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Assessing Ethics Learning

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Peter Wesley Odom, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering Ethics

Paper ID #31682Using Qualitative Data to Further Examine Flagged Items from theEngineering Ethics Reasoning Instrument (EERI)Peter Wesley Odom, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Wesley is a PhD student in Engineering Education at Purdue University. His primary research interests surround assessment technologies, the psychology of student learning of STEM subjects, and international community development. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Using Qualitative Data to Further Examine Flagged Items from the

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Assessing Ethics Learning

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Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Madeline Polmear, University of Florida; Chris Swan, Tufts University; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado Boulder; Nathan E. Canney

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Engineering Ethics

community where students learned about and practice 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.Dr. Madeline Polmear, University of Florida Madeline Polmear is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering at the University of Florida. Her research interests include workforce development and engineering ethics education.Dr. Chris Swan, Tufts University Chris Swan is Dean of Undergraduate Education for the School of Engineering and an associate pro- fessor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering department at Tufts

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Reimagining Engineering Ethics

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Jessica Koehler, Wake Forest University; Olga Pierrakos, Wake Forest University ; Michael Lamb, Wake Forest University; Alana Demaske, Wake Forest University; Carlos Santos, Wake Forest University; Michael D. Gross, Wake Forest University; Dylan Franklin Brown, Wake Forest University

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

Paper ID #30371What Can We Learn from Character Education? A Literature Review ofFourProminent Virtues in Engineering EducationDr. Jessica Koehler, Wake Forest University Dr. Jessica Koehler is a Postdoctoral Assistant for the Wake Forest Department of Engineering supporting with the development and assessment of character and ethics education in the engineering program. Since 2015 until her current position at Wake Forest she worked as the Director of Research at a youth develop- ment non-profit, The Future Project, which has worked with tens of thousands of underserved high school students nationwide to support their

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New Areas of Ethical Inquiry

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Minha R. Ha, York University; Joshua Racette, McMaster University; Shinya Nagasaki, McMaster University

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

Paper ID #31443WIP: Ethical Responsibility Formation of Students in a NuclearEngineering Course through Inquiry LearningMs. Minha R. Ha, Lassonde School of Engineering, York University Minha is a PhD Candidate in Mechanical Engineering, conducting a qualitative study of design engineers in cross-disciplinary settings. She aims to support the enhancement of socio-technical integration in engineering design, at the inquiry and decision making levels. Minha enjoys teaching and studying the ethics and equity issues in the engineering context. She is a regular volunteer in the community, mentoring girls and participating STEM

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Ethical Reasoning and Decision Making

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Natalie C.T. Van Tyne P.E., Virginia Tech

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Engineering Ethics

Paper ID #29206WIP: How Should We Decide? The Application of Ethical Reasoning toDecision Making in Difficult CasesMrs. Natalie C.T. Van Tyne P.E., Virginia Tech Natalie Van Tyne is an Associate Professor of Practice at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univer- sity, where she teaches first year engineering design as a foundation courses for Virginia Tech’s under- graduate engineering degree programs. She holds bachelors and masters degrees from Rutgers University, Lehigh University and Colorado School of Mines, and studies best practices in pedagogy, reflective learn- ing and critical thinking as aids to enhanced

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New Media for Ethics Education

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Allen R. White, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Engineering Ethics

Paper ID #31173A Simulation for Exploring Ethical Situations that Arise fromConflicting Product GoalsProf. Allen R. White, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Allen White is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Chemistry at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and an Adjunct Professor of Chemistry at Indiana University, Bloomington. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 A Simulation System for Exploring Ethical Situations that Arise from Conflicting Engineering Team Goals Allen R. White

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Assessing Ethics Learning

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Jagadish Torlapati, Rowan University; Sarah K. Bauer, Rowan University; Cheng Zhu, Rowan University

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

Paper ID #30620Assessment of the Impact of Civil Engineering Design Problems forPromoting Ethical DecisionsDr. Jagadish Torlapati, Rowan University Dr. Jagadish Torlapati is currently a Lecturer at the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Rowan University in Glassboro. His primary areas of interest are environmental and water resources engineering. Prior to his role at Rowan University, he was a post-doctoral researcher at New Jersey Institute of Technology where he worked on Exxon Valdez and BP oil spills.Dr. Sarah K. Bauer, Rowan University Dr. Sarah Bauer is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil

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Assessing Ethics Learning

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David S. Greenburg, The Citadel; Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

objective of most undergraduate engineering curricula is to prepare students to solvechallenging problems by applying technical knowledge to create original ideas and then turnthose into practical applications. In addition to providing the technical knowledge, it isbecoming progressively important that the engineering education provide students with theleadership tools needed to excel in their professions and to become ethical leaders in anincreasingly complex world. The demand for principled engineering leaders will continue toplay an increasingly vital role in the discovery of new knowledge and technologies that canaddress the complex global problems facing society. This demand amplifies the importance ofintegrating ethical leadership and

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Innovating Ethics Curriculum and Instruction

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Rob Sleezer, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Rebecca A. Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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Engineering Ethics

in electrical engineering from the University of Washington. She also received the M.T.S. degree from Harvard Divinity School. She is currently Professor and Chair of the Department of Integrated Engineering program at Minnesota State University, Mankato, home of the Iron Range, Twin Cities and Bell Engineering programs. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Considering Future Ethical Behavior Through the Use of Fiction in a Project-Based Engineering ProgramIntroduction & BackgroundThe use of literature broadly, and science fiction in particular, in engineering courses is a rare butnot unheard of phenomenon. Occasionally, the use of fiction connects to

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New Areas of Ethical Inquiry

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Kenneth Stafford Sands II, Florida Gulf Coast University; Annie R. Pearce, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Denise Rutledge Simmons P.E., University of Florida; Min Jae Suh, Sam Houston State University; Christine Marie Fiori, Drexel University

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Engineering Ethics

Education, 2020 Ethics in Undergraduate Construction Curricula: A Two-Stage Exploratory Sequential Approach to Developing and Piloting the HETC SurveyAbstractConstruction and construction related engineering programs (construction engineering and civilengineering) must provide ethics education to students for accreditation; however, there arelimited resources for instructors who teach ethics in these degree programs. This exploratorytwo-stage sequential research study utilizes three of Eash’s five curriculum components (content,modes of transaction, and evaluation) as the conceptual framework to understand the teaching ofethics in construction programs by developing and piloting a survey instrument

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Research on Engineering Ethics Education and Practice

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Greg Rulifson P.E., U.S. Agency for International Development; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

-learning community where students learned about and practice 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. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Health Stress and Support System Narratives of Engineering StudentsAbstractAcross the country and the world, health of college students is gaining more deserved attention.In particular, mental and physical health shocks and stresses weigh heavily on engineeringstudents. This work highlights, in their own words, the ways that undergraduate engineeringstudents managed physical

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New Media for Ethics Education

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Valerie H. Summet, Rollins College; Rebecca A. Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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Engineering Ethics

Paper ID #29719Science Fiction as an Entry Point for Ethical Frameworks in Engineeringand Computer Science EducationDr. Valerie H. Summet, Rollins College Dr. Valerie Summet is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Rollins College, a liberal-arts school located in Winter Park, FL. Her research interests include human-computer interaction and CS education. She earned a BS in Computer Science from Duke University and an MS and PhD in Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology.Prof. Rebecca A Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato Rebecca A. Bates received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering

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Innovating Ethics Curriculum and Instruction

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Andrew Katz, Virginia Tech; Umair Shakir, Virginia Tech

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Engineering Ethics

Paper ID #30203An investigation of when and where ethics appears in undergraduateengineering curriculaDr. Andrew Katz, Virginia Tech Andrew Katz is an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech.Mr. Umair Shakir, Virginia Tech Umair Shakir is a PhD student in Engineering Education. Prior to pursuing doctoral studies, he worked in the construction industry for five years in Pakistan and Dubai, UAE. He then joined the School of Civil Engineering, The University of Lahore, Pakistan as an Assistant Professor. He is working on a cross- national comparative study of engineering ethics and

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NSF Grantees: Student Thought

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Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Nicholas D. Fila, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Justin L. Hess, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Alison J. Kerr, University of Tulsa; Dayoung Kim, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Michael C. Loui, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Andrew O. Brightman, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #30707Ways of Experiencing Ethics in Engineering Practice: Variation andFactors of ChangeDr. Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Carla B. Zoltowski is an assistant professor of engineering practice in the Schools of Electrical and Com- puter Engineering and (by courtesy) Engineering Education, and Director of the Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) Program within the College of Engineering at Purdue. She holds a B.S.E.E., M.S.E.E., and Ph.D. in Engineering Education, all from Purdue. Her research interests include the professional for- mation of

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Mechatronics & Simulation

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Benjamin B. Wheatley, Bucknell University

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Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #31429Appropriate and Ethical Finite Element Analysis in MechanicalEngineering: Learning Best Practices through SimulationDr. Benjamin B Wheatley, Bucknell University Benjamin Wheatley was awarded a B.Sc. degree in Engineering from Trinity College (Hartford, CT, USA) in 2011 and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Colorado State University (Fort Collins, CO, USA) in 2017. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Bucknell University (Lewisburg, PA, USA). His pedagogical areas of interest include active learning ap- proaches, ethics, and best practices as they relate to

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Making Professionals: Methods to Build Success Skills

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Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

Paper ID #28528Listening to Community Voices as Part of Ethical Civil Engineering:Experiences in Civil Engineering CoursesDr. Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder Angela Bielefeldt, Ph.D., P.E., is a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering (CEAE). She has served as the Associate Chair for Undergraduate Education in the CEAE Department, as well as the ABET assessment coordinator. Professor Bielefeldt was also the faculty director of the Sustainable By Design Residential Academic Program, a living-learning community where

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NSF Grantees: Student Thought

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Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Stephanie Claussen, Colorado School of Mines; Shiloh James Howland, Brigham Young University; Dayoung Kim, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Swetha Nittala, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #30724Foundations of Social and Ethical Responsibility Among UndergraduateEngineering Students: Overview of ResultsDr. Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Carla B. Zoltowski is an assistant professor of engineering practice in the Schools of Electrical and Com- puter Engineering and (by courtesy) Engineering Education, and Director of the Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) Program within the College of Engineering at Purdue. She holds a B.S.E.E., M.S.E.E., and Ph.D. in Engineering Education, all from Purdue. Her research interests include the professional for

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Ethical and Global Concerns

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Alison Wood , Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Robert Martello, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

her teaching and advising duties at Olin, Dr. Wood serves as the Director of the Babson- Olin-Wellesley Three College Sustainability Certificate Program, the Director of Olin’s Grand Challenge Scholars Program, on the Catalyst Board of the open source journal Murmurations, as a member of Olin’s Sustainability Steering Committee, and as a member of Olin’s Context and Ethics in Engineering Educa- tion Working Group. After graduating from Harvard University with a B.A. in Dramatic Literature, Dr. Wood worked pro- fessionally in theater and wrote and recorded two musical albums. She then returned to school to study engineering, earning a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Rutgers University. Dr. Wood then went on to

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Ethical and Global Concerns

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Ellen Lynch, Australian National University; Jeremy Ingle Smith, Australian National University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

underserved populations. The momentum of Humanitarian Engineering inAustralia looks set to continue, creating new opportunities for students and professionalsworking for prosperity of communities globally.References[1] B. Amadei and W. A. Wallace, “Engineering for humanitarian development,” IEEE Technol. Soc. Mag., vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 6–15, 2009.[2] K. M. Passino, “Educating the humanitarian engineer,” Sci. Eng. Ethics, vol. 15, no. 4, p. 577, 2009.[3] B. Allenby, C. F. Murphy, D. Allen, and C. Davidson, “Sustainable engineering education in the United States,” Sustain. Sci., vol. 4, no. 1, p. 7, 2009.[4] Sphere Association, The Sphere Handbook: Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Humanitarian Response, Fourth

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DISTINGUISHED LECTURE: 2019 Best PIC, Zone, and Diversity Papers Live Q&A

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Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder; David Zhao; Alexandra Kulich; Madeline Polmear, University of Florida; Nathan E. Canney; Chris Swan, Tufts University; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado Boulder

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2019 Best Zone & PIC Papers

Paper ID #32128Best 2019 PIC IV Paper : Student Views on their Role in Society as anEngineer and Relevant Ethical IssuesDr. Angela R Bielefeldt P.E., University of Colorado Boulder Angela Bielefeldt is a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder in the Department of Civil, Envi- ronmental, and Architectural Engineering (CEAE) and Director for the Engineering Plus program. She has served as the Associate Chair for Undergraduate Education in the CEAE Department, as well as the ABET assessment coordinator. Professor Bielefeldt was also the faculty director of the Sustainable By Design Residential Academic Program, a

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Curriculum Development in Technological Literacy

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R. Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin

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Diversity

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020Complexity, Right Action, and the Engineering CurriculumAbstractToday’s engineering students face a very different world than their predecessors. As engineeringhas adapted to a more global and interconnected economy, the issues that face today’s engineershave become more complex. In a highly networked world notions of the impact of an engineer’sactions on others, the basis for moral and ethical behavior, also become more complex. Thedefinition of complex used here captures higher-order and emergent behaviors, situations thatcan change rapidly, limitations to predictability, and behavior arising from interactions ratherthan innate to components. While ethics has remained central to

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Materials Division Technical Session 2

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Sabrina Starr Jedlicka, Lehigh University

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Materials

Paper ID #29292Using Creative Writing as a Tool for Learning Professional Developmentin Materials Science and EngineeringDr. Sabrina Starr Jedlicka, Lehigh University American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020Using Creative Writing as a Tool for Learning Professional Development in Materials Science & EngineeringAbstractCourses in professional development can be a catch-all to address student skill building in areassuch as technical writing, communication, career path reflection, and ethics. While each of theseskills is important to student development, the

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Teaching Interventions in Biomedical Engineering (Works in Progress) - June 22nd

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Arash Mahboobin, University of Pittsburgh; David V.P. Sanchez, University of Pittsburgh

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Biomedical Engineering

Education, 2020 Work in Progress: Incorporating Sustainability into a Bioethics Course – A Case StudyIntroductionEngineering, as a profession, has ethical obligations to society that go beyond the simpleapplication of technology as learned in science and engineering courses. Bioethics, a requiredcourse for bio/biomedical engineering students at our institution, seeks to supplementtechnological aspects of bio/biomedical engineering by engaging students in an analysis of theeffects of bio/biomedical engineering developments on society, focusing on safety of the publicas a primary ethical concern.The motivation for incorporating sustainability as a design value for engineering ethics is that itexpands the engineering

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Chemical Engineering in the Junior and Senior Year

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Jeffrey Stransky, Rowan University; Landon Bassett, University of Connecticut; Daniel D. Anastasio, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Matthew Cooper, North Carolina State University; Daniel D. Burkey, University of Connecticut; Cheryl A Bodnar, Rowan University

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Chemical Engineering

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Connecticut. He received his B.S. in chemical engineering from Lehigh University in 1998, and his M.S.C.E.P and Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2000 and 2003, respectively. His primary areas of interest are game-based education, engineering ethics, and process safety education.Dr. Cheryl A Bodnar, Rowan University Dr. Bodnar is an Associate Professor in the Experiential Engineering Education Department at Rowan University. Her research interests relate to the incorporation of active learning techniques such as game- based learning in undergraduate classes as well as integration of innovation and entrepreneurship into

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Proceedings of the 2020 ASEE PSW Section Conference, canceled

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Sheree Fu, California State University, Los Angeles; Steven Matthew Cutchin; Karen Howell, University of Southern California; Shalini Ramachandran, Boise State University

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Diversity

Algorithm Bias:A Survey of Computer Science Student PerceptionsAbstractIn the United States, Google performs over 3.9 million searches per minute. Monthly desktopsearches can exceed over 10.7 billion and mobile searches are predicted to grow steadily.Concurrently, recent discourse has raised questions about bias in search engines and big dataalgorithms. As the information universe becomes increasingly dominated by algorithms,computer scientists and engineers have ethical obligations to create systems that do no harm. Inthis paper, the authors discuss a survey that was conducted of computer science and computerengineering students' perceptions of algorithm bias. ​The aim of the survey was to gatherpreliminary data on how

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Technical Courses and Liberal Education

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Dianne Grayce Hendricks, University of Washington

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Paper ID #31140Reflection to Promote Development of Presentation Skills in a TechnicalCommunication Course (Work in Progress)Dr. Dianne Grayce Hendricks, University of Washington Dr. Dianne Hendricks is a Lecturer in the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering and the Director of the Engineering Communication Program at the University of Washington. She designs and teaches courses involving universal design, technical communication, ethics, and diversity, equity and inclusion. She co-founded HuskyADAPT (Accessible Design and Play Technology), where she mentors UW students in design for local needs experts

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Multidisciplinary Curriculum and Course Development

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Edward F. Crawley, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Mark Bathe, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Rea Lavi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Amitava "Babi" Mitra, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

, Arts and Social Sciences and the School of Architecture + Planning beganleading efforts jointly with engineering faculty to develop short modules. There were 25 suchmodules implemented starting Fall 2018, Spring 2019 and Fall 2019, specifically in Ethics,Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking, and Self-learning. We describe how those moduleswere developed and piloted, how their efficacy was assessed, what were the lessons learnedfrom their implementation, and implications for the future. One of the key findings is that theWays of Thinking should be more integrated into the students’ project work in NEET. Weconclude by describing our plans for further integration of the Ways of Thinking into NEET,including their rigorous assessment to optimally

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Programmatic Integration of Liberal Education

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Michael Oudshoorn, High Point University; Claire Lynne McCullough P.E., High Point University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

engineering from Van- derbilt, Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of Tennessee, respectively, and is a registered professional engineer in the state of Alabama. She is a member of I.E.E.E., Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi, and Eta Kappa Nu. She is currently Professor and Founding Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the High Point University, and teaches courses in such areas as Engineering Ethics, Controls, and En- gineering Design. Dr. McCullough has over 30 years’ experience in engineering practice and education, including industrial experience at the Tennessee Valley Authority and the US Army Space and Missile Defense Command. Her research interests include Image and Data Fusion, Automatic Target

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Sustainability and Social Responsibility

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Bryn Elizabeth Seabrook, University of Virginia; Kathryn A. Neeley, University of Virginia; Kari Zacharias, Concordia University; Brandiff Robert Caron, Concordia University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

institutionalarrangements necessary to help students develop these skills have not yet settled into a widelyadopted standard. Many engineering programs have turned to STS to provide students withconceptual tool kits to think about engineering problems and solutions in more sophisticatedways. Some programs feature standalone courses on the sociocultural aspects of technology andengineering, often taught by faculty from outside the engineering school. Others incorporate STSmaterial into traditional engineering courses, e.g., by making ethical or societal impactassessments part of capstone projects. This work in progress paper draws on the research team’s personal experience to examinethe character of an atypical, but potentially very powerful, model: STS

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First-year Programs: Student Perceptions and Perspectives

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Devin R. Berg, University of Wisconsin-Stout; Tina Lee, University of Wisconsin-Stout; Elizabeth Anne Buchanan, University of Wisconsin-Stout

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First-Year Programs

Chair in Ethics and Acting Director, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, at the University of Wisconsin-Stout. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Student Perceptions of First-Year Engineering Justice CurriculumAbstractThis complete research paper will describe our qualitative analysis of the impacts of a first-yearengineering course which includes curricular elements of social justice, social responsibility, andethics. We present our interpretation of four interesting results that came out of our mixed-methods study (n=231) in which we surveyed students taking a first-year engineering course ontheir perceptions of the role of engineering in society and the world. We find that while a