communicating and synthesizing literatureinformation into a coherent argument. Two outcomes that were strongly related to high reportgrades were being able to properly paraphrase literature information as well as properlysynthesize it into an argument. These last two outcomes were particularly weak for teamsconsisting solely or primarily of graduate students. It is recommended that undergraduatestudents receive reinforcement of library research skills, while graduate students requireadditional instruction in paraphrasing, synthesis of ideas, and ethical attribution. Additionalresearch is needed to examine the IL background of international students.IntroductionThe Materials Processing and Process Selection course (ME6500) at Northeastern
environmental justice–namely whereengineers attend to their position as carrying out and reinforcing practices that create orexacerbate environmental racism but holding engineering as neutral.Recently, scholars published an editorial in the Journal of Engineering Education titled, “Theclimate is changing. Engineering Education needs to change as well” (Martin et al., 2022). Thescholars bring attention to the changing climate to emphasize four points (1) connect climate andsustainability to engineering design, (2) value cross-disciplinary perspectives, (3) “understandthe ethics and justice dimensions of engineering” and (4) “listen to and collaborate with diversecommunities.” (Martin et al., 2022, p. 740). In the third points, the authors discuss
aluminum is considered. (B) Following cold rolling, learners progressthrough the module and can visualize a simulated tensile test of their cold-rolled structure.Simulated data can be saved from the emulator.Figure 6. Material Lab Simulation Tool Thermocouple Simulator. Thermocouple Simulatoremulator section where learners can simulate dynamic changes that temperature has on voltagebased on material selection of the two materials forming the thermocouple.3. Methods3.1. Survey QuestionnaireEthical approval of the survey was obtained from the McMaster Research Ethics Board (MREB#5630). The survey includes questions regarding their experience in the materials science tutorials(see Supplemental Information: Appendix 2). Students were sent a short
. [13] discusses pedagogical approaches in designthinking, service-learning, communication, collaboration, and ethics education whereengineering educators can introduce and cultivate the concept and skill of empathy. Thisempathy learning can happen within engineering but can include other disciplines so thatengineers can think like or empathize with non-engineers [13]. Jaycox, et al. [14] explicitlydiscusses the implementation of this pedagogy for empathy integration within courses for ethicalreasoning and engineering design. Alsager Alzayed, et al. [15] discusses empathetic creativityand the institution of empathy within design generation. Huerta, et al. [16] discusses amindfulness training program for first-year engineering students for the
research intern with the Center for Health Equity Trans- formation working on engineering design methods for building with those closest to health injustices, a science policy fellow with the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) outlining policies to mitigate bias in medical technology development, testing, and market deployment, and write about engineering, ethics, and social justice in outlets like Scientific American. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Community-Driven, Participatory Engineering Design to Shape Just, Liberatory Health FuturesAbstractEngineering education regularly overlooks people it is supposed to serve, especially thosehistorically and
highlight a small fraction of this new body ofwork, where students begin to engage in discussion of ARDEI concepts and ARDEI context istaught explicitly in engineering courses or is included in engineering problem solving.Some educators have begun adding context to show the connections between engineering andsociety to engineering examples, homework, and textbook problems that have traditionallyfocused on the technical aspects of engineering problem solving. Hirschfield and Mayes capturestudent interest in a chemical engineering kinetics course by using tangible examples of baking,antifreeze, and flame retardants, and asking students to reflect on the ethical considerationspresent in the design and use of these chemicals [14]. Riley’s
received from the Education Ethics Review Process Team prior toconducting this study.Questionnaire 1 was distributed to teaching staff via Teaching and Learning Network on MSTeams. 34 teachers participated in this questionnaire from different departments across theCollege. Questionnaire 2 was distributed to second-, third- and fourth-year undergraduatestudents from the Department of Chemical Engineering who have experience with universitylearning. 55 students (~14.4%) participated in this questionnaire across these three yeargroups. Both questionnaires 1 and 2 were launched at the beginning of the academic year.Questionnaire 3 was distributed to second year undergraduate students in the Department ofChemical Engineering at the end of teaching
was done through an open-ended question asking if participantssaw value in the connection between their laboratories and their in-class learning and futurecareers. Critical reflection has been found to enhance applied learning in professional programssuch as nursing, increasing the quality of student reasoning and understanding [8].Informed consent was obtained with the approval of the Conjoint Faculties Research Ethics Boardof the University of Calgary. These surveys guided students through a critical reflection of theirlaboratory experience using Ash and Clayton’s DEAL model [5]. The revised Bloom’s taxonomy[6] was used as a tool to assess the level of learning required in the laboratory. The student surveyquestions are provided in Appendix
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their main points and therelated direct statements. These reflections were mapped to the five EDIPT stages andcentered on their individual and team reactions, which recorded the students' problem-solvingand decision-making skills development throughout the course. Ethical approval wasobtained from the first author’s university.Data AnalysisContent analysis was used to analyze the five reflections. Content analysis is a technique thathas been extensively used in studies analyzing newspaper articles, interview transcripts, andtextbooks. The deductive content analysis method was used to conduct the coding processdrawing upon the EDIPT framework. Cue words or sentences in the reflections included inthe analysis must show evidence of the design
how to develop a solution concept based onsponsor requirements, make design choices and tradeoffs, and evaluate their design in a practicalsetting [19]. Several studies have investigated frameworks or systems that guide such decisionmaking in design [20-22], design self-efficacy or the ability to complete a design task due to beliefin their ability to succeed [23-26], and preparedness to tackle technical and non-technicalchallenges of the project [27,28]. Other aspects of engineering design that students learn throughcapstones include systems engineering, ethical concerns related to their design, and professionalresponsibility.In addition to advancing engineering design and decision-making abilities (so-called “hard”skills), students also
education and practice and has been working in the areas of innovation, leadership development, inclusion, ethics, and, faculty development leveraging design research and mixed methods approaches.Dr. Sheri Sheppard, Swarthmore College Sheri D. Sheppard, Ph.D., P.E., is professor of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University. Besides teaching both undergraduate and graduate design and education related classes at Stanford University, she conducts research on engineering education andDr. Helen L. Chen, Swarthmore College Helen L. Chen is a research scientist in the Designing Education Lab in the Department of Mechanical En- gineering at Stanford University. She has been involved in several major engineering education
, sociology, psychology, hospitalitymanagement, nursing, and fashion, potentially revolutionizing admissions and hiring processesin these fields.Implications: The synthesis of research findings highlights the importance of striking a balancebetween algorithmic predictions and humanistic considerations in education. The integration ofdata-driven insights into the learning experience, through methods like Intelligent TutoringSystems and online platforms, presents promising avenues for personalized education. However,ethical concerns surrounding data privacy and algorithmic bias must be addressed to ensureequitable educational opportunities. Additionally, the identified research gaps, such as cross-course validation and intelligent tool development
, 2015, American Society for Engineering Education.[7] M. Huyck, D. Ferguson, E. Howard, J. Ferrill, and L. Getzler-Linn, “Enhancing Ethical Awareness Within Undergraduate Multidisciplinary Teams By Preparing Codes Of Ethics,” in 2008 Annual Conference & Exposition, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, June, 2008, American Society for Engineering Education.[8] D. Chachra and D. Kilgore, “Exploring Gender And Self Confidence In Engineering Students: A Multi Method Approach,” in 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition, Austin, Texas, USA, June, 2009, American Society for Engineering Education. pp. 14-614.[9] E. Litzler, C. C. Samuelson, and J.A. Lorah, “Breaking it down: Engineering student STEM confidence at the intersection of
should allfollow the relevant standards.Graduates from the US The interviewed participant worked first in a consulting company, then in a companythat designs residential and office buildings, convention centers, and commercial spaces in theDC area, and later in a data center. When asked about the knowledge of industrial standardsprior to graduation, he noted that the courses taken during their freshman to junior years suchas engineering ethics and energy efficiency electives provided knowledge about factors ofsafety, tolerances, and other standards expected with the design aspects of machine elements.In their senior year, the participant mentioned that their design project conducted with the Bajateam allowed him to design, analyze, and
Child With Down Syndrome: A Phenomenographic Study,” p. 15, 2006.[35] J. Saldaña, The coding manual for qualitative researchers, 4E [Fourth editiion]. Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE Publishing Inc, 2021.[36] J. Walther, N. W. Sochacka, and N. N. Kellam, “Quality in Interpretive Engineering Education Research: Reflections on an Example Study,” J. Eng. Educ., vol. 102, no. 4, pp. 626–659, 2013, doi: 10.1002/jee.20029.[37] J. Walther, A. L. Pawley, and N. W. Sochacka, “Exploring Ethical Validation as a Key Consideration in Interpretive Research Quality,” presented at the 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Jun. 2015, p. 26.726.1-26.726.21. Accessed: Sep. 23, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://peer.asee.org
wasjust one among several other seminars that touched on topics such as a review of resumes andLinkedIn, the role of licensure, leadership lessons from top-level civil engineering executives,the role of business and public policy in civil engineering, negotiating, job benefits, taking theFundamentals of Engineering (FE) Exam, ethics, and graduate school and continuing educationoptions. It was offered as a one (1) credit course meeting for an hour once a week. Assignmentswould consist of writing exercises including some professional in nature (resume, LinkedInprofile, career plan), an ethics essay, reflections responding to various speakers’ seminars, and abook review.The first year the course was introduced, spring of 2020, there was one seminar
) and for architecturalengineering technology programs overseen by the Accreditation Board for EngineeringTechnology (ABET). The design and construction sectors operate on a profit-driven model, yet the integration ofeconomic analysis in architectural design education remains inadequate. The existing standardsgoverning economic analysis in architectural design, both in professional practice andinstructional activities, suffer from a lack of clarity. This discrepancy is evident in theaccreditation standards set by NAAB for professional programs and ABET for architecturalengineering technology programs. NAAB requires that “SC.2 Professional Practice [1] – How the program ensures that studentsunderstand professional ethics, the regulatory
, the goal of a conference presentation is to get someone to read your paper, and you don't need to show all of the details. The goal of an oral examination by a faculty committee is to convey that you are an expert, so it is important to include some "fast ball" slides (and be prepared to get detailed if questions are asked). 8Ethical conduct of research. Ethical considerations are always present in research. The first isplagiarism. It is good to broach the topic on Day 1. Students need to know that you takeintegrity seriously. Tell them always to give credit where credit is due, and not to claim anyoneelse’s ideas as their own. Self-plagiarism is also an issue. Each
[4].An additional benefit of a project-based curriculum is the ability to emphasize dimensions ofengineering design decisions that go beyond the technical functioning of a part or component.Research has shown that engineering curriculum in the United States prioritizes technical aspectsof design problems over social dimensions, but success in the engineering workforce requires anunderstanding of the interplay between both facets [5]. In this context, “social” as a termencompasses environmental, ethical, economic, health, safety, political, and cultural factors [5].The inherent duality of social and technical factors in the solution to a materials design problemis showcased beautifully in “the dual tetrahedron” proposed by Savage et al. (see
“Instructables / iFixit” Technical Writing and Repair Guide Project 3: Research Report Project 4: Presentation(4) an ability to recognize ethical and Project 2: “Instructables / iFixit” Technical Writingprofessional responsibilities in and Repair Guideengineering situations and make Project 3: Research Reportinformed judgments, which mustconsider the impact of engineeringsolutions in global, economic,environmental, and societal contexts (5) an ability to function effectively on Project 2: “Instructables / iFixit” Technical Writing a team whose members together and
Combustion; Center for People and Infrastructures; CompGEN; the Health Care Engineering Systems Center; the National Center for Professional & Research Ethics; SONIC Systems on Nanoscale Information fabriCs; and TCIPG, the Trustworthy Cyber Infrastructure for the Power Grid Center). Member, Board of Directors, Illinois at Singapore Pte. Ltd., 2016-Present. Associate Director, Advanced Digital Sciences Center, UIUC, 2009-2016. Co-founded Center in 2009; is Illinois-based lead of the center, responsible (together with director) for its overall operation. ADSC is a bricks-and-mortar research laboratory in Singapore, with 14 participating Illinois faculty, 57 full-time technical staff members, and about $70M U.S. in
etal., 2017).Therefore, it is imperative to develop support mechanisms in which faculty can understand andempathize with the ways marginalized identities and experiences impact students. The empathypractice of perspective-taking has shown promise for developing ethical responsibility,promoting an awareness of others, and facilitating effective interpersonal interactions amongengineering design learners (Hess et al., 2017; Walther et al., 2017). While the majority ofresearch has focused on empathy in students, empathy and perspective-taking have beendescribed as an avenue for engineering faculty to “understand their academically diverse studentpopulation” (Hess et al., 2012, p.15), allowing them to more adequately assist students
conceptual engineering. The goal is that non-engineers should be more informed users of technology and this information can be gained by people who are not necessarily STEM professionals. Division members have developed a considerable amount of research around this approach [1].• Responsible Citizenship: Some work emerging from TELPhE has advocated for technological literacy as a component of responsible citizenship. A key theme in this group is the idea that given the pervasive nature of technology as part of everyday life, technological and engineering literacy should include an ability to understand the social, political, economic, and ethical implications of technological developments [1].• Engineering Literacy for
, teachers, and undergraduates in this role. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023Quantitative Methodological Approaches to Understand the Impact ofInterventions: Exploring Black Engineering Student SuccessAbstractAs engineering educators and practitioners, we must broaden the participation of students fromracially minoritized populations to meet engineering education's social and ethical responsibilitiesto address problems and design solutions relevant to our diverse communities. However, theengineering profession in the United States has historically and continues to exclude certain racialand ethnic populations, including Black, Latinx, and Native people. As a result, engineeringremains a predominantly
Paper ID #37619The Development of Career Resilience for Early Career Engineers inChina: A Grounded Theory StudyMr. Lichao Ma, Tsinghua University Lichao MA, male, PhD. student, Division of Engineering Education Research Tsinghua University. His scholarship focuses on higher education policy and management, engineering education. He is devoted to understanding and facilitating Chinese higher engineering education reform, through which he expects to cultivate engineers who can demonstrate innovation, resilience, social competency, responsibility and ethics. His research is published with journals like The Asia-Pacific
design. mathematically energy. The mass Increased ethical model system balancing concerns are performance. component has introduced in been increased updated project. from previous iteration.*Major updates are bold.The biggest updates to Project 2 are around an increased focus on mass balances through thefiltration and distillation processes, as well as additional ethical concerns incorporated into thedesign. While both of these were present in the initial design, they have been increased to bemore emphasized throughout
challenging task for civil engineers.Engineers do not have the luxury to choose between sustainable design and ignoring theprinciple of sustainability. This claim is based on the first canon of the American Society of CivilEngineers (ASCE) code of ethics where it is stated that engineers should consider the safety andwelfare of the public as their first priority. The code of ethics hosts 7 fundamental canons that acivil engineer should always follow. The first of the seven cannons describe the concept ofsustainable development.Engineers shall hold paramount the safety, health, and welfare of the public and shall strive tocomply with the principles of sustainable development in the performance of their professionalduties.” [6]The recent infrastructure
individual project has many different aspects. In that case, the instructor hasfound that the outcome is better if the work is divided into small sections and assigned to anotherteam or individual. For instance, the projects which include ethical, environmental, and politicalaspects of construction are divided into smaller pieces. The students’ work resulted in a deeperand more detailed investigation of the assigned topics than similar projects. In addition, thestudents will learn more from peers during the presentation by this method. Also, they practiceworking as a part of a larger team, which can be the entire class.An example is a project to understand the interdisciplinary nature of construction projects andencounter the students with logical