Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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James Russell; Walter Peters

Session 2072 A MACRO-ETHIC FOR ENGINEERING James A. Russell, Wally Peters Department of Mechanical Engineering University of South CarolinaIntroduction:William Wulf, president of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), called for a macro-ethic for engineering at the 2000 NAE Annual Meeting citing the impossibility of predicting thebehavior of complex systems and the dangers that we bring on ourselves by continuing tounconsciously engineer the biosphere. As human engineered systems and their impacts on earthsystems have grown larger

Conference Session

Teaching Innovations in Architectural Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Gouranga Banik

Session 1406 Integrating Ethics in AEC Education Gouranga C. Banik, Ph.D., P.E. School of Architecture, Civil Engineering Technology and Construction Southern Polytechnic State University Marietta, GA 30060AbstractThe construction industry needs to create a more professional work environment in order toattract the best and brightest people that the industry will need in the future. This type ofprofessional work environment can only be created by strict adherence to a strong code of ethics.A trend toward a more ethical

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2003 Annual Conference

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Joel Cuello

Session 1663 Designing a Global Ethic for Engineers Joel L. Cuello, Ph.D. Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, The University of Arizona 507 Shantz Building, Tucson, AZ 85721 Tel (520) 621-7757, Fax (520) 621-3963, Email jcuello@ag.arizona.edu It was Bill Ford, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Ford Motors Company, whomade the remark that “A good company delivers excellent products and services, while a greatone delivers excellent products and services and strives to make the world a better place.” Thisstatement remains

Conference Session

Global Issues in Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Heinz Luegenbiehl

Teaching Engineering Ethics Across National Borders Heinz C. Luegenbiehl (Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Kanazawa Institute of Technology) Over the last several decades, during which courses in engineering ethics have become amore common feature of engineering curricula in the U.S., a standard model for teaching it hasemerged, primarily due to the publication of a number of textbooks with a similar focus.1 The mainfeatures of this model are an emphasis on professional autonomy, use of codes of ethics and moraltheory as the basis for decision-making, and the centrality of the case study approach. In more recent times, a focus on issues in engineering ethics

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Nancy Tuana; John Wisw; John Christman; Andy Lau; Thomas Litzinger

Session 2793 Learning and Teaching Ethics in Engineering: Preparing Engineering Faculty to Teach Ethics Thomas Litzinger, John Christman, Andy Lau, Nancy Tuana, and John Wise Penn StateAbstractThrough assessment processes recently put into place, many engineering departments at PennState identified a need to enhance the ethics components of their curricula. To supportdepartments in their enhancement processes, the College of Engineering worked with the Collegeof the Liberal Arts to create a faculty development program to

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

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2003 Annual Conference

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Ashraf Ghaly

Session 3160 Professional and Ethical Implications of Engineering Globalization Ashraf M. Ghaly Associate Professor, Civil Engineering Department Union College, Schenectady, NY 12308AbstractAs a result of many years of neglect of their infrastructure, many underdeveloped countries relyon the expertise of international firms in developing solutions to the extremely complicatedproblems they are facing. International aid agencies or foreign governments usually provide thefinancing for the design and construction of these projects. Due to the fact that agencies

Conference Session

Integrating HSS into the Engineering Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

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Robert Wolverton; Janet Wolverton

Session 1161 Implementation of Ethics Education Throughout an Engineering College Robert H. Wolverton, Janet Bear Wolverton United States Air Force Academy/Oregon Institute of TechnologyI . IntroductionThe engineering community is rediscovering its roots of professionalism. During the past decadeengineering education moved beyond single minded devotion to science and technology byembracing multidisciplinary studies. To complete the transition from engineering scientists backto engineering professionals, education for the next decade is focusing on incorporating ethics andsocial responsibility into the curriculum

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Peter Meckl

Session 1532 Integrating Ethics into an Undergraduate Control Systems Course Peter H. Meckl School of Mechanical Engineering Purdue University West Lafayette, IN 47907-2088AbstractAn approach to inserting an ethics component into a control systems course is described. Sincethe technical content is rather complex, only limited time is available to focus on ethical issues.However, even limited discussions provide an opportunity to reinforce the importance of ethicsin a professional career

Conference Session

Best Teaching Practices for ABET

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2003 Annual Conference

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June Marshall; John Marshall

Session 1675 Integrating Ethics Education into the Engineering Curriculum Dr. June Marshall, Dr. John Marshall St. Joseph’s College/ University of Southern MaineAbstractEngineering programs across the nation are investigating techniques to implement thenew ABET accreditation requirements (Engineering Criteria 2000) regarding ethicsinstruction for engineers. According to Criterion 3 of ABET’s Engineering Criteria2000, “engineering programs must demonstrate that their graduates have . . . anunderstanding of professional and

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics

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2003 Annual Conference

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Ed McCaul; Earl Whitlatch; Robert J. Gustafson

Session XXXX Alumni Perspectives on Professional and Ethical Responsibility Robert J. Gustafson, Edward McCaul, Earl Whitlatch The Ohio State UniversityAbstractThe goal of the study reported in this paper was to collect data which would give guidance to ourprograms on ways to reduce the gap in the perceived importance versus preparation of College ofEngineering B.S. graduates in the area of “Professional and Ethical Responsibility”. A surveywas designed to address four main questions: Q1) What ethical issues are occurring most frequently in engineering practice? Q2) What is

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics

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2003 Annual Conference

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Billy Koen

Section 1761 On Defining Engineering Ethics: A Challenge to the Engineering Community Billy V. Koen Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas/Austin, USA koen@uts.cc.utexas.eduIntroductionWhen the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) established EvaluationCriterion 3: Outcome #f, it signaled a renewed interest in instruction in ethics at colleges ofengineering in the United States.[1] Outcome #f states that “Engineering programs mustdemonstrate that their graduates have an understanding of

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics

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2003 Annual Conference

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Tracy Camp; Laurie Smith King; Keith Miller; Barbara Moskal

Session 1761 Preparing to Teach Computer Ethics: Results from the DOLCE Project Barbara M. Moskala, Laurie Smith King, Keith Miller, Tracy Campa a Colorado School of Mines/College of the Holy Cross/University of Illinois at SpringfieldAbstractThe Developing On/Off-line Computer Ethics (DOLCE) is an NSF sponsored project which heldthree summer workshops for university faculty members. DOLCE has created web-basedmaterials for teaching computer ethics to undergraduate computer science majors. The materialsare closely

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Norb Delatte

Session 1526 Developing Case Studies in Failures and Ethics for Engineering Educators Norbert J. Delatte Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of Alabama at BirminghamIntroductionOver the years surveys conducted by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)Technical Council on Forensic Engineering (TCFE) Education Committee1-5 havedocumented the following points:• Engineering students, particularly undergraduates, should be informed about the important and historic failure cases that have shaped the

Conference Session

Technology, Communication, & Ethics

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2003 Annual Conference

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Billy Koen

Section 3430 On Teaching Engineering Ethics: A Challenge to the Engineering Professoriate Billy V. Koen Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas/Austin, USA koen@uts.cc.utexas.edu1. IntroductionWhen the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) established EvaluationCriterion 3: Outcome #f, it signaled a renewed interest in instruction in ethics at colleges ofengineering in the United States.[1] Outcome #f states that “Engineering programs mustdemonstrate that their graduates have an understanding

Conference Session

Best Teaching Practices for ABET

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2003 Annual Conference

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Marilyn Dyrud

Session 2661 Four Reasons for Including an Ethics Component in Engineering Classes Marilyn A. Dyrud Oregon Institute of TechnologyABET Criterion 3 requires that engineering programs pay some attention to ethics andprofessionalism. For already jam-packed curricula, however, simply adding a required ethicscourse might not be feasible.This paper examines several reasons encouraging instructors to consider an ethics across thecurriculum approach in lieu of a stand-alone course. These include acquainting students withprofessional expectations, fostering an awareness of ethics in the

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Thomas Keyser; Ronald Musiak; Richard Mindek; Mary Vollaro; Steven Schreiner

Integration of Engineering Ethics Into The Curriculum: Student Performance and Feedback Richard B. Mindek, Jr., Thomas K. Keyser, Ronald E. Musiak, Steven Schreiner, Mary B. Vollaro Western New England College, Springfield MassachusettsAbstractSeveral ethics lectures were developed and integrated into two diverse courses taught in the School ofEngineering at Western New England College during the Fall 2001 semester. This included a single one-hourlecture given to 39 seniors from mechanical, electrical and industrial engineering disciplines preparing for theircapstone senior design projects and two one-hour lectures given

Collection

2003 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Robert Bruce Kelsey

Teaching Ethics in Software Engineering Curricula: An Industry Perspective Robert Bruce Kelsey, Ph.D. Manager of Product Validation Siemens ILG, Cedar Rapids, IA robertbruce@ieee.orgAbstractEthics components in software engineering curricula need to focus on development disciplineand risk mitigation techniques rather than on the more dramatic and socially far reaching issuesof corporate deception and corruption. The students and the software industry will be betterserved if future software engineers understand their professional obligations and have thetechnical skills they’ll need to solve

Conference Session

Technology, Communication, & Ethics

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2003 Annual Conference

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C. Richard Helps; Stephen Renshaw

Conference Session

Technology, Communication, & Ethics

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2003 Annual Conference

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Sageev Pneena; Kathy Bernard; Carol Romanowski

Conference Session

Technology, Communication, & Ethics

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Ross

ideas are not respected.”However, there are very positive attitudes at the end of the course: “My manager wants me to make my presentation to the ‘higher-ups’.” “I never knew how to do a proposal – now I have a new opportunity.” “I showed that the new way will benefit the company and the customer.” “My boss talked to me for an hour about my ideas.”B. “Bad News on the doorstep”Besides the professional and personal ambitions felt but imperfectly expressed or realizedby many engineers, the news of the day has provided ample evidence that there aresignificant failures in management sometimes due to a lack of “technical leadership.” TheChallenger disaster was one such case, blurring ethics, technical competence,communication

Conference Session

Technology, Communication, & Ethics

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paulette Beatty; Jackie Revuelto; Dianne Kraft; Carolyn Clark

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Doner

Session 2793 Using a Self-Paced Course to Introduce Students to Life-Long Learning Skills and Ethical Choices David M. Doner Chemical Engineering Department West Virginia Institute of Technology Montgomery, WV 25136IntroductionThe past sixteen years a second semester, junior level course has been taught using a self-pacedformat. The basic philosophy for using a self-paced approach is that after graduation individualsare solely responsible for remaining current and competent in

Conference Session

Ethical & Industrial Issues in BME

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Rosalyn Berne

Session 2209 One more Thing to Think About: The Ethics of Nanotechnology in Bio-Medical Engineering Research and Development Rosalyn W. Berne, Ph.D. Division of Technology, Culture and Communications University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied SciencesIntroductionWhen the National Science and Technology Council, the Committee on Technology, andthe Interagency Working Group on Nanoscience, Engineering and Technology put theirideas together in the brochure, Nanotechnology: Shaping the World Atom by Atom, theytold the lay public that nanotechnology promises to fundamentally

Conference Session

Ethical & Industrial Issues in BME

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Charlotte Erdmann

Conference Session

Ethical & Industrial Issues in BME

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Rebecca Zambon; Rachael Shevin; Cynthia Paschal; Stacy Klein-Gardner

Conference Session

Ethical & Industrial Issues in BME

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2003 Annual Conference

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Emily Mowry

Session 2209 CREATION OF A BIOETHICS COURSE FOR THE UNDERGRADUATE BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING CURRICULUM E. Mowry, J. Collins, S. Brophy Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235Abstract “Engineering programs must demonstrate that their graduates have…an understanding ofprofessional and ethical responsibility….1” To address this need, we are creating anundergraduate biomedical engineering (BME) ethics course, which serves to raise awareness instudents and better prepare them for careers in medicine, research, and engineering. Theprinciples and methodologies of

Conference Session

Ethical & Industrial Issues in BME

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Jendrucko; Anthony English; Monica Schmidt

, project management, evaluation of alternatives, engineering econ-omy, legal and ethical issues, materials of construction, risk, reliability and safety.In the Spring semester, each design team completes the detailed design of its chosen alternative,prepares engineering drawings, then fabricates and tests a prototype of its product or system.Written progress reports are submitted about every two weeks. At the end of the semester, eachteam makes a final oral presentation and submits its final written design report summarizing theresults of both semesters’ work.The senior design courses satisfy the ABET Criterion 4 (Professional Component) requirementsof a major design experience in engineering education. Criterion 4 states that the degree pro-gram

Conference Session

Ethical & Industrial Issues in BME

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Eugene Eckstein; Charla K. Triplett

Conference Session

Best Teaching Practices for ABET

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2003 Annual Conference

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Jimmy Smith; Michael Loui, Illinois Institute of Technology (Vivian Weil),; Steven Nichols, University of Texas at Austin (Steven Nichols), University of Illinois at

Session 2661 “Incident at Morales” A Video/DVD "Case Study" in Professional Responsibility Steven P. Nichols, The University of Texas at Austin Jimmy H. Smith, Texas Tech University Michael C. Loui, University of Illinois AbstractThe National Institute for Engineering Ethics (NIEE) previously produced Gilbane Gold,a video designed to support instruction in engineering ethics and professionalresponsibility. Gilbane Gold has been used extensively by universities in the United Statesand other countries as a

Conference Session

REU at VaNTH & Graduate Programs in BME

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephanie Bird; Mark D'Avila; Penny Hirsch

, Northwestern, the University of Texas atAustin, and the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology-- have developed anenriched program for the undergraduates from other institutions who participate in their effortsthrough the NSF-funded Research Experience for Undergraduates (REUs). Although the VaNTHREU program is designed primarily to involve these undergraduates in the VaNTH mission—thedevelopment of cutting edge curricular material for bioengineers that is based on research in thelearning sciences about how bioengineers learn-- the enriched program also helps studentsdevelop the core competencies necessary for professional success, such as problem analysis,team management, written and oral communication, and professional ethics