Paper ID #9961A Model for Engineering Ethics Education through a Co-op ProgramDr. Chris Plouff, Grand Valley State University Chris Plouff, Ed.D., P.E., is the Assistant Director of the School of Engineering and the James R. Se- bastian Chair of Engineering Cooperative Education and Educational Development at Grand Valley State University. He is an Assistant Professor and coordinates assessment efforts for the School of Engineer- ing, including for the mandatory cooperative education program. His research interests include effective assessment of engineering education, cooperative education, transition to and from the
2 categories: “Engineering Skills” and “Professional in the WorkplaceSkills.”Engineering Skills Professional In the Workplace Skills• (a) an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, • (d) an ability to function on multidisciplinary science, and engineering; teams;• (b) an ability to design and conduct experiments, • (f) an understanding of professional and ethical as well as to analyze and interpret data; responsibility;• (c) an ability to design a system, component, or • (g) an ability to communicate effectively; process to meet desired needs within realistic • (h) the broad education necessary to understand constraints such as economic
at Virginia Tech. Dr. Lo is the co-coodinator of the first semester engineering course at Virginia Tech, and her research interests include undergraduate research, curriculum development and engineering ethics instruction. Page 13.993.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Preliminary Findings from a Quantitative Study: What are Students Learning During Cooperative Education Experiences?AbstractSince most of our engineering students follow careers in industry, of particular importance ishow cooperative experiences help to make better engineers. Although cooperative experiencesare
problems with technology 3. This paper will explore the field ofcooperative education and present an outline of the mandatory Introduction to CooperativeEducation (Intro to Co-op) class. Additionally, this paper will focus on two specific contentareas: creating an elevator speech and professional ethics in the workplace.Definition of Terms Cooperative education is somewhat difficult to define and is sometimes usedinterchangeably with the following terms: work integrated learning, sandwich learning,internship, and experiential learning. At the World Association for CooperativeEducation Conference hosted at Victoria University it was defined as follows: “Workintegrated learning combines professional work experience with classroom studies
12.705.4unique characteristics required to be a successful team member. Co-op students often havesimultaneous responsibilities over various areas of the facility requiring the student to both workas a member of a team while serving as team leader in another area.Based on this wide range of exposure and the innovative freedom of this cooperative educationprogram, students are presented the opportunity to practice ethical decision-making. Whether itis the student taking responsibility for a decision, or taking the initiative to investigate a solutionto a problem the student is expected to act ethically. As a result, ethics moves from an abstracttheory discussed in the classroom to a real-world experience. As a result of this exposure toethical issues
knowledge that engineering students need but donot easily get from on-campus, traditional technical courses. The content of the modules includematerial on engineering ethics and professionalism, engineering economy, project management,entrepreneurism, and professional communication. The complete set of on-line modulesconstitutes a thread of three full courses that are divided over the three required co-op courses.Having exposure to these practice-related issues while being in the workplace presents a uniqueopportunity for the students to apply what is learned. The online module curriculum for the firstco-op semester is show in Table 2 as an example of content covered each co-op semester
course objectives were asfollows: a. Understand the Co-op program, policies and expectations. b. Understand how to use the university website in order to access on-line information used in their job search process. c. Identify and describe their skills and work values and how they relate to their career choices. d. Learn how to write and critique a resume. e. Learn and practice proper interviewing skills and techniques. f. Communicate their interests, skills, needs and future plans to their Co-op Coordinator and future employers.The primary focus of this course was on finding a co-op job. Lessons included topics such as“ethics,” which featured case
benefit and use of written standards used in practice; 4. provide new employee plant safety training to all students; 5. discuss the need in design of the IEEE Code of Ethics and the National Code of Ethics for Engineers; 6. provide direct hire co-op and internships to students.GE wanted the partnership to expose students to: 1. failures and failure rates; Page 13.1135.3 2. cutting-edge technology; 3. how mechanical systems integrate with electrical systems; 4. the importance of quality and reliability; 5. interactions with mechanical and electrical engineers; 6. working in a multidisciplinary team that includes
position Not applicable to this position Not applicable to this position Possesses the broad education necessary to Recognition of the need for and an ability to Understanding of professional and ethical understand the importance of engineering engage in life-long learning. responsibilities. solutions in a global/societal context. Excellent Excellent Excellent Very Good Very Good Very Good Average
for work that is performed. Simply giving children money for nothing provides anegative consequence to working and its rewards.Co-op, internship, and experiential learning professionals need to work closely with elementaryteachers to encourage the practice of educating children and their parents into making a clear Page 15.323.3association between work as important part of learning and pay as an integral part of one’sworking career. Obviously many parents have practiced this by deciding that their children canlearn a great deal about money and work ethic by encouraging their children to seek out ways toearn money by helping with chores around
Intrapersonal skills: self-management, time management, self-development, self- regulation, adaptability, flexibility, executive functioning, core self-evaluation, work ethic, persistence, study skills, ethics & integrity, and citizenship.Gaven, et. al. further specifies: “Researchers agree that cognitive intelligence or technical skillsare needed, but not sufficient to have success in executing complex professional tasks and thatinterpersonal and intrapersonal skills improve performance. Some authors hold that the cognitiveskill is the basic determinant of labor market outcomes. In contrast, others researchers havestated that “Non-cognitive ability is as important, if not more important, than cognitive ability.”Globalization
-development, self-regulation,adaptability, flexibility, executive functioning, core self evaluation, work ethic, persistence, study skills,ethics & integrity, and citizenship.7 Page 24.209.3 Previous studies have investigated the skills that will be required in the 21st Century. Some havefocused on specific skills such as critical thinking, 8,9,10 while others have studied categories of skillsindependently, including cognitive skills, 11,112,13 social skills, 14,15 self-regulation, 16,17 andintrapersonal skills.18 A few other studies have investigated more than one skill or category of skillssimultaneously such as the effect of
constraints or obstacles. Commit to absolute responsibility to deliver on time; pursue necessary follow-up. Resourcefulness – Get it Done: Focus on the tasks at hand with passion, discipline, intensity, and flexibility. Ethical Actions and Integrity: Adhere to ethical standards and principles. Have the courage to act ethically and with integrity. Trust and Loyalty: Commit to actions that instill trust, and to the principle that loyalty to the team yields loyalty to the leader and vision. Work to empower the people around you and to make them successful. Page 23.16.9 Courage: Face difficult/high-risk actions head-on. Vision
Sciences in the groundbreaking 2004 report entitled The Engineer of 2020: Visions of Engineering in the New Century, successful engineers in the 21st century should exhibit key attributes to ensure their success and the success of the engineering profession. The list of key attributes are: strong analytical skills, practical ingenuity, creativity, communication, business and management, leadership, high ethical standards, professionalism; dynamism, agility, resilience, and flexibility, and the ability to become lifelong learners [1]. The project described in this paper is motivated by the results and findings of these reports. Our project exposes a pool of STEM undergraduate students to research
experience the professional work environmentand allows application of knowledge gained in the traditional academic environment. Multiplestudies attest to the benefits of cooperative education.[1,2,3,4,5,6,7] In the engineering programs atGrand Valley State University, before beginning the capstone sequence of courses, students havecompleted three full semesters of cooperative education experience. During the semesters thestudents are on co-op, in addition to formal work activities, students are required to completeseveral learning modules. These modules cover topics including: professionalism in theworkplace; engineering ethics; engineering economics; and project management andcommunications - including corporate documents (reports and memos
to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering 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 multi-disciplinary teams e) an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems f) an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility g) an ability to communicate effectively h) the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in
and interpret data 7. Design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs 8. Design a system, component, or process which addresses: a. Economic constraints b. Environmental constraints c. Social constraints d. Political constraints e. Ethical constraints f. Health & safety constraints g. Manufacturability constraints h. Sustainability constraints 9. Function on multidisciplinary teams 10. Identify engineering problems 11. Formulate engineering problems 12. Solve engineering problems 13. Understand professional and ethical responsibilities 14. Communicate effectively in writing 15. Communicate
: Visions of Engineering in the New Century. Theseattributes are identified as strong analytical skills, practical ingenuity, creativity,communication, business and management, leadership, high ethical standards,professionalism; dynamism, agility, resilience, and flexibility, and becoming lifelonglearners.1This project is motivated by the results and findings of our initial assessment of the Air ForceInstitute of Technology (AFIT) Summer Research Program (published in 2013 ASEE AnnualMeeting2) and a series of reports published by the National Academy during the past decadeentitled The Engineer of 2020: Visions of Engineering in the New Century, Rising Above theGathering Storm and Examination of the U.S. Air Force’s Science, Technology, Engineering
Engineering Department at ONU.16 The former arelisted in the appendix, while the latter closely align with the eleven ABET engineeringaccreditation criteria17 (also in the appendix).The tasks and requirements described for the Baja competition, for example, represent explicitfulfillment of five of the ABET criteria (a, c, e, g, k). The design competition additionallypresents opportunities to fulfill four other criteria (b, d, f, i), such as an understanding ofprofessional and ethical responsibility and an ability to function on multidisciplinary teams.Sirinterlikci and Kerzmann cite specific ways in which all eleven criteria were satisfied in theirschool’s Baja experience.18All four of the Program Educational Objectives are clearly supported by each
most often represented was Work Ethic followed closely by Communication Skills.These open responses are in agreement with the responses provided in the closed responsequestions discussed earlier. While a person’s work ethic may be considered relative to theirwork experience, it is considered a soft skill. Potential employers may see a student’s workexperience as an indicator of their work ethic. Work Experience theme ranked sixth, behind fivesoft skills.SummaryThe industry professionals participating in this research identified what they felt students needto gain a competitive edge in the marketplace and obtain higher starting salaries. Great emphasiswas placed on both work experience and soft skills. The soft skills of most importance
first-year engineers are eager to learnabout co-op.Advantages of having co-op students as mentors include the opportunity to mentor others as theyhave been mentored in the work place, thus fostering a spirit of giving back. From the NSPE(National Society of Professional Engineers) Engineer’s Creed: “I dedicate my professionalknowledge and skill to the advancement and betterment of human welfare ... to place servicebefore profit …” 9 Many companies model this ethic by providing mentors for their Co-opstudents.Advantages of utilizing co-op students as mentors extend to the mentees themselves. Mentees getconnected with a successful engineering student near their age that they can relate to. Thisallows the mentees to have an individual contact that
engineering skills to addressglobal societal problems. Also, the ABET criteria requires engineering programs toprovide “the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutionsin a global, economic, environmental, and societal context.” These two factors haveraised fundamental questions about how to effectively prepare engineering students toengage with underserved communities globally. This paper uses a case study approachto document the experiences of students of a global engineering course. This courseoffered students the unique opportunity to address sanitation and hygiene issues byworking with a community rather than for it. The paper highlights curricular innovationsthat ensured ethical, sustainable collaboration with the
a US citizen,permanent resident, national or refugee eligible to receive NSF funds; 2) must receive aUniversity of Arkansas renewable scholarship (minimum criteria 24+ ACT and 3.5+ HSGPA);3) must have financial need, as determined by the federal government through Free Applicationfor Federal Student Aid FAFSA submission; 3) must pursue a bachelor of science degree in Page 24.532.3engineering and be a full-time engineering student; 5) must demonstrate a work ethic, timemanagement skills, communication skills and professionalism; and 6) must agree to participatein all parts of the program.The application process required that students submit an
"resource acquisition" as a top priority. The Senior Design Project Class, which isa two-semester long course, with a total of four credit hours, can be viewed as a servicelearning class, depending upon the project chosen by the select student group. It doescontain a substantial amount of education about ethics, ergonomics, economics, sociologyand liberal education principles, in addition to rigorous engineering subject matter. Thestudent groups are encouraged to appreciate the realities of socio-economic impact oftheir chosen project. In many cases, the project will have to be addressed with a strongwill to succeed and necessarily require coalitions of volunteerism, industry sponsoredfunding and donated resources. The author has utilized
, and solve engineering problems. 4 3 2 1 NSuggests appropriate solutions.ENGINEERING SKILLS (continued) RATING COMMENTS/ EXAMPLESDemonstrates an understanding of professional and ethical responsibilities. (e.g.,complies with all company policies; displays the highest degree of integrity when dealing 4 3 2 1 Nwith co-workers, suppliers and customers.)Has ability to communicate effectively. Communicates clearly, concisely, appropriately.Balances talking and listening
system that had real world applications. d. Operate on teams with engineers/scientists from fields other than (mechanical/aerospace) engineering. e. Identified, formulated, or solved engineering problems. f. Made decisions that had social, political, or ethical implications. g. Have an opportunity to present material related to the externship, either written or orally. h. See how the project you worked on could have effects on the world beyond engineering, such as economic, environmental, and social impacts. i. Identify engineering fields that you want to continue further research into. j. Learn about contemporary issues affecting the scientific or engineering communities. k. Used
to help students in the working world, there is a need to couple theclassroom technical knowledge with communication activities. The current organizationused by the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MSU incorporates technicalknowledge acquisition with its presentation in course throughout the curriculum. Studentsbecome immersed in both facets of the program without separation. Page 14.1372.3Table A1. Communication Activities in ME CurriculumFrosh EGR 100 – Residential ProgramYear Resumes, email, short engineering focused reports, engineering writing demands, problem solving, speaking, ethics, and orientation to the
Page 14.970.5Whilst this appears to be an increased load for students, it formally recognises additionallearning that students were, to a large extent, already undertaking previously in preparation for,and reflection after completion, of their work placements.Professional Practice Program StructureThe structure of the Diploma of Professional Practice program element of the dual awardprogram is as shown in Table 2 below. Table 2 Professional Practice Element of the Co-operative Education Engineering Program Course Units Comments of CreditProfessional Practice 6 Covers resume writing, interview skills, ethics
academic carieer in 2006 as a professor at Tottori University. His current research area is flow and combustion analysis in reciprocating engine, innovations in education and engineering ethics education.. He is also serving as the head of Innovation Center for Engineering Education in joint appointment. Katsuyuki Ohsawa has published over 70 papers including over 40 papers in peer reviewed journals. He received best paper awards from Society of Automotive Engineers in Japan and Japan Gas Turbine Society. He also works as a member of supporting committee in JICA for Pan-Africa University. Prof Ohsawa received Ph D Nagoya University in 1992 and started academic carieer in 2006 as a professor at Tottori University
University. His upcoming dissertation will focus on how student’s connections of social responsibility and engineer- ing change throughout college as well as how engineering service is valued in employment and supported in the workplace.Dr. Nathan E Canney PE, Seattle University Dr. Canney teaches civil engineering at Seattle University. His research focuses on engineering educa- tion, specifically the development of social responsibility in engineering students. Other areas of interest include ethics, service learning, and sustainability education. Dr. Canney received bachelors degrees in Civil Engineering and Mathematics from Seattle University, a masters in Civil Engineering from Stan- ford University with an