Conference Session

Ethical Issues I: Sustainability and Environmental Ethics

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

April A. Kedrowicz, University of Utah; Maria Dawn Blevins, University of Utah

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Engineering Ethics

engineering. MechanicalEngineering, in particular, is a discipline representing great potential in terms of advancingsustainable solutions to our global environmental problems. Yet, the majority of design projectsrely on fossil fuels and old technologies that will continue to add CO2 to the atmosphere. Thus,Mechanical Engineering offers a space for increased attention to sustainability.We surveyed sophomore Mechanical Engineering students in an energy systems design class togauge their views on sustainability and its importance to engineering. This represents thepreliminary phase of a multi-year project on organizational change in the MechanicalEngineering Department. Results from this study will help us develop a targeted, integratedcurriculum

Conference Session

Engineering Practice for a Moral World

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Houston, University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown

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Engineering Ethics

in conjunction with a minor issue. By using personal experience, the instructorreinforces the idea that this topic is one that the student will inevitably encounter, that it will notbe a simple issue to resolve, and that forethought into how the student will react in thesesituations may help them in their careers.A simple example of how this can be used in a class involves the subject of safety factors.Assume an engineer designs a project using appropriate safety factors. To provide aneconomical design, the engineer is likely to design close to allowable limits. After construction,while reviewing as-built drawings the engineer realizes a small construction change has reducedthe safety factor just below those allowed by code [say from 2.00 to

Conference Session

Innovative, Engaging Pedagogies for Engineering Ethics Education

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Michael F. Young, University of Connecticut; Landon Bassett, University of Connecticut; Daniel D. Burkey, University of Connecticut; Scott Duplicate Streiner, Rowan University; Joshua Bourne Reed

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Engineering Ethics

, the Journal of the Learning Sciences, the Journal of Research on Science Teaching, Instructional Science, and Educational Technology Research and Development. Mike’s research concerns how people think and learning, and specifically how technology can enhance the way people think and learn. His NSF-funded project, GEEWIS (http://www.geewis.uconn.edu/), focused on streaming real-time water quality pond data via the Internet and providing support for the integration of this authentic data into secondary and higher education science classrooms. His approach features the analysis of log files, ”dribble files,” that maintain time-stamped listing of navigation choices and lag time. This approach has been applied to

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

wecontinually improve our engineering curriculum.After reviewing the ABET standards, we determined that as a future-oriented university valuingthe worth of sustainability education, we must evaluate engineering courses to see howsustainability might be most effectively or most creatively introduced into the currentengineering curriculum, i.e., what the most effective pathways of learning might be. However,engaging in such a project requires a rigorous self-reflection process by all the stakeholders—faculty, staff, students, administrators—to successfully implement such curricular changes.Assessment of stakeholder attitudes is therefore critical to a study such as this.This paper will report on a research project that will: 1) extend the idea of

Conference Session

Ethics Integration in the Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenny Lo, Virginia Tech; Vinod Lohani, Virginia Tech; Jennifer Mullin, Virginia Tech

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Engineering Ethics

engaged in learning ethics material. Parts of these changes are attributedto an NSF supported department-level reform (DLR) project. Traditionally, ethics instruction inthe course included reading assignments and video presentations. However, this year, apresentation assignment was developed for the course’s 32-seat workshops. Groups of 3 to 6students were assigned one of eight recent topics: 1) levee construction in New Orleans2) looting and government response in New Orleans 3) debris removal in New Orleans4) contamination issues in New Orleans 5) rebuilding New Orleans 6) Asian tsunami ofDecember 2004 7) San Francisco and earthquake preparedness and 8) Galveston and hurricanes.For each topic, groups were given instructions regarding subjects

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Poster Session: Neuroethics and Secondary STEM Classrooms

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kristen Clapper Bergsman, University of Washington ; Sara Goering, University of Washington; Eric H. Chudler, University of Washington

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

Paper ID #33737Partnerships and Pedagogies for Introducing Neuroethics to SecondarySTEM Classrooms [Poster]Dr. Kristen Clapper Bergsman, University of Washington Kristen Clapper Bergsman is a learning scientist, STEM program manager, and curriculum designer. She is the Engineering Education Research Manager at the Center for Neurotechnology at the University of Washington and the Curriculum Design Project Lead at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Dr. Bergsman owns Laughing Crow Curriculum, a consulting firm offering support in STEM curriculum design and publication. Previously, she was a graduate researcher at the

Conference Session

Engaging Ethics, Internationally

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaofeng Tang, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Wei Zhang, Zhejiang University; Shuxin Yang, Chinese society for engineer education(CSEE)

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Engineering Ethics

in several ways to the education of ethical and culturally-sensitiveengineers in both countries. First, as engineers increasingly work in international teamsand deploy projects outside their home countries, knowledge about ethical valuesemphasized in other cultures will help educators prepare students to practice engineeringin ways that respect local values and ethical standards. Second, as engineeringprograms—especially those in the US—attract a great number of students from abroad,understanding international students’ ethics training in their home countries will helpengineering educators anticipate and accommodate their learning needs. Third, acomparison of the theories, practices, and challenges of ethics teaching in two of theworld’s

Conference Session

New Areas of Ethical Inquiry

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Joseph Benin, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; William Randall, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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Engineering Ethics

, research and presentations, and a final project, students learnedabout, explored, and sought to discern the ethical implications of cybersecurity within thecontext of society, especially as it pertains to military and law enforcement. Student feedbackvalidated that the course challenged them, offered them an opportunity to present their views,and extended what they had learned in their classic ethics class into the cyber domain. Basedupon lessons learned, adjustments are being made for the second offering of this course in orderto improve the flow and delivery of the class and the evaluation criteria. Changes are also beingmade to account for the increased class size from single to double digits.1. IntroductionAs engineering and technology become

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marilyn A. Dyrud, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Engineering Ethics

Paper ID #5684Ancient Structural Failures and Modern Incarnations:Dr. Marilyn A. Dyrud, Oregon Institute of Technology Dr. Marilyn Dyrud is a full professor in the Communication Department at Oregon Institute of Technol- ogy, where she regularly teaches courses in rhetoric, business/technical writing, and ethics. She is also a part of the faculty team for the Civil Engineering Department’s integrated senior project. She has been active in ASEE for more than 25 years, serving as a regular conference presenter and moderator. She was OIT’s campus representative for seventeen years and served in various section leadership

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Indira Nair, Carnegie Mellon University; William M. Bulleit, Michigan Technological University

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Engineering Ethics

to the economy,made the utilitarian principle an obvious choice as one of the principles on which to“base” engineering ethics. Yet recognizing the potential of technology to cause harm, theyalso chose the Kantian principle of people as “ends rather than means”. While textbooksmentioned other principles such as Rawls’ theory of Justice, these two – utilitarianism andKant’s Imperative- translated as a version of the Golden Rule – remained the main basis.This was the case for example of the widely used textbook on engineering ethics [3]. Theother pioneering textbook, by Martin and Schinzinger [4], framed engineering as “socialexperimentation”, and chose three principles: Awareness (of the consequences of theengineering project); Autonomy (the

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca A Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Michael C. Loui, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Engineering Ethics

will discuss its assigned case for tenminutes, with reporting out to the larger group before moving on to another case. Keyissues will be highlighted by the leader as the groups report.Online ResourcesThe online resources described below are taken from Bates et al., 201215 and include the EthicsCORE (Collaborative Online Resource Environment), the National Academy of Engineering’sOnline Ethics Center, the E3 project, and a list of other sites with ethics information.The Ethics CORE (Collaborative Online Resource Environment) project is an Internet portalsupporting ethics education in science, social science, engineering and math. It is beingdeveloped by National Center for Professional and Research Ethics at the University of Illinois-Urbana

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division - Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Trevor Scott Harding, California Polytechnic State University; Donald D. Carpenter P.E., Lawrence Technological University; Cynthia J. Finelli, University of Michigan

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Engineering Ethics

conducted several investigations on the influence of non-traditional teaching methods (e.g. service learning, project-based learning) on student motivation and self-efficacy. He is also PI on several projects investigating the degradation of biomedical materials in physiological environments. Dr. Harding presently serves as associate editor of the on-line journal Advances in Engineering Education, and served as chair of the Materials Division and vice-chair of the ERM Division of ASEE. Dr. Harding received the 2010 ASEE Pacific Southwest Section Outstanding Teaching Award and the 2008 President’s Service Learning Award for innovations in the use of service learning at Cal Poly. In 2004 he was named a Templeton Research

Conference Session

Case and Scenario in Engineering Ethics Instruction

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University; John R Luchini

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Engineering Ethics

 Academic Resume 8  Seminar: Student Research Presentations  Research Report #7  Final Research Poster 9  Seminar: Leveraging Undergrad Research Experiences  Research Report #8  Research Poster Symposium  Final Research Paper 10  Closing Picnic  Research Report #9, #10Figure 2: Slide projected to introduce students to research competition. Figure 3: Research question slide displayed to start the

Conference Session

Panel: A Conversation About Ethics Education and Resources

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca A. Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Taft H. Broome Jr., Howard University; Legand L. Burge Jr., Tuskegee University; Rachelle Hollander, National Academy of Engineering; Michael C. Loui, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Engineering Ethics

possess the technical talent to compete in industry, government, and academia. Prior to joining Tuskegee, Burge was Dean at the Defense Systems Management College (DSMC), Vice Commander of Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC), member of the Defense Secretary and Air staffs, Pentagon, Division Chief, National Security Agency (NSA), and Operations Officer for Secretary of the Air Force Special Projects. The Air Force held his services for 27 years, and retired Burge as Colonel (O-6) in 1999. He has served on the advisory board for the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Di- rectorate, the Advisory Committee on Government Performance Assessment, Northwestern University McCormick School of

Conference Session

Integrating Engineering Ethics into the Curriculum

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Culver, Virginia Tech; Vinod Lohani, Virginia Tech; Ishwar Puri, Virginia Tech

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Engineering Ethics

responsibilities, Dr. Culver conducts focus groups and surveys campus-wide and provides in-depth analyses of those projects to multiple audiences.Vinod Lohani, Virginia Tech Vinod K Lohani is an associate professor in the Engineering Education Department (EngE) and an adjunct faculty in the Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech. He received a PhD in civil engineering from Virginia Tech in 1995. His research interests are in the areas of knowledge modeling, water and energy sustainability, engineering learning modules for freshmen, and international collaboration. He led a major curriculum reform project (2004-09), funded under the department-level reform program of the NSF, at Virginia Tech

Conference Session

Non-Canonical Canons of Engineering Ethics

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaofeng Tang, Penn State University; Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Institutionalizing Ethics: Historical Debates Surrounding IEEE’s 1974 Code of Ethics Contribution to the special session “Non-canonical Canons in Engineering Ethics”IntroductionConsider this case. Three engineers work for a governmental department which oversees theconstruction of a large-scale public transit system. Having participated in the project for anumber of years, they find serious problems in the management and deployment of theengineering work, which have led to a waste of public funds and pose a threat to the safety ofcommuters. After reporting their concerns to their direct managers, they receive only vagueresponses and witness no

Conference Session

Faculty Views of Ethics

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan E. Canney, Seattle University; Madeline Polmear; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Christopher Swan, Tufts University; Elizabeth Simon, Seattle University

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Engineering Ethics

-based projects, ethics, and the entrepreneurial mindset in engineering education. He also researches the development of reuse strategies for waste materials.Ms. Elizabeth Simon, Seattle University Elizabeth Simon is a civil engineering student at Seattle University, a Jesuit institution located Seattle, Washington. She moved to Seattle from Chicago, Illinois where she attended Saint Ignatius College Prep. Previously, Elizabeth spent a year at Loyola University Chicago’s John Felice Rome Center, located in Rome, Italy, where she studied art history and obtained a minor in the subject. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Challenges and Opportunities: Faculty Views on

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

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David A. Rogers P.E., North Dakota State University; Orlando R. Baiocchi, University of Washington, Tacoma; Paulo F Ribeiro, UNIFEI

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

, social science, etc.), the objectives of the courseincluded a focus not only on the ethical concerns of the new technologies, but also on anunderstanding of the technologies. As the course is scheduled again for next academic year, a newtextbook and a new approach for the presentations and the research project will be used.The university central administration conducted an assessment of this course. In the 2014-2015academic year, students were asked to complete various statements: The course was: excellent (33%), very good (25%), good (33%), fair (8%). The intellectual challenge was: excellent (33%), very good (42%), good (25%).With a possible high rating of 7.0, the average intellectual challenge question was 5.5. A finalquestion

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tobias Rossmann, Lafayette College

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

This seminar course was offered as part of the Byrne Freshman Seminar program atRutgers University. A Byrne Seminar is a one-credit course designed to introduce first-yearstudents at Rutgers-New Brunswick to academic life. Byrne Seminars are open to all first-yearstudents and are closed to all other students. Most Byrne Seminars tend to focus on a professor’sresearch interests where the students consider many of the same questions and issues the facultymember deals with in their research work. Each seminar is unique; some include work in alaboratory on campus, and others might require the completion of a creative group project. Mostseminars involve an out-of-class excursion, to see a play in New York or visit a museum inPhiladelphia. Broadly

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session - Assessment

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Sleep P.E., Oregon Institute of Technology; Yasha Rohwer, Oregon Tech

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Engineering Ethics

affect the welfare of an engineer’s client—especially if that client is poor.Given this trade-off, we surveyed engineering students on how they would apply the code ofethics when navigating two hypothetical cases involving helical piles (foundation systems),which nicely illustrate this tension. In one hypothetical situation the client is quite wealthy, in theother the client is poor. Half of the students were first asked to review the code of ethics’ firstcanon. Comparing student responses will help us understand the extent to which studentsconsider their code of ethics when approaching a new project, and how they navigate the tensionbetween welfare and safety.IntroductionThe first canon of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) code of

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

Paper ID #6422The effectiveness of videos as a learning tool in an engineering ethics course:A students’ perspectiveMs. Mona Itani, American University of Beirut Mona Intani graduated from the American University of Beirut in 2006 and began a profession in com- puter and communications engineering. Itani has worked for multinational telecommunications compa- nies for four years. After earning her master’s in Engineering Management, she joined the engineering management program at the American University of Beirut. She currently teaches engineering ethics and is working on several research projects related to engineering

Conference Session

Teaching Approaches for Ethics

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory A. Rulifson, University of Colorado, Boulder; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Whitney Thomas, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Engineering Ethics

Challenges16-19. Whileethics instruction is common in first year engineering courses20-25, this instruction may notinclude social responsibility as a macroethical imperative. Some curricula with an ethics threadeducate students about macroethical issues in later years, such as a third-year course with ethicsintegration at Drexel26. Another way that engineering students may come to appreciate theimportance of social responsibility is via service-learning (S-L) courses, which is the basis forsome first year projects / design courses27-32.An emphasis on social responsibility within engineering may be significant beyond its intrinsicimportance to individuals and society. There may be important implications of SR for the

Conference Session

Understanding Students' Authentic and Reflective Experiences of Ethics Education

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Stephanie Claussen, San Francisco State University; Shiloh James Howland, Brigham Young University; Swetha Nittala, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering Ethics

. 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.Dr. Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette Carla B. Zoltowski is an assistant professor of engineering practice in the Schools of Electrical and Com- puter Engineering and (by courtesy) Engineering Education, and Director of the Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) Program within the College of Engineering at Purdue. Prior to her appointment in ECE, Dr. Zoltowski was Co

Conference Session

Non-Canonical Canons of Engineering Ethics

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna M Riley, Virginia Tech; Yanna Lambrinidou, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

government agencies. In 2010, Dr. Lambrinidou co-conceived the graduate level engineering ethics course ”Engi- neering Ethics and the Public,” which she has been co-teaching to students in engineering and science. She is co-Principal Investigator on a National Science Foundation (NSF) research and education project developing an ethnographic approach to engineering ethics education. Page 26.322.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Canons against Cannons? Social Justice and the Engineering Ethics ImaginaryAbstractWhat if social

Conference Session

Engineering Social and Human Ethical Impacts

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Debra S. Fuentes, Brigham Young University; Stephanie Claussen, Colorado School of Mines; Gregg Morris Warnick, Brigham Young University

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Engineering Ethics

, she is primarily tasked with the education of undergraduate engineers. In her courses, she employs active learning techniques and project-based learning. Her previous education research, also at Stanford, focused on the role of cultural capital in science education. Her current interests include en- gineering students’ development of social responsibility and the impact of students’ backgrounds in their formation as engineers.Dr. Gregg Morris Warnick, Brigham Young University Gregg M. Warnick is the Director of the Weidman Center for Global Leadership and Associate Teaching Professor of Engineering Leadership within the Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology at Brigham Young University (BYU). The

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rider W. Foley, University of Virginia; Araba Dennis, University of Virginia; Kathleen Eggleson, Indiana University School of Medicine-South Bend; Anderson Sunda-Meya, Xavier University of Louisiana; Kathryn Haas, Saint Mary's College, Indiana

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

Paper ID #23163Learner Types: A Means to Expand the Definition of Diversity and to Re-design Ethics ModulesDr. Rider W Foley, University of Virginia Dr. Rider W. Foley is an assistant professor in the science, technology & society program in the De- partment of Engineering and Society at the University of Virginia. He is the principal investigator at University of Virginia on the ’4C Project’ on Cultivating Cultures of Ethical STEM education with col- leagues from Notre Dame, Xavier University and St. Mary’s College. He is also the co-leader of the ’Nano and the City’ thematic research cluster for the Center for

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg Rulifson, University of Colorado, Boulder; Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

academics first and everything else last”), in addition to their courses having very little socialcontext. This may be indicative of a typical problem in engineering education – first-yearcourses are interesting and project-based, but then in the second year, all the intense prerequisitesmust be taken, which limits students’ abilities to engage with social issues within or outside theircourses. Additionally, some students chose to be more involved with sororities or sports teams Page 26.643.6rather than volunteer groups, and their schedules did not allow for both activities.Table 2: Demographics of Students Interviewed and EPRA Survey Results

Conference Session

Innovative Approaches to Ethics Instruction

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamed B. Trabia, University of Nevada - Las Vegas; Julie A. Longo, University of Nevada - Las Vegas; Susan Wainscott, University of Nevada - Las Vegas

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Engineering Ethics

embedded within engineering courses, labs, and projects.3,4 Anotherdebate has centered on who should teach engineering ethics – non-engineering faculty (e.g.,from the philosophy department), engineering faculty, or a team approach.4,5,6According to Li and Fu4 (p. 341), "International students have become a permanent fixture inmany of the U.S. engineering graduate programs as well as cross-cultural work team intoday's engineering firms." In an interesting study comparing engineering ethics education inChina and the U.S., Cao6 noted that the number of undergraduate and graduate engineeringdegrees in China far outpace that of the U.S. (p. 1618): "The US (sic) has unified engineeringeducation and ethics education, therefore achieving integration

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rosalyn W. Berne, University of Virginia

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Engineering Ethics

’ understanding of the ethics of assisted reproduction, within a social-technicalcontext of multiple human and non-human actors. ANT has also been a very helpful toolfor teaching UVA’s STS 4600: “Engineering Ethics.” Through that course students aresupported in writing their Undergraduate Thesis, from a design project based largely onthe capstone project within their majors. The STS 4600 engineering ethics course guidesstudents to identify a research question related to their capstone project, to incorporatesocial and ethical considerations. For example, as one student wrote, in synthesizing hercapstone project and STS 4600 research [9]: Many of the technologies schools are incorporating in the classroom are merely being used for