in higher education by supporting faculty and staff at WPI and at other institutions to advance work on project-based learning. She believes project- based learning holds significant potential for increasing the diversity of students who succeed in college and who persist in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields, and she views her work with the Center as contributing to education reform from the inside out. She holds an M.A. in Developmental Psychology from Clark University and a B.A. in Psychology from Case Western Reserve University. Her background includes working in the field of education evaluation, where she focused primarily on the areas of project-based learning; STEM; pre-literacy and
study’s purpose was to teaseout the values and ethical positioning that engineers apply moment to moment during their work.Engineering, like all professional work, reflects an intricate interplay of social forces, economicforces, legal constraints, technological demands, and organizational cultures1. Any discussionabout ethics on the job is complex, unwieldy, and may resist even the best attempts atcategorization or standardization.As part of our mixed-method, multi-year study of practicing engineers, we collected evidenceregarding how ethics were enacted, enforced, or observed on the job. We asked engineers aboutthe importance of engineering ethics, if ethical issues were encountered on the job, and wherethey learned about engineering ethics
.Principles suggested in previous literature are as follows2, 5, 6: 1. Engineers hold a responsibility that spans national, racial, cultural, social, and economic borders to promote the welfare of all humans. 2. Engineers have a responsibility to design products and technologies with a focus on sustainable development. 3. Engineers have a responsibility to ensure engineering is not employed as an instrument that further widens the gap between the rich and the poor.When applied to current challenges in international engineering ethics, these principles form abasis for an international code of ethics1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8: 1. Safety of the public – Ensuring the protection of “the public” in a complicated global context where a
Paper ID #8396Textual Appropriation and Attribution in Engineering Theses and Disserta-tions: An Exploratory StudyMr. Edward J. Eckel, Western Michigan University Edward Eckel received a B.S. degree in biology from Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, and a Master’s in Library and Information Science from Drexel University, Philadelphia. Currently he is an engineering and applied sciences librarian at Western Michigan University Libraries. His work has appeared in Science and Engineering Ethics, College & Undergraduate Libraries, Issues in Science and Technology Librar- ianship, Internet Reference Services Quarterly, and
FoundationsQuestionnaire (MFQ) [1] and a novel instrument focused on the intersection of technology andethics developed by faculty at Duke University. With data collected in Fall 2020, we analyzedstudent survey data and found few significant results. In summary, the suite of developedmodules that are embedded into the first-year engineering design course should lead to thedevelopment of an ethical mindset at the outset of students’ engineering education.Overview of Ethics Education in EngineeringDespite a consensus that ethics is an important topic for engineering students, its incorporationinto undergraduate courses remains mixed [2] [3] [4]. Currently, the ABET Student Outcome #4in Criterion 3 requires that graduates have “an ability to recognize ethical and
professional societycodes of ethics4, Law and Engineering5 are among numerous resources available toeducational communities.Freshman Year ExperienceAll incoming freshmen are expected to attend a day long university orientation. The dayis used by faculty and staff to conduct several workshops to better prepare incomingstudents for their college experiences. Issues regarding ethical responsibilities, academichonesty, correct use of technology in completing assignments, accepting responsibilityfor one owns actions, and the university’s mission as a Jesuit institution are covered.Electrical and Computer Engineering Freshman students are required to register for aFreshman Engineering Course called Introduction to Electrical and ComputerEngineering (EENG
arithmetic intensive and high throughput computing. His industrial experience includes communication over power networks, well logging electronics, circuit design, fast digital processing, architectures and algorithms. Dr. Fam is a senior member of the IEEE and a member of the ASEE. He received the Hughes Aircraft Company Division Invention Award in 1984.Indranil Sarkar, University at Buffalo, SUNY Indranil Sarkar was born in Calcutta, India on May 18, 1979. He received the BE degree in electronics and communication engineering from Visveswaraiah Technological University, India and the MSEE degree in electrical engineering from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 2002 and
Paper ID #23665Ethics Education as Enculturation: Student Learning of Personal, Social, andProfessional ResponsibilityDr. Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Dean Nieusma is Associate Dean for Curricular Transitions, Associate Professor in Science and Technol- ogy Studies, and Director of the Programs in Design and Innovation at Rensselaer.Mitch Cieminski, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Mitch Cieminski received a B.S. in electrical and computer engineering from Olin College of Engineering in Needham, MA in 2017. They are currently pursuing a PhD in Science and Technology Studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic
that outcome. With increasing specialization and complexity, the only truly effective police are those that have the expertise and those that are working on the inside…. You can’t legislate morality. (Marc Edwards8)Professionally licensed engineers in the U.S. are bound by a Code of Ethics, and can lose theirlicense to practice engineering for ethical violations. However, a significant percentage ofengineers do not become professionally licensed. Regardless, students graduating from ABET-accredited engineering, engineering technology and computing programs must have anunderstanding of professional and ethical issues.9-11 But the depth and breadth of this knowledgeis poorly defined, proper assessment is difficult, and most
Paper ID #31340Health Stress and Support System Narratives of Engineering StudentsDr. Greg Rulifson PE, USAID Greg is currently a Science and Technology Policy Fellow at USAID. Greg earned his bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering with a minor in Global Poverty and Practice from UC Berkeley where he acquired a passion for using engineering to facilitate developing communities’ capacity for success. He earned his master’s degree in Structural Engineering and Risk Analysis from Stanford University. His PhD work at CU Boulder focused on how student’s connections of social responsibility and engineering change
isan important part of responsible engineering design and technology [16], [17]. The social aspectof the model also speaks to the inherently social nature of ESI since ethical decisions are made incomplex organizational contexts that include many stakeholders [18]. Engineering ethics hastraditionally been taught with an individualistic approach that emphasizes the action andautonomy of a single actor; however, this approach has been criticized for not accounting for thecontext in which engineers work and their broader role in society [19]. The framework was alsoappropriate for this study because it relates moral and ethical development with understandingthe broader context, which mirrors both the microethical and macroethical dimensions
environmental and engineering challenges of our times, students learned to use theirresearch and design skills to lead as changemaker engineers.References[1] H. Jonas, The Imperative of Responsibility: In Search of an Ethics for the Technological Age, trans. by H. Jonas and D. Herr. Chicago: Chicago University Press, 1984.[2] W. T. Lynch and R. Kline, “Engineering practice and engineering ethics,” Sci., Technol., and Human Values, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 195-225, 2000.[3] P. F. Bone and R. J. Corey, “Packaging ethics: Perceptual differences among packaging professionals, brand managers and ethically-interested consumers,” J. of Bus. Ethics, vol. 24, pp. 199-213, 2000.[4] J. A. Heredia-Guerrero, J. J. Benitez, P. Cataldi, U. C. Paul, M
less influence becoming involved prosperous. with developing weapons for warfare. Infant Per NSPE Code, Promote improvements in Increase taxes to pay for Benefits to minority and Survival engineers have a infrastructure, nutrition and improvements toward maternal disadvantaged populations do not responsibility for health medical technology, although and infant health among minority outweigh consequences to those and welfare of the
tightly packed four years of a typical engineering curriculum. Whilemany church-related, independent, and state-supported institutions mandate courseworkin theology, religious studies, or philosophy2, engineering ethics coverage seems to be hitor miss at a time when its importance is magnified by rapid technological, societal, andenvironmental changes occurring at the current time.Catalano reviews the current state of leading engineering societies’ codes of ethics and Page 12.847.2what it means to be an “ethical engineer in a morally deep world.” Development of thisethical framework is important not only for the needs and wants of the client but also
2006-256: THE ETHICS BLOG: STUDENTS MAKING CONNECTIONS AMONGETHICS, THERMODYNAMICS, AND LIFEDonna Riley, Smith College Donna Riley is Assistant Professor in the Picker Engineering Program at Smith College. Her work focuses on implementing liberative pedagogies in engineering education.Ida Ngambeki, Smith College Ida Ngambeki is a student at Smith College.Lionel Claris, Smith College Lionel Claris holds a master's degree in education from Smith College and currently teaches Spanish and French to elementary school students in Springfield, MA. He is a passionate advocate for new ways of thinking about learning, involved locally in the Holistic School Project of Amherst and the Re
," Science and Engineering Ethics, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 343-351, 2004.3 A. Colby and W. M. Sullivan, "Ethics Teaching in Undergraduate Engineering Education," Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 97, no. 3, pp. 327-338, 2008.4 AUTHORS5 J. R. Herkert, "Microethics, Macroethics, and Professional Engineering Societies," in Emerging Technologies and Ethical Issues in Engineering, Washington, DC, The National Academies Press, 2003, pp. 107-114.6 C.J. Finelli, M.A. Holsapple, E. Ra, R.M. Bielby, B.A. Burt, D.D. Carpenter, T.S. Harding, J.A. Sutkus, “An Assessment of Engineering Students’ Curricular and Co-Curricular Experiences and Their Ethical Development,” Journal of Engineering Education, 101 (3), 469-494.7 AUTHORS8
students and professors. However, to integrate ethicsmodules more thoroughly across the engineering curriculum a systematic approach is requiredwith proper accounting of teaching load for ethics/philosophy faculty who lecture in multiplecourses. For efficiency, an ethics case-study database with assignment and discussion questionsshould be maintained, and an online module could be explored with in-class facilitateddiscussion.Introduction With the rapid advancement of technology and integration within all aspects of our society,the ethical implications of our engineering decisions are growing in importance. Engineeringprofessionals have a duty to design and manufacture products that are used to improve the livesof others. In the workplace
. Stephanie argued that it wasn’t safe for her work to be tested on humans and that deliberately erasing someone’s mind is wrong. Mr. Richardson responded with the fact human testing is necessary in any field. He then argued how joining the company would cure mental illness. (Decker, Hooper, Gorenberg)Some groups had engineering characters struggle with the social impacts of ethical decisionsoften driven by a desire for technological advancement. The following was written by a group ofinternational students from France, Germany, and Brazil, and has some basic grammar issues. Because of the iClone’s cost of production and maintenance, only the richest and middle class will be able to afford it. After its release one
Paper ID #22824The Value of Ethics in Engineering: Hypotheses and Preliminary DataDr. Jonathan Beever, University of Central Florida Jonathan Beever is Assistant Professor of Philosophy and faculty with the Texts & Technology Ph.D. Program at The University of Central Florida. Dr. Beever is the Division Chair of ASEE Engineering Ethics Division, the Secretary for the International Association for Environmental Philosophy, and the Environmental Bioethics Affinity Group leader for the American Society for Bioethics and the Humani- ties. Dr. Beever works and publishes at the intersection of environmental ethics and
textthat included not only additional materials on management and organizational theory, butadopted key sections of the text Ethics, Technology, and Engineering: An Introduction.25Included in this material were readings on the responsibilities of engineers, engineering codes ofconduct, normative ethics, designing for morality and the ethics of sustainability and technology.This material provided the core of three of the delivery techniques outlined by Haws by coveringprofessional codes, ethical theories and heuristics.10 As illustrated in Figure 1, these ethicsmaterials were introduced early in the course and regularly revisited and expanded uponthroughout the semester. Additional materials on ethics were provided through periodicsupplemental
-brundtland.php4. Hansen, J. et al. 2005. Earth’s energy imbalance: Confirmation and implications. Science 308, 1431–1435.5. Boisjoly, R. 2012. Ethical Decisions—Morton Thiokol and the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster: Telecon Meeting. Available at: http://www.onlineethics.org/CMS/profpractice/ppessays/thiokolshuttle/shuttle_telecon.aspx. Retrieved January 13, 2012.6. Sadowski, J. 2011. Experimental Analysis of the Gap Between Moral Beliefs and Moral Actions. B.S. Thesis. Rochester Institute of Technology: U.S.7. National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) Code of Ethics for Engineers. Available at: http://www.nspe.org/Ethics/CodeofEthics/index.html. Retrieved March 10, 2012.8. Freeman, P, Keen, M
curriculum, European Journal of Engineering Education, 25(4), 303-313 Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03043790050200340 6. Hodgson, K. (2012, May 25). [Using movie clips to teach ethics/philosophy]. Retrieved from http://digitalis.nwp.org/site-blog/using-movie-clips-teach-ethicsphilosophy/3845 7. LeClair, D. T., Ferrell, L., Montuori, L., & Willems, C. (1999). The use of a behavioral simulation to teach business ethics. Teaching Business Ethics, 3(3), 283-296. 8. Loui, M. C. (2005). Educational technologies and the teaching of ethics in science and engineering. Science and Engineering Ethics, 11(3), 435-446. Retrieved from https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/bitstream/handle/2142/12246
Federation). He was later awarded the Walter Huber Research Prize from the American Society of Civil Engineers in 2003, the State of Virginia Outstanding Faculty Award in 2006, a MacArthur Fellowship from 2008 to 2012, the Praxis Award in Professional Ethics from Villanova University in 2010, and the IEEE Barus Award for Defending the Public Interest in 2012. His paper on lead poisoning of children in Washington D.C., due to elevated lead in drinking water, was judged the outstanding science paper in Environmen- tal Science and Technology in 2010. Since 1995, undergraduate and graduate students advised by Dr. Edwards have won 23 nationally recognized awards for their research work on corrosion and water treat- ment
10 5 # course types taught that include ESI topics 2.9 2.2 # methods used to teach ESI in courses 8 5 # methods used to assess ESI learning outcomes in courses 3 2 # settings where believe students in their program learn about ESI 4.3 2.7 % teaching specific ESI topics in courses: Societal impacts of technology 93 56 Engineering decisions under uncertainty 83 51 Ethics in design 72
resonator arrays.Prof. Bernd Steffensen, University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt Studied Administrative Sciences and Sociology at the Universities in Kiel, Bielefeld (Germany), and Lancaster (UK). Doctorate in Sociology from the University of Bielefeld. Worked from 1992-2000 with Academy for Technology Assessment in Baden-Wuerttemberg (Germany). Since 2000 professor for Technology Assessment and Social Science Innovation Management at University of Applied Sci- ences Darmstadt. From 2010 to 2013 Vice President for Research and Technology Transfer since 2012 Head of the Graduate School Darmstadt.Dr. Colleen Janeiro, East Carolina University Dr. Colleen Janeiro teaches engineering fundamentals such as Introduction to
boundary-spanning roles and competencies among early career engineers. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Michigan Tech and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Science and Technology Studies (STS) from Virginia Tech. Dr. Jesiek draws on expertise from engineering, computing, and the social sciences to advance under- standing of geographic, disciplinary, and historical variations in engineering education and practice. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Investigating Influences on First-Year Engineering Students’ Views of Ethics and Social ResponsibilityAbstractAccording to current ABET accreditation requirements, engineering students need to becomeaware of
Paper ID #31682Using Qualitative Data to Further Examine Flagged Items from theEngineering Ethics Reasoning Instrument (EERI)Peter Wesley Odom, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Wesley is a PhD student in Engineering Education at Purdue University. His primary research interests surround assessment technologies, the psychology of student learning of STEM subjects, and international community development. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Using Qualitative Data to Further Examine Flagged Items from the
. Jesiek is an Associate Professor in the Schools of Engineering Education and Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University. He also leads the Global Engineering Education Collabora- tory (GEEC) research group, and is the recipient of an NSF CAREER award to study boundary-spanning roles and competencies among early career engineers. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Michigan Tech and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Science and Technology Studies (STS) from Virginia Tech. Dr. Jesiek draws on expertise from engineering, computing, and the social sciences to advance under- standing of geographic, disciplinary, and historical variations in engineering education and practice. c
. Page 26.643.3While these efforts show that some engineering education is working towards increases in SRattitudes, some quantitative studies have shown that SR decreases more for women than menover one year – 23.6% of first-year women decreased while only 9.1% increased, 15.1% of mendecreased while 19.8% increased35. Further, engineering students’ perceived importance of thesocial impacts of engineering (such as “professional/ethical responsibilities” and the“consequences of technology”) were found to decrease from the first to fourth years indicating a“culture of disengagement” in engineering education36.The overall goals of the research are to explore the SR development of engineering studentsthrough college, using qualitative methods. This
Chile. Her research includes social inequalities and gender. She received her professional degree in Political Science and Sociology at Pontificia Universidad Cat´olica de Chile.Dr. Mar P´erez-Sanagust´ın, Pontificia Universidad Cat´olica de Chile Mar P´erez-Sanagust´ın is a researcher and Assistant Professor at the Computer Science Department of the Pontificia Universidad Cat´olica de Chile and the Director of the Engineering Education Division at the same university. Her research interests are technology-enhanced learning, engineering education, MOOCs and b-learning. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017Are all engineering students capable of recognizing ethical and