was held on the Carnegie Mellon University campus on December 2ndand 3rd, 2019. The objective of the two-day AI+STEM workshop was to bring together expertsand non-experts in the fields of AI and STEM education to discuss ways that industry, academia,and government could work better together to i) explore how the field of STEM education couldpotentially benefit from AI advancements, ii) propose education and knowledge acquisitionstrategies for the 21st century job landscape that will require lifelong learning and possibly causeentire shifts in expertise (potentially as a result of the very same AI technologies that couldenhance STEM education) and iii) engage with policy and decision makers in order to ensurethat ethical guidelines are in
SME guestspeakers and support staff introduced students to a broad spectrum of insights and professionalexperiences, further enriching the educational journey. Assessment and evaluation methods werecarefully crafted to be inclusive and equitable, incorporating a variety of assessment types tofairly evaluate the diverse competencies within the student body. 3.5.Ethical ConsiderationsAll data collection and analysis procedures adhered to ethical guidelines, ensuring confidentialityand voluntary participation. The study received appropriate institutional review board approval. 4. Results and Discussion: 4.1. Attitudinal Shifts towards Failure and LearningOur quantitative analysis revealed significant shifts in students' attitudes towards
students - Frequent meeting and working in research labs Improve ethical reasoning and - Attend and actively participate - REU evaluations and surveys social awareness of all student in engineering ethics seminars - Feedback from seminar host. participants Table 5: Summary of Site objectives, activities, and data collection for Cancer Innovation REUdata using appropriate statistical methods, write a report including the findings from the data analysis, andshare it with the stakeholder. In addition, the report also includes relevant recommendations to improve theeffectiveness of the program. The report also addresses6 out of the 10 undergraduate students
training lab and observe essential safety measures in operating a laser system • Hands-on demonstration of some cool optical experiments, e.g. nanostructure behaviors under laser lights • Opportunity to meet an expert and a legend in optics.Course Detail: ETHC104 - ETHICAL HACKING: (Middle & High School) IN-PERSONETHICAL HACKING: Want to become an Ethical Hacker? Learn to hack like a black hat andsecure like a white hat hacker. Ethical hacking is a practice of detecting vulnerabilities in anapplication, system, or organization's infrastructure and bypassing system security to identifypotential data breaches and threats in a network. This beginner-friendly course acts as a launchpad for your cybersecurity career and aims to walk
did not match what they wanted toachieve [4]. Also, a study in 2022, indicates that the primary reason girls do not chooseengineering is because of lack of knowledge and understanding of what engineering is and whatthey do [5]. As part of the redesign of the project management course, we also wanted to addressthis societal issue. Having engineers incorporate societal issues into their design work is arequirement of not only our accrediting body ABET, it is a professional obligation according tothe Engineer’s Code of Ethics[6, 7]. These two primary issues were the guiding light in theredesign of the project management course.Why was the Project Management Class redesigned?One of the primary reasons for redesigning the project management class
advantage of their participation is due to having returning students as peer mentors.Faculty and staff are important elements of collaboration infrastructure, with a high factor ofinfluence in not only the students’ outcomes and guidance, but also to the partnerships. By havinga shared dedication to community work, they contribute by guiding students to maintain highstandards, helping to ensure continuity with ethical and functional designs. The faculty are alsocommitted to understanding each other’s long-term institutional goals. Rather than seeing them asexternal objectives, the willingness to support looks like integrating those visions into their ownsystems and goals, with joint initiatives. Each of the IIT professors understands the excitement
Profession,” in Proc. Summit on the Future of Civil Engineering, August 2009, doi: 10.1061/9780784478868.002.[2] ASCE, Code of Ethics, 2020. Accessed: July 7th 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.asce.org/career-growth/ethics/code-of-ethics[3] D. E. Armanios et al., “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Civil and Environmental Engineering Education: Social Justice in a Changing Climate,” presented at the 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference. Jul. 2021. https://peer.asee.org/36988[4] A.-K. Winkens and C. Leicht-Scholten, “Does engineering education research address resilience and if so, how? – a systematic literature review,” European Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 0, no. 0, pp. 1–19, Feb. 2023, doi: 10.1080
Senior Lecturer, University of WyomingAbstractEducators revisit their teaching philosophy statement (TPS) when applying for new jobs orpromotion and tenure. However, sharing our teaching philosophy with our students could make asignificant difference. This research presents the results of creating a visual model of myteaching philosophy and sharing it with my students. My teaching philosophy informs mystudents that we learn in teams to gain not only technical knowledge but also skills and ethics. Itexpresses to students that my core values are to care, share, and be fair. I care about their life-long learning, as well as achieving fair grades. The visual model also shows the different levelsof engagement and communication; student-to-student and
collaborate with teammates, to engineer a system. Learn collaborative and inclusive industry practices in the engineering development process, and environment, establish goals, plan project management skills such as Gantt charts, critical path, and tasks, and meet objectives budgets. Ability to recognize ethical and Assess the impact of engineering solutions on the world. professional responsibilities and Students will work on projects associated with pressing needs of make informed judgments which human society, and broaden their perspectives to consider and consider the impact of engineering assess ethical, sustainability, health, environmental, and societal solutions in global, economic
. Dating back to the 1960s, researchershave explored the theoretical characterization of intercultural competence and the effectivenessof varying classroom practices [24]. More recently, various researchers have explored theefficacy of CEL and research immersion experiences. Research shows that teachers learn tonavigate complex, intercultural encounters through challenging CEL experiences promoting,“reflective, critical and ethical practices” [25].Since international engineering CEL has the potential benefit to both increase interculturalawareness, while also demonstrating engineering as a career that helps humanity, engagingteachers in this type of experience may prepare them to encourage and inspire their students,particularly females and other
concerns. Theeffectiveness of these methods is also called into question since students have multiple methodsavailable to communicate, and to access information on the internet. Online proctoring servicesalso exist however there is an associated cost. Even here however student have found way tobypass protocol for proctored online exams [8]. This is a place for a technical resolutionhowever this must coexist with an effort to engage a student own sense of ethical responsibility.A student’s academic integrity is a close correlation with that student’s personal integrity [9].Academic integrity has to exist alongside a personal ethical sense of responsibilityOne of the first steps in this process is for the instructor to define academic integrity
-definedtechnicalandnon- technicalenvironments;andanabilityto identifyanduseappropriatetechnical literature Ethical, Social, Global, and Professional Criterion 5, Curriculum: curriculum must Development includetopicsrelatedtoprofessional responsibilities,ethicalresponsibilities, respectfordiversity,andqualityand continuousimprovementThe desired skills developed by the two-semester senior design sequence and listed in Table
,and engage in professional development activities such as workshop on Application to GraduatePrograms, Resume Building, Ethics in Engineering and Science, etc.I. IntroductionUAVs have potential of replacing manned aircraft for many dull, dirty, and dangerous missions.Applications include traffic and infrastructure monitoring, surveillance of and search and rescuein disaster-hit areas, environmental gas monitoring, package delivery, aerial photography, borderpatrol, and precision agriculture. UAVs are cheaper than manned aircraft and pose no risk tohuman operators. The UAV industry is one of the fastest growing sectors of aerospace industries.However, there is a lack of professionals entering the workforce for UAV related jobs. There isalso a
related to classroom instructors’ feedback onsite leadership performance including areas of management, supervision, their ability to givefeedback, professionalism, work ethic and problem solving skills. These results will then becompared to the classroom instructors interest outcomes on the SEEK program. The implicationsof this research include better understanding the role of leadership during short-term, out-of-school (OST) engineering programs such as training and professional development and otherpotential best practices.INTRODUCTIONOut-of-school time (OST) programs including after-school, before-school, and summer-basedactivities assist with narrowing the achievement gap and increasing interest in STEM forstudents of color. OST programs
Science Foundation S-STEM (Scholarshipsin Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) grants on undergraduate minorityengineering transfer student retention and development during the period 2007-13 in the Collegeof Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The programs were designed toovercome known barriers to persistence of transfer students from community college, includinglack of engagement on campus, underdeveloped professional work ethic and goals, deficientstudy habits, fewer opportunities to gain practical competence/reflection on learning, andworking for pay. The elements of the programs included cohorting, team-building, mentoring,tutoring, and advising, as well as monetary support in the form of scholarships
preparedness of STEM graduatesMany researchers have approached the question of what makes a globally competent STEMgraduate by identifying lists of requisite knowledge, skills, and attitudes (KSAs).28,29.Parkinson’s30 survey of experts from industry and academia identified the attributes of aglobally competent engineer, including an ability to appreciate other cultures and tocommunicate across cultures; familiarity with the history, government and economic systems ofseveral target countries; an ability to speak a second language at a conversational level and at aprofessional (i.e. technical) level; proficiency working in or directing a team of ethnic andcultural diversity; ability to effectively deal with ethical issues arising from cultural or
hours of technical coursework leaving little roomto add new courses, especially those that integrate soft skills.1 The workforce demands technicalskills, and the changing work environment and competitive global market also drives demand forteamwork, ethics, problem solving, and communication within the engineering curriculum.1Previous research2 detailed competence in college graduates and the demands of the workplace,but also noted that a skills gap is present between the technical training and experience ofstudents and the responsibilities of the job. Although other researchers3 reported employersatisfaction with employee skills, it is likely that there is still room to improve upon the skillsstudents acquire in their higher education programs
Education student learning outcomes4 Upon graduation from an accredited ACCE 4-year degree program, a graduate shall be able to: 1. Create written communications appropriate to the construction discipline. 2. Create oral presentations appropriate to the construction discipline. 3. Create a construction project safety plan. 4. Create construction project cost estimates. 5. Create construction project schedules. 6. Analyze professional decisions based on ethical principles. 7. Analyze construction documents for planning and management of construction processes. 8. Analyze methods, materials, and equipment used to construct projects. 9. Apply construction management skills as a member of a multi-disciplinary team. 10. Apply electronic-based technology
ensuring aspects of quality and validity ininterpretive research in engineering education for capturing the social reality under study17. Thisframework serves as a guide for both “making the data” and “handling the data” in qualitativework, establishing measures for process reliability and theoretical, pragmatic, procedural,communicative, and ethical validation17. An in-depth examination of our quality considerationsfor “making the data” can be found in our previous paper8. We are also currently developingquality assurance steps for “handling the data,” and will describe these steps in a futurepublication.Our qualitative research utilizes a one-on-one, semi-structured interview method8 derived fromMcIntosh’s “serial testimony” technique18,19. We
confidence, respect and motivation is useful inall kind of working fields; specially women undergraduate engineers are more confident whencompared with males of other discipline groups. Khazanee (1996) referred to female engineers,such as less aggressive attitude towards colleagues than males, tendency of listening more andacting not spontaneously, and being more attentive, accurate, and organized. Additionally,successful ability writing in math and science by females, can prove advantageous in allacademic fields (Halpern et al. 2007), while introduction of unique and important perspectivesand priorities will conclude into positive social outcomes and greater ethical accountability(Eagly and Carli 2003). Females are characterized as high self
relate to participation in various co-curricular (e.g., clubs andorganizations) and curricular (e.g., internships) programs and activities.Additionally, the NSSE questionnaire includes a set of items that elicitinformation about students’ perceived learning gains, making it suitable forthe present study. For instance, one item asked: “To what extent has yourexperience at this institution contributed to your knowledge, skills, andpersonal development in analyzing quantitative problems?” Responseoptions ranged from 1 (very little) to 4 (very much); other items asked aboutcommunication skills, working on a team, and ethics, to name a few. To date,more than 600 colleges and universities have participated in the nationalsurvey.A web-based approach
clear expression of ideas in writing. ISLO 2: Critical Thinking “A habit of mind” characterized by the comprehensive exploration of issues, ideas, artifacts, and events before accepting or formulating an opinion or conclusion. ISLO 3: Information Literacy The ability to know when there is a need for information, to be able to identify, locate, evaluate, and effectively and responsibly use and share that information for the problem at hand. ISLO 4: Ethical Reasoning Ethical reasoning to reasoning about right and wrong
have coursework thataddresses diversity and culture as well as social and ethical issues. A course focused ondeveloping global competencies can certainly overlap with these established requirementsproviding an opportunity for a course that meets both sets of needs.Downey [6] described a framework of educating globally competent engineers in terms ofknowledge and abilities related to cultural and national differences as well as a developedpredisposition of respect toward others. Klein-Garner and Walker [7] report on dimension ofglobal competence that also reflect knowledge, ability and attitude, including: the ability tocommunicate across cultures, the ability to appreciate other cultures, the ability to understandimplications of cultural
DevelopmentSystems thinking is the ability to view problems and develop solutions from a systems levelperspective, understanding the complex technical, industrial, social, and ethical implications. Webelieve this to be essential to a researcher’s ability to transform fundamental research intocomplete engineering systems [6]. The transformation of fundamental research into completesystems, known as translation, is a priority to the advancement of nanotechnology according toNSF [7] and a key focus area of the Centers. However important, systems thinking is not theonly skill necessary for success.A range of other professional and career skills are also valuable and are well articulated in theNational Academy of Engineering publication, The Engineer of 2020 [4
engineering education, students should have aclear understanding that the nature of their job is directly affecting the environment and theirpractices are governed by the code of ethics, which calls on sustainable development. How weteach or train students to develop their engineering skills, becomes an essential tool to nurturesustainability in their future practice, which was recognized as a pressing issue for educators [1]-[3]. Promoting sustainability as part of everyday practice could establish the missing link toenhance environmental attitudes of engineering students [4], [5].Many empirical studies reported that environmental education, either as a semester course or as asummer program, not only improves knowledge and awareness of environmental
, cyber ethics, and digital ethics were also discussed. Each lesson included formative assessments togauge the students’ understanding of the content. Prior to the start of each lesson, students were promptedwith questions pertaining to the previous lesson to help students recall key topics. Throughout eachlesson, students engaged in various knowledge checks to ascertain whether they grasped ideas presentedduring instruction. Those knowledge checks included the following: ● Thought provoking prompts embedded at pivotal points in the lesson ● Online flashcards to aid in the retention of information ● Fun and interactive quizzes and polls to assess comprehension ● Exit tickets to ensure key points
inherentlyinefficient. Consideration needs to be given to more effective dissemination strategies, alongwith the selection of a platform for posting the open-source materials. This platform should beaccessible to instructors internationally, while also fostering a collaborative environment whereinstructors can comment, edit, and contribute to the continuous improvement of the materials.5. AcknowledgementsThanks are extended to the UBC Open Educational Resource Fund for supporting thedevelopment and dissemination of this work through an OER Implementation Grant.As confirmed by the UBC Behavioural Research Ethics Board (BREB) office, the work isconsidered “Quality Improvement and Assurance and Program Evaluation”, which under Article2.5 of the Tri Council Policy
school crossing. Children sometimes cannot analyze the situation and panic when no adultsor school staff can help them cross the street safely. Winfield et al.3 explores ethical governance for robotics and AI systems. They propose aroadmap linking ethics, standards, regulation, research, innovation, and public engagement.Ethical governance is crucial to establishing public trust in robotics and AI. Siau et al.4 studiedtrust in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and robotics. They first reviewed the concept oftrust in AI and highlighted how it differs from other technologies. They then comparedinterpersonal trust with trust in technology and suggested essential factors to establish initial trustand develop continuous trust in
solutions,career motivation, personal life attributes (e.g. persistence, adaptability), ethics, and professionalbehavior [3], [11]-[15].Particularly in engineering capstone senior design projects, activities with industry feedbackhave been identified as effective mechanisms to stimulate students’ motivation, improveprofessional skills, and to reflect on realistic contexts or limitations of proposed design solutions[16], [17]. Shah and Gillen [4] provided a systematic overview of university-industrypartnerships in capstone projects across engineering education and suggested identifying skillswith low performance indicators and improving those with additional focus in the curriculum.Although various ways of soliciting industry feedback on senior
Engineering/Surveying from University of Tehran. Dr. Batouli is a Professional Engineer (PE) registered in SC. He also received Project Management Professional (PMP) international certificate in 2020. Dr. Batouli teaches diverse range of courses in civil engineering, construction engineering, and construction/project management. As a teacher, he aims to inspire his students to think intensively and critically and to live ethically and morally. Dr. Batouli received Harry Saxe Teaching award in 2022. His previous research has resulted in more than 35 referred journal and conference publications as well as five research reports. His past research received major awards and honors including a third-place best poster award from the