my own time to understand more or more of the topic than I learned in class so once you do that you can formulate a better idea of it.”Other traits were mentioned throughout the interviews that suggest that having certain traits, suchas being open-minded or flexible or having a strong work ethic or desire to succeed, makepromotion to engaged thinking much easier. Further, while the trait of confidence was rarelyexplicitly discussed, the way in which each student talked about his or her project throughout thesummer exhibited a perceivable growth in confidence that cannot be easily captured with a fewshort quotes, but nonetheless contributed to a likely increased tendency to utilize engagedthinking.Transitional (engagement inducing
mathematics, science, and engineering, (b) an ability to design andconduct 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 multidisciplinary teams, (e) an ability to identify, formulate, andsolve engineering problems, (f) an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility, (g)an ability to communicate effectively, (h) the broad education necessary to understand the impactof engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context, (i) arecognition of the need for
written communications as part of project planning and organization. • demonstrate an understanding of legal and ethical standards of the digital media professions.Students are made aware that success in the workplace often hinges on skills other than technicaland creative abilities. The value of the ability to produce well-written proposals, resumes, lettersand other professional communications, and to present effective and persuasive oralpresentations are emphasized, as is the importance of projecting a professional appearance and Page 12.109.4attitude. The necessity for networking with the professional community is also
encompassinglibrary instruction, computer literacy, critical thinking, communication, ethics, and lifelonglearning. The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) defines informationliteracy as “the set of skills needed to find, retrieve, analyze, and use information”1 and presentsinformation literacy standards for science, engineering and technology.2 Information literacyenables learners to “master content and extent their investigations and become more self-directed, and assume greater control over their own learning”.3Lave and Wegner proposed that “situated learning” occurs within the context of a “community ofpractice”, a “set of relations among persons, activities, and world, over time and in relation withother overlapping communities”.4 They
3preparedness. As such, the primary research question guiding this paper is: How can wemeasure the global preparedness of graduate and undergraduate engineering students? In designing my instrument I used the same subscales of the teacher instrument andaltered individual survey items within the subscales to reflect specific engineering foci asrecommended by the National Academy of Engineering. This paper presents the pilot researchresults from implementation of the global preparedness index that I designed for engineeringstudents. The following seven subscales were utilized in creation of this global preparednessindex. Ethic of Responsibility: Deep personal and care concern for people in all parts of the world; sees moral
The candidate has held leadership positions in student organizations or on project teams. Ethical reasoning 3.70 1.25 The candidate had a course in professional ethics and demonstrates an ability to see technological solutions in a broader context. Academic ability 3.62 0.76 The candidate has a high college grade point average. Prior work experience 3.59 0.94 The candidate has engineering intern or co-op experience. Multicultural experience 2.58
round of preliminary testing. This study has receivedResearch Ethics Board approval via the Research Ethics Office of the University of Toronto.An OpenBCI [15] Open Source EEG device was used for measuring and recording brain waveactivity. Eight dry Ag/AgCl electrodes were placed at Fp1, Fp2, C3, C4, T5, T6, O1, and O2positions based on the international 10-20 system. Two reference electrodes were placed on theears. Dry electrodes were used to avoid the need for skin preparation, including the use ofconductive paste, which is thought to be somewhat inconvenient to the participants. Data wascaptured using a sampling frequency of 250 Hz.Prior to the experiment, a set of baseline data was captured by participants performing four 3-minute
of their classroom will be conducted and filmed on aday where epistemic issues will be discussed. This researcher will prepare clips of moments inthe lesson pertinent to epistemic belief, such as discussions of assumptions or ethical dilemmas(often associated with safety and process decisions). A second interview will then be conductedwith this faculty member to discuss what thoughts and motivations were associated with thesemoments. Interviews will also be conducted with three students from each classroom in order tosee how these lessons were interpreted by the students.For the first interview, the protocol will largely follow the process described by Montfort et al.(2014), featuring semi-structured questions centered around Hofer’s (1997
Pittsburgh. His research focuses on improving the engineering education experience with an emphasis on assessment of design and problem solving, and the study of the ethical behavior of engineers and engineering managers. A former Senior Editor of the Journal of Engineering Education, Shuman is the Founding Editor of Advances in Engineering Education. He has published widely in engineering education literature, and is co-author of Engineering Ethics: Balancing Cost, Schedule and Risk - Lessons Learned from the Space Shuttle (Cambridge University Press). He received his Ph.D. from the Johns Hopkins University in Operations Research and a B.S.E.E. from the University of Cincinnati. Dr. Shuman is an ASEE Fellow
from Purdue University. Her research is focused on identifying how model-based cognition in STEM can be better supported by means of expert technological and computing tools such as cyber-physical systems, visualizations and modeling and simulation tools.Dr. Larry J. Shuman, University of Pittsburgh Larry J. Shuman is Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Distinguished Service Professor of industrial engineering at the Swanson School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. His research focuses on improving the engineering education experience with an emphasis on assessment of design and problem solving, and the study of the ethical behavior of engineers and engineering managers. A former Senior Editor of
Program Evaluator, the Editor-in- Chief for the IEEE Transactions on Education, a Senior Associate Editor for the Journal of Engineering Education, and an Associate Editor for the International Journal of STEM Education.Dr. Larry J. Shuman, University of Pittsburgh Larry J. Shuman is Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Distinguished Service Professor of industrial engineering at the Swanson School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. His research focuses on improving the engineering education experience with an emphasis on assessment of design and problem solving, and the study of the ethical behavior of engineers and engineering managers. A former Senior Editor of the Journal of Engineering Education
archival publications on related topics. He is a Co-PI on the NSF VaNTH ERC on Bioengineering Educational Technologies. In this context he has been very active in developing new educational materials in biomedical ethics and biotransport based on the How People Learn framework. Professor Diller earned a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering degree cum laude from Ohio State University in 1966, followed by a Master of Science in the same field in 1967. He was awarded the Doctor of Science degree, also in mechanical engineering, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1972. After spending an additional year at MIT as an NIH postdoctoral fellow, he joined the
for a project is an important part of 0.91 0.98 + my engineering education. 2. Learning written engineering communication skills is an important part of 0.93 0.96 + my engineering education. 3. Considering safety, ethical, and other social constraints in my work is an 0.76 0.88 + important part of my engineering education. 4. Having the opportunity to integrate skills acquired in the last four years is 0.87 0.88 + an important part of my engineering education. 5. Learning appropriate corporate etiquette and a strong “customer” ethic is 0.85 0.86 + an important part of my
, to group work, to oral and written communications and to engineering ethics. Thecourse is required for all freshman-engineering students and a large number of non-engineeringmajors at the University of New Haven take it as a scientific methodology elective.Consequently, approximately 200 undergraduate students annually take the course in sectionscontaining approximately 25 students. The pre-requisite is college algebra. The course offered isan undergraduate introductory course in Engineering. The same instructor taught all sections.All sections covered the same material, and completed similar assignments.Course Outcomes: Students should be able to ‚" describe the various branches of engineering (civil, computer, electrical, industrial
integrate the social, cultural, ethical and environmental implicationsof their future professional judgments and their roles as citizens in varied and complex settings.”[1]. The 27 semester-hour program of seminars, courses, and off-campus activities featuressmall seminars; a cross-disciplinary approach (faculty from engineering and science disciplinesand faculty from the humanities and social sciences are regularly co-moderators of the seminars);and, opportunities for one-on-one faculty tutorials, instruction and practice in oral and writtencommunication, a Washington, D.C. public policy seminar, a practicum experience (internship orforeign study), as well as participation in the McBride “community within a community”approach [2-5].Circumstances
investigation of the ethical behavior of engineering undergraduates. Journal of Engineering Education, 2012. 101(2): p. 346.10. Holsapple, M.A., et al., Framing faculty and student discrepancies in engineering ethics education delivery. Journal of Engineering Education, 2012. 101(2): p. 169.11. Burt, B.A., et al., Out-of-classroom experiences: Bridging the disconnect between the classroom, the engineering workforce, and ethical development. International Journal of Engineering Education, 2013. 29(3): p. 714-725.12. Finelli, C.J., et al., An Assessment of Engineering Students' Curricular and Co‐ Curricular Experiences and Their Ethical Development. Journal of Engineering Education, 2012. 101(3): p. 469-494.13
students’ endogenous PIwould positively predict their positive emotions, and would negatively predict their cortisollevels. While research has demonstrated that cortisol levels in human saliva are goodpredictors of a biological response to stress and discomfort, few studies have explored theassociations between cortisol levels and positive emotions, specifically enjoyment, orfuture-oriented motivation, bringing significance to the current study. Page 26.1622.5MethodParticipants Our participants were recruited in an engineering ethics course at a public university inthe Southwest of the US. Among the 52 students in the in the sampled class, 31
case of online visitors, Page 11.584.6there is no practical way to verify their demographic characteristics. For that reason, wemust rely on self-reporting.In either case, we must be sure that we are collecting visitor information ethically. Inaddition to seeking permission from the hosting institution, we need to be certain that weadhere to ethical standards for data collection over the internet.11,15 According to theseguidelines, it is best if no personally identifiable information, like names and addresses,are collected. For this reason we decided against having the users enter a name, eventhough it would have been useful in identifying returning
ensuring aspects of quality and validity ininterpretive research in engineering education for capturing the social reality under study17. Thisframework serves as a guide for both “making the data” and “handling the data” in qualitativework, establishing measures for process reliability and theoretical, pragmatic, procedural,communicative, and ethical validation17. An in-depth examination of our quality considerationsfor “making the data” can be found in our previous paper8. We are also currently developingquality assurance steps for “handling the data,” and will describe these steps in a futurepublication.Our qualitative research utilizes a one-on-one, semi-structured interview method8 derived fromMcIntosh’s “serial testimony” technique18,19. We
J. Shuman is Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and professor of industrial engineering at the Swanson School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. His research focuses on improving the engineering education experience with an emphasis on assessment of design and problem-solving, and the study of the ethical behavior of engineers and engineering managers. A former Senior Editor of the Journal of Engineering Education, Shuman is the Founding Editor of Advances in Engineering Education. He has published widely in engineering education literature, and is co-author of Engineering Ethics: Balancing Cost, Schedule and Risk - Lessons Learned from the Space Shuttle (Cambridge University Press). He
faculty mightconsider for instructional improvement.References[1] Canary, H., & Jennings, M. (2008). Principles and influence in Codes of Ethics: A centering resonance analysis comparing pre- and post-Sarbanes-Oxley codes of ethics. Journal of Business Ethics , 80, 263-278.[2] Carley, K. (1997). Extracting team mental models through textual analysis. Journal of Organizational Behavior , 533-558.[3] Corman, S., Kuhn, T., McPhee, R., & Dooley, K. (2002). Studying complex discursive systems: Centering resonance analysis of communication. Human Communication Research , 28, 157-206.[4] Crawdad Technologies, L. (2005). Crawdad Text Analysis System version 1.2. Chandler, AZ.[5] Grosz, B., Weinstein, S., & Joshi, A. (1995). Centering
assistant at the Tufts’ Center for Engineering Education and Outreach.Dr. Darshan Karwat, Arizona State University I am an assistant professor with a joint appointment in the School for the Future of Innovation in Society and The Polytechnic School at ASU, where I run re-Engineered, an interdisciplinary group that embeds peace, social justice, and environmental protection in engineering. I am originally from Mumbai, India, but feel equally at home in Michigan or Washington, D.C. (and now, the Valley!). I studied aerospace engineering (specializing in gas dynamics and combustion) and sustainability ethics at the University of Michigan. I then spent three years as a AAAS Fellow in Washington, D.C., first at the U.S
the integration of academic subjectmatter with service to the community in credit-bearing courses, with key elements includingreciprocity, reflection, coaching, and community voice in projectsiv. Reflective activities helpstudents process their experience and gain insight into the service they perform, the concepts thatthey are reinforcing, and the connection between the twov,vi,vii. When S-L is used effectively inan academic class, students typically benefit in a number of important ways, includingmotivation for learning, teamwork, communication, synthesis of multiple technical concepts,understanding of engineering ethical responsibilities, and civic engagementi,ii,iii.As shown in Table 1, S-L can help educators to fulfill ABET Criterion 3
isparticularly suitable for implementation in engineering courses because its benefits are consistentwith student learning outcomes specified by the Accreditation Board for Engineering andTechnology (ABET), specifically the following strands from criterion 3 (ABET, 2015): (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 multidisciplinary teams; (e) an ability to identify, formulate, and solve
is resolved in favor of students’ learning, increasing thelikelihood that partner communities are left with inappropriate and unusable solutions.6To address these tensions and make sure that communities also benefit from these programs,many scholars have proposed elaborate frameworks and philosophical commitments toinform the practice of humanitarian engineering projects. For instance, Amadei andcolleagues published a model comprising 10 guiding principles for Sustainable HumanitarianEngineering projects. 9 The principles stress the importance of following ethical andprofessional codes and collaborating with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.Another model for HE is Engineering for Social Justice (E4SJ)10 which provides six
member of ASCE, a member of DBIA, Green Globes, and National Institute of Building Science. He is also a board member of USGBC Central California Chapter, and a Senior Fellow of the Environmental Leadership Program (ELP).Dr. Zhanna Bagdasarov, California State University - Fresno ”Dr. Zhanna Bagdasarov is an Assistant Professor of Management at California State University, Fresno. She received her Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the University of Oklahoma. Her research interests focus on ethical decision making in organizational contexts, trust repair between leaders and subordinates, and the influence of emotions in the workplace. She has published her work in such outlets as Journal of Business
interpretation of information, and are regarded as intricate andcomplex. Starkey and colleagues5 use the term information fluency to refer to skills, attitudes,knowledge, and a range of ways of experiencing information use. In the Engineering Scienceprogram at Trinity University, for example, engineering students “learn to access, understand,and evaluate information, use it ethically, and create new material (papers, presentations, or otherproducts) based on that information” with an emphasis on critical and creative thinking.3 Thedevelopment of information fluency involves incremental growth in proficiency.5 It requiresmore than a single visit with the school librarian or a couple of written research assignments.Within a demanding and supportive
bedrock for engineering ethics,123 but also serve as a definingcharacteristic for success as an engineer due to the ambiguous and qualitative nature of problemswithin the field.124,125 As these problems are often highly contextual and yet decidedly unique,poorly structured and ill-defined (or ‘wicked’126), formal logic occasionally does not suffice, soengineers must frequently employ reflection in their judgment.40,127-129 Additionally, the virtualexperimentation of the design process, a critical element in many engineering disciplines,perfectly exemplifies Schӧn’s reflective conversation and other views of reflection.130-132 Andperhaps more importantly, a critical evaluation of reflection within engineering, as initiated byvan Gyn,66 may lead to
longer remain as it has for essentially the past 40 Page 25.1233.2 years. The subjects of globalization, diversity, world cultures and languages, communication, leadership, and ethics must constitute a core component of the overall engineering education just as physics and mathematics do.” [3, p. 87]The important role that engineering education plays in preparing engineering graduates of thefuture is emphasized in several scholarly publications4, 5. In [4], the authors explore the currentstate of engineering education and provide recommendations for improvement. In particular,they emphasize the importance of giving students a
the building collapsed similar enough that useful and the team had to come to an agreement comparisons are drawn. whose fault the collapse was. Followed Necessitates some form of debrief by a debrief on the social difficulties or reflection. associated with ethics-related engineering disasters (Lloyd & van de Poel, 2008). Feedback-practice Students practice the application of A digital game that gave students skeleton loop concepts or skills, get feedback code, asked students fill in the rest of the