Conference Session

Technology and Equipment to Improve IE Instruction

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas H. Timmer, University of Texas, Pan American; Miguel Gonzalez, University of Texas, Pan American; Connie M. Borror, Arizona State University, West; Douglas C. Montgomery, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

the University of Texas – Pan American (UTPA)in MANE 4311 – Quality Control during the Fall 2011 semester. Sixteen students were enrolledin the course and eleven students completed the (voluntary) demographic information survey.Assessment results are provided in Tables 1-3.Table 1 contains the student demographic information. Participation in the demographic surveywas voluntary and only eleven students completed and submitted a demographic survey. Thedemographics are reflective of the UTPA student demographics. All students in this course wereHispanic. 55.6% of students reported a family income of $60,000 or less. An interesting statisticis that only 9.1% of the students responding had English as a first language. During the studyperiod

Conference Session

International Forum Poster Session & Welcome Reception: Sponsored by Quanser and Cypress Semiconductors

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2012 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Sabah Razouk Abro, Lawrence Technological University; Jerry Cuper, Lawrence Technological University

Tagged Topics

ASEE International Forum

% Deviation from target 40.0% 30.0% 20.0% 10.0% 0.0% TME1023 MCS2023 TIE2063 TIE2093 MCS2323 The general conclusion from the table and the data is that the target score for the objectives were generally met and exceeded in all the courses. A question could be raised when the actual score exceed the target score significantly, Such as in TIE20263 where the actual achievement exceeded the target by 22.5%. The argument could be that either the target score does not reflect the level of mastery required or the test tools do not explore the missing skills of the students. It is recommended that when there is this kind of significant deviation from the target, whether the

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2012 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Nagarjuna Sadineni, Mission10X Wipro Technologies; Rajendra Kumar v Joshi, WIPRO Technologies

. This aspect is nonexistent in traditional training modules.The involvement with the faculty members begins with a 5 day workshop. Thecomponents of the workshop are: 1. High Impact Teaching Skills - To help faculty create impact on students by synchronizing their verbal, vocal and visual presentation skills- Facilitated by Dale Carnegie University. 2. Innovative Teaching Techniques - Facilitating active learning and developing reflective practitioners. 3. Methods to implement innovation in engineering classrooms - Eclectic pedagogical framework through Mission10X Learning Approach (MxLA) Page 17.36.4

Conference Session

Instructional Design

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Naveen Seth, New Community College at CUNY; Donald P. O'Keefe, Farmingdale State College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

measures. b. Ethical and professional responsibilitiesIssues such as ethics in engineering businesses are best addressed through context; otherwise thesubject essentially receives lip service. The conflict between quality product/process and costeffectiveness should be illustrated through examples of where this issue arose and was/was not Page 25.800.3addressed, e.g., costs of oil spills, externalities in production processes, social vs. out of pocketcosts. Ethics is becoming increasingly important in engineering and business courses and is afocus of ABET5 (2011) accreditation as reflected in the associate-level Criterion 3Ah andbachelor-level

Conference Session

Research on Engineering Design Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lindsey Anne Nelson, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

, I read blogs written by a wide range of internal authors.This study does not incorporate interviews with key stakeholders in the innovation process.While interviews could be used in conjunction with multimodal discourse analysis, the methoddoes not require incorporating interviews. Recognizing the power of first-person accounts, thisdesk-based study incorporates first-person perspectives found in designers’ written reflections.This archival strategy permits the researcher to consider projects across space and time.Reviewing documentation produced five years ago provides different insights than askingsomeone to reflect on the same events. Similarly, critical analysis of project documentationpermits comparing vastly different geographical and

Conference Session

Software Engineering Topics

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sushil Acharya, Robert Morris University; Walter W. Schilling Jr., Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

“disagree” and 1 represents “Strongly disagree”.Table 5 depicts the survey results for the labs. In general, we see from the results, that thestudents feel the lab exercises they have completed should be continued for future students. Ingeneral, the survey also reflects that the students believed the lab was an excellent tool forteaching the material given the level of expertise shown at that time.A second and possibly more important mechanism for assessing student’s achievement in the Page 25.500.12area of testing is to look at targeted assessments on the final exam for the course. While thereare many different types of questions given on the

Conference Session

Problem-based and Challenge-based Learning

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela van Barneveld, Purdue University; Johannes Strobel, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Greg Light, Northwestern University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

-facilitator role was that of facilitating students in becoming independent learners. The reframing van Barneveld, Strobel, & Light 8of the educators’ identity may reflect the change of perspective that being an educator goesbeyond the content provided to or the concepts acquired by students. This category reinforces the‘who I am’ conceptualization of the role where the essence of the engineering educator is notconfined by how much they know and how much they can control the students and the learningenvironment, but embraces a transformed perspective of learning and of self and how he/she canbe of service in supporting the students to construct their knowledge.While the outcome

Conference Session

Research on Engineering Design Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan C. Campbell, University of Washington; Ken Yasuhara, University of Washington; Cynthia J. Atman, University of Washington; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

students what factors they would take into account indesigning a retaining wall system to contain flooding of the Mississippi River. The follow-upinterviews then asked the students to reflect on their design task responses and includedquestions about their knowledge of Hurricane Katrina, which had occurred the previous summer,and the influence such knowledge might have had on their responses.The research question driving this analysis can be articulated as follows: In what qualitativelydifferent ways does knowledge of a humanitarian disaster influence student thinking on a con-ceptually related design task? Given the qualitative nature of the data and the exploratory natureof our research question, our analysis follows a descriptive approach that

Conference Session

K-12 Teachers: PD, Implementation, and Beyond

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yan Sun, Purdue University; Nikki Boots, Purdue University; Johannes Strobel, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

of engineering teaching. Thismodel is intended to diachronically capture the developmental process of EEE adoption and EEEexpertise development by elementary teachers, and to synchronically reflect individual differences Page 25.497.3and personal experiences during the process. The construction of this model was oriented by tworesearch questions: 1) What are stages of EEE adoption and what are the descriptivecharacterizations associated with each stage? 2) What are the stages of EEE expertise developmentand what are the descriptive characterizations associated with each stage?The EEE adoption and expertise development model construction in

Conference Session

Engineering Design

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ann P. McMahon Ph.D., Ann P. McMahon, LLC

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

apedagogical approach such as guided inquiry. Before viewing the IDEO video, participantsmentioned students working in pairs or small groups in the context of managing their classroom.Four participants mentioned their student grouping strategies without prompting. Prior to viewing the designers at work, the participants and I spoke about our teachingpractices from a cognitive and pedagogical perspective. Our comments reflected the codingcategories in our shared knowledge and beliefs about school science, specifically that: 1)students should engage with prescribed topics and experiences through inquiry, 2) studentsshould know vocabulary associated with each topic, and 3) students should be able to use thatvocabulary to write about the processes

Conference Session

FPD IV: Innovative Curriculum Elements of Successful First-year Courses

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory Warren Bucks, Ohio Northern University; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

of LearningStyles (ILS). This model categorizes a student’s learning style preference based on fourdimensions: sensing versus intuitive, visual versus verbal, active versus reflective, and sequentialversus global. For learning programming content, the two most important scales are the visualversus verbal scale and the sensing versus intuitive scale.Numerous studies have looked at the learning styles preferences of engineering students [6-8]and have shown that the preferences are consistent across populations [9]. These studies havefound that engineering students tend to prefer more visual and sensing ways of learning.However, most programming languages taught in introductory courses are text-based, whichproduces a mismatch between the

Conference Session

Research Informing Teaching Practice II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremi S. London, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

support and feedback throughout all aspects of this endeavor. Page 25.614.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Exploring Cyberlearning through a NSF LensIntroduction Phrases like “Let’s Google It” and “Text Me” reflect the lifestyle of today’s millennials. Thoughsimple, they speak to an undisputed reality–the use of computing technology and high-speedcommunication is ubiquitous. The new opportunities that have opened up in undergraduate STEMEducation can be cited in support of this fact. Cyberlearning, the use of web-based technologies tosupport learning, enables

Conference Session

Assessment in Graphics Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Delahunty, University of Limerick; Niall Seery, University of Limerick; Raymond Lynch, University of Limerick; Diarmaid Lane, University of Limerick

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

robust foundation of domainspecific knowledge is required to become an effective problem solver 6. Often thisdistinguishing factor separates novice from expert problem solvers. In addition, Mayer (citedin Montague et al 4) highlights metacognitive strategies as another key to successful problemsolving. Metacognition or the ability to reflect on the way and how one thinks requiresstrategic and situational/contextual knowledge 7. Students need to possess knowledge ofstrategies to employ but also understand when and where to employ these strategies relevantto the problem in hand. Metacognitive skills directly contribute to effective knowledgetransfer 8 as it allows one to regulate the use of previously learned knowledge and skillsdepending on the

Conference Session

Service as an Element of Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Malinda S. Zarske, University of Colorado, Boulder; Janet L. Yowell, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado, Boulder; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel W. Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Travis O'Hair, Skyline High School

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

engineering designexperiences as an instructional method to increase student knowledge and attitudes towardsengineering in both K-12 and undergraduate education. Essentially, PBL instruction uses aninquiry process to engage students in learning through exposure to complex, real-worldproblems, reflecting the environment in which they live and learn.5 PBL design culminates in afinal product, such as a design, model, device, or computer simulation, encouragingcollaboration with other students, and using performance-based assessment to evaluate a range ofskills and knowledge.5,6 Currently, only limited research exists on the effectiveness of thismethod in the classroom, and most of that at the undergraduate engineering level. However, thisundergraduate

Conference Session

Retention of Women Students II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Wang, University of California, Berkeley; Eli Patten, University of California, Berkeley; Ryan Shelby, University of California, Berkeley; Farzana Ansari, University of California, Berkeley; Lisa A. Pruitt, University of California, Berkeley

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

an undergraduate first-year engineering course, a five-week module on leadership wasoffered in addition to two other modules focused on more traditional engineering topics,bioengineering and mechanical engineering. Students were able to choose two out of the threemodules as part of their requirement for the course. The leadership module presentedmechanisms for developing professional skills and also provided hands-on application of theseskills through K-12 service learning at a local science museum. Because women tend to bedrawn to engineering sectors that give back to society, we hypothesized that the confidencelevels of women would reflect the benefit of the leadership module.To assess the impact of the module, we developed a survey based

Conference Session

Understanding Our Students II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michele L. Strutz, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

that prompted them to choose to studyengineering. The research question this study addressed was: What are the influences on thelived experiences of low-SES first-generation students who pursue engineering study?Methodological frameworkSince the first author wanted to “identify the meaning, structure, and essence of the livedexperience of this phenomenon for this person”, 24 she chose phenomenology as hermethodological framework. Phenomenology is the description of the lived experience. 25 Theaim of phenomenology is the description, reflections, and understanding of the lived experienceof a particular phenomenon and focuses on making meaning of what the participant reports. 24The first author chose phenomenology because she was interested in

Conference Session

Online Learning

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan L. Miertschin, University of Houston (CoT); Carole E. Goodson, University of Houston; Barbara L. Stewart, University of Houston

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

because there isscholarly research that shows that time management can be taught and learned. Timemanagement is defined differently in most studies, but most definitions reflect the one providedby Lakein13, who profiled time management as a process of determining needs, setting goals toachieve those needs, planning the tasks required, and prioritizing them. Claessens, van Eerde,Rutte, and Roe point out that studying time use is purposeless outside the context of goal-directed activity14. Research such as that by Woolfolk and Wookfolk15, Van Eerde16, Adamson,Covic, and Lincoln17, Kisa and Ersoy18, Green and Skinner19, and Häfner and Stock20 reinforcethe notion that skills that support an effective time management process can be taught andlearned

Conference Session

Understanding Our Students I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wade H. Goodridge, Utah State University; Scott David Greenhalgh, University of Northern Iowa; Oenardi Lawanto, Utah State University; Gary A. Stewardson, Utah State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Page 25.922.7Robotics, Think Quest,Lego Engineering,INSPIRE!, Botball,Odyssey of the MindThe majority of the students in the study were between 18 and 24 years of age. A higher numberof students were above the age of 21 due to the predominant religion in the area asking membersto serve two year missions between the ages of 19 and 21. The majority of the study participantswere male with only 7 of the full 122 participants being female. With 5.7% of the participantsbeing female the study reflects a lower average than the 11.4% female students nationallyrecorded as receiving bachelor’s degrees in mechanical and aerospace engineering26. Only onestudent in the study reported not majoring in mechanical and aerospace engineering.Data AnalysisThe

Conference Session

Design in Freshman and Sophomore Courses

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University; Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University; Jacquelyn Kay Nagel, James Madison University; Eric C Pappas, James Madison University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

work to reiterate on the conceptual phase of the design processbefore prototyping, testing, and refining a design for the client. The project culminates with thestudents demonstrating their final product to the client, the client’s family, the University, andthe local community. Knowing that they will have this public demonstration day seems tomotivate the students to succeed.Our engineering program is currently in its fourth year, and the sophomore engineering designsequence is currently in its third run. In this paper, we will reflect on the lessons learned as wehave taught these two courses. A mixed-methods approach, which includes surveys andquestionnaires, was used to collect data related to project learning goals, program

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony Gregerson, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Sean Franey, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

should explore are methods of reducing end-of-semester workloads. Fromour experience as both students and instructors, we believe that design projects and researchpapers are essential components of the educational process in engineering courses, as they mostdirectly reflect the demands of engineering fields. As such, we wished to look outside of cuts todesign and research projects to reduce workloads. Therefore, we chose to question the role of thefinal exam and investigate its necessity in the assessment process.The remainder of this paper is organized as follows: In Section II, we lay out some of thecommon arguments in favor of the necessity of mandatory comprehensive final exams andpresent our counterarguments. In Section III, we discuss the

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Carl Becker P.E., Iowa State University; Joel K. Sikkema, Iowa State University; Nicole Lynn Oneyear, Iowa State University; Shashi S. Nambisan P.E., Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Student

they were administered prior to, during, and after the event. An analysis of the 185 responsesthat were received reflects the event’s success: 94 percent indicated that the department shouldsupport the event in the future, and all respondents stated that the showcase was valuable for thepresenters. In addition, 75 percent of presenters reported that they had plans to present or hadalready presented their research at a professional conference. Although the inaugural competitionwas successful in catalyzing graduate student research dissemination, future efforts are needed totranslate participation in the departmental event to presentations at professional conferences andpublications through topical peer-reviewed outlets.IntroductionA catalyst is

Conference Session

Standards and K-12 Engineering

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jing Wang, Purdue University; Melissa Dyehouse, Purdue University; Nicole R. Weber, Lesley University; Johannes Strobel, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Conceptualizing Authenticity in Engineering Education: A Systematic Literature ReviewAbstractThe term authenticity is pervasive in the education literature in general and specifically in theengineering education literature; yet, the construct is often used un-reflected and ill defined. Thepurpose of this paper is (1) to critically examine current conceptualizations of authenticity asprinciples to design curricula and learning modules within engineering education and (2) thedevelopment of a systematically derived model of authenticity. The context of the project istowards pre-college engineering education yet findings are applicable across the lifespan

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering: Curricula and Courses

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Simin Hall, Virginia Tech; Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Tech; Deyu Hu, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

in traditionallearning environments are not always effective in the new settings9. To facilitate self-regulatedlearning in students, the assessment therefore has to be formative and promote continuedimprovement in student performance in addition to assisting students to reflect on their ownlearning during the assessment exercises.Research suggests that there is a connection between motivation and SRL. Students must havemotivation to use the SRL strategies and regulate their learning efforts. The instructional strategyin a recent study by Shih et al.10addressed three motivational components from Pintrich’s11model for promoting use of SRL. Shih et al. delivered these motivational strategies to studentsthrough lecture that consisted of

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Education and K-12

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reid Bailey, University of Virginia; Joanne Bechta Dugan, University of Virginia; Alexandra Coso Strong, Georgia Institute of Technology; Matthew E. McFarland, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

Boix-Mansilla model iscaptured in four dimensions: 1. Purpose: students must understand the reason why multiple disciplines are necessary to solve a given problem 2. Disciplinary Grounding: students must have fundamental knowledge from all of the disciplines needed 3. Integration: students must know how to integrate the different worldviews, approaches, and tools used by the different disciplines 4. Critical Awareness: students must be able to reflect on the appropriateness and utility of taking an interdisciplinary approach for a given problem.Students apply for the LEP at East Central State University at the end of their first year and, ifaccepted, are in the program from their sophomore through senior years

Conference Session

Social Media and In-class Technology: Creating Active Learning Environments

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gerald C. Gannod, Miami University; Kristen M. Bachman, Miami University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

activity. Specifically, our experienceencompasses several different use cases including using status updates as a means for addressingtechnical issues, social tagging to mark areas of interest, and video teleconferencing for virtualoffice hours. Our observations reflect some interesting trends in academic achievement andstudent engagement which may have implications for future use of social networks in educationand in turn in the workplace.IntroductionEffective communication is critical to the success of engineers in the workplace. Whileformalized communication is often our focus (e.g., creation of requirements specifications anddesign documents, or delivery of formal presentations), informal communications (e.g.,impromptu meetings, water cooler

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Development

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamed Abdelrahman, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Muhittin Yilmaz, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

participants are still on campus. For teachers, it is very difficult tocompete for attention with their students and their training requirements during the academicyear. For undergraduate students who are not on campus, the situation is very similar. In asimilar fashion, information needed for annual reports should be collected from participantswhile on campus. Information required from the participants after leaving the campus should berequested early. PIs need to be prepared to have to request this information repeatedly as well.Dissemination: the complete impact of a research experience program can truly be reflected bypaying close attention to dissemination. Scholarly dissemination for the research experience sitesis different than other research

Conference Session

Engineering Education Ties and Engineering Programs in the Middle East and Latin America

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer A. Acevedo-Barga, University of Washington; Charles Pezeshki, Washington State University; RunLu Li, WASEDA University

Tagged Divisions

International

interestsincluding, aeronautics and astronautics, renewable energy, nanotechnology, informationtechnology and agriculture19,3. Many of the joint research projects that China and Latin Americaare involved in reflect national interests. Page 25.1397.5Energy Needs 4    China consumes a tremendous amount of oil every day. 2011 Data from US Energy resourceassociation reports China consumed 4.8 million barrel per day21. It is second largest oilconsuming country in the world just little behind of US. As an oil poor country, China dependedon importing 52.56% of its

Conference Session

Accreditation and Outcomes-based Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jens Kabo, Chalmers University of Technology; Xiaofeng Tang, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; John Currie, University of Sydney; Hu Wenlong, Beihang University; Caroline Baillie, University of Western Australia

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

towhat they see as an instrumental logic, which is part of what Riley refers to as the particular“mindsets” commonly found in engineering.8 In light of Seron and Silbey’s study, it becomesimportant to reflect on what is considered “common sense” within the engineering community,and how this gets agreed upon in the context of engineering. As discussed here, “common sense”is tied to the (often unspoken) social relations that constitute and govern much of humanexistence.9 Of course, the common sense that a group of people share and understand is certainlynot “common” to everyone. Engineering education accreditation documentation and theirrequirements can both be seen as a reflection of the dominant common sense in engineeringwithin their national

Conference Session

Integrating Sustainability Across the Curriculum

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Kathryn Bauer, Rowan University; Andrea Rose McFarland, Rowan University; Mary M. Staehle, Rowan University; Kauser Jahan, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

two years of Page 25.1467.11the Engineering Clinic sequence, multidisciplinary teams of Juniors and Seniors advance tosolving real-world problems for industry. “What industry loves about this is that they have had astudent who has solved similar problems during the last two years of clinic,” said Dr. RobertHesketh, Chair of the Department of Chemical Engineering at Rowan University13. “When theystart work within that industry, they know what to do.”13 “These individual honors arenoteworthy and are no doubt a reflection of our multidisciplinary approach to engineeringeducation that includes contributions from all programs in the college,” said

Conference Session

Ethics and Technology

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christa Walck, Michigan Technological University; Jacqueline E. Huntoon, Michigan Technological University; Jim R. Baker, Michigan Technological University; Jean S. DeClerck, Michigan Technological University; Nora Allred, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

dramatically.This is a great challenge, since intellectual property rights around the world reflect diversecultural norms and varying stages of economic development. Because today’s students aretomorrow’s policymakers, it is incumbent upon U.S. institutions of higher education engaged inresearch, which create intellectual property that is subject to U.S. laws, to deliver ethicseducation on U.S. intellectual property standards as a critical component of STEM graduateprograms.Active Learning and Asynchronous Learning NetworksUnderstanding intellectual property and scientific publishing is not a simple undertaking. Itrequires understanding and applying complex concepts to varied situations where the appropriateresponse is not always clear-cut. For example