. Hess, J. Strobel, and A. O. Brightman, “The Development of Empathic Perspective- Taking in an Engineering Ethics Course,” J. Eng. Educ., vol. 106, no. 4, pp. 534–563, 2017.[8] E. Segal, K. Gerdes, C. Lietz, M. A. Wagaman, and J. Geiger, Assessing Empathy. 2017.[9] M. Kouprie and F. S. Visser, “A framework for empathy in design: stepping into and out of the user’s life,” J. Eng. Des., vol. 20, no. 5, pp. 437–448, 2009.[10] J. Walther, S. E. Miller, and N. W. Sochacka, “A