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
are four main attributeswithin this dimension: 1) The epistemological openness attribute captures the inclination of anengineer to “recognize and value the subjective experiences and perspectives of others as validand important source of knowledge” [1, p. 135]. Epistemological openness allows a researcher tocapture the thought process behind the various actions of an engineer. 2) The second attribute isthe micro to macro focus which informs the need for an engineer to consider the systems-levelimplications of their action along with the individual level implications. 3) The reflective valueawareness attribute covers the need for ethical and professional impact of an engineer’s action.The ability to reflect on their own values and improve
ethics. Her book Extracting Accountability: Engineers and Corporate Social Responsibility will be published by The MIT Press in 2021. She is also the co-editor of Energy and Ethics? (Wiley-Blackwell, 2019) and the author of Mining Coal and Undermining Gender: Rhythms of Work and Family in the American West (Rutgers University Press, 2014). She regularly pub- lishes in peer-reviewed journals in anthropology, science and technology studies, engineering studies, and engineering education. Her research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the British Academy. American c Society for Engineering
, knowledge of changes in student attitudes were sought as a response to a coursedeveloped for first year engineering (FYE) majors [12]. This course, Engineering and Society,contains elements that are common among FYE courses such as the study of engineeringdisciplines, ethics, and a team-based design project, yet it uniquely focuses on the connectionsamong engineering/technology and society and the development of technology within a societalcontext. This allows us to integrate ethics and the engineering design experience with thetechnology and society content, which provides a platform for analyzing current technologicalsystems and exposes students to the breadth and diversity of engineering. Aside from meetingABET and University-level outcomes
● Clear conclusion stated interaction between living and non-living materials and systems.(c) Design a system, component, or ● Final design meets or exceeds client-specified criteria process to meet desired needs within ● The design evaluation considers environmental, ethical, health, realistic constraints such as economic, safety, regulatory constraints environmental, social, political, ● The design evaluation considers manufacturability, sustainability, ethical, health and safety, social, political, and economic constraints manufacturability, and sustainability(d) Function on multidisciplinary and ● Positive peer evaluations diverse teams and provide leadership
perspective on how individual professions studytheir engineering education profession as it relates to diversity and inclusiveness. Each year, thenominations resulted in five or six finalists arising from different divisions which included the K-12 and Pre-College Engineering, First Year Programs, Liberal Education/Engineering andSociety, Mechanical Engineering, Entrepreneurship and Engineering Innovation, andMultidisciplinary Engineering Divisions in 2015, the Civil Engineering, Chemical Engineering,Educational Research and Methods, Engineering Ethics, Women in Engineering Division and thePacific Southwest Section in 2016, and the Aerospace Division, Diversity Committee, LiberalEducation/Engineering & Society Division, Mathematics Division, and
. Although they are mostly working outside of theinstitutional setting, especially as they work to establish alternative space and practices outside ofthe dominant discourse, the work and motivations of both feminist hacker collectives and opensource science hardware communities have implications for thinking through how to organizeand enact real-world change in terms of pedagogy, design, and more deeply weaving ethics andexplicit value-systems into engineering education and practice.In a previous paper, we sought lessons for change in engineering education from movements notonly within science and technology cultures, but also within higher education institutionalsettings. Prior higher education change movements we examined include the efforts to
; • Explain the characteristics of effective team behavior2. Be familiar with and be able to apply the engineering and the importance of teamwork in an engineeringdesign process; environment. 3. Work on a team effectively to solve problems, • Collaborate effectively to solve problems, completecomplete projects, and make presentations; projects, and present findings and results. 4. Design and assemble simple projects; • Explain the interdisciplinary nature of solving5. Explain the importance of having high ethical complex engineering problems. standards; • Demonstrate the global significance of specific6
themes, real world examples, and new topics such as sustainability. The rationalefor implementing the cases within a traditional laboratory was to determine if the cases impactedstudent engagement; helped students to see the link between laboratory exercises and real worldapplications; increased student’s critical thinking levels above the lower levels of Bloom’sTaxonomy of knowledge and comprehension for their experimental data; and improved thequality of student laboratory reports. The new cases developed addressed: 1) E-waste to teachenvironmental ethics and statistical analysis of data, 2) the 2014 Duke Coal Ash Spill inDanville, VA to teach physical and chemical water quality and treatment; 3) a Confined AnimalFeeding Operations water
some studies found substantial mental health challenges for CSt, rates ofanxiety and depression in CSt did not vary significantly by ethnicity. [26] Similarly, for CSt ingraduate school, there was not a significant difference in motivation, satisfaction, or stress basedon gender. [27] 4.4 Assets of Caregiving StudentsThe studies included in this review catalogue many assets that CSt bring to their educationalexperiences. First, their presence encourages a caregiving ethic in schools. [28] This ethic may berelated to how the experience of caregiving impacts their priorities and goals: one study showedthat educational aspirations changed after becoming a parent as students (in this case, Latinamothers) preferred work that allowed them to help
attributes for global engineers based on Washington AccordGenerally speaking, PBL programs are also effective for acquiring Washington Accord 11 GraduateAttribute Profile (WA11GAP), which are essential requirements for future global engineers [8]. (1) Engineering Knowledge (2) Problem Analysis (3) Design/development of solutions (4) Investigation (5) Tool Usage (6) The Engineer and the World (7) Ethics (8) Individual and Collaborative Team work (9) Communication (10) Project Management and Finance (11) Lifelong learningThese 11 items comprise a comprehensive set of knowledge, skillsets, and mindsets. Because of the designflexibility, it is sufficient to incorporate these items into PBL course contents. In the case of this techno-socio PBL, this
pedagogy, fairness in AI, disinformation, social justice addressing theinequities of society, and ethics/professionalism topics. In most of these topics, equity incomputing is still forming and not widely seen as an integral part of the discipline.N. Washington [31] discusses the glaring omission of non-technical issues from the CScurriculum that would allow CS students, and future professionals, to understand, analyze, andoffer solutions about the inequity and lack of representation that exists in computing. Dr.Washington argues that there is a need for all CS students to have a level of cultural competenceso that students can begin to understand, critically analyze and look for solutions that willimprove equity in our field. Another CS Educator
the global context in their work [1]. This involves acknowledging and respectingcultural differences in design, implementation, and decision-making processes. Developing thesecompetencies provides and supports effective communication which is crucial for globalcollaboration. Engineers need to be adept at expressing complex technical concepts in a way thatis understandable across different cultures and backgrounds.Global competencies provide a scaffold to work in diverse teams, bringing together individualswith different skills, backgrounds, and cultural perspectives to address global challenges.Providing educational learning opportunities in social responsibility through ethical decision-making is important as it aligns with ethical
civil and environmental engineering.Dr. Nicole Farkas Mogul, University of Maryland, College Park Nicole Mogul is a professor of engineering ethics and Science, Technology and Society at the University of Maryland, College Park.Dr. David Tomblin, University of Maryland, College Park David is the director of the Science, Technology and Society program at the University of Maryland, Col- lege Park. He works with STEM majors on the ethical and social dimensions of science and technology. David also does public engagement with science andAndrew Elby, University of Maryland, College Park Andrew Elby’s work focuses on student and teacher epistemologies and how they couple to other cognitive machinery and help to drive
quality, ethics, and equityconsiderations outlined in the project proposal and updated our methods and theories tostrengthen these considerations. We documented the process and justification for updating ourproject theories and methods from the original proposal in a ASEE 2022 conference paper [1].Current StatusConceptual ModelDuring the first year of the project, we developed propositions and a conceptual model toillustrate how localized, structural features unjustly shape the demands and opportunitiesencountered by students and influence how they respond. Our model highlights mechanisms anddynamics at work in influencing the experience, learning, or persistence of students inundergraduate engineering programs. This lens should prove useful for
program aimed to create an experience that took students beyond the development of technicalcompetence in science and engineering and provided an expertise particularly on research and innovationin various areas of energy and bioengineering. Seminars and workshops complemented the programproviding students skills in areas such as laboratory safety, literature searching, entrepreneurship, effectivementoring and research ethics. The weekly group meetings with the program PIs fostered interdisciplinarycommunication between REUs which strengthened collaborations. The community was furtherstrengthened in the second year by incorporating more events with lab mates and students living togetheron campus.The RET program was designed to allow undergraduate
accessible to all students.” [4] In engineering, the hidden curriculum includesprofessional socialization, processes of developing self-efficacy, navigation of internships,professional ethics, and numerous other domains that may be implicitly addressed duringfoundational courses but can be navigationally frustrating or undervalued experiences fortransfer students [5]. Mentoring supports transfer students by establishing trust, buildingrelationships, and developing interconnectedness with faculty and peers. APEX scholars receiveformal and informal mentoring from faculty, industry, peer mentors and each other.Several research questions are posed in this work, which guide data collection. The team seeksto examine: (1) how well APEX recruitment
sequence in the GEARSET pre-engineering pathway outlined above, admission requirements to the program (and thus thedefinition of academically talented for the S-STEM grant) was set at High School GPA of 3.0 orabove and enrollment in MATH 1330. To take MATH 1330 students must have either a 22 ACTmathematics subscore, an SAT math score of 540 or a score of 61 on the online Assessment andLEarning in Knowledge Spaces (ALEKS) system.• GNEN 1010 Professional Development will provide students with information aboutprofessionalism, ethical responsibility, the engineering code of ethics, the importance of, and theneed for, lifelong learning, contemporary issues, the impact of engineering in a global andsocietal context, working on multi-disciplinary teams
review of existing engineering curriculum options, the authors selectedrelevant modules from the Engineering is Elementary (EiE) [1] program. Modules were selectedbased on alignment with CS&E, math, science, and literacy learning objectives and with theschool’s mission to cultivate confident, intellectual, and ethical girls who advance the world.This paper will report on one particular unit on chemical engineering that was used with the 2ndgrade class.In particular, we were interested in assessing the feasibility of adapting the EiE curricularresources to meet CS&E learning objectives, understanding the impact this type of lesson wouldhave on our students, and identifying connections with math, science, and literacy. The
quarter, a final grade for each student was determined based on the sum of allweekly task scores, a final score on the most updated proposal manuscript, and professionalism/ethics scores based on quarter-wide performance. The final grade was compared against thecumulative work hours to determine relationship.Time spent versus scores received were expected to exhibit a sigmoidal trend with the currentstudent population. Therefore a curve-fitting method [1] was employed using the equation (𝑦𝑚𝑎𝑥 − 𝑦𝑚𝑖𝑛 ) 𝑦 = 𝑦𝑚𝑖𝑛 + 1 + 10𝑛(log 𝑥50 −log 𝑥)where 𝑦 : score data 𝑦𝑚𝑖𝑛 : minimum value of 𝑦 in data set
create intercultural engineers. Service Learning can have positive impact onskills such as teamwork and communication skills, global competency and develop sociallyresponsible engineers [15, 16, 17]. It may also help attract a more diverse population intoengineering [18, 19]. Sustainability taught through experiential learning contributes to students’understanding of ethics and their ethical obligation as engineers [20]; research shows a strong linkbetween ethics and sustainability (environment) [21]. To study the long-term effect of participatingin service learning opportunities, Canney et al. [22] surveyed alumni who were in their first job orsubsequent jobs and found that participants with more service engagement were more likely tomore
characterization and nanomaterials synthesis. His research group has pioneered the development of electron microscopy tools for the study of catalysts. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021Organizational Citizenship Behavior and Care in Chemical EngineeringAbstractResearch suggests that the ethic of care is a key ingredient to learner-centered teaching and cansupport diverse student success [1]. Faculty may feel they show care through rigor, by holding ahigh standard and providing critical feedback to prepare students for harsh work environments.Students, especially from groups underrepresented in engineering, may interpret this stance asinformation indicating that they do
multi-disciplinary approach to developing the skills and problem-solvingapproaches taken by data scientists, and subsequently to approaches to the training and educationof data scientists.One of the earliest undergraduate data science programs is discussed in Anderson et al. [5]. Theprogram identified the following eight high level topics for an undergraduate data scienceprogram: • Large data sets/streams • Databases • AI techniques • Software and algorithms • Information retrieval • Mathematics • Oral and written communication • Social, ethical, and legal issuesAn analysis of these topics resulted in 18 required courses (19 hours dedicated to computerscience topics, 26 hours dedicated to mathematics/statistics
“ideological and material” forces of domination, with a hopeful striving towardemancipation from these forces [7]. Freire asserts that critical reflection, or "reflection and actionupon the world in order to transform it,” is a fundamental feature of critical pedagogical praxis[8]. Van Manen elaborates a definition of critical reflection as a form of reflection that “addsmoral and ethical criteria, such as equity and justice,” and locates “analysis of personal actionwithin wider historical, political and social contexts” [9].There are signs that reflective practice within engineering higher education has receivedincreased attention over time [10]. However, though calls have been made for use of a criticallens in engineering education research [11
undergraduate engineering programs. He has advised on over forty (40) Senior Design Projects and his teams of students have received five (5) National Championships and three Best Design Awards. In the recent years, he has challenged himself with the creation of an effective methodology for successful Invention and Innovation. He was part of a 14 member multi-disciplinary team to design and create the ”Society, Ethics, and Technology (SET)” course at TCNJ in 1994 and has taught multiple regular and Honors sections of this course since then. He is currently leading a multi- disciplinary team of faculty from TCNJ’s School of Engineering and the Department of Sociology for assessment of the Professional Formation of Engineers
theirgraduation. Our CE 101 class contents are provided in the next section.CE 101 Class InformationThe introduction to civil engineering and construction engineering (CECEM) managementcourse is a one unit general education (GE) course and a required course for all CECEMstudents. CE 101 contents include several components, including (i) civil engineering andconstruction engineering management as a profession, (ii) current trends and challenges, ethical,social and environmental issues in professional practice, (iii) professional organizations andlicensure combined with (iv) communication and lifelong learning skills for professionalpractice. A 50 minute lecture is arranged once a week for a total of 14 lectures for one semester.An approximate 5 to 6
in response to the call for expanded professional skill sets. LED(now LEES) produced, for instance, a number of “spin-off” constituent committees anddivisions, most notably the Ethics Division. Not limited to those in the humanities and socialsciences, and indicative of the import that ASEE members now place on the associated learningoutcome, the Ethics Division is now one of the largest divisions in our society. The traditionaldisciplinary divisions have also responded to this shift. The call to integrate professional skillsinto the core technical courses within engineering has brought innumerable changes in curriculaas well as associated educational research, which are reflected in the papers presented at ourannual conference.Once the EAC
engineering, forensic engineering and Professional Ethics in Engineering. He has been devoted to various Federal Sponsored Project, currently being the Project Di- rector of two projects for the US Department of Education and one project as Co-Principal Investigator for the NSF. Doctor V´azquez obtained his BS, MSCE and PhD from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayag¨uez and a Juris Doctor from the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico, all of them with honors. Finally, doctor V´azquez is both a Licensed Professional Engineer and a Licensed Professional Attorney at Law and Public Notary in Puerto Rico’s jurisdiction.Prof. Fabio Andrade Rengifo P.E., University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus Director of the
of their classroom will be conducted and filmed on aday where epistemic issues will be discussed. This researcher will prepare clips of moments inthe lesson pertinent to epistemic belief, such as discussions of assumptions or ethical dilemmas(often associated with safety and process decisions). A second interview will then be conductedwith this faculty member to discuss what thoughts and motivations were associated with thesemoments. Interviews will also be conducted with three students from each classroom in order tosee how these lessons were interpreted by the students.For the first interview, the protocol will largely follow the process described by Montfort et al.(2014), featuring semi-structured questions centered around Hofer’s (1997