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Non-Canonical Canons of Engineering Ethics

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

Paper ID #12973Institutionalizing Ethics: Historical Debates surrounding IEEE’s 1974 Codeof EthicsDr. Xiaofeng Tang, Penn State University Xiaofeng Tang is a postdoctoral fellow in engineering ethics at Penn State University. He received his PhD in Science and Technology Studies from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.Dr. Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Dean Nieusma is Associate Professor in Science and Technology Studies and Director of the Programs in Design and Innovation at Rensselaer. Page 26.977.1

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Paper ID #26018Human Rights as a Lens for Engineering Ethics?Dr. Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder Angela Bielefeldt is a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder in the Department of Civil, Environ- mental, and Architectural Engineering (CEAE). She has served as the Associate Chair for Undergraduate Education in the CEAE Department, as well as the ABET assessment coordinator. Professor Bielefeldt was also the faculty director of the Sustainable By Design Residential Academic Program, a living- learning community where interdisciplinary students learn about and practice sustainability

Conference Session

Developing Technological Literacy in Students

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Elizabeth Milonas, NYC College of Technology - City University of New York

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

Paper ID #28832How Do We ”Raise” Ethically Minded Computer Students?Dr. Elizabeth Milonas, NYC College of Technology - City University of New York Elizabeth Milonas is an Assistant Professor with the department of Computer Systems at New York City College of Technology - City University of New York (CUNY). She currently teaches relational and non- relational database theory and practice to undergraduate students in the Computer Systems Major at the college. In her courses, she incorporates ethical topics related to computers. She believes that by raising awareness of the impact technology can have on society, students

Conference Session

Technological Literacy Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rigoberto Chinchilla, Eastern Illinois University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

AC 2012-3789: ETHICAL AND SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF BIOMET-RIC TECHNOLOGIESDr. Rigoberto Chinchilla, Eastern Illinois University Rigoberto Chinchilla, PhD in Integrated Engineering, Ohio University, is an Associate Professor of Ap- plied Engineering and Technology at Eastern Illinois University (EIU) since 2004. His teaching and research interests include Quality design, Biometric and Computer Security and Ethics, Clean Technolo- gies and Automation. Dr. Chinchilla has been a Fulbright Scholar and a United Nations scholar, serves in numerous departmental and university committees at EIU and has been awarded several research grants in his career. Dr. Chinchilla Publications in 2011 include oChinchilla, Rigoberto

Conference Session

Non-Canonical Canons of Engineering Ethics

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donna M Riley, Virginia Tech; Amy E. Slaton, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Joseph R. Herkert, Arizona State University

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

Paper ID #12488What is gained by articulating non-canonical engineering ethics canons?Dr. Donna M Riley, Virginia Tech Donna Riley is Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech.Prof. Amy E. Slaton, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.) Amy E. Slaton is a Professor of History at Drexel University. She write on issues of identity in STEM education and labor, and is the author of Race, Rigor and Selectivity in U.S. Engineering: The History of an Occupational Color Line .Dr. Joseph R. Herkert, Arizona State University Joseph R. Herkert, D.Sc., is Lincoln Associate Professor of Ethics and Technology (Emeritus) in

Conference Session

Non-Canonical Canons of Engineering Ethics

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Paper ID #12542Canons against Cannons? Social Justice and the Engineering Ethics Imagi-naryDr. Donna M Riley, Virginia Tech Donna Riley is Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech.Dr. Yanna Lambrinidou, Virginia Tech Yanna Lambrinidou is a medical ethnographer and adjunct assistant professor in the Science and Technol- ogy Studies (STS) program at Virginia Tech. For the past 8 years, she has conducted extensive research on the historic 2001-2004 Washington, DC lead-in-drinking-water contamination. This work exposed wrongdoing and unethical behavior on the part of engineers and scientists in local and federal

Conference Session

Technological and Engineering Literacy-Philosophy of Engineering (TELPhe) Division Technical Session 3 / Perspectives on Advances in Promoting Technological Literacy

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Rachel Shannon, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Mani Mina, Iowa State University of Science and Technology

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. His interests also include Design and Engineering, the human side of engineering, new ways of teaching engineering in particular Electromagnetism and other classes that are mathematically driven. His research and activities also include on avenues to connect Product Design and Engineering Education in a synergetic way. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 ‌ The‌‌Challenges‌‌of‌‌Engineering‌‌Education,‌‌Engineering‌‌Practice,‌‌Code‌‌of‌‌   Ethics,‌‌and‌‌Social‌‌Justice‌  ‌ ‌Abstract‌

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Madeline Polmear, University of Colorado Boulder; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Chris Swan, Tufts University; Nathan E. Canney, CYS Structural Engineers Inc.

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Paper ID #25553Hidden Curriculum Perspective on the Importance of Ethics and Societal Im-pacts in Engineering EducationMs. Madeline Polmear, University of Colorado Boulder Madeline Polmear is a PhD candidate in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural En- gineering at the University of Colorado Boulder. Her research interests include ethics education and the societal impacts of engineering and technology.Dr. Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder Angela Bielefeldt is a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder in the Department of Civil, Environ- mental, and Architectural Engineering

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Curriculum Development in Technological Literacy

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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R. Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin

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c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020Complexity, Right Action, and the Engineering CurriculumAbstractToday’s engineering students face a very different world than their predecessors. As engineeringhas adapted to a more global and interconnected economy, the issues that face today’s engineershave become more complex. In a highly networked world notions of the impact of an engineer’sactions on others, the basis for moral and ethical behavior, also become more complex. Thedefinition of complex used here captures higher-order and emergent behaviors, situations thatcan change rapidly, limitations to predictability, and behavior arising from interactions ratherthan innate to components. While ethics has remained central to

Conference Session

Experience in Assessing Technological Literacy

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denise M Wilson, University of Washington; Cheryl Allendoerfer, University of Washington; Ryan C. Campbell, University of Washington; Elizabeth Burpee; Mee Joo Kim, University of Washington- Seattle

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create a self-designed degree program in the emerging field of Engineering Education Research via the Graduate School’s interdisciplinary Individual Ph.D. Program. Ryan holds an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Republic of Korea, and a B.S. in Engineering Science from Colorado State University, Fort Collins. Ryan’s research interests include: engineering education, ethics, humanitarian engineering, and computer modeling of electric power and renewable energy systems.Elizabeth BurpeeMs. Mee Joo Kim, University of Washington- Seattle Mee Joo Kim is a Ph.D. student in College of Education at University of Washington. She received her M.Ed. in Social Foundations (2009) from the Curry

Conference Session

Innovations in Promoting Technological Literacy I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Isabel Huff, Smith College; Glenn W. Ellis, Smith College; Lucy McAuliffe, Smith College; Sonia K. Ellis, Smith College; Beth McGinnis-Cavanaugh, Springfield Technical Community College

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selectivemutism that prevents her from talking about what she knows. Sadina works with her friends todesign a robotic cat that can communicate with and Maddie record her answers to questions Page 25.531.4about the crime. In the process of building the cat and solving the mystery, Sadina and herfriends learn about brainstorming, respect, teamwork, and communication. They also findthemselves involved in ethical dilemmas that parallel the kinds of situations that professionalengineers and technologically literate citizens might face.11The novel introduces middle school students to different kinds of technology (such as artificialintelligence) and also to

Conference Session

Engineering Literacy: Champions of Engineering in General Education

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Flath, Macalester College; Diane P Michelfelder, Macalester College

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remark byCarol Christ in the previous section) that draws upon different kinds of knowledge and skills inorder to address complex, contemporary problems such as the Grand Challenges identified by theUS National Academy of Engineering. In particular, given our own specific types of expertise,we wanted students to come to appreciate that good engineering thinking, from the get-go,involves thinking about the ethical implications of what is being designed, rather than designingfirst and thinking about the ethical implications afterward. We wanted the course to afford anopportunity to students to come to have an appreciation of the similarities as well as thedifferences between engineering problem-solving and problem-solving in philosophy. We

Conference Session

TELPhE Division Technical Session 1: Expanding Technological and Engineering Literacies

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel; James Righter, The Citadel; Nathan John Washuta P.E., The Citadel; Kevin Skenes, The Citadel

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cultural world views, and to display attitudes of curiosity, openness, and empathy (Intercultural Knowledge); 3. Use quantitative reasoning skills to make calculations, interpret data, communicate results, and evaluate an issue or solve a problem (Quantitative Literacy); 4. Recognize ethical issues when presented in a complex, multilayered (grey) context, to analyze cross-relationships among the issues, and to evaluate ethical perspectives and concepts, including his or her own (Ethical Reasoning); 5. Analyze complex issues that have varying positions and assumptions using information from credible sources, and to state positions, create new positions, and acknowledge other positions including

Conference Session

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Huiming Fan, East China University of Science and Technology

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and Civic Responsibility Harvard Aesthetics, culture and Interpretation, History, Society, Individual, Social Science and University Technology, Ethics and Citizenship, Art and Humanities, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences or Engineering and Applied Sciences, Empirical and Mathematical Reasoning Stanford Thinking and Behavior Methods, Effective Thinking, Writing and Rhetoric, Language University Columbia Contemporary Civilization, Literary Humanities, University Writing, Art and Humanities, University Music and Humanities, Science Frontier, Science Compulsory, Global Core Compulsory, Foreign Language Compulsory, Sports Compulsory Chicago Humanities, Foreign Languages, Mathematical

Conference Session

The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary P. Halada, Stony Brook University; Peter H. Khost, Stony Brook University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

Paper ID #20044The Use of Narrative in Undergraduate Engineering EducationDr. Gary P. Halada, Stony Brook University Dr. Halada, Associate Professor in Materials Science and Engineering at Stony Brook University, directs an interdisciplinary undergraduate degree program in Engineering Science. He designs educational ma- terials focused on nanotechnology, advanced manufacturing, and how engineers learn from engineering disasters and how failure and risk analysis can be used to teach about ethics and societal implications of emerging technologies. Halada also coordinates the Long Island Alternative Energy Consortium, a

Conference Session

Promoting Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan G. Dimitriu, University of Texas at San Antonio; Mehdi Shadaram P.E., University of Texas, San Antonio

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fundamental goal to provide every student with the ability tounderstand the social, political, economic, and ethical implications of new technologicaldevelopments.This paper will present the reasons for creating this kind of course and how it is designed to helpstudents discover how modern technology affects society and how they can use it to improvetheir cognitive skills, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. The course was built to provideopportunities for students to explore the positive and negative aspects of modern technology,understand the social, political, economic, and ethical aspects of issues that are impacted byadvancement of technology, and realize how to utilize it for the benefit of humanity. The courseis structured to provide students

Conference Session

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Soheil Fatehiboroujeni, University of California, Merced

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ofengineering. In other words, philosophy of engineering is a reflection on the practice ofengineering which through explanatory efforts and critical descriptions provides feedback into thepractice again. Figure 1 represents this reciprocal relationship graphically.On Epistemic Diversity of EngineeringAlthough mathematical and natural sciences are widely known as major constituents ofengineering knowledge, it is not conceivable to overlook the humanistic aspects of engineering,for example, sociological, ethical, aesthetic and economical issues embedded in engineeringproblems. In recent years, a model for holistic engineering 9 has been established andconsiderable research has been done on the pedagogy of holistic engineering 10 . One of theachievements

Conference Session

The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn A. Neeley, University of Virginia

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Young, Cole, and Denton argued that “Even engineers, who havetraditionally been considered experts in technology, may not have the training or experiencenecessary to think about the social, political, and ethical implications of their work and so maynot be technologically literate” (p. 15). The papers presented at the 2016 conference (7 of the12), echo this recognition. Krupczak and Mina’s “An Exercise to Promote and Assess CriticalThinking in Sociotechnical Context” (2016a) is the most full and direct expression ofengineering students as a primary audience for TEL education. Working from the premise that“less attention has been given to examining if individuals trained as engineers actually possess abroad understanding of technology and are

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Technological Literacy

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Jayanta K. Banerjee, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus

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creates moreawareness in human oriented engineering design and manufacturing but also adds a novel dimension inthe personal and professional life of any engineering practitioner. In other professional schools, such asin Law and Medical schools, more emphasis is given on the socio-cultural aspects of the profession.Similarly, medical ethics and legal ethics are compulsory courses in their curricula. In engineering curricula,however, a full compulsory course on engineering ethics is not offered to the undergraduate students.For this reason, during the exams for the engineering license (Professional Engineer or PE license) therecent graduates do not perform well in the areas of engineering ethics and aesthetics. Inclusion of art and aesthetics adds

Conference Session

Technological Literacy and the Non-science College Student

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Krupczak, Hope College; Mani Mina, Iowa State University; Robert J. Gustafson, Ohio State University; James F. Young P.E., Rice University; Scott VanderStoep, Hope College

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and use of technology and evaluate trade-offs including a balance of costs and benefits both economic and social.8 Identify technology that appropriately reflects the values and culture of society for which it is intended.9 Give examples of relationships among technologies and connections between technology and other fields of study.Responsibility10 Can identify and analyze professional, ethical, and social responsibilities as related to technology.11 Participates appropriately in decisions about the development and use of technology.12 Demonstrates an interest and ability in life-long learning and self-education about technological issues.Capabilities13 Formulate pertinent questions, of self and others

Conference Session

Objectives, Assessment, and Methods for Teaching Technological Literacy

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert J. Gustafson, Ohio State University; John Krupczak, Hope College; James F. Young, Rice University, Electrical & Computer Engineering; Mani Mina, Iowa State University

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that appropriately reflects the values and culture of society for which it is intended.9 Give examples of relationships among technologies and connections between technology and other fields of study.Responsibility10 Can identify and analyze professional, ethical, and social responsibilities as related to technology.11 Participates appropriately in decisions about the development and use of technology.12 Demonstrates an interest and ability in life-long learning and self-education about technological issues.Capabilities13 Formulate pertinent questions, of self and others, regarding the benefits and risks of technologies.14 Obtain and interpret information about new technologies.15 Discriminate the role of problem

Conference Session

TELPhE Division Technical Session 2: The Broadening Face of Engineering Education

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder

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sustainability. Bielefeldt is also a licensed P.E. Professor Bielefeldt’s research interests in en- gineering education include service-learning, sustainable engineering, social responsibility, ethics, and diversity. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Kindness in Engineering EducationAbstractIn light of the disruptions in higher education brought about by COVID responses, faculty wereencouraged to be more accommodating of student issues. These edicts largely could be construedas showing kindness. But why should faculty kindness toward students only be manifested in theface of a global pandemic? Even before the pandemic there was a growing

Conference Session

Promoting Technological Literacy

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Heywood, Trinity College-Dublin

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for students to examine their ownepistemologies, and values.The third goal is the exploration of one’s personal value system. The base of all engineering andtechnological activity is the value system that we hold. Our beliefs and attitudes drive ourpersonal and working behaviours. The person who is engineering and technologically literatewill be grounded in a well thought out ethic. One way of arriving at an ethical position might beto examine the constructivist/realist philosophies in their response to the fundamental issues ofethics [14]. Another way might be to examine theories of moral development such as Kohlberg’s[15] and how they might inform self-development the fourth goal of the stage of “romance” onthe one hand, and to the concept

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Exploration of Broad Issues and Promotion of Engineering and Technological Literacy

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Carl O. Hilgarth

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industrial management, financial management, computer technology, and environmental technology, as well as leading seminars in the university’s general education program. Prior to academia, Mr. Hilgarth was employed as as engineer in the aerospace industry in laboratory and flight test development, facilities management, and as a manager in quality assurance. He has contributed papers on management, ground-test laboratory and flight test facilities, and ethics to several technical and professional organizations. In education, he has served as a consultant and curriculum developer to the Ohio Board of Higher Education and the Ohio Department of Education. He holds an M.S. in engineering management from the Missouri

Conference Session

The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mani Mina, Iowa State University

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 essences  of  engineering  (design,  building  systems,  and  ethics.)    Many  programs  strive  to  achieve  all  of  that.    It  is  interesting  that  most  colleagues  claim  that  during  an  ABET  visit  we  all  reflect,  reshape,  and  reconsider  our  efforts,  and  try  to  understand  a  better  overall  picture.  In  a  sense,  we  reflect.    One  argument  is  that  the  ABET  criteria  and  suggestions  are  enforcing  the  essential   3,7engineering  basics  together  with  a  liberated  form  of  engineering  studies .    What would philosophical awareness bring to engineering education?Engineering  education

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The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; John Heywood, Trinity CollegeDublin, The University of Dublin

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, 2016 From Problem Solvers to Problem Seekers: The Necessary Role of Tension in Engineering EducationIn this paper it is proposed that the current focus on problems in engineering education andtechnological literacy may be more constructively reframed by focusing on tensions. PriyanDias claims engineering has an identity crisis that arises from tensions inherent in: 1) theinfluence of the profession on society, 2) the role engineers play, and 3) what constitutes validknowledge in engineering. These are ethical, ontological, and epistemological tensionsrespectively, which Dias frames as a tension between identities of homo sapiens and homo faber.Beyond the tensions in engineering there are additional tensions that arise

Conference Session

Promoting Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Grunert, Virginia Tech; Peter Doolittle, Virginia Tech; Stephanie G. Adams, Virginia Tech

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prominence in the 1990s in K-12 education research. Post-secondary education has had relatively little to do with this term until the past decade, where thetrends have conjoined. One notable researcher who spans these decades is John Heywood, whose“Engineering literacy for non-engineers K-12” argues that the non-engineering public must cometo appreciate the potential and the limitations of engineering, to situate that understanding withinsome ethical framework.1 He extends this work into a more-detailed explication of engineeringliteracy, worth replicating in whole: Engineering literacy requires that we understand how individual’s [sic], organizations and society interact with technology, and this requires an

Conference Session

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin; Michael Patrick Lyons, Michael P. Lyons & Associates

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leading questions, to separate the chaff from the wheat?(5) If a professional engineer with fire safety expertise was party to the design and construction team would their responsibilities to keeping to a Code of Ethics for Engineers {e.g. the Institution of Civil Engineers [3], or the Institution of Fire Engineers [4]) have made a difference to the nature of the specification of the materials used? Both codes would have required their member to show due regard for the safety of life and health of the public, and for any employee who may be affected by the work for which he/she is responsible. Such a member would not permit the use of a material of a lower specification than that required by the design regulations for a tall

Conference Session

The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

R. Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; John Heywood, Trinity College-Dublin

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, ethics and values, and action/involvement—that can beapplied to many forms of literacy (Cheek, 1992). A later study (Gagel, 1997) definedtechnological literacy as being able to: “(a) accommodate and cope with rapid andcontinuous technological change, (b) generate creative and innovative solutions fortechnological problems, (c) act through technological knowledge both effectively andefficiently, and (d) assess technology and its involvement with the human lifeworldjudiciously.” Generally STS-derived definitions of technological literacy address the need toeducate individuals for living in a technologically mediated world and are system oriented,involve elements of the ethical and moral dimensions of society, and are both critical andintegrative

Conference Session

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carl O. Hilgarth, Shawnee State University

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instructing courses in industrial management, financial management, computer technology, and environmental technology, as well as leading seminars in the uni- versity’s general education program. Prior to academia, Mr. Hilgarth was employed as as engineer in the aerospace industry in laboratory and flight test development, facilities management, and as a manager in quality assurance. He has contributed papers on management, ground-test laboratory and flight test facilities, and ethics to several technical and professional organizations. In education, he has served as a consultant and curriculum developer to the Ohio Board of Higher Education and the Ohio Department of Education. He holds an M.S. in engineering management