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The Creation of Tools for Assessing Ethical Awareness in Diverse Multi-Disciplinary Programs

Conference Session: Engineering Ethics Issues Part One
Collection: 2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Craig Titus, Purdue University; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Margaret Huyck, Illinois Institute of Technology; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jill L. May, Illinois Institute of Technology
Tagged Divisions: Engineering Ethics

AC 2011-1833: THE CREATION OF TOOLS FOR ASSESSING ETHICALAWARENESS IN DIVERSE MULTI-DISCIPLINARY PROGRAMSCraig Titus, Purdue UniversityCarla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette CARLA B. ZOLTOWSKI, Ph.D., is Education Administrator of the EPICS Program at Purdue Univer- sity. She received her B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering and Ph.D. in Engineering Education, all from Purdue University. She has served as a lecturer in Purdue’s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.Margaret Huyck, Illinois Institute of Technology Professor Emeritus; life-span developmental psychologist; principle investigator for NSF-funded project involving four programs developing measures for ethical awareness and

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First-Year Engineering Students and Ethical Analysis

Conference Session: Engineering Ethics Issues Part One
Collection: 2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Gretchen L. Hein, Michigan Technological University; Amber Kemppainen, Michigan Technological University
Tagged Divisions: Engineering Ethics

engineering students at Michigan Technological University studyengineering ethics. These same students complete some type of engineering design project. Whatwould happen if these students explored the ethical issues surrounding their design topic? Wouldtheir understanding and application of ethics improve? Would their ability to analyze ethical casestudies improve? Traditionally, students first learn about engineering ethics and ethical decisionmaking and then apply these concepts in analyzing typical introductory engineering ethics casestudies.At Michigan Technological University, the effect of integrating engineering ethics into thesemester-long design project was explored in four sections of a first-year engineering course.Within the four sections

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Using Boundary Negotiating Artifacts to Investigate Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Teams

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
Tagged Divisions: Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

on a project in a way that could be described asmultidisciplinary. “Interdisciplinarity is a means of solving problems and answering questionsthat cannot be satisfactorily addressed using single methods or approaches.”21Multidisciplinarity, on the other hand, is less integrative, and combines contributions frommultiple disciplines in a weaker and often temporary manner, with collaborators staying rootedin their own disciplines.22-25 Because most engineering design work at minimum requiresengineers to engage in multidisciplinary interactions,10, 11, 26, 27 knowledge of and attention toBNAs could benefit faculty and students in many teamwork settings, and not only those that areinterdisciplinary.  Literature ReviewFrom Boundary Objects to

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The Teamwork Conundrum: What Should be Taught and How Can We Assess Team Learning in Engineering Technology

Conference Session: Integration of Liberal Education into Engineering
Collection: 2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Vassilios Tzouanas, University of Houston, Downtown; Lea Campbell, University of Houston, Downtown
Tagged Divisions: Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

internal team leadership needed toresolve common behaviors within dysfunctional teams. While no new theoretical results onteamwork are presented, the authors have focused instead on applying their experience asmanagers of teams in major corporations and institutions of higher education to explore what aneffective teaming curriculum might include and to develop related assessment tools. This paperoutlines a strategy for integrating deliberate teaming instruction into senior-level engineeringcapstone or project courses. The curriculum focuses on building team leadership skills andtechniques for addressing challenges such as planning and execution, social loafing, andprocrastination. Models for assessing students‟ teaming skills and for providing

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A Multidisciplinary Approach to curriculum Development for Engineering Graduates who are Socially and Environmentally Just

Conference Session: Engineering Ethics and Justice
Collection: 2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Caroline Baillie, University of Western Australia
Tagged Divisions: Engineering Ethics

purely technical solutions, is beginning to be critiqued in the light of rapid globalisation,and an increasing acceptance of the need for graduate engineers to locate technical requirementswithin their social, economic and environmental context. Problems do not know disciplinaryboundaries and engineers as well as other professionals of tomorrow will need to learn newmultidisciplinary approaches to problem solving which incorporate thinking from disciplinesusually associated with the social sciences and humanities. This paper reports on a largemultidisciplinary project supported by the Australian Learning and Teaching Council, to researchappropriate curricula and explore and implement pedagogies, which work towards EngineeringEducation for Social

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Engineering Ethics and Justice: How do they Relate?

Conference Session: Engineering Ethics and Justice
Collection: 2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: William M. Jordan, Baylor University
Tagged Divisions: Engineering Ethics

did site survey work, design, construction and installation of a battery charging station. However, there was a failure to leave behind a completed business structure that resulted in a lack of accountability that would have ensured that the business and operational objectives of the project where continued. This resulted in a nearly complete “business” failure, in part because the technology was not really what they wanted, and that resulted in a lack of societal uptake and therefore a lack of societal acceptance of the battery charging station. Also during this trip, we did not have the vision or plans to try and spread the technology around to other towns in similar situations. While we have

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Milking the Rhino: Innovative Solutions Showcase: Promoting Ethics Education, User-Centered Design, and Social Entrepreneurship in the Global Context

Conference Session: Sustainability and Humanitarian Engineering
Collection: 2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Khanjan Mehta, Penn State University; Duarte B. Morais, North Carolina State University; Yu Zhao, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Mary Lynn Brannon, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park
Tagged Divisions: Engineering Ethics

Master of Arts Degree in Education and Human Development specializing in Educational Technology Leadership. Her work focuses on projects that measure and assess student perceptions of learning related to their experiences with engineering course innovations. She is a faculty development consultant with previous experience in instructional design and instructor of the Graduate Assistant Seminar for engineering teaching assistants.Sarah E Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Dr. Sarah Zappe is Director of Assessment and Instructional Support in the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education at Penn State. She holds a masters and a doctorate in educational psychology, where she

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Incorporating Societal and Ethical Issues of Nanotechnology into an Integrated User Network: Results from the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network

Conference Session: Engineering Ethics Issues Part II
Collection: 2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Katherine McComas, Cornell University; Nancy Healy, Georgia Institute of Technology
Tagged Divisions: Engineering Ethics

achieve these goals, we have developed threeprimary activities: 1) providing SEI training and educational opportunities for NNIN users; 2)stimulating SEI research on NNIN users and technologies; and 3) disseminating the outcomes ofSEI research at NNIN and in the broader NSE and scientific community. Regarding the firstactivity, this presentation will discuss the type of training we do at each site to engage users inthinking about SEI issues related to nanotechnology. Regarding the second, the NNIN hasestablished a set of guidelines for investigators who want to initiate SEI research at one or moreof our sites. In 2010, NNIN had seven projects examining issues ranging from diversity toconflicts of interest among our users. Cross-cutting all three

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Engineering, Social Justice, and Peace: Strategies for Pedagogical, Curricular, and Institutional Reform

Conference Session: Engineering Ethics and Justice
Collection: 2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Tagged Divisions: Engineering Ethics

targetingsome of the worst by-products of industrialization). 10More recently, and the Committee for Social Responsibility in Engineering (CSRE) grew out oflate-1960s and early-1970s radicalism. In the early 1970s, CSRE published thenewsletter/magazine SPARK, which emphasized the role of engineering in its social andpolitical-economic context, including especially labor relations. 11 SPARK highlighted andcriticized a range of “oppressive” applications of engineering skills and technology, withparticular attention paid to the connections between engineering and military. Instead ofworking on military projects, SPARK’s editors encouraged engineers to employ their skillstoward progressive, liberatory ends. One of the editors’ major goals was to bring

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Integrating Ethics into Undergraduate Environmental Science and Economics Education

Conference Session: Integration of Liberal Education into Engineering
Collection: 2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Donald Arthur Brown, Penn State University ; Mary Lynn Brannon, Pennsylvania State University, University Park
Tagged Divisions: Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Human Development specializing in Educational Technology Leadership. Her work focuses on projects that measure and assess student perceptions of learning related to their experiences with engineering course innovations. She is a faculty development consultant with previous experience in instructional design and instructor of the Graduate Assistant Seminar for engineering teaching assistants. Page 22.906.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Integrating Ethics into Undergraduate Environmental Science and Economics Education Abstract Good

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AI & SciFi: Teaching Writing, history, Technology, Literature, and Ethics

Conference Session: Engineering Ethics Issues Part II
Collection: 2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Rebecca A. Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Tagged Divisions: Engineering Ethics

substantive works mirroring and foreshadowingtechnical developments and ethical issues. This paper describes a course examining theconnections between fiction and technology in the field of AI, which meets undergraduatewriting, literature and ethics requirements while giving students a solid base in the AI state-of-the-art. The course can also be taught as a project-based graduate class.IntroductionEngaging students and helping them develop creativity in engineering and science is a challengeand a goal for many faculty. Our students often come to college with extra-curricular passionsthat may be used to build connections with technical material. Video gaming is a commonpassion, but for many, the connection is to the story of the game more than to the

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Comparison of Engagement with Ethics between an Engineering and a Business Programs

Conference Session: Engineering Ethics Issues Part II
Collection: 2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Steven Culver, Virginia Tech; Vinod K. Lohani, Virginia Tech; Ishwar K. Puri, Virginia Tech
Tagged Divisions: Engineering Ethics

AC 2011-1385: COMPARISON OF ENGAGEMENT WITH ETHICS BE-TWEEN AN ENGINEERING AND A BUSINESS PROGRAMSSteven Culver, Virginia TechVinod K Lohani, Virginia Tech Vinod K Lohani is a professor in the Engineering Education Department and an adjunct faculty in the Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech. 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 5-year DLR/NSF project at Virginia Tech. A spiral curriculum approach is adopted to reformulate engineering curriculum in bioprocess engineering in this project. He co-authored an award winning paper with his PhD student (Dr. Jennifer

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Development of Engineering Ethics Course

Conference Session: Ethics in different disciplines
Collection: 2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Diana Bairaktarova, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Demetra Evangelou, Purdue University, West Lafayette
Tagged Divisions: Engineering Ethics

young engineer’s thinking”.3 AsBaura continues: “In preparation for being involved in unethical situations you cannot control, itis important to know your limits. Know your personal engineering ethics threshold for action.”3This paper proposes an engineering ethics course that will help students develop these personalengineering ethics and presents the outline of the content, assessment, and pedagogy for teachingthe Engineering Ethics course.As part of the course modules for ethics communications and group work projects have beendeveloped. The paper starts with a background outlining the context of the Engineering Ethicscourse, mentions some particular so called “best practices” to present such a course, exploresassumptions about the course

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The Unique Value of Humanitarian Engineering

Conference Session: Sustainability and Humanitarian Engineering
Collection: 2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Ryan C. Campbell, University of Washington; Denise Wilson, University of Washington
Tagged Divisions: Engineering Ethics

University of Washington (UW), as an example. Projects of the UWchapter of Engineers Without Borders (see http://students.washington.edu/ewbuw/projects/)include cook-stoves, roofs, roads, potable water and irrigation for farmers in rural Boliva, whileprojects of the UW consortium of IT-related researchers known as Change (seehttp://change.washington.edu/projects/) includes a low-cost portable ultrasound system forvillage mid-wives in Uganda, a multi-player educational game for children in India, and a suiteof open-source software tools to build information services for developing regions such as inAfrica. Fields of study of the students and faculty involved include: civil & environmentalengineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering

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Sustainability Ethics Among First-Year Civil and Environmental Engineering Students

Conference Session: Sustainability and Humanitarian Engineering
Collection: 2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder
Tagged Divisions: Engineering Ethics

%, aesthetics 15%,and deflection 39%. For the EVEN course the biofuels life cycle assessment (LCA) reinforcedthe sustainability concepts to some extent. However, students were allowed to select their ownimpact categories for the LCA and some selected entirely environmental and human healthimpacts, and lacked economic factors. The EVEN team project involved an exploration of solidwaste generation, recycling, and disposal via landfilling or incineration in 2007-2009; in 2010the students conducted an LCA comparing a biofuel to fossil fuel (gasoline or diesel).Table 2. Course assignments in 2009 and 2010Module CVEN EVEN Topic # lectures % grade Topic

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Outcome Assessment of Liberal Education Skills

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
Tagged Divisions: Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

engaged in a pluralistic,complex world, we have undertaken a project to develop and assess core liberal educationoutcomes. This paper describes the planning and actions thus far to meet these new requirementsat the university and specifically in our engineering programs. We have begun to expandoutcome assessment to include five “intellectual and practical skills,” specifically, critical andcreative thinking, inquiry/analysis, problem-solving, and information literacy. VALUE rubricsare being used as part of the process to ascertain where the best opportunities are to measurestudent achievement within the engineering and technology programs. An assessment frameworkis presented and successful pilot results are discussed.The ChallengeOur regional

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Three Deadly Venoms: Phenomenology, Existentialism, and Philosophical Constructs to Expand Engineering Education Research Methodologies and Philosophy

Conference Session: Integration of Liberal Education into Engineering
Collection: 2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: George D. Ricco, Purdue University, West Lafayette
Tagged Divisions: Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

approach to the question of the engineer’sperception of his/her place in the field of engineering and how a different, philosophicalviewpoint can aid engineering education research. Why is this a problem that merits significantstudy? Engineering has been assaulted from all sides by the demands of industry, academicrewiring and strife, professional requirements, and all along has had the requirement ofproducing students!(10-14) The formation of myriad of professional societies in recent years,coupled with new projects such as the Engineer of 2020 and the EC2000 have left many in thefield unsure if the knowledge required to be an engineer can even be properly taught andevaluated.(15-17) Surely, any ideology that furthers our understanding of the

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Does a STEM Researcher’s Role Orientation Predict His or Her Ethical Sensitivity to Responsible Conduct of Research?

Conference Session: Engineering Ethics Issues Part One
Collection: 2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Michael Bowler, Michigan Technological University; Susan Amato-Henderson, Michigan Technological University; Thomas David Drummer, Michigan Technological University; Joanna M. Schreiber, Michigan Technological University; Joseph H. Holles, University of Wyoming; Ted W. Lockhart, Michigan Technological University; Jingfang Ren, Michigan Technological University
Tagged Divisions: Engineering Ethics

outcomes. She is currently serving as Co-PI for several funded projects examining the impact of various engineering education models on student persistence, intentions, attitudes, etc.Joseph H Holles, University of WyomingJingfang Ren, Michigan Technological University Jingfang Ren’ is currently an Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Technical Communication in the De- partment of Humanities at Michigan Tech. Her research interests include technical communication theory and practice, rhetorical theory, visual rhetoric, research design, and intercultural and international com- munication.Ted W Lockhart, Michigan Technological University Adjunct Professor of Philosophy, Michigan Technological University, 2010-present

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How do Civil, Electrical, and Mechanical Engineering Students Compare?: Ethically Speaking

Conference Session: Ethics in different disciplines
Collection: 2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Brock E. Barry, U.S. Military Academy; JoAnna C. Whitener, U.S. Military Academy, West Point
Tagged Divisions: Engineering Ethics

professionalism in the engineering curriculum. In particular, the nature of the relationshipbetween curriculum model used and outcomes on a nationally administered, engineering-specificstandardized examination was the focus of the study. The study’s population includedengineering students enrolled at nine southeastern public universities between October 1996 andApril 2005. The institutions are partners in the Multiple-Institution Database for InvestigatingEngineering Longitudinal Development (MIDFIELD) project. The curriculum models used bythe participating programs were identified and defined for the period of the study and aquantitative process was implemented to compare those models relative to performance on theethics and professionalism section of

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Teaching ethics for preparing Transportation Systems and Management Students for Professional Practice

Conference Session: Ethics in different disciplines
Collection: 2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Robert M. Brooks, Temple University; Jyothsna K. S., St.Joseph's College, Bangalore, Department of English; Amithraj Amavasai
Tagged Divisions: Engineering Ethics

road commission fornot maintaining sufficient road safety along this 3 three mile stretch. Both were dismissedbecause the drivers were going well in excess of the 45 mph speed limit.8. Exceeding Pollution Limits(Web Page on this Site) Hypothetical CaseMarvin has just prepared a report that indicates that the level of pollution in the plant's waterdischarges slightly exceeds the legal limitations. However, there is little reason to believe thatthis excessive amount poses any danger to people in the area; at worst, it will endanger a smallnumber of fish. On the other hand, solving the problem will cost the plant more than $200,000.9. Bringing in the First Woman(Web Page on this Site) Hypothetical CaseJim Grimaldi, projects manager in the

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Tools to Craft Ethical Behavior

Conference Session: Engineering Ethics Issues Part II
Collection: 2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Martin S. High, Oklahoma State University; Steve Harrist, Oklahoma State University; Scott D. Gelfand, Oklahoma State University, Department of Philosophy
Tagged Divisions: Engineering Ethics

minimalassistance, whether they see someone who needs assistance carrying groceries to a car, pickingup some dropped items or putting the final touches on a research project before a deadlinepasses. During most of one’s waking hours, one operates at level-1. For example, when a personpasses someone in need of (minimal) assistance; this person is likely on the way to anappointment or a class or trying to finish a task. How one responds or recognizes that they areconfronted with an ethical situation – whether to help the person in need of assistance – is to aconsiderable extent a function of habit and one’s emotional states. [This last, that emotion playsa significant role in ethical/ethical behavior at level-1 is important. Numerous studiesdemonstrate both