proficiencies and understanding of ethical issues andprofessional responsibility2. Furthermore, adopted assessment procedures have beensuccessfully applied using Senior Exit Surveys to assess student outcomes through acomprehensive and integrated approach using both direct and indirect measures3. Understandingstudents through perception surveys is useful to improving engineering pedagogy as a means ofproviding insight into student development occurring during their engineering education4.Embedded indicators are widely accepted as an effective means of assessing student achievementas compared to adopted performance standards5. Use of course-based embedded indicators,detailed grading rubrics, and graded student performance scores compared to
of life, civil engineers serve competently, collaboratively, and ethically as master: • planners, designers, constructors, and operators of society’s economic and social engine, the built environment; • stewards of the natural environment and its resources; • innovators and integrators of ideas and technology across the public, private, and academic sectors; • managers of risk and uncertainty caused by natural events, accidents, and other threats; and • leaders in discussions and decisions shaping public environmental and infrastructure policy.As used in the Vision for Civil Engineering in 2025, “master” means to possess widely
the best chapter in the Northeast region 16. Suchconsistent recognition is indicative of a program’s performance versus a finite set of individualsin a particular year. The criteria used for this recognition is based planning, conducting andparticipating in a variety of specified and directed professional activities. These activities,deemed by ASCE to be critical activities for students to engage in to successfully introduce themto expected professional activities include technical seminars, ethics and licensure seminars, fieldtrips, professional conferences, and local society meetings.28 The sustained success in thisactivity implies the students are identifying knowledge and attitudes for professional practice(Analysis) and are developing
accomplish it may be lost. Criteria such as the following fall into this category: (e) an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems (f) an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility (h) the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context (j) a knowledge of contemporary issuesInspiring StudentsThe ways to inspire students are countless, and probably no two students respond to the samemethods. The following is a listing and brief analysis of some of the ways the authors havefound to be effective. These include sharing relevant faculty experience, guest speakers, casestudies, field trips, summer
instrument.(v) Demonstrate effective use of project and personnel management techniques.(vi) Identify and meet customer needs.(vii) Integrate engineering professionalism, ethics, and the environmental in their work and as it relates to the context of engineering in society.(viii) Demonstrate improved communication skills including written, oral, and multimedia. This may include both patent and literature searches as well as writing a patent disclosure for novel work.Common Grading Guidelines for Jr. /Sr. Engineering ClinicThe following (Table 1) are general guidelines that are used for establishing grades for theJunior/Senior Engineering Clinic. As mentioned earlier, these guidelines were developed by theclinic committee and
their ABET evaluator gave them a warning for including the soft skills in their majordesign experience and have since removed these from their capstone course. Figure 11 providesthe proportion of the 85 departments who reported teaching the given topics. Design process andscheduling are also taught by the majority of schools. Listed after “Other” are the four mostcommonly noted other topics: professional practice, ethics, safety, and licensure or life-longlearning. These areas, among others, are described in ASCE’s Civil Engineering Body ofKnowledge for the 21st Century (2nd Ed.) as topics important to future civil engineers.5 100% 90% 80% Percent of Responses
B B B B E17. Public policy B B E18. Business and public administration B B E19. Globalization B B B E20. Leadership B B B E21. Teamwork B B B E22. Attitudes B B E23. Lifelong learning B B B E E24. Professional and ethical responsibility B B B B E E Key: B Portion of the BOK fulfilled
meet desired needs. It is a decision-making process (often iterative), inwhich the basic sciences, mathematics, and the engineering sciences are applied to convertresources optimally to meet these stated needs.”More specifically, general criterion 3 (c) states that, “Engineering programs must demonstratethat their graduates have...an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desiredneeds within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical,health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability,” and hence design is essential topreparing civil engineers. Below we will describe in more detail the evolution of the capstonedesign class.I – CREATION (1994-2004)A new department-wide capstone
course that has been conceived to do the following: (1) Give students a real-world, design office design experience tackling an open- ended design scenario that encompasses high level Bloom’s2 cognitive thinking across seven CE sub-disciplines (2) Ensure students wrestle with professional issues such as communication with engineers, policy makers and the public (3) Ensure students are faced with issues associated with typical design constraints such as regulatory, economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and Page 15.260.3 safety, constructability, and sustainability
skills, the objectives of a capstonecourse, project, or experience should typically include the following [4]: • Provide students an opportunity to synthesize knowledge from formal and informal learning and apply such knowledge to contemporary issues in the field • Help prepare students for a successful career by providing experiences that enhance their labor market advantage • Increase students’ understanding of the “big picture” including ethical and social issues related to the field • Help students understand the relevance of theory and research to practice • Provide opportunities for teamwork and leadershipBecause of the importance of capstone programs, ABET has delineated key components thatthese
change impacts, and other topics. The revised ASCE Code of Ethicsdetails the engineer’s responsibility to society, the natural and built environment, profession,clients and employers, and peers. We use the Code of Ethics for focused discussions aboutcentering inclusivity, equity, climate mitigation and resilience, and social justice in theirengineering work. These activities fall under ABET student outcome 4 (an ability to recognizeethical and professional responsibilities in considering the impact of engineering solutions in aglobal and societal context).2.3 Computational and Data Science for Civil & Environmental EngineeringIn Spring 2021, we adapted a sophomore-level CEE course focused on computational and datascience to include DEI
investment area inScience, Engineering, and Education for Sustainability (SEES) to “promote the research andeducation needed to address the challenges of creating a sustainable human future24”. In 1996,the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) revised its Code of Ethics to includesustainability principles as part of the canon of civil engineering practices25. Other professionalorganizations, including the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), theAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), and the American Society of ChemicalEngineers (AIChE) have endorsed sustainability education26,27.2. Types of Curricular ReformTwo common methods for effective incorporation of sustainability into university curriculainclude horizontal
. 2010. “Assessing the Standards for Assessment: Is it Time to Update Criterion 3?” Proceedings of the 2010 Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education, June.35. Russell, J. and Lenox, T. 2012. "The Raise the Bar Initiative: Charting the Future by Understanding the Path to the Present -- An Historical Overview." Proceedings of the 2012 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education, June.36. Russell, J. S., and Stouffer, W. B. 2003a. “Some ethical dimensions of additional education beyond the BSCE.“ J. Prof. Issues Eng. Educ. Pract., 129(4), 225–231.37. Russell, J. S., and Stouffer, W. B. 2003b. “Too liberal or not liberal enough: Liberal arts, electives, and professional skills
desired needs - D. Maybe. an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams - E. Yes. an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems - F. Yes. an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility as well as the importance of professional licensure - G. Yes. an ability to communicate effectively - H. Yes. the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global and societal context - I. Yes. a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning - J. Yes. a knowledge of contemporary issues - K. Maybe. an ability to use the techniques, skill, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering
(Masters of Strategic Studies), and University of Minnesota (PhD, Environmental Engineering). He is active in several professional engineering organizations to include ASCE, Society of American Military Engineers, National Society of Professional Engineers, National Institute for Engineering Ethics, Order of the Engineer, and the Army Engineer Association.Robert Stevens, Arcadis U.S., Inc ROBERT D. STEVENS, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE is an Executive Vice President with ARCADIS U.S., Inc. in Denver, Colorado. Most of his career was spent in the transportation area with work on environmental assessments, planning, and design of roads, rail, and transit projects. He oversaw the first
engineering skills, and use modernengineering tools to solve problems.2. Can design and conduct experiments, as well as analyze and interpret data in more than one civilengineering sub-discipline.3. Can design systems, components, and processes and recognize the strengths and areas for possibleimprovement of their creative designs within realistic constraints such as regulatory, economic,environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, constructability, and sustainability.4. Can work independently as well as part of a multidisciplinary design team.5. Can identify, formulate, and solve engineering design problems using engineering models in the four ofthe five sub-disciplines civil engineering: structural engineering, transportation
about and practice sustainability. Biele- feldt is a licensed P.E. Professor Bielefeldt’s research interests in engineering education include service- learning, sustainable engineering, social responsibility, ethics, leadership, and diversity.Dr. Audra N. Morse P.E., Michigan Technological University Dr. Audra Morse, P.E., is a Professor and Department Chair in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Michigan Technological University. Her professional experience is focused on water and wastewater treatment, specifically water reclamation systems, membrane filtration and the fate of personal products in treatment systems. However, she has a passion to tackle diversity and inclusion issues for students
certification for those who havealready attained their AC or who have worked in the construction industry for over eight years ofqualifying education and qualifying construction experience with a minimum of two years inupper management positions.9Education and CertificationThe Professional Constructor is an individual who commits to serve the construction industry ina professional and ethical manner and engages in the continued development of his/her skills andeducation to meet increasing industry challenges and changes. The profession of Constructorincludes job titles such as, but not limited to, Project Manager, General Superintendent, ProjectExecutive, Operations Manager, Construction Manager, Chief Executive Officer, etc.11The CMAA program provides
century.Enhancing student knowledge of sustainability within the capstone design course preparesengineering graduates for the challenges they will face as they move into their professionalcareers while also meeting the ABET criteria, namely to “design a system, component or processto meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social,political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability and sustainability” [2]. Addingsustainability tasks into their proposed designs encourages the students to think about the largerimpact of their projects. Consideration of sustainability within the undergraduate capstone designis linked to professional ethics for all civil engineers, as noted in the BOK3: “striving to complywith the
high schoolsophomores and juniors. The resulting Mississippi Summer Transportation Institute (MSTI) wasdeveloped with several specific objectives. First, we wanted to expose the participating studentsto science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) as it applies to the transportationand the civil engineering profession. MSTI was also designed to introduce participants to thenumerous technical and professional career opportunities that exist in the transportation industry. Page 13.120.2A third objective was to provide opportunities for the students to develop leadership skills andimprove their work ethic. Finally, it was hoped that
generations to do the same2. Therefore,undergraduate civil engineering education should provide instruction in how to consider theaspects of environment, society and economy in design. For instance, the first canon of theAmerican Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) code of ethics was updated in 1996 to includesustainable development3. ASCE’s Body of Knowledge4 recommends that upon completion of anundergraduate degree, engineers should have knowledge and comprehension of sustainability, andunderstand applications of sustainability.In 1996, ABET revised its accreditation criteria from being a set of detailed prescriptiveguidelines to focusing more on student outcomes in attaining certain technical and professionalskills5. ABET’s accreditation Criterion 3
efforts mentioned above.Table 3. Course learning objectives Course objectives ABET student outcomes Applying appropriate mathematical and scientific models to solve client- a based problems Designing a system, component, or processes to meet desired engineering c and k needs Determining the impact of contemporary issues on the design process j considering realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, regulatory, manufacturability, and sustainability Developing an understanding and being able to explain the importance
water scarce regions and developing communities. Mr. Clarkin’s degree is funded through the DoD SMART Scholarship program, sponsored by ASEE. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Can service learning impact student learning and motivation in a required engineering probability and statistics course?IntroductionThere is growing evidence that service learning can substantially improve student understandingand retention of quantitative concepts and technical skills that are the core of engineeringcurricula, as well as help students gain communication and leadership skills and improvedunderstanding of engineering ethics. However, to date, service learning has mostly beenintegrated in
engineering education projects and ASEE annual conference papers.Dr. Douglas Schmucker P.E., University of Utah Dr. Schmucker has 20 years experience in teaching and consulting. Focused on high quality teaching following the T4E, ExCEEd, and NETI teaching models, he is currently a full-time teaching professional with a focus on online, practice, project, and problem-based teaching methodologies.Dr. Joshua Lenart, University of Utah Dr. Joshua Lenart is an Associate Instructor with the Communication, Leadership, Ethics, and Research (CLEAR) Program at the University of Utah where he teaches technical communications for the Depart- ment of Civil & Environmental Engineering and the Department of Chemical Engineering. He
traditional infrastructure sectors (energy, transportation, and water), relatedengineering concepts (planning, design, and construction), and concepts related to societalimpact (sustainability, financing, economic impacts, social welfare, equality of impacts amongsocial groups, and ethics among many other topics). Among all of the topics, the inter-relationsbetween the topics and system nature of infrastructure are highlighted. Currently, the core projectteam is developing a template for future course materials to ensure consistency and will includelesson objectives, structure for activities, links to resources and cited materials, and teaching tips.Participating instructors have integrated these course materials into new and existing civil
technical areas of civil engineering and analyze and interpret the resulting data explain basic concepts in project management, business, public policy, and leadership analyze issues in professional ethics explain the importance of professional licensureTable 3: Observed Distribution of Hours by B.S. Degree Program Type Math & Basic Science Credit Average Average (% minimum maximum Std. Dev. Program (hours) total hours)1 (hours) (hours) (hours) COV (%) Civil 35.55 27.47 32.00
competitions they could lead as a junior or senior (i.e., concrete canoe, steel bridge, mini-Baja, ethics, robotics)Fall-Spring Club Meetings Mentorship, connection to future internships and jobs, service opportunitiesFall Mathematics Jeopardy Opportunity to compete using calculus skills only STEM majors are developingJanuary Academic Training for
] described an LCA project that could be incorporated intointroductory courses across diverse fields within and outside of STEM. In addition to technicalknowledge, she noted that LCA projects expose students to the following: 1. Working with real-world, open-ended problems 2. Understanding the details of design 3. Relevance of a product’s societal context 4. Importance of working in diverse and interdisciplinary teams 5. Values and ethics in decision makingLCA provides a context for problem-based learning and helps in the development of qualitativedata interpretation and communication skills [18]. Integrating an LCA module into anintroductory engineering course has been found to address some
,professional and ethical responsibility, teamwork, leadership, lifelong learning, andattitudes) in which there may be both a cognitive and affective level of achievement. Asubcommittee has been formed and has the following charge: 1. Review and study research on the affective domain of Bloom’s taxonomy. This should also include the current use of the affective domain in developing college- level educational objectives. 2. Provide a short white paper to the BOK2 Committee documenting the issues related to the affective domain and alternative courses of action for their inclusion in the BOK second edition. 3. Complete the preceding in three months.Pre-licensure Experience to Fulfill the CE BOK:A new committee, focused