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- Beyond Individual Ethics: Engineering in Context
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- Arthur Sacks, Colorado School of Mines
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AC 2008-796: CHINATOWN: INTEGRATING FILM, CULTURE, ANDENVIRONMENT IN ENGINEERING EDUCATIONArthur Sacks, Colorado School of Mines Page 13.292.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Chinatown: Integrating Film, Culture, and Environment in Engineering EducationIntroductionChinatown, a commercial film produced in 1974 by Robert Evans, directed by Roman Polanskiand based upon the academy award-winning film original screenplay by Robert Towne1, is aprime example of a film that may be studied and used in the liberal arts curriculum withinengineering education to convey the complexity of the human condition and the human contextof
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- Beyond Individual Ethics: Engineering in Context
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- Kristyn Masters, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Sarah Pfatteicher, University of Wisconsin - Madison
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. Furthermore, many instructional obstacles exist to incorporating ethicsinto the engineering curriculum, including instructor hesitancy to teach about issues in whichthey may have little training, difficulty identifying which ethics teaching practices are effective,and already-packed syllabi that allow little room for introduction of new topics. Thus, in thispaper, we describe a module in ethical problem-solving and an accompanying assessmentmechanism developed by the authors. This ethical problem-solving module addresses theaforementioned obstacles and may be readily adapted to other courses and engineeringdisciplines to achieve ethics education across the engineering curriculum. Implementation ofthis ethics module in biomedical engineering courses
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- Learning to Communicate with Engineers and Non-Engineers
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- Judith Norback, Georgia Institute of Technology; Nicoleta Serban, Georgia Institute of Technology; Nagi Gebraeel, Georgia Institute of Technology; Garlie Forehand, Georgia Institute of Technology
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AC 2008-2847: COMMUNICATION INSTRUCTION IN AN ENGINEERINGINTRODUCTORY STATISTICS COURSEJudith Norback, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Judith Norback is the Director of Workplace and Academic Communication in Georgia Tech’s Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering. She received her B.A. magna cum laude from Cornell University and her Masters and Ph.D. from Princeton. Before joining Georgia Tech in 2000, she taught at Rutgers University, worked in job-related basic skills research at Educational Testing Service, and then founded and directed the Center for Skills Enhancement, Inc. Her research and curriculum development interests lie in workforce communication skills
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- Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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(PDI) program was initiated in 1999 in an effort to integrate engineering, STS, andarts/architecture pedagogy within a single program. PDI students typically receive a dual-degree(usually in STS and engineering), and the curriculum is built upon a foundation ofinterdisciplinary design studios, where technical, social, and aesthetic concerns are dealt withsimultaneously by faculty representing disciplines in engineering, STS, and arts/architecture.The paper reviews the PDI curricular structure as well as pedagogical experimentationsurrounding PDI studios, highlighting the role of theoretical contributions from STS and howthese are integrated into product design pedagogy. While the PDI program has been remarkablysuccessful in attracting students
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- Learning to Communicate with Engineers and Non-Engineers
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- Laura Wilson, University of CIncinnati; Teresa Cook, University of Cincinnati; Jo Ann Thompson, University of Cincinnati; James Everly, University of Cincinnati
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develop an integrated program of mid-level writing instruction in the technical disciplines. A multi-faceted program emerged:collaboration among writing faculty and technical faculty; development of interdisciplinarywriting instruction in mid-level technical courses; the utilization of grading rubrics to enhancethe importance of writing and communication skills in technical courses; the formation of adiscourse community; and the creation of e-portfolios to enhance reflection and illuminateconnections among the students’ technical and Humanities courses.IntroductionThis paper describes how the College of Applied Science writing faculty joined forces withengineering technology faculty to research innovative practices in the teaching of writing in
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- Donna Riley, Smith College
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Doe Run in La Oroya, PeruEthics of how to integrate cultural considerations into science and engineering: the case of well-building in KenyaAnalysis of China’s industrialization and widening economic inequality: the role of technology in education andhealth care disparitiesAssessmentBecause learning and assessment are highly linked63, the self-directed learning reflections ofstudents provide a primary vehicle for assessment. This is inherently a qualitative approach toassessment, and one that involves subjective judgment and interpretation of student narratives.Such an assessment follows logically from the content and pedagogy employed here; when oneintentionally teaches content that challenges positivist assumptions, with pedagogies that do
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- Venturing Out: Service Learning, Study Abroad, and Criterion H
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- David Ollis, North Carolina State University; Anthony Smith, CPE-LYON FRANCE
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discussesher experience integrating service learning activities into a Spanish language course, alogical association because the student service occurred within a pre-dominantly Hispaniccommunity. Neville and Brigg10 proposed but have not executed use of problem-basedlearning (PBL) modules to place Spanish into a biological engineering curriculum. Ourintegration efforts here have taken a broader approach, introducing foreign languageimmersion into a laboratory program for engineering students. An additional, if less tangible aspect, is also present. One of the ABET/EC 2000engineering criteria for the undergraduate degree is “the broad education necessary tounderstand the impact of engineering solutions in a global/societal context
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- Philosophy of Engineering Education: Epistemology and Ethics
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- Gayle Ermer, Calvin College
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that contribute to engineering failures will allow us topractice and teach engineering in a way that emphasizes the “system” effects. It is not enough toemphasize that engineers need to have integrity and avoid immoral practices individually,although this is a necessary condition for avoiding engineering disasters. We also need to beaware that the way we practice design and the nature of the technological and cultural systems weinteract with are contributors to some of the problems with technology. The categories describedin this paper can provide an outline for accurately
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- Venturing Out: Service Learning, Study Abroad, and Criterion H
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- John Duffy, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Carol Barry, University Massachusetts Lowell; Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; David Kazmer, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; William Moeller, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Cheryl West, University of Massachusetts Lowell
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museum to help it beginupdating its displays on recent developments in materials; junior fluids, junior circuits, seniormicroprocessor, senior design of machine elements, and senior capstone design are havingstudents design and build various parts of an automated canal lock opener for a local nationalpark. Many of the projects are low-cost and can be implemented by individual faculty memberswithout the requirement of a formal institutional program. These S-L projects are integrated intoa wide variety of core courses (and not just design courses) and represent typically from 10 to20% of the grade.IntroductionWe define service-learning as a hands-on learning approach in which students achieve academicobjectives in a credit-bearing course by
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- Thinking around the Bachelor of Arts in Engineering
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- Sharon Jones, Lafayette College
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-engineers about engineering, and (c) integrate many disciplines into acoherent educational experience. Each category is briefly described below with some examples.Liberal Arts for Engineers:• 3-2 program with B.A./B.S. (ABET-accredited) from 2 different collegesi o E.g. Williams College (B.A.) and Columbia University (B.S.) o Provides an alternate 5-year pathway to an undergraduate disciplinary specific B.S. engineering degree. The student does not have to commit in the 1st year and can pursue a liberal arts core and a liberal arts concentration.• ABET-accredited B.S. Engineering (general) degree programs at liberal arts colleges o E.g. Swarthmore College, Smith College, Harvey Mudd College o Provides a
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- Beyond Individual Ethics: Engineering in Context
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- 2008 Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Byron Newberry, Baylor University; William Lawson, Texas Tech University; Kathy Austin, Texas Tech University; Greta Gorsuch, Texas Tech University; Thomas Darwin, University of Texas at Austin
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in Science, Engineering and Technology, 09/01/2006-08/31/2009.2. Herkert, J.R. "Engineering ethics education in the USA: content, pedagogy and curriculum." European Journal of Engineering Education 25 (4) Dec. 2000: 303-313.3. Newberry, B. “The Dilemma of Ethics in Engineering Education.” Science and Engineering Ethics 10 (2) 2004: 343-351.4. Stephan, K.D. “A survey of ethics-related instruction in U.S. engineering programs,” ASEE J. Engineering Education. 88 (4) Oct. 1999: 459-464.5. Luegenbiehl, H.C. “Themes for an International Code of Engineering Ethics.” Proceedings of the 2003 ASEE/WFEO International Colloquium. http://www.asee.org/conferences/international/2003highlights.cfm, accessed 1/17/08.6. Luegenbiehl, H.C
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- Philosophy of Engineering Education: Epistemology and Ethics
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- Mark Valenzuela, University of Evansville; James Allen, University of Evansville; Brian Swenty, University of Evansville
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liberal education needs in their general education programs. Institutions in the studywere chosen from the 2007 US News and World Report rankings of colleges and universities,focusing on high ranking schools in the category of undergraduate engineering programs andregional masters level universities with an engineering program.Previous studies in this area have focused primarily on the percentage of course work in generaleducation for the engineering student, recognizing the constraints in an undergraduateengineering curriculum that prepares students for practice in four years. Secondarily, previousstudies have focused on the courses (English, History, Art, etc) that comprise a general educationprogram. In contrast, with the shift in assessment
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- Learning to Communicate with Engineers and Non-Engineers
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- Leslie Potter, Iowa State University; John Jackman, Iowa State University; K. Jo Min, Iowa State University; Matthew Search, Iowa State University
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professional skill integration, and assessment-driven continuous improvement.John Jackman, Iowa State University Dr. John Jackman is an Associate Professor in the department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering at Iowa State University. His work in engineering problem solving has appeared in the Journal of Engineering Education and the International Journal of Engineering Education. He is currently investigating how engineers use and create information during the development process in order to improve their productivity and reduce development time.K. Jo Min, Iowa State University Dr. K. Jo Min is an Associate Professor in the department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems