Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division - WIP Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Soheil Fatehiboroujeni, Indiana-Purdue University; Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Donna M. Riley, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; Jennifer Karlin, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Sarah Appelhans, University at Albany; Thomas De Pree, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

innovation.Although our study examines various types of public and private institutions with engineeringdegree programs, we observe that institutions with exclusive focus on undergraduate engineeringeducation are better positioned to align their reformation efforts with demands and gaps such aspromotion of ethical reasoning skills or other professional competencies such as communication,collaboration, and lifelong adaptability skills. The incentives to focus on student development, andfaculty promotion structures of institutions focused on undergraduate education allows high levelsof time investment by, and coordination among the faculty to materialize education reform andinstitute continuous improvement. The arguments for and contra engineering ethics