Paper ID #19587Development of Perceptions of Technical and Ethical Expertise In TeamsOver TimeDr. Megan Kenny Feister, California State University, Channel Islands Megan Kenny Feister is an Assistant Professor of Organizational Communication at California State Uni- versity Channel Islands. She is a recipient of the Purdue Research Foundation dissertation grant and co-wrote a National Science Foundation grant for her dissertation and postdoctoral work in Organiza- tional Communication at Purdue. Her primary research interests include collaboration and innovation; negotiations of expertise in team-based organizational
Paper ID #18124Incorporation of Ethics and Societal Impact Issues into Senior Capstone De-sign Courses: Results of a National SurveyDr. Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder Angela Bielefeldt is a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder in the Department of Civil, Environ- mental, and Architectural Engineering (CEAE). She has served as the the ABET assessment coordinator for her department since 2008. Professor Bielefeldt is the faculty director of the Sustainable By Design Residential Academic Program, a living-learning community where interdisciplinary students learn about and practice
ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science and engineering b. An ability to design and conduct experiment, as well as to analyze and interpret data An ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic c. constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability d. An ability to function on multidisciplinary 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 The broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a
college level and is the required capstone experience for all Civil, Electrical,Environmental and Mechanical Engineering majors in the university. In addition, a small numberof students from other majors enter the program each semester to take part in specific projects tomeet either technical elective or capstone requirements in their chosen degree program. Each ofthe three departments involved in the capstone program is looking for students to walk awayfrom the program with 1. a significant capstone project experience, 2. professional practice and ethics training, and 3. knowledge of discipline specific design tools and techniques.A leadership committee, supported by faculty advisors, oversee the Capstone program to ensurethese key
current research includes examining the nature of constraints in engineering design and providing service learning opportunities for first-year programming students through various K-12 educational activities. Dr. Estell is a Member-at-Large of the Executive Committee for the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET, and also serves as a program evaluator for the Engineering Accreditation Commission. He is also a founding member and serves as Vice President of The Pledge of the Computing Professional, an organization dedicated to the promotion of ethics in the computing professions through a standardized rite-of-passage ceremony.Dr. Todd France, Ohio Northern University Todd France is the director of Ohio Northern
that has been taught by the capstone engineering professors. Three years ago, wedecided to bring in outside experts to lecture on topics such as project management, ethics andstandards to augment the training for our capstone students. The following year we decided toextend this concept and turned to experts trained in the field of business communications tobetter train students in how to effectively operate as a team.This paper describes an ongoing pilot project to integrate professional training on teamdynamics, team conflict and team leadership into our existing engineering capstone curriculum.Business Communications professors from the School of Management developed curriculum andpresented to engineering students in the Biomedical and
the industry9. This isfurther evidenced by ABET Criterion 3 student outcomes: (d) an ability to function onmultidisciplinary teams, (f) an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility, (g) anability to communicate effectively, (h) the broad education necessary to understand the impact ofengineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context, (i) arecognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning, and (j) a knowledge ofcontemporary issues10.To address these needs, a more active approach can be adopted by faculty to enhance the studentlearning experience11,12. Through this approach, students undertake a particular problem in classand learn vital skills that they can apply more
? Students’ LessonsLearned Documents were used to investigate this. Students were asked to state opinions abouteach major document they worked on and to discuss any lessons they learned that they plan tocarry into the future. They were also asked to comment on the quality of the course,effectiveness of advisors, and work ethic of teammates. Responses were compared between2013, during which EE422 and EE464 were only loosely tied together, and 2014-2015, afterEE422 material was formally connected with EE464 and continued to be applied in EE465. Thefeedback implies that after rigorous application of PM material throughout the entire project wasrequired student appreciation for the material improved and intra-team conflicts were morereliably resolved
& Technology, a Graduate Research Assis- tant in Purdue Polytechnic Institute, and is serving on the research and evaluation team for the Transdis- ciplinary Studies in Technology (TST) program. Her interests include adapting learning experiences for cross-cultural instructional and online instructional environments; with a values-based, ethical focus. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Moving Towards Individual Competence from Group Work in Transdisciplinary EducationAbstractCollaboration has been identified as a key 21st century skill, vital for success in multidisciplinaryenvironments that are increasingly common in engineering and technology
design and providing service learning opportunities for first-year programming students through various K-12 educational activities. Dr. Estell is a Member-at-Large of the Executive Committee for the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET, and also serves as a program evaluator for the Engineering Accreditation Commission. He is also a founding member and serves as Vice President of The Pledge of the Computing Professional, an organization dedicated to the promotion of ethics in the computing professions through a standardized rite-of-passage ceremony.Prof. Susannah Howe, Smith College Susannah Howe, Ph.D. is the Design Clinic Director in the Picker Engineering Program at Smith College, where she coordinates and
Engineering and in Training EngineersExploring the requirements of what is to be designed is central to ill-structured problems; oftenthere are conflicts not just about how to solve a problem, but rather what problem to solve. Thislatter conflict may not arise often enough in engineering education. Students are accustomed tohomework and projects that are clearly defined, or defined without consideration of externalstakeholders.Engineers need to know how to explore the constraints provided by technical, economic,business, political, social, and ethical issues involved, including who knows these constraints,and for whom they are constraints. In the same manner, there is the nature of identifying theproblem that the devices, components, subsystems
environment. Thechoice of a nuclear engineering project required students to utilize knowledge in mechanicalengineering but also forced them to learn more in areas such as material selection as applied tonuclear facilities. They were also required to make use of codes and standards that they had notpreviously used in order to achieve adequate safety factors for their design. The project havingindustry involvement and requiring more stringent safety standards due it being in nuclearengineering also made students more aware of the ethical implications of their design practice.A student survey was conducted to evaluate the impact on student learning, as related to theinterdisciplinary aspect of the project. The questions are shown in Table 1.Table 1
Academy of Engineering (NAE) described the qualities of the Engineer of2020 (The engineer of 2020: Visions of engineering in the new century, 2004). The NAEhighlighted the following attributes as essential for an Engineer of 2020: strong analytical skills,practical ingenuity, creativity, communication, business and management knowledge, leadership,high ethical standards and professionalism, dynamism, agility, resilience, flexibility, and thehabit of lifelong learning. While developing these qualities may seem a lofty feat to accomplish,these benchmarks for success in engineering introduced the need to generate alternative teachingenvironments in education that foster opportunities for a student-engineer to acquire this diverseskill set (Zabudsky
Paper ID #18277An Analysis of Emotional Fluctuation and Its Causes in the Productive Prac-tice for Engineering Undergraduates: Based on the Case of an EngineeringMajor in ChinaMiss Jiaojiao Fu, Beihang University Jiaojiao FU is a Ph.D. candidate in School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Beihang University Beijing, PRC. She received B.A. in China Agricultural University and M.Ed. in Beihang University, China. Her academic and research interests include engineering education, engineering ethics education, first-year engineering education, lifelong education. From April 2017 to October 2017, she will in College of
Computer and Information Technology at Purdue Univer- sity. Dr. Ngambeki graduated from Smith College with a B.S. in Engineering and from Purdue University with a PhD in Engineering Education. Dr. Ngambeki’s research is focused on the intersection of human behavior and computing, specifically how educational and policy interventions can be used to improve human interactions with technology. Dr. Ngambeki’s key areas of research interest include: STEM Education, Cybersecurity Education, Cybersecurity Policy, Social Engineering, Information Technology Ethics, and Cybersecurity Workforce Development.Dr. Edward J. Berger, Purdue University, West Lafayette Edward Berger is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education and
strategies, researchers can distinguish various design engagements and also designer'spriority during the problem definition phase [8]. Table 1 presents the definition of each designphase and the correspondent design activities, where all refer to the Dym and Little’s framework[15]. Most of the time, there is more than one person involved in a design project, and eachwill assume or be assigned to at least one role [25]. Working as a team is not an easy task; italways adds complexity to the design process. The configuration of the team members’ abilitiesand work ethics will affect the design delivery time and quality [26]. Consequently, managingteam members is an integral part of most design projects. Table 2. Project management aspects and
25, 7, 440 16 32 60 20 14 0 57 43 23 18 67 28 Concept generation 28, 7, 453 32 36 68 7 14 0 57 29 62 23 80 7 Concept selection 31, 7, 451 32 39 65 6 0 0 57 43 61 24 81 7 Creativity/problem solving 30, 7, 462 40 47 70 3 43 29 71 0 53 24 80 6 Decision making 30, 7, 458 33 43 70 10 29 14 71 0 58 19 80 7 Developing functional specs 25, 7, 455 40 44 64 20 14 14 43 57 56 24 77 12 Engineering ethics 26, 7, 455 50 38 38 19 29 0 29 43 69 30 45 12