Conference Session

Professional and Regulatory Issues in Ethics

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan D Watts, Purdue University West Lafayette; Andrew O. Brightman, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Engineering Ethics

Paper ID #19741Crossing the line: When does the involvement of human subjects in testing ofengineering capstone design projects require oversight by an IRB?Ryan D Watts, Purdue University West Lafayette Graduated from Purdue University in 2015 with a BS is Biomedical Engineering and currently pursuing medical training.Dr. Andrew O. Brightman, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Andrew O. Brightman serves as Assistant Head for Academic Affairs and Associate Professor of Engi- neering Practice in the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering. His research background is in cellular biochemistry, tissue

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth A. Debartolo, Rochester Institute of Technology; Wade Lee Robison

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Engineering Ethics

Paper ID #22376Risk Management and Ethics in Capstone DesignDr. Elizabeth A. DeBartolo, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE) Elizabeth A. DeBartolo, PhD is the Director of the Multidisciplinary Senior Design Program at the Rochester Institute of Technology, where students from Biomedical, Computer, Electrical, Industrial, and Mechanical Engineering work together on multidisciplinary teams to complete a 2-semester design and build project. She received her graduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University and has worked at RIT since 2000.Prof. Wade Lee Robison c American Society for

Conference Session

New Media for Ethics Education

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Joshua Gargac, University of Mount Union

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Engineering Ethics

Paper ID #31052Let’s get ethical: Incorporating ”The Office” and engaging practicesinto an ethics module for capstone studentsDr. Joshua Gargac, University of Mount Union Joshua Gargac is an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Mount Union in Alliance, OH, where he advises the mechanical engineering senior capstone projects and SAE Baja team. In addition, Dr. Gargac teaches first-year engineering courses, computer-aided design, kinematics and dynamics of machinery, design of machine elements, and manufacturing science. He received his BSME from Ohio Northern University and a PhD in

Conference Session

Innovative Approaches to Ethics Instruction

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shawn Bowers, Gonzaga University; Ellen M. Maccarone, Gonzaga University; George D. Ricco, Gonzaga University

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Engineering Ethics

Paper ID #15871On the Integration of Ethical, Legal, and Societal Issues into a Computer Sci-ence Senior Design Capstone ProgramDr. Shawn Bowers, Gonzaga University Dr. Bowers is the Chair and an Associate Professor of Computer Science within the School of Engineering and Applied Science at Gonzaga University. He graduated with a PhD in Computer Science from the OGI School of Science and Engineering at OHSU. He was a postdoctoral researcher at the San Diego Supercomputer Center at UCSD and an Associate Project Scientist at the UC Davis Genome Center prior to joining the faculty at Gonzaga. His research interests are in the

Conference Session

Innovating Ethics Curriculum and Instruction

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Rob Sleezer, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Rebecca A. Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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Engineering Ethics

four to complete design projects that are the samescope and scale of typical capstone design projects. For working on this project, the studentengineers earn three credits of design and three credits of professionalism. The design creditsaccount for the actual engineering work associated with the project while the professionalismcredits account for the non-technical tasks associated with the project, such as communication,professional development and teamwork. One set of professionalism assignments, of particularinterest to this work, is to write reflection journal entries designed to support the studentengineers’ metacognitive processes and cement important learning. Often, reflections connect toactivities done in our one credit seminar where

Conference Session

Ethical Design

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Scott A. Civjan, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Nicholas Tooker, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

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Engineering Ethics

practice. Anend of semester survey was given to students only taking the design class, taking the classsimultaneously with a capstone seminar course that included more traditional ethics curriculum,and only taking the capstone seminar course. Results indicate that integrating ethics assignmentsinto design courses can complement traditional ethics instruction. Students enrolled in bothclasses responded with more consistent ethical decision outcomes, where students acknowledgeother perspectives and were less likely to select decisions that avoid responsibility for theiractions. Student responses also indicated a positive experience with the new content deliverymethod.IntroductionEthics instruction in the engineering curriculum is fraught with

Conference Session

Ethics Instruction in Context: Civil and Construction Engineering and Engineering Technology

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason K. Durfee, Eastern Washington University; Hani Serhal Saad, Eastern Washington University

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

various courses with nospecific framework likely had limited effect. Studies have shown that going about teachingethics in this manner likely results in teaching “microethics”8 which lacks the broader context ofhow ethics impacts society as a whole.It is also noted that senior engineering students that are taking their capstone course are verybusy. The engineering capstone in our program is typical of other institutions in that it requires alarge time commitment from the students. They have projects to complete, numerous reports towrite, and presentations to prepare. It is likely that taking this ethics examination is not a highpriority in their list of things to complete so it may not be given the serious attempt that wewould hope from these

Conference Session

Integration of Liberal Education into Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tom A. Eppes, University of Hartford; Ivana Milanovic, University of Hartford; Frederick Sweitzer, University of Hartford

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Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

. • Professional – Included for all E majors and covers topics common to disciplines. Currently, ET programs do not have a professional component. • Capstone – An integrating experience of 3 to 6 semester credits and taken in the final year of study in which the student completes an unscripted design project. • Other – A technical communication course sequence focused on written and oral skills taken by all ET majors.Broader Educational ContextThe changes being mandated by NEASC are part of a much larger policy initiative that isnational in scope. Most, if not all regional accreditation boards are undertaking similar efforts intheir respective areas of authority. Over the last decade, concern over the quality of highereducation

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaofeng Tang, Ohio State University; Jeffrey M. Catchmark, Pennsylvania State University; Eduardo Mendieta; Thomas A. Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University

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Engineering Ethics

capstone project. 15 Apply systematic method to analyze ethical issues and to arrive at a recommended approach to address the issues. 16 Demonstrate ethical responsibility that goes beyond compliance to professional codes and regulations. 17 Act ethically as an engineering professional. 18 Provide ethical leadership within a team. 19 Provide ethical leadership within an organization. Ten BE faculty members (including a member of our project team) participated inthe second workshop. Another eight BE faculty members, who could not attend in person,returned the questionnaire by email. One

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics III

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Durfee, Eastern Washington University; William Loendorf, Eastern Washington University

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Engineering Ethics

codes.During all of this classroom discussion, actual work experiences are solicited from the students.Many of the students have previous or current job experiences and most of the students have, bythis point in their academic program, completed an internship. Experiences that the students havehad in these working environments provide a wealth of material for discussion. Additionally, theinstructor provides a few examples of his own, and also includes some of the classic examplesused to discuss ethical failures within the technology and engineering professions. This entirelesson is also a subset of a lifelong learning project each student in the capstone course mustcomplete. In this project the students create a ten-year career plan that involves

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics III

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Godfrey, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Todd Taylor, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Corinna Fleischmann, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Daniel Pickles, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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Engineering Ethics

instructors of each major’s seniordesign capstone project began holding multi-disciplinary “Engineering Ethics Lunches”.Students and faculty form small groups during scheduled lunches to discuss specificethical topics related to the engineering profession. The discussions are based uponassigned readings and suggested talking points developed jointly by the faculty.Afterwards, the students are required to submit essays reviewing their discussions andanswering an ethical question based upon the topic.Now in its fourth semester, the multi-disciplinary ethics lunches have receivedoverwhelmingly positive feedback from both the instructors and students. This paperwill discuss the format of the multi-disciplinary ethics discussions, the type of

Conference Session

Innovating Ethics Curriculum and Instruction

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Elizabeth A. Debartolo, Rochester Institute of Technology; Wade L. Robison, Rochester Institute of Technology; Sarah Aileen Brownell, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Engineering Ethics

Paper ID #30487WIP: A One-Page Ethical Checklist for EngineersDr. Elizabeth A. DeBartolo, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE) Elizabeth A. DeBartolo, PhD is the Director of the Multidisciplinary Senior Design Program at the Rochester Institute of Technology, where students from Biomedical, Computer, Electrical, Industrial, and Mechanical Engineering work together on multidisciplinary teams to complete their 2-semester design and build capstone projects. She received her graduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University and has worked at RIT since 2000.Prof. Wade L. Robison, Rochester Institute of

Conference Session

Ethical Cases and Curricula

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Russell Capelli, Virginia Tech; Estela Patron Moen, Virginia Tech; William N. Collins, Virginia Tech

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Engineering Ethics

students must be directly exposed to this global ethical environment whilestill in school, and develop an understanding of engineering ethics in the internationalcommunity3, 10.Engineering students are given numerous opportunities to gain exposure to developing countriesthrough classroom capstone design projects, specialized curriculums, study abroad experiences,service-learning projects, and extracurricular service organizations11, 12. For example, formaluniversity-initiated service-learning programs such as Engineering Projects in CommunityService (EPICS) at Purdue University have effectively allowed students to partner withnumerous non-profit organizations, such as Habitat for Humanity, which performs internationalservice-centered engineering

Conference Session

Ethics Instruction in Context: Civil and Construction Engineering and Engineering Technology

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hossein Ataei P.E., Syracuse University; Ossama M. Salem, University of Cincinnati

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Engineering Ethics

construction engineering profession; (2) “CIE 475 – Senior Design Project” – a coresenior-level capstone course where different ethical frameworks and stake-holder model theoriesin professional decision-making are taught. In addition, the graduating students obtain more in-depth and practical insight of the ethical obligations in engineering practice through the casestudies and in-class group discussions; and (3) “CIE 400/600 – Construction Regulations andOrganizational Management” – an undergraduate/graduate-level elective course in which thetheories of ethics are presented to the class and discussed further in terms of the existing differentviewpoints towards ethics in managing an engineering enterprise.INTRODUCTION:The construction engineering

Conference Session

Technology and Design in Engaging and Analyzing Ethics

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roman Taraban, Texas Tech University; Mark Stephen LaCour Jr., Texas Tech University; William M. Marcy P.E., Texas Tech University; Richard A. Burgess II, Texas Tech University

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Engineering Ethics

and 3hregarding the development of ethical responsibility in engineering students. The purpose of thepresent project is to use the learning and analytical capabilities of IBM Watson NaturalLanguage Classifier to analyze capstone papers submitted by undergraduates in a course onengineering ethics. The capstone papers that we analyzed required students to identify anddiscuss a contemporary engineering technology (e.g., autonomous tractor trailers) and toexplicitly discuss the ethical issues involved. In the two tests described here we assessed whetherWatson-NLC could classify sentences from students’ papers as either related to ethics or notrelated to ethics. Additionally, we consider the utility of these simple machine-basedclassifications

Conference Session

Understanding Students' Authentic and Reflective Experiences of Ethics Education

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Madeline Polmear, University of Florida; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder; Chris Swan, Tufts University; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado Boulder

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Engineering Ethics

, social responsibility, ethics, and diversity.Dr. Chris Swan, Tufts University Chris Swan is Dean of Undergraduate Education for the School of Engineering and an associate pro- fessor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering department at Tufts University. He has additional appointments in the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life and the Center for Engineering Education and Outreach at Tufts. His current engineering education research interests focus on community engage- ment, service-based projects and examining whether an entrepreneurial mindset can be used to further engineering education innovations. He also does research on the development of sustainable materials management (SMM) strategies.Dr. Daniel

Conference Session

Peace, Conflict, and Sustainability: Addressing Global and Ethical Issues in Engineering Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert J Muscat, Global Peace Services USA; Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Donna M Riley, Virginia Tech; Rebecca A Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics, Engineering and Public Policy

engineering professor at the University ofColorado Boulder and has interests in sustainability, Learning Through Service (course-basedservice-learning and extracurricular service programs), social responsibility development instudents, ethics, and global issues. Her teaching for undergraduate students has focusedprimarily in the first year and capstone design, with learning outcomes targeting sustainability inall of her courses. She has found that project-based learning is an effective method to achieve adiversity of inter-related, complex learning outcomes. She has also found that case studies canserve as the basis for stimulating students’ considerations of complex issues such as ethics andsustainability. A case study that she has used for many

Conference Session

Ethics Integration in Engineering Design

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jessica R. Edelson, Duke University; Micalyn Struble, Duke University; Reya Magan, Duke University; Ann Saterbak, Duke University

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Engineering Ethics

Paper ID #32977Integration of Ethics-Focused Modules into the Steps of the EngineeringDesign ProcessMs. Jessica R. Edelson, Duke University Jessica is senior Robertson Scholar at Duke University pursuing a double major in Political Science and Visual and Media Studies, with a certificate in Information Science.Micalyn Struble, Duke University Micalyn is a third-year student at Duke University, majoring in Public Policy and minoring in Computer Science. She views this project as a chance to ingrain ethical thinking into engineering, in the hopes that many ethical dilemmas of the past can be confidently handled in the

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Madeline Polmear, University of Colorado, Boulder; Chris Swan, Tufts University; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Nathan E. Canney

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

, in other cases clear differences were evident. For example, somebelieve that ethics education must be grounded in ethical theory, while others believe this to beunnecessary. In addition, ESI issues that arise “naturally” in the context of engineering projects(either in community service programs, projects for clients, or capstone design) were perceivedas being particularly impactful by some, but perhaps falling short by others.What was missing from all of the two-page summaries of the ESI teaching settings was evidenceof student learning. This is a key element in the next phase of the research. A sub-set of courseshave been selected for further study based on the exemplary rating process. For this sub-set oflearning environments, the

Conference Session

Graduate Ethics Education & Professional Codes

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard S. Stansbury, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Joshua Lloyd Olds, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Eric Joe Coyle, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Engineering Ethics

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Ethical Concerns of Unmanned and Autonomous Systems in Engineering ProgramsAbstract:Unmanned systems are entering educational curricula (both K–12 and post-secondary) becausethey capture student interest, provide multidisciplinary engineering opportunities, anddemonstrate many tangible science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)concepts. In collegiate engineering programs, unmanned systems are used both within thecurriculum (e.g. capstone design projects) and as part of co-curricular/extra-curricular activities(e.g. the Associate for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI)’s student designcompetitions). Graduate programs dedicated

Conference Session

New Media for Ethics Education

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Allen R. White, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Engineering Ethics

: Project Work Skills and Meeting SkillsSimulation ProcedureThe simulation was performed in two sections of mechanical engineering capstone design duringthe second quarter of a three quarter senior design sequence. After a brief introduction to theFate™ game mechanics, the meeting is convened, each student introduces their PC, describestheir role, and explains their team’s status. Discussions ensue as to the best course of action andonce conflicts arise, the dice, PC skills, and reputation chips resolve the disputes. The outcomeis almost certainly an ethical compromise that has the potential to impact the customers’ safety,the value of the product, and the company’s reputation.After a brief discussion, the engineers are told that they most

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Theis, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott; patricia watkins, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Library; Mary Angela Beck, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Engineering Ethics

, capstone projects, and real-worldexperiences. In addition, other benefits would accrue: • Real world skills and attitudes that reflect the importance of sustainability in engineering; • A critical awareness of the emerging new role for the contemporary engineer in society and the world; and • An evolving, critical, and professional self-reflection for envisioning future environments.However, will administration, faculty, and staff at our university be amenable to the introductionof sustainability in their courses and into the curriculum? What do students want in theireducation and courses that address sustainability? How might critical resources, such as ourlibrary staff, aid us in curricular development? What might be the

Conference Session

Assessing Social Responsibility & Sustainability

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan E Canney PE, Seattle University; Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Mikhail Russu

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods, Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

to social responsibility, but theydon’t examine how faculty or departments believe that they are influencing such views. At the17 institutions surveyed, it would be beneficial for departments to see where their students saidthey were influenced and compare that to where they thought they were affecting student views.Departments could assess if the first-year or capstone projects were influencing the ethicaldevelopment that they expect. Possible single time interventions on ethical or professionalresponsibility are not enough to provide lasting impressions on students such that they wouldhighlight that course years later. This could be an impetus to change such approaches to ethicseducation. More broadly, this work provides a useful approach

Conference Session

Reimagining Engineering Ethics

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jessica Koehler, Wake Forest University; Olga Pierrakos, Wake Forest University ; Michael Lamb, Wake Forest University; Alana Demaske, Wake Forest University; Carlos Santos, Wake Forest University; Michael D. Gross, Wake Forest University; Dylan Franklin Brown, Wake Forest University

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

because of the open-ended nature of the activity [30]. Sinceproject-based learning is often done in teams, students engage in reflective dialogue and weighvarious perspectives that further promote critical thinking. Students are also given moreownership over their learning process than they would with traditional course pedagogy, whichfacilitates positive motivations [29], [42]. Capstone design projects, required of all ABET-accredited programs, is just one example of such open-ended, team-based projects. 6Providing real-world scenarios with no right or wrong answers provides an ideal context forstudents to learn how to apply critical thinking to

Conference Session

Moral Development, Engineering Pedagogy and Ethics Instruction

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Schmaltz, Western Kentucky University

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Engineering Ethics

, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Baltimore. (http://www.abet.org/criteria.html) [3] Schmaltz, K.S., Byrne, C., Choate, R. and Lenoir, J., “Integrated Professional Component Plan from Freshmen Experience to Senior Project,” Proc. 2004 ASEE Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, UT. [4] Lau, Andrew, “Teaching Engineering Ethics to First-Year College Students,” Science and Engineering Ethics, Volume 10, Issue 2, 2004 [5] Catalano, George, “Senior Capstone Design and Ethics: A Bridge to the Professional World,” Science and Engineering Ethics, Volume 10, Issue 2, 2004 [6] Fleischmann, Shirley, “Essential Ethics – Embedding Ethics into an Engineering Curriculum,” Science and Engineering Ethics, Volume 10, Issue 2, 2004 [7

Conference Session

Professional and Regulatory Issues in Ethics

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ramanitharan Kandiah P.E., Central State University; Krishna Kumar V Nedunuri, International Center for Water Resources; Ning Zhang, Central State University

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

lecture based approach. Hence, in 2016, as the newcomponents, reviews on ethical case studies and exams were added to the course. Also, thegraduates from the same ENE program, who currently work in the industry and the governmentwere invited as the guest speakers to provide the students their insights and the experiences. Withthe Fall 2016 assessment (Appendix-C), in the capacity of the instructor, the first authorrecommended to incorporate two more components, project management and research conductinto EPS course with the experiences gained from other courses. Project management was foundas a required topic from the course, Senior Capstone Project. Engineering students doingundergraduate research at the authors’ institution have to pass an

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Grant A. Fore, Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis; Justin L. Hess, Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis; Brandon Sorge, Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis; Mary F. Price, Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis; Martin A. Coleman, Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis; Thomas William Hahn, Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis; Julie Adele Hatcher

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Engineering Ethics

) project costs incurred by the partneringorganizations. The Earth Sciences and Biomedical Engineering departments opted to partner inthis project, and each has identified at least five faculty who will participate in the FLC program.Faculty participants will implement refined courses wherein they utilize the I-CELER framework(potential courses range from introductory to capstone level). Multiple faculty adapting theircourses are necessary for the cultural transformative effects this project seeks, because onecourse alone is not enough to produce, let alone sustain, change in ethical development [34]. Byinfusing I-CELER into multiple courses, this project aims to transform departmental curriculaakin to what has been termed “threaded service

Conference Session

Integration of Liberal Education into Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vassilios Tzouanas, University of Houston, Downtown; Lea Campbell, University of Houston, Downtown

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Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

application of teaming skills. Courses whichencompass a major team engineering project are a natural point in the curriculum to includeteaming instruction.Because of these constraints, the curriculum which is described in this paper is designed to beinterspersed within the existing coursework of a senior seminar or capstone course whichincludes a major team project as its focus. The tradeoff with this approach is that the teaminginformation presented must be limited to what is most salient and necessary for graduates on thecusp of entering the work force. Students are provided with targeted readings in an effort toprovide an additional degree of depth.The eight teaming lessons outlined in the curriculum in Appendix A are designed to be presentedas

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics and Justice

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Engineering Ethics

targetingsome of the worst by-products of industrialization). 10More recently, and the Committee for Social Responsibility in Engineering (CSRE) grew out oflate-1960s and early-1970s radicalism. In the early 1970s, CSRE published thenewsletter/magazine SPARK, which emphasized the role of engineering in its social andpolitical-economic context, including especially labor relations. 11 SPARK highlighted andcriticized a range of “oppressive” applications of engineering skills and technology, withparticular attention paid to the connections between engineering and military. Instead ofworking on military projects, SPARK’s editors encouraged engineers to employ their skillstoward progressive, liberatory ends. One of the editors’ major goals was to bring

Conference Session

Ethical Design

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Donald Winiecki, Boise State University; Lynn Catlin P.E., Boise State University; Harold Ackler, Boise State University

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Engineering Ethics

and technology-in-use as a reflection on, and an influence on social morals and social ethics.Mr. Lynn Catlin P.E., Boise State UniversityDr. Harold Ackler, Boise State University Dr. Harold Ackler is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Micron School of Materials Science and En- gineering at Boise State University. He teaches advanced undergraduate laboratory courses and manages the senior capstone program in the Micron School. He received BS and MS degrees from the University of California at Berkeley and his PhD degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1997), all in Materials Science and Engineering. He has over 13 years of experience working in industry where he learned how important hands-on