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Human Rights as a Lens for Engineering Ethics?

Conference Session: Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division Technical Session 2
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

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

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What is Gained by Articulating Non-canonical Engineering Ethics Canons?

Conference Session: Non-Canonical Canons of Engineering Ethics
Collection: 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Donna M Riley, Virginia Tech; Amy E. Slaton, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Joseph R. Herkert, Arizona State University
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: 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

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Canons against Cannons? Social Justice and the Engineering Ethics Imaginary

Conference Session: Non-Canonical Canons of Engineering Ethics
Collection: 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Donna M Riley, Virginia Tech; Yanna Lambrinidou, Virginia Tech
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

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

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The Challenges of Engineering Education, Engineering Practice, Code of Ethics, and Social Justice

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
Authors: Rachel Shannon, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Mani Mina, Iowa State University of Science and Technology
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

. 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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Complexity, Right Action, and the Engineering Curriculum

Conference Session: Curriculum Development in Technological Literacy
Collection: 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors: R. Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

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

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Thinking Like an Engineer: Responding to the Engineering Blind Spot at Liberal Arts Colleges

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
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

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

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Research on the Element Structure and Cultivation of Engineers' General Ability in the Chinese Context

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
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

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

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The Making of a Technology Literacy Course

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
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

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

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The transition from STEM to STEAM

Conference Session: Curriculum Development in Technological Literacy
Collection: 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors: Jayanta K. Banerjee, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

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

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Kindness in Engineering Education

Conference Session: TELPhE Division Technical Session 2: The Broadening Face of Engineering Education
Collection: 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors: Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

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

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From Problem Solvers to Problem Seekers: The Necessary Role of Tension in Engineering Education

Conference Session: The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy
Collection: 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; John Heywood, Trinity CollegeDublin, The University of Dublin
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

, 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

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Reaching Out to the Masses: Building Literacy About Engineering Amongst Non-engineering Students

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
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

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

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The Philosophical Foundations of Technological and Engineering Literacy

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
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

, 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

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What is Lost When Education is Decomposed into Outcomes? A Critical Look Across Disciplines.

Conference Session: TELPhE Division Technical Session 1: Expanding Technological and Engineering Literacies
Collection: 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors: Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

that it leadsdirectly or indirectly to an improvement in our quality of life, must work within the constraintsprovided by technical, economic, business, political, social, and ethical issues.” (p. 7). In someways this echoes the language of the Mann report but acknowledges that as Technology hasincreasingly become integrated into all infrastructures that a systemic, rather than industry-focused, perspective is necessary. The systemic focus is noteworthy since systems need to beunderstood either through functional decomposition—the basis of outcome development—orholistically as they become more complex.As has been pointed out by others [12] engineering education adapts to the times; it must bydefinition do so since the role of engineers has

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Increasing Engineering Literacy among Non-Engineering Students

Conference Session: Promoting Engineering and Technological Literacy
Collection: 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Jonathan Grunert, Virginia Tech; Stephanie G. Adams, Virginia Tech
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

, as Marley said, “Itchanged my view as I said earlier even about like the moral aspect and the ethical aspect becauseI didn’t really think it [engineering] was just about designing and building stuff, but that waswhat I kind of anticipated as like the main part.” Design and construction, for Marley, were notthe main part of engineering; rather, the moral and ethical considerations that accompany designand construction were a primary concern of engineering. Additionally, Reness saw that CitizenEngineering “exceeded my expectations on just learning about kind of, like, world issues.” The role of non-engineers in engineering projects was prominent in student responses.Milburn acknowledged their contribution to engineering literacy: “The

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Mississippi Coding Academies: A Nontraditional Approach to Computing Education

Conference Session: Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division Technical Session 3
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Sarah B. Lee, Mississippi State University; Richard A. Sun CFA, Mississippi Coding Academies; Randy Lynn
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

outstanding work ethic,• A high-touch approach, working closely with each student to achieve success,• A strong connection to employers who assist in setting the curriculum and in screening, educating, and evaluating the progress of the students, and• A close partnership with Mississippi PK-12 schools.Students attend class during normal business hours, five days a week, and participate in an activelearning environment. There is very little lecture, with most time spent on hands-on activities. Inaddition to technical content, students also receive guidance on professional development topicssuch as resume development, workplace communication, and interviewing skills. Service-basedlearning is a component of both academies with students giving back to

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Philosophy and Engineering Education; should teachers have a philosophy of Education?

Conference Session: The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy
Collection: 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: John Heywood, Trinity College-Dublin
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

in Education Conference, 252-258.[4] Matthews, M. R (2000). Time for Science Education. How Teaching the History andPhilosophy of the Pendulum can contribute to Science Literacy. New York. KluwerAcademic.[5] Davis, M (1998). Thinking like an Engineer. Studies in the Ethics of a Profession. NewYork. Oxford University Press.[6] Edels, H (1968).Technology in the sixth form. Trends in Education. No 10. London.Ministry of Education.[7] Vardy, P and Grosch, P (1994). The Puzzle of Ethics. 1st edition. London. Font/HarperCollins. p 17.[8] Yokomoto, C. F and Bostwick, W. D (1999). Modelling: the process of writingmeasureable outcomes for Ec 2000. ASEE/IEEE Proceedings Frontiers in EducationConference, 2B-1, 18-22.[9] Bloom B et al (eds) (1956

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Whither Engineering and Technological Literacy? Cui Bono 2

Conference Session: Exploration of Broad Issues and Promotion of Engineering and Technological Literacy
Collection: 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors: John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

Latin, had greater “transfer” value than others in facilitating learning. Forexample, Latin would help people think more rigorously, thus a student wishing to enterOxbridge should demonstrate proficiency in Latin in the entrance examination. John HenryNewman wrote to his sister Jemima in 1845, predating faculty psychology- “The great pointis to open men’s minds – to educate them-and make them logical it does not matter what thesubject is, which you use for this purpose. If you will make them think in politics you willmake them think in religion”. In the twenty first century Brad J. Kallenburg showed howreasoning in design is analogous with reasoning in ethics, and how the design paradigm canbe a means of bringing engineering ethics into

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Cui Bono. Engineering and Technological Literacy and Higher Education

Conference Session: Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division Technical Session 4
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

of engineering, science, or technology. What matters is the learningoutcome (aim).She identifies three learning aims for technological literacy that should be offered throughoutundergraduate education. They are; Teaching for Citizenship; Teaching for Living Skills andCompetencies: Teaching for Employment Competencies.Teaching for citizenship “would involve ethics, politics and philosophy and ways in whichtechnological developments can impinge upon and challenge our understanding of moralreasoning”. For example, advances in medicine are an ever present reminder of this effect.Among other matters they raise important questions about the right to die. Kielsen argues thatthese decisions are not to be left to technocrats alone but for the average

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Encouraging Students to See the Role of Service Courses in Their Major

Conference Session: Promoting Engineering and Technological Literacy
Collection: 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Kenneth W. Van Treuren, Baylor University
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

the program educational objectives. Student outcomes are outcomes (a) through (k) plus any additional outcomes that may be articulated by the program: (a) an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering (b) an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data (c) an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability (d) an ability to function on multidisciplinary teams (e) an ability to identify, formulate

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The Historical Mandate for the Open-Source Community

Conference Session: Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division Technical Session 4
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Tejita Rajbhandari, Gannon University; Mark Blair, Gannon University
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

Computer and Information Science. He served in the United States Marine Corps from 2000-2004 as intelligence specialist. He graduated from Mercyhurst University earning a BA in Intelligence Studies and Psychology (2008). Additionally, he earned a MS in Software Engineering from Gannon University in 2013. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019Historical Mandate for the Open Source CommunityIntroductionMost think of the Open Source Community (OSC) as a venue to get free stuff, but a deepunderstanding is to know its attitude, its ethics, its purpose, and its sharp teeth. The OSC wasborn out of the hacker ethic which holds that the unfettered access to knowledge is a virtue of agood and free society

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MESA Center Promoting Technical Literacy

Conference Session: Exploration of Broad Issues and Promotion of Engineering and Technological Literacy
Collection: 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors: Dan G. Dimitriu, San Antonio College
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

is also a focal point in the process of promoting technicalliteracy.In a society that becomes more and more dependent on technology, the center has made one ofits fundamental goals to provide every student with the ability to understand the social, political,economic, and ethical implications of new technological developments. Since its inception, ithas served as a catalyst for student study groups and a central location for promoting studentscholarships, engineering design competitions, internships, summer undergraduate researchopportunities, and a variety of activities promoting technical literacy on our campus. The Centerhas been host to tutoring sessions for difficult courses, student success seminars, resume writingand job search