Scholar-Teacher in the Department of Psychology at East Carolina University. His research interests include Comparative Psychology: Development, Paternal Care, & Evolution, Computing: Statistics, Instructional, and Internet Multivariate Research Design and Statistics, Social Psychology: Cross-Cultural, Jury Decisions, Ethical Ideology, and Attitudes about Animals.Shahnaz Aziz, East Carolina University Dr. Aziz, completed her Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational (I/O) psychology from Bowling Green State University. Her expertise lies in the application of psychological principles to human behavior in the workplace. In her program of research, she has mainly conducted studies in the area of
eleven engineering programs Pierre G. Lafleur, Yves Boudreault and Richard Prégent École Polytechnique de Montréal, Québec, CANADAContextFor 135 years, École Polytechnique de Montréal has provided an engineering program in theprovince of Québec, Canada. During its long history it has, successfully, faced and overcamemany challenges in several areas such as teaching, research, funding, and internationalcollaborations. The recent process through which it has, thoroughly, remodeled its elevenengineering undergraduate programs is, however, quite unique. This remodeling, in part,reflected on the basic mathematics courses and the complementary courses (social andeconomical aspects of engineering, ethics, etc.). It
an ethical way. They will also be critically aware of the impact of information technology on the individual and society.• Teamwork and Leadership (TL): Graduates will be able to work efficiently and effectively in a group and will be able to assume leadership roles and responsibilities in a variety of life situations and accept accountability for the results.Students must document accomplishments of these outcomes in their portfolios5 in order tocomplete their degree programs. Moreover, each college at ZU identified a set of major-relatedlearning outcomes (MALOs) and integrated those outcomes in all major courses. For example,the College of Information Systems (CIS) at ZU has established five major leaning outcomeswhich form the
with mechanical objects in engineering education instruction, and how engineering students’ personality traits influence ethical decision making process in engineering design.Dr. Mary K. Pilotte, Purdue University, West Lafayette Pilotte has over 20 years of industrial experience and a PhD in Engineering Education. Research in- terests include uncovering generation-based engineering knowledge transfer, engineering epistemology, engineering entrepreneurship and understanding the differentiated culture of engineering.Dr. Demetra Evangelou, Purdue University, West Lafayette Prof. Evangelou is credited with introducing the concept of developmental engineering, a new area of re- search and education for which she was
technical curriculum. Ibelieve that we need to do more to connect how we understand technology to the world’smost pressing challenges, and I attempt to emphasize this in my own teaching.Through this proposed research, I am working in a relatively new area that isn’t well-defined by existing theory and methodology formed in higher education. Although thereis a body of research on the teaching of engineering ethics and the integration of thesocial sciences with engineering, and that is certainly relevant to examining thetechnology/society interface, I am examining faculty beliefs and processes aroundcurriculum choice with respect to contextualizing science and technology curriculum.After some early reviews of existing literature, I decided that the
citationpractices belie a more complex system of relationships. Historically, they have established powerrelationships among authors, ideas, and larger sociotechnical systems within the university[26].Our citations reflect our reading practices while establishing field boundaries and contours andultimately funneling into the larger economy of the university. They undergird this universityeconomy in a number of ways: (a) we form communities of practice/discourse communities inhow we cite, excluding and including particular ways of knowing; (b) we give particular ideaspower and visibility in how we cite; (c) we decide whose work matters, who should be tenuredand promoted, who belongs; and (d) we teach ethics and intellectual property through citations.These
principles of engineering, science, and mathematics 2. The ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs, with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors 3. The ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences 4. The ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts 5. The ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment
explained, We do design a survey, we refer to literature and then based on our experience with design a survey. But I must tell you that we don't have a formal commitment being taken about the ethical conduct of this that which are normally there in western systems. Such a thing is not strictly followed. We tell them orally about the participation [Emaaz].After collecting the data from the survey, the first step the faculty followed was to scan throughthe data, perform data cleaning and manipulation operations. Then, once the data was ready thestatistical analysis was done, the outputs of the tests were analyzed, and findings were documented.The faculty also said that statistical tests were decided on during early stages of research prior
. Page 26.1716.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015IntroductionHow to Understand Engineering Life PathwaysEngineering is increasingly understood as a lifelong learning pathway rather than an event thathappens only in a university setting. The National Academy of Engineering’s the Engineer of2020 identifies lifelong learning, practical ingenuity, analytic skills, business management,creativity, cognitive flexibility, ethics, leadership, professionalism, and communication as theknowledge and skills that will be valuable for engineers in the future. These skills can be learnedboth within, and outside of, traditional engineering education. In order to understand howengineering education manifests during
Page 11.496.4items in the worksheet and our coding reflect statements made in the article, not ourinterpretations of them. For instance, if an article said that students worked in teams, then, in thesubcategory Social Arrangement, within the category of Study Characteristics, we coded theitem “Team,” which connotes a division of roles and responsibilities, when, in fact, the socialarrangement may really have been loosely formed small groups. Finally, readers should beaware that some terms appear in more than one category or subcategory (e.g., ethics, case study,team) and that these terms mean different things in different contexts and were codedaccordingly.Analysis of the Content of the DatabaseThe database underlying the PR2OVE-IT website is
teaching technicalcommunication to engineering students do meet the objectives of EC 2000, we argue that they donot go far enough. That is, in order for engineering students to be professionally as well astechnically competent, they must be prepared to not only write professional documents andprepare professional presentations, they must also learn about interpersonal communication inorder to be productive organizational members.CLEAR ApproachThe University of Utah’s CLEAR Approach (Communication, Leadership, Ethics, and Research)to improving engineering education involves collaboration between the Colleges of Humanitiesand Engineering. Our goal is to prepare engineering undergraduates to occupy positions ofleadership in organizations through
variety of STEM environments ranging fromunderstanding how teaching resources and pedagogies are spread and utilized,9,25–27 perceptionsof other team member interactions,24 retention and persistence issues,28,29 and to understand thesocial process of ethical design.30 Given the body of literature demonstrating the importance ofsocial interactions we propose that diverse individuals should be dispersed throughout thenetwork to encourage meaningful interactions with a wide variety of people, thus warming theclimate of engineering. As engineering educators, we want to avoid groups with high homophilyand relatively few connections to the overall network (i.e., isolated homogenous groups).Homophily represents a bias that leads similar people to
reflection exercises and interactivetheatre sketches on the importance of diversity19,20.MethodologyCritical ethnography and IntersectionalityEthnography, a primary tool of anthropologists, is a common method used to understand culturefrom the perspective of insiders of that culture. Ethnographic methods include participantobservation, field memos, interviews, and focus groups interviews21,22. Our research is rooted incritical ethnography, which “begins with an ethical responsibility to address processes ofunfairness or injustice within a particular lived domain” (p. 5)23. Critical ethnographers take anactive social justice position in making visible oppressive power relations within a culture andapplying their findings to have positive impacts on
perspective ofdevelopmental psychology, engineering students’ identity is tied to the need to align with theprofession in terms of a set of characteristics that are necessary for success [13]. Thesecharacteristics are considered malleable and teachable, rather than inherent. Researchers in thisarea tend to focus on engineering identity as a set of traits available to the individual while actingwithin the profession, rather than some of the more elusively-defined conceptions of identity.Loui [39] found four types of characteristics needed for identification with the profession:technical competence, interpersonal skills, work ethic, and moral standards such as integrity.These characteristics are seen as inherent to being an engineer, and are required
graduates.20 Validatingpsychographic measures that can assess these values is important to evaluating how well thegeneral university education is molding a next generation of consumers and professionalscommitted to more sustainable practices. However, within engineering, such psychographicmeasures also allow us to understand how well instruction in the ABET student outcome relatedto sustainable practice is likely to be internalized and pursued by engineering students throughlifelong learning: “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.” 21The National Academy of
incorporate appropriate qualitative validation methods wherever possible. Whilecommunicative and pragmatic validity are typically emphasized in phenomenographic work8,28,the additional elements of theoretical, procedural, and ethical validation, and process reliabilityfrom Walther and colleagues’ framework will also improve the quality of this work. Table 2,adapted from Walther and colleagues33,34, outlines these concepts and specific procedures used.This paper itself, and the resulting conference presentation, represent one critical step in ensuringthe quality and rigor of the work. In particular, by presenting this work, in an intermediate stage,to a variety of individuals, we receive feedback to support communicative validity8,11.Table 2
0.875 searching Keeping a record of research activities 0.922 Using lab equipment 0.656 Making connections between classroom learning and research 0.690 Determining the next step in a research project 0.811 Working independently 0.853 Conducting research in an ethical and responsible manner 0.848 Providing leadership on projects 0.650 Finding relevant literature 0.769 Making connections
building blocks for thedevelopment of many capstone courses; these guidelines focus on the practice of engineering andinclude requirements for communication, teamwork, creativity, the synthesis of core engineering Page 12.904.2concepts applied to an open-ended project, incorporation of economic considerations, andinclusion of relevant health, safety, and ethical issues.1 Industrial needs have also shaped thedevelopment of capstone courses in a variety of ways, from reporting a perceived lack of hands-on-experience in recently graduated engineers to providing mentorship and projects for capstonecourse.2 In addition to providing students the
Compare conclusions with previous work Characterize the limitations and implications of the conclusionsTable 2: Communication Global Outcomes and IndicatorsGlobal Objectives IndicatorsAbility to identify and Situate, in document or presentation, the solution or design in thecredibly communicate world of existing engineering, taking into account social,engineering knowledge environmental, economic and ethical consequences Recognize a credible argument (reading) Construct a credible argument in written or spoken form – to persuasively present
been active in the ASEE since 2001, currently serving as the Program Chair for the Commu- nity Engagement in Engineering Education constituent committee. Swan’s current research interests in engineering education concern project-based learning and service-based pedagogy.Dr. Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder Angela Bielefeldt is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering at the University of Colorado, Boulder. She has incorporated service-learning projects into the senior capstone design course for environmental engineering since 2001. Her engineering education research interests include sustainable engineering, ethics, and retention of female
interpretive phenomenology.Dr. Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette Carla B. Zoltowski, Ph.D., is Education Administrator of the EPICS Program at Purdue University. She received her B.S. and M.S. in electrical engineering and Ph.D. in engineering education, all from Purdue University. She has served as a lecturer in Purdue’s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Dr. Zoltowski’s academic and research interests include human-centered design learning and assessment, service-learning, ethical reasoning assessment, leadership, and assistive technology.Dr. William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette William (Bill) Oakes is the Director of the EPICS Program and one of the founding faculty members
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AC 2010-878: SPECIAL SESSION: ASSESSING MORALITY, IDENTITY, ANDMOTIVATION IN A FIRST-YEAR MATERIALS ENGINEERING SERVICELEARNING COURSETrevor Harding, California Polytechnic State University Trevor Harding, Ph.D., is Professor and Chair of Materials Engineering at California Polytechnic State University, where he teaches courses in engineering design from a materials perspective. His research is focused on the educational outcomes associated with service learning and project-based learning with a particular focus on ethics education. He is also PI on several projects investigating the degradation of biomedical materials in physiological environments. Dr. Harding serves as Associate Editor of the
well as retention and diversity concerns within engineering education and engineering as a profession.Brock E. Barry, U.S. Military Academy Dr. Barry is an assistant professor and course director in the Department of Civil & Mechanical Engi- neering at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He predominately teaches in the area of engineer- ing mechanics. His current areas of research include professional ethics, economic factors influencing engineering education, identity development, and non-verbal communication. Dr. Barry is a licensed professional engineer with multiple years of consulting experience.Kerry Meyers, University of Notre Dame Kerry L. Meyers is an Associate Professional Faculty member in the
research projects , and holding part-timejobs on campus lead to increased retention and the likelihood of interaction with fellow students,faculty, and staff whereas off-campus activities and decentralized activities such as off-campusjobs decrease this involvement 43. The proximity to campus also is negatively correlated withcritical interactions. Students who drive to campus have less interaction with faculty (especiallyseniors) and do not take advantage of co-curricular activities, community service, andinternships. Therefore, students who tend to have a centralized community tend to see gains inpersonal and social competence associated with ethical development, appreciation for diversity,understanding of self, and citizenship 44.MethodsA
to be delivered in a distance learning format.At the University of Cincinnati, a large, urban, midwestern university, a common first-yearengineering design course sequence is taught, which focuses on developing students’ design,algorithmic, mathematical, and spatial thinking skills along with other professional skills such aswritten and oral communication, teamwork, and professional ethics. The course meets twice aweek for two hours each and relies heavily on team-based, hands-on activities and projects tohelp students learn the course material. Additionally, the course uses a flipped classroomapproach, where students watch assigned videos or read selected chapters from the textbookprior to attending class and spend most of class time
ethical reasons, only students overthe age of 18 will be invited to participate in this study.Recruitment Procedures Clear identification of students who are freshmen (i.e., 1st year) and sophomores (i.e., 2ndyear) in the engineering program can be difficult for administrators to accomplish due to thevaried credits inside and outside of engineering students prior to enrollment. However, at theuniversity where the proposed study will be conducted, engineering students must be formallyaccepted into a major-specific professional program prior to enrolling in junior level (i.e., 3rdyear) engineering courses. Therefore, we intend to use the student identification numbers of allstudents working toward entrance into the engineering professional
qualitative and quantitative data gathered suggest that theprelab problem sets helped the students to be better prepared for the lab sessions due to thecomplementary nature of the prelab problems and the lab problems. Coupled with thefeatures of WeBWorK, the prelab problem sets provided better support for the students’learning and also deepened their understanding of the concepts during the actual lab sessions.AcknowledgmentsThis research was funded by the Simon Fraser University Teaching and LearningDevelopment Grant. We also note that DORE provided a waiver from full ethics review forpublishing this at the conference. Lastly, we would like to thank the students in this coursefor their kind participation in the study.References[1] S. J. Greenwald
, engineering ethics, spatialvisualization, data modelling, dimensional analysis, statistics, algorithmic thinking throughflowchart, LabVIEW and Python. In the spring semester, topics of descriptive statistics andmodelling, statics, electrical circuits, mass and energy balance, and algorithmic thinking throughMATLAB and Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) were covered.Students were grouped into teams of 3-4 members, formed at the beginning of each semester.Teams were required to work on 5 design and modelling projects through the course of 2semesters. Project evaluations emphasized design process over project outcome, in line withMichael and Sweet’s definition of TBL [37]. Teams were formed to maintain diversity indemography and programming knowledge