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Novel Methods in Engineering Ethics

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Craig Titus, Purdue University; Carla Zoltowski, Purdue University; William Oakes, Purdue University

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Engineering Ethics

decision-making process that studentscan adapt and implementin their own projects. We have also created methods of assessment to determine how muchprogress students make in their moral decision-making abilities and in their ability to identify,characterize, and reflect on the specific ethical issues they encounter in their project work. Tothis end we have created reflection questions, lectures, workshops, and an assessment instrument. Page 15.763.3As with all curriculum development, these tools are continually updated as we learn more aboutthem, but our data so far suggest these tools have enabled us to be effective in our task ofteaching

Conference Session

Novel Methods in Engineering Ethics

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jill May, Illinois Institute of Technology; Daniel Gandara, Illinois Institute of Technology; Margaret Huyck, Illinois Institute of Technology

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Engineering Ethics

AC 2010-1825: THE CREATION AND VALIDATION OF MEASURES FORETHICS IN CROSS DISCIPLINARY STUDENT TEAMSJill May, Illinois Institute of Technology Jill May is a graduate student in Industrial/ Organizational psychology within the Institute of Psychology at Illinois Institute of Technology. She is serving as an IIT site project manager on NSF grant DUE 0817531,which supports the research reported in this paper.Daniel Gandara, Illinois Institute of Technology Daniel Gandara is a graduate student in Industral/ Organizational psychology within the Institute of Psychology at Illinois Institute of Technology. He is an IIT site manager for NSF grant DUE 0817531, which supports the research reported in

Conference Session

Integrating Engineering Ethics into the Curriculum

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Edward Glynn, Villanova University; Frank Falcone, Villanova University; Mark Doorley, Villanova University

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workshop wasidentified as the beginning of a long term effort to introduce ethics across the curriculum with thehope of shifting the academic culture of this professional school so that ethics and professionalresponsibility take a more central role in the education of future engineers. The authors hopethat the narrative of this project, as well as the details of the workshop, will provide inspirationand insight for other engineering programs with a desire to pursue similar goals.IntroductionThis paper will examine a faculty workshop offered in the College of Engineering at VillanovaUniversity. The workshop represents a first step in the creation of a robust ethics across thecurriculum approach to prepare undergraduate engineers for their

Conference Session

Contemporary Issues in Engineering Ethics

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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George Catalano, State University of New York, Binghamton; Caroline Baillie, Western Australia

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Engineering Ethics

implementation strategies: “Promote broad understanding of political, economic, social and technical issues and processes as related to sustainable development. Advance the skills, knowledge and information to facilitate a sustainable future; including habitats, natural systems, system flows, and the effects of all phases of the life cycle of projects on the ecosystem. Advocate economic approaches that recognize natural Page 15.479.4 resources and our environment as capital assets. Promote multidisciplinary, whole system, integrated and multi-objective goals in all phases of project planning, design

Conference Session

Integrating Engineering Ethics into the Curriculum

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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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

Integrating Engineering Ethics into the Curriculum

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kelley Walczak, University of Michigan; Cynthia Finelli, University of Michigan; Matthew Holsapple, University of Michigan; Janel Sutkus, Carnegie Mellon University; Trevor Harding, California Polytechnic State University; Donald Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University

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actively pursues research in engineering education and assists other faculty in their scholarly projects. She also is past Chair of the Educational Research and Methods Division of American Society of Engineering Education and guest co-editor for a special issue of the International Journal of Engineering Education on applications of engineering education research.Matthew Holsapple, University of Michigan Matthew A. Holsapple is a doctoral candidate at the Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education at the University of Michigan. His research interests include the impact of educational experiences on student moral development and personal and social responsibility, professional

Conference Session

Contemporary Issues in Engineering Ethics

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Donna Riley, Smith College

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Engineering Ethics

Implications of NanotechnologyAbstractNanotechnology has established itself as an important new scientific discipline with anextraordinary number of potential applications. Consequently, researchers and policy makershave identified a need for well-trained scientists, engineers, and technicians in nanotechnologyand its ethical, legal and societal implications. This project builds on this consensus thatworkforce training and education must include, in addition to technical training, education on theethical, legal, and societal implications of nanotechnology in the core courses so that futureprofessionals and scientists will be able to shape the direction of nanotechnology policy. As aninitial step, this pilot project sought to characterize the current

Conference Session

Contemporary Issues in Engineering Ethics

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Khan, DeVry University; Abdul Qadeer, Urdu Science University

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Engineering Ethics

Implications of Technology. He teaches Wireless Engineering, Network Engineering, Fiber Optic Communications, Technology and Society, and Project Management. He also advises students on their senior design projects. He is author of “The Telecommunications Fact Book, 2E” and co-author of “Technology and Society: Crossroads to the 21st Century,” “Technology and Society: A Bridge to the 21st Century,” and “Technology and Society: Issues for the 21st Century and Beyond.” He is a member of ASEE, and a senior member of IEEE.Abdul Qadeer, Urdu Science University Dr. Abdul Qadeer is the Director of Academic Planning and Development at Federal Urdu University of Arts, Sciences and Technology (FUUAST), Karachi

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Outside the Classroom

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Traci Nathans-Kelly, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Sandra Courter, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Kevin Anderson, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Christine Nicometo, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Thomas McGlamery, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Engineering Ethics

options: ≠ On the job Page 15.709.3 ≠ On the job-professional development ≠ Grad school ≠ Co-op or internship ≠ Undergrad lecture ≠ Undergrad project/lab ≠ K-12 ≠ Other ≠ N/ALater in the survey, respondents were asked to describe a notable work event that gives a gooddescription of what it means to be an engineer. As a follow-up to their narrative answer, theywere asked to identify the skills/attributes most important to that notable work event.Second, practicing engineers were interviewed by trained student research assistants who hadbeen prepared with human-subjects training and instructed on good interviewing

Conference Session

Novel Methods in Engineering Ethics

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marilyn Dyrud, Oregon Institute of Technology

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, due to our inability to project how we will interact withnew technology or decisions. Typically, these consequences are negative, “unpleasantly ratherthan pleasantly surprising,” as Edward Tenner suggests,2 ranging from the trivial andinconvenient (Wii addicts who accidentally throw their remotes through television screens due tosweaty hands) to the potentially life-threatening (the arms race that ensued from the ManhattanProject). Because they are unpredictable, unintended consequences naturally flow from virtuallyevery invention, action, and decision that we make.3This paper examines the phenomenon of unintended consequences, focusing on definitions,types, a case study, contemporary examples, and offers pedagogical suggestions for exploring

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Outside the Classroom

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Bowler, Michigan Technological University; Susie Amato-Henderson, Michigan Technological University; Tom Drummer, Michigan Technological University; Joseph Holles, Michigan Technological University; Ted Lockhart, Michigan Technological University; Joanna Schreiber, Michigan Technological University; Debra Charlesworth, Michigan Technological University; Jingfang Ren, Michigan Technological University

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inventory should help those studying the nature of research integrityand those designing education programs in the responsible conduct of research. STEMresearchers are held to ethical standards by funding agencies, the institutions they work for,professional societies and many of the journals in which they publish. This means that therecould be severe consequences in an individual violates the principles of RCR. Our tool could beused to identify the relationship between one’s research role concept and patterns of researchmisconduct for the purposes of preventing such misconduct through educational initiatives.As part of an NSF sponsored project we have designed and tested such an instrument. Indesigning our instrument, we adapted the constructs of

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Outside the Classroom

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Bowler, Michigan Technological University; Susie Amato-Henderson, Michigan Technological University; Tom Drummer, Michigan Technological University; Joseph Holles, Michigan Technological University; Ted Lockhart, Michigan Technological University; Joanna Schreiber, Michigan Technological University; Debra Charlesworth, Michigan Technological University; Jingfang Ren, Michigan Technological University

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of theresponsible conduct of research (RCR). In recent years, two instruments for measuring ethicalsensitivity in science and engineering have been developed, namely, the Test of EthicalSensitivity in Science and Engineering (TESSE) developed by Borenstein, et al.6 and the Test forEthical Sensitivity in Science (TESS) by Clarkeburn.7 Although both investigated ethicalsensitivity to issues arising from out of science and engineering, neither focused primarily onassessing ethical sensitivity of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)researchers to the responsible conduct of research.As part of an NSF sponsored project we have designed an instrument for testing the ethicalsensitivity of STEM researchers to situations involving