Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brittney Hope Jimerson, North Carolina A&T State University ; Eui Hyun Park, North Carolina A&T State University; Vinod K Lohani, Virginia Tech; Steven M. Culver, Virginia Tech

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Engineering Ethics

Paper ID #5842Enhancing Engineering Ethics Curriculum by Analyzing Students’ Percep-tionMiss Brittney Hope Jimerson, North Carolina A&T State University Brittney Jimerson is a Ph.D. student at North Carolina A&T State University. She graduated from North Carolina A&T State University with a M.S. in Industrial and System Engineering in 2013. She was an undergraduate research scholar and earned her B.S. in Industrial Engineering and Management from the University of North Carolina at Asheville in 2009. She is an Alpha Pi Mu Engineering Honor Society Member, NSBE member, and IIE member.Dr. Eui Hyun Park, North

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics, Academic Integrity

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adam Melvin, North Carolina State University; Lisa Bullard, North Carolina State University

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Engineering Ethics

accept responsibility.IntroductionThe university classroom creates a multitude of opportunities and challenges for both the studentpopulation and faculty teaching the class. With rising enrollments in engineering curricula andgreater numbers of students matriculating per year, higher emphasis is placed on course gradesas a metric for student distinction which results in amplified pressure on the students to not onlysucceed, but to excel. This leads some students to try and find an easy way out, namely cheating.For faculty, the challenges are to minimize the likelihood of cheating, to detect it when it occurs,and to deal sternly but fairly with the cheaters.Academic integrity violations (such as cheating, lying, and stealing) are a widespread

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics and Global Issues

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roobik Gharabagi, St. Louis University

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Engineering Ethics

AC 2007-694: COVERAGE OF LEGAL AND ETHICAL ASPECTS INELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING CURRICULUMRoobik Gharabagi, St. Louis University Page 12.413.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Coverage of Legal and Ethical Aspects in Electrical and Computer Engineering Curriculum (ABET Outcomes c and f)Abstract – Legal and Ethical aspects of engineering have been an integral part of theElectrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) curriculum at the Saint Louis University.The coverage of both legal and ethical issues begins at the freshman engineering courseand continues throughout the four years. Various available resources in print and

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M.P. Sharma, University of Wyoming; Robert W. Peters, University of Alabama at Birmingham

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Engineering Ethics

information through website database and update the metrics. Subtask 3c. Collect data through site visits and refine the metrics. Subtask 3d. Data compilation and analysis. Task 4. Evaluation of integration of SE topics in curriculum with reference to ABET criteria and ASEE Environmental Engineering Division (Sustainable Engineering Section) Guidelines. Task 5. Develop complementary activities at UAB, UIC, and University of Wyoming. Task 6. Analysis, conclusions, and recommendations. Task 7. Dissemination of results and findings. Results and Discussion This paper addresses data collected to this point in time under Task 3, specifically under Subtask 3b. A graduate student at UAB has been searching the web to identify universities which

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

Technology Wade L. Robison is the Ezra A. Hale Professor of Applied Ethics at the Rochester Institute of Technology. He received his Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with a minor in law. He was President of the Hume Society for sixteen years and was the first President and co-founder of the Society for Ethics Across the Curriculum. He has published extensively in philosophy of law, David Hume, and practical and professional ethics. His book Decisions in Doubt: The Environment and Public Policy (University Press of New England, 1994) won the Nelson A. Rockefeller Prize in Social Science and Public Policy. His latest book is Ethics Within Engineering: An Introduction (Bloomsbury Academic

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

Integration of Liberal Education into Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kacey Beddoes, Virginia Tech; Maura J. Borrego, Virginia Tech; Brent K Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Using Boundary Negotiating Artifacts to Investigate Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary TeamsAbstract: Teamwork, and interdisciplinary teamwork in particular, are increasingly recognizedas an important part of engineering education. Engineering educators have therefore taken aninterest in employing and studying teamwork in their curriculum. Yet much of their scholarshiphas focused on documenting student and faculty experiences of teamwork and describingprograms and courses only. Examinations of the actual practices and artifacts, that studentscreate and use to manage interdisciplinary team collaborations are an underexplored researcharea. However, such studies

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jose Cruz, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; William Frey, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Halley Sanchez, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Aury Curbelo, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez

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Engineering Ethics

AC 2008-2834: DEVELOPING ENGINEERING ETHICS ACROSS THECURRICULUM BEST PRACTICES: THE EAC TOOLKITJose Cruz, University of Puerto Rico-MayaguezWilliam Frey, University of Puerto Rico-MayaguezHalley Sanchez, University of Puerto Rico-MayaguezAury Curbelo, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Page 13.396.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Developing Engineering Ethics Across the Curriculum Best Practices: The EAC ToolkitAbstract - This paper will discuss a new project in ethics across the curriculum teaching andpedagogy, the EAC Toolkit. The Toolkit project, currently under funding by the NationalScience Foundation, is constructing an

Conference Session

Assessing Social Responsibility & Sustainability

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark H Minster, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Richard A House, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Patricia Brackin P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Corey M. Taylor, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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

concept, an informed value system, a vision of a possible future, and as achallenge to business-as-usual, sustainability is complexity itself, over-determined. Evendefining it requires interdisciplinarity, and attempting to practice—to live it—in academiarequires the integration, or at least the involvement, of all parts of the college campus, a dynamicinteraction of research, operations, curriculum, and the lived experience of individuals andcommunities.46,47,48 And yet, again, failing to attempt to define for our students what we wantthem to learn about sustainability in all its complexity will only continue our students’unnecessary frustrations.Because it has taken us a few years to get our program in place, to organize previously

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

Paper ID #29812Ethical Development Through the Use of Fiction in a Project BasedEngineering ProgramDr. Rob Sleezer, Minnesota State University, Mankato Rob Sleezer earned his Ph.D. in Microelectronics-Photonics from the University of Arkansas. He attended Oklahoma State University where he graduated with a B.S. in Computer Science and an M.S. and B.S. in Electrical Engineering. He is currently a faculty member at Twin Cities Engineering which is in the department of Integrated Engineering at Minnesota State University, Mankato.Dr. Rebecca A Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato Rebecca A. Bates received the Ph.D. degree

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shiyu Liu, Pennsylvania State University; Sarah E Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Irene B. Mena, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Thomas A. Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Kirsten S Hochstedt, Penn State University; Tricia Bertram Gallant, Rady School of Management, UC San Diego

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Engineering Ethics

admittedhaving cheated on an exam. An even higher rate has been revealed in some studies wherestudents self-reported that they had cheated at least once in college9, 10.Given the stringent requirements in engineering programs, engineering students are among thosestudents who are more likely to cheat in college2, 11, 12, 13, 14. Carpenter and colleagues1 found thatover 96% of engineering students admitted having cheated or performed unethical behaviors intheir studies. Such high rate serves as a warning to educators and presents the urgent need toenhance engineering students’ academic integrity and reduce their cheating behaviors. Moreimportantly, academic dishonesty is a strong predictor for violations of professional ethics15.Students who cheat in

Conference Session

Engaging Ethics in Teams and Communities

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert J. Barsanti Jr., The Citadel; Ronald J. Hayne, The Citadel; Kevin C. Bower P.E., The Citadel; Johnston W. Peeples, The Citadel

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Engineering Ethics

. The theory of the circuits was discussed along with theanticipated results. The learning objectives for the project were presented, as were the ABEToutcomes that would be satisfied. Post lesson student comments and ideas for additional studentactivities, and alternate assignments were also provided.REFERENCES[1] Kuh, G. D., “High Impact Educational Practices: What They Are, Who has Access to Them, and Why they matter, AAC&U, 2008.[2] Zhan, W., Wang, J., Vanajakumari,, M., “High impact activities to improve student learning”, 120th ASEE Annual conference, June 2013.[3] Parker, R., Buchanan, W. Circuit Simulators and Computer Algebra- An integrated Curriculum for Electronics Students, Proceedings of 1996, ASEE Annual Conference

Conference Session

Case and Scenario in Engineering Ethics Instruction

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Beever, University of Central Florida; Justin L Hess, IUPUI, Indianapolis

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Engineering Ethics

influence of societal and individual worldviews on decision-making; assessing STEM students’ learning in the spaces of design, ethics, and sustainability; and exploring the impact of pre-engineering curriculum on students’ abilities and career trajectories. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: An Ethics Case Study in Environmental EngineeringAbstractThe April 20, 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion was an engineering and environmentaltragedy that led to the loss of 11 human lives and has had far-reaching environmental andeconomic impacts, the full extent of which is difficult if not impossible to calculate. In 2015

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics V

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tammy VanDeGrift, University of Portland; Donald Chinn, University of Washington, Tacoma

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Engineering Ethics

predict effectiveness. Bailey and Stefaniak3used surveys, interviews, and focus groups to determine what employers in the IT industry valued asimportant non-technical skills for employees. They identified both soft skills and business skillsmentioned by the 325 IT professionals surveyed. A panel at the ACM Conference in 1978 presented skillsets of what industry looks for in new hires – among these skills are math ability, software developmentknowledge, problem-solving, team skills, initiative, diversity, and versatility14.Several resources exist for teaching issues of professionalism and ethics. Among these are exercisescompiled by the working group on integrating professionalism into the curriculum11. An exercise aboutresearching types of

Conference Session

Ethical Issues II: Academic Integrity and Student Development

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy L. Miller, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown; Jerry W. Samples, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown

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Engineering Ethics

AnnualASEE Conference and Exposition, Chicago, Il. June 20063. Alenskis, Brian, “Integrating Ethics into an Engineering TechnologyCourse: An Interspersed Component Approach,” Proceeding of the 1997 AnnualASEE Conference and Exposition, Milwaukee, WI. June 19974. Mindek, R. B., Keyser, T. K., Musiak, R. E., Schreiner, S., Vollaro, M.B.,“Integration of Engineering Ethics Into The Curriculum: Student Performance andFeedback,” Proceeding of the 2003 Annual ASEE Conference and Exposition,Nashville, TN. June 20035. Durfee, J., Loendorf, W., “Using the National Society of ProfessionalEngineer’ (NSPE) Ethics Examination as an Assessment Tool in the EngineeringTechnology Curriculum,” Proceeding of the 2008 Annual ASEE Conference andExposition

Conference Session

Ethical Issues II: Academic Integrity and Student Development

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Narciso F. Macia P.E., Arizona State University, Polytechnic; Robert W. Nowlin, Retired

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Engineering Ethics

AC 2012-5292: ADVISING ENGINEERING STUDENTS TO THE BESTPROGRAM: PERSPECTIVE, APPROACHES, AND TOOLSDr. Narciso F. Macia P.E., Arizona State University, Polytechnic Narciso F. Macia is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Technology, at Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus. Prior to accepting his present position with ASU, he founded Control Systems Innovation, Inc., an engineering consulting and product development firm, in which he continues to be active. Macia received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in mechanical engineering in 1974 and 1976 from the University of Texas, Arlington, and his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Arizona State University in 1988. He is a registered Professional

Conference Session

Critical Reflections on Engineering Ethics Education

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jake Walker Lewis; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder

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Engineering Ethics

[1,2]. In 2018, 57% ofAmerican students in eighth grade indicated that they had taken or were taking one or moreclasses related to engineering or technology, an increase from 52% in 2014 [3]. Engineering maybe taught as a stand-alone topic or integrated with other STEM (science, technology,engineering, and mathematics) fields [1]. As a result, many students entering engineering majorsin college are likely to have some knowledge and/or preconceptions about engineering. It isimportant that from the beginning, students understand the important role of ethics inengineering.Engineering ethics includes both microethics and macroethics. Microethics encompassesindividual responsibilities (such as avoiding bribery and issues such as cheating in an

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session - Classroom Practices

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heng Li, Zhejiang University; Yanjie Xie, Zhejiang University; Shuxin Yang, Chinese Society for Engineering Education (CSEE); Ruixue Xu, Zhejiang University

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Engineering Ethics

tenet is achieved throughinterdisciplinary courses, technology development and community activities. In the end,engineering students can play the role of “product/service designer” and “technologypromoter” in inclusive innovation, and provide affordable products and service to poor areasthrough “knowledge creation” and “product innovation”.In conclusion, this paper offers suggestions for integrating inclusive innovation intoengineering ethics education in four aspects: (1) constructing the curriculum content systemsolving the poverty problem; (2) building a high-quality interdisciplinary teaching team; (3)using multi-functional collaborative external support network; and (4) innovative teachingmethods to expose engineering students to the “real

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics and Justice

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Caroline Baillie, University of Western Australia

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Engineering Ethics

AC 2011-510: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO CURRICULUMDEVELOPMENT FOR ENGINEERING GRADUATES WHO ARE SOCIALLYAND ENVIRONMENTALLY JUSTCaroline Baillie, University of Western Australia Chair in Engineering Education Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Maths University of Western Australia Page 22.71.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 A multidisciplinary approach to curriculum development for engineering graduates who are socially and environmentally justIntroductionThe traditional approach to teaching engineering problem solving, where students are limited tofinding

Conference Session

Teaching Ethics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia Finelli, University of Michigan; Trevor Harding, California Polytechnic State University; Donald Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University; Matthew Mayhew, New York University

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Engineering Ethics

AC 2007-2446: ACADEMIC INTEGRITY AMONG ENGINEERINGUNDERGRADUATES: SEVEN YEARS OF RESEARCH BY THE E^3 TEAMCynthia Finelli, University of Michigan Dr. Cynthia J. Finelli is Managing Director of the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching North and Associate Research Scientist of Engineering Education at the University of Michigan (U-M). She joined U-M in April 2003 after serving as Founding Director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, Richard L. Terrell Professor of Excellence in Teaching, and Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at Kettering University. Dr. Finelli earned a B.S.E.E. degree (1988), an M.S.E. degree (1989), and a Ph.D. degree (1993) in Electrical

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kirsten S Hochstedt, Penn State University; Sarah E Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Thomas A. Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Tricia Bertram Gallant, University of California, San Diego; Robert G. Melton, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Shiyu Liu, Pennsylvania State University

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Engineering Ethics

Fellow of ASEE in 2008 and of ASME in 2012. He holds a B.S. in Nuclear Engineering from Penn State, an M.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering from RPI, and a Ph.D. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton.Dr. Tricia Bertram Gallant, University of California, San Diego Dr. Bertram Gallant is a Lecturer with the Rady School of Management and Director of the Academic Integrity Office at UC San Diego. She is also the Outreach Coordinator for the International Center for Academic Integrity (Clemson University).Dr. Robert G. Melton, Pennsylvania State University, University ParkDr. Shiyu Liu, Pennsylvania State University Shiyu Liu is a postdoctoral scholar at the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samson Pepe Goodrich, East Carolina University; Teresa Ryan, East Carolina University; Colleen Janeiro, East Carolina University; Patrick F. O'Malley, Benedictine College

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Engineering Ethics

. Othersections of the instrument are intended to elucidate a severity rating for 20 various scenarios thatrepresent a range of academic integrity violations from trivial to most severe. The results fromthe first year were sufficiently compelling to warrant recruitment of additional respondentinstitutions during year two. This work reports on results from the third administration at theoriginal institution, and the first or first and second administrations at additional institutions. Inall cases, previous work has pointed to the existence of a disparity in perception betweenstudents and faculty, freshmen and upper-class students, and students at different institutions.The authors have termed this disparity an ethical gray area. Understanding these

Conference Session

Interactive Approaches to Ethics

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig E. Beal, Bucknell University; James G. Orbison Ph.D., P.E., Bucknell University

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

Engineering Ethics, 19(4), 1455–1468.Bagdasarov, Z., Thiel, C. E., Johnson, J. F., Connelly, S., Harkrider, L. N., Devenport, L. D., & Mumford, M. (2013). (2013). Case-based Ethics Instruction: The Influence of Contextual and Individual Factors in Case Content on Ethical Decision-Making. Science and Engineering Ethics, 19(3), 1305–1322.Chung, C. A., & Alfred, M. (2009). Design, development, and evaluation of an interactive simulator for engineering ethics education (SEEE). Science and Engineering Ethics, 15(2), 189–199.Haws, D. R. (2002). Using the web to integrate ethics in the engineering curriculum. Proceedings of the 32nd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, S4F:7-12.Herkert, J. (2000). Engineering

Conference Session

Ethics and Technology

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Joseph Frey, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez; Christopher Papadopoulos, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; Marcel J. Castro-Sitiriche, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez; Fatima Zevallos, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez; Denisse Echevarria, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez

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Engineering Ethics

AC 2012-5106: ON INTEGRATING APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY RE-SPONSIVE TO COMMUNITY CAPABILITIES: A CASE STUDY FROMHAITIDr. William Joseph Frey, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagez William Frey teaches business, computer, and engineering ethics at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagez. For several years, he directed the university’s Center for Ethics in the Professions. His interests, besides practical and professional ethics, include moral pedagogy and moral psychology. He is active in the So- ciety for Ethics Across the Curriculum and the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics and has presented and participated in workshops at ASEE since 2000. He is also a Co-investigator on the project Graduate Research and

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics IV

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Cottrell, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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Engineering Ethics

AC 2008-1616: INTEGRATING ENGINEERING ETHICS EDUCATION INTO AMULTI-DISCIPLINARY SEMINAR COURSE: MAKING THE “SOFT”OUTCOMES RELEVANTDavid Cottrell, University of North Carolina at Charlotte DR. DAVID S. COTTRELL is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Technology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1978 and retired in 2000 after more than 22 years of service with the US Army Corps of Engineers. Studies at Texas A&M University resulted in an MS Degree in Civil Engineering in 1987 and a PhD in 1995. He is a registered Professional Engineer and has taught courses in statics, dynamics, mechanics of materials, graphic

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session - Ethics in the Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yousef Jalali, Virginia Tech; Christian Matheis, Guilford College; Vinod K. Lohani, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

theimportance of engineering ethics. Educators have begun incorporating engineering ethics incurricula in a variety of formats: as a component in introductory or capstone courses, a centralelement in stand-alone courses, and/or through deliberate integration across curriculum [1], [2].The main approaches in teaching of ethics continue to use case studies or case-based discussionssupplemented by moral theory and/or professional codes of ethics. Service learning is anotherapproach that has increasingly been used and reported as an effective pedagogical strategy ininstruction of engineering ethics [3]-[5]. In the U.S., the main driver in incorporating ethics inengineering curriculum was the changes in ABET engineering criteria requirements on

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mona Itani, American University of Beirut

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Engineering Ethics

level whether itis integrated across the curriculum or delivered in a stand-alone course is essential since itis supposed to introduce students to real situations and scenarios usually encountered inthe workplace and will assist in equipping them with the needed analytical skills to solvesimilar ethical issues after graduation 4, 13, 20. Moreover, the applied ethics courses helpmeet accreditation requirements such as ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering andTechnology) criteria of professional skills which includes “understanding of professionaland ethical responsibility” 16. Although researchers seem to agree that introducingengineering ethics should be done at the undergraduate level, they disagree on the meansand effectiveness of doing

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session - Ethics in the Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles J. Robinson, Clarkson University

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Engineering Ethics

group. Adding unexpected ethical twists requires further innovation.Background This paper builds on a paper presented at the 2011 Vancouver ASEE conference entitled A FirstCourse to Expose Disparate Students to the BmE Field.1 This present paper expands on animportant didactic element of that course, namely an emphasis on story writing and reflection,but with an added ethics twist. This inclusion arose from the author’s participation in a Consor-tium to Promote Reflection in Engineering Education (CPREE) workshop at the 2016 ASEEConference in New Orleans.2 That participation led to the publication of a short CPREE activityguide on the topic of story writing as a tool for enhancing engineering education.3 Story writingwas also employed as a core

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 computer science. Similarly, one wouldhave to be willful to miss an equally steady drumbeat of calls for improved ethics in engineeringand computer science education.However, one can make the argument that simply offering new or more content related to ethicsin engineering education is not enough. With an eye on engineering a response to these issues,we propose that systemic changes are warranted including who presents and guides ethicscontent, how students are brought face-to-face with ethics and how ethics content is threadedinto a curriculum, and how the real and existential outcomes of engineering decisions areassessed both in design stages and in professional applications.This case study report describes efforts to introduce ethics

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session - Ethics Across Contexts

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaofeng Tang, Ohio State University; Lisa Elanna Burris, Ohio State University; Nan Hu, Ohio State University; Natassia Brenkus, Ohio State University

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Engineering Ethics

on” to an otherwise irrelevant learningexperience. In our case, a relationship is catalyzed by the experience of applying for and winningan internal grant on leadership research. Planning for the grant proposal provided the designteam—three faculty members in civil engineering and one faculty member in engineeringeducation—with an iterative process to articulate a shared vision that integrates perceived needsin the course and insights from the EL literature.Second, the module designers/adopters should carefully consider the workload added to students.The civil engineering seminar in which we are piloting the EL module is a “pass or fail” course,and students who take the course have expectations of relatively light workload. Therefore