Conference Session

Innovations in Biological/Agricultural Education-II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Schreuders; Sara Driggs

Tagged Divisions

Biological & Agricultural

arises,“Do women collaborate differently than men?” The role of gender has great weight; many women are pressured away from the sciencesbecause of societal pressures of women being in the home and as mothers. From childhood,women are taught to limit their education and aspirations, whereas men are taught devotion totheir careers.2 In the workplace, women have experienced treatment such as teasing or workplaceexclusion. In addition, women sometimes feel they are not taken as seriously as their malecounterparts.2 For these reasons it is expected that there are differences in how men and womenengineers interact. How do these dynamics between men and women engineers affect theircollaborative efforts? Are there measurable differences in

Conference Session

Innovations in Biological/Agricultural Education-II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kumar Mallikarjunan, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Christan Whysong, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Jenny Lo, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Divisions

Biological & Agricultural

during the undergraduate career, engineering ethics should be taughtthroughout the engineering curriculum. As the DLR project progresses into its next phases, BSEseniors enrolled in the Food Process Engineering course took part in a pilot ethics exercise. Thisexercise was in addition to contemporary issues already discussed in the course and consisted ofpre- and post-surveys, a written assignment, and an in-class discussion. The following are someof the lessons learned through the pilot exercise.This exercise was given to the class right before fall break, coming one and a half weeks before Page 13.716.13the end of the semester. Additionally