findingsof both explicit sexism and racism as well as more systemic patterns in how identity shapesexperiences in engineering, perhaps especially in teamwork. This paper discusses the tool itself,our goals for its further development, and ethical questions we have encountered while workingto help design this teamwork support tool to detect and push back against systemic inequities inteamwork experiences.BackgroundTeamwork pedagogy is common in engineering courses, especially in first year (cornerstone) andsenior year (capstone) design courses, but also across the curriculum. Faculty have multiplegoals for teaching using teams, including improving students’ teamwork skills as a coreengineering competency as well as pedagogical goals like increased
career-development activities to bolster their readiness for post- graduation. 3. Be exposed to a wide variety of career options in STEM. 4. Learn details about graduate school. 5. Broaden their scientific network through multiple means. 6. Demonstrate scientific communication. 7. Acquire and demonstrate scientific knowledge in materials science. 8. Demonstrate competency in scientific ethics. 9. Develop and plan for participation in an outreach/broader impact activity. 10. Develop a sense of belonging in their role as a citizen in the scientific community.Program Structure and BackgroundPenn State University has a long-standing summer research program for undergraduates inmaterials research that has been supported by a
,devices including development, deployment, security, surpassing 75 billion devices by 2025 [2]. A largeprivacy, and ethics. For every new device, a set of portion of these connected devices is in the categoryprocedures and algorithms need to be developed to of the IoT devices designed to ease people’s dailyenable them to connect, interact, monitor, analyze, lives. With the overwhelming presence of IoT in ourand augment the device’s physical attributes. Given lives, from smart appliances to industrial IoTs, there isthat the data generated and processed by the IoT drastic concern surrounding IoT device securitydevices contain a large amount of private information
supportive of the practice of civil engineeringAttitude21 Recognize the need for and have the ability to engage in life-long learning inLifelong Learning specialist technologies22 Demonstrate understanding of commitment to professional ethics, respon-Professional and sibilities , and norms of civil engineering practiceethical responsibility CET-BoK Outcomes Rubric Level of cognitive achievementOutcometitle 1 2 3 4 5 6 Knowlede Comprehension Application Analysis Synthesis Evalua
potentially serious penaltiesfor such behavior and viewpoints. A very public graphic example of this is the Google echochamber case, where an employee was dismissed due to expressing viewpoints that did not alignwith company values [5]. Professional engineering bodies are increasing the obligations onmembers to report breaches to their code of ethical conduct and making it more difficult formembers to avoid disciplinary processes, for example Engineering New Zealand changed theircode so that “engineers must take action if they observe something of concern” and they mustreport if they “suspect another engineer has significantly breached the code” [6]. Therefore, it isin the best interests of all parties to address disruptive and disrespectful behavior
part of reducing the gaps in getting to know about field-relatedtopics such as selecting faculty advisors, following curriculum maps to ensure passing of pre-requisite courses, and other engineering specific requirements and scholarship, engaging inundergraduate engineering design and research, ethics in engineering profession and acquiringindustrial experience through internships.Institution: The authors’ institution, a land-grant institution, is a Historically Black Colleges andUniversities (HBCUs) in the U.S. It is composed of 95% African-American student populationand 59% of pupils from families with incomes below the poverty level as defined by the U.S.Census Bureau. This institution accommodated 8.5% of all undergraduate African
such asusing library resources efficiently, ethics in research, scientific communication skills,information about applying to and planning for graduate education, funding sources forgraduate education, and industry careers. The students also participated in social events suchas a welcome picnic and a trip to a state park.Literature ReviewResearchers have found that educational benefits to students participating in undergraduateresearch experiences are improvements in communication and research skills, ability toperform teamwork, and motivation to pursue advanced degrees (Bauer & Bennett, 2003;Lopatto, 2004; 2007). Large gains in “clarification or confirmation of career/education paths”and personal/professional domains (such as “thinking
college level and is the required capstone experience for all Civil, Electrical,Environmental and Mechanical Engineering majors in the university. In addition, a small numberof students from other majors enter the program each semester to take part in specific projects tomeet either technical elective or capstone requirements in their chosen degree program. Each ofthe three departments involved in the capstone program is looking for students to walk awayfrom the program with 1. a significant capstone project experience, 2. professional practice and ethics training, and 3. knowledge of discipline specific design tools and techniques.A leadership committee, supported by faculty advisors, oversee the Capstone program to ensurethese key
scales of the EGPI are GlobalEngineering Ethics and Humanitarian Values; Global Engineering Efficacy; EngineeringGlobal-centrism; and Global Engineering Community Connectedness. At the post-test, theinternational research students scored higher than domestic students on three of the four scales(all except Engineering Global-centrism). Similarly, the international research students improvedthree of their four scales from pre-test to post-test (Global Engineering Ethics and HumanitarianValues; Global Engineering Efficacy; and Global Engineering Community Connectedness); thedomestic students decreased on all four scales. Fleming, Burrell, Patterson, Fredericks, andChouikha (2014) examined Howard University undergraduate students who participated in
Citizens Engineering Students preparedness for working globally Evaluation of learning programsIt should be noted that developing assessment and evaluation methods in this area is inherently complex,given the list of areas to be investigated, including ethics, social norms, global difference along withstudents own biases based on culture, racial and ethnic position, socio-economic status etc. [12] Thereare also research philosophy and methodological issues to consider, most qualitative measures of globalpreparedness or awareness are by nature, self-efficacy which may call into question the level of ability ofstudents to self-assess given their respective levels of experience. As an example, a recent study into theEWB-USA chapter at
,economic issues, and workplace dynamics as reasons for engineers to value diversity.Social justice can be defined as “…full and equal participation of all groups in a society that ismutually shaped to meet their needs” (Adams, Bell and Griffin 2007). This definition relates toengineering in more than one way. First, to achieve social justice, all members of society withthe interest and aptitude must have the opportunity to fully participate in engineering practices.Thus the changing demographics of the United States might be one reason engineers should careabout diversity (Change the Equation, 2015). Second, as described in the preamble to theNational Society of Professional Engineers Code of Ethics, “Engineering has a direct and vitalimpact on
results stronglysuggest that the issue of having the FE Exam in the English language is not as critical asoriginally hypothesized. However, additional research, needs to be performed before reachingany solid conclusions; for example, are these results repeatable? Also, will the results hold inother areas of the FE Exam, for example, problems in ethics or engineering economics, in whichthe vocabulary may be more difficult to comprehend and problem statements are usually longerin length? Still, students committed orthographic errors in the translated text; however, these did notalter the meaning of the problem. The author was able to conclude that the students clearlyunderstood the problem and had identified the problem to be solved (find
engineering ethic. My academic interests have changed. Teamwork skills. Skills 10 Academic research skills. Critical thinking skills. I learned more about another country’s economy, political perspectives, culture, history, religion, education and food, etc. Attitudes 14 Ability to understand and interact with people from diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds. Capability to adapt to a new environment (a new
]. ASCE points to the uncertain tomorrow where engineersmust work together to create innovative solutions to climate change, technological advances inalternative energy, autonomous vehicles, smart cities, advanced construction techniques andmaterials, and new approaches to governance. These tremendous challenges are not designed,built, operated, and maintained in a vacuum. They require experts from a myriad of disciplines tocollaborate, communicate effectively, and make well-informed, ethical decisions in order to besuccessful. The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) also recognizes theimportance of collaboration between disciplines as it “promotes the art, science, and practice ofmultidisciplinary engineering and allied sciences
includes a focus on student teamwork, a greaterconsideration of social factors, improved communication with diverse constituents, andreflection on ethical decision making and problem solving. This vision of engineering willproduce graduates who can address a wider range of societal problems bringing new perspectivesto traditional areas.Summary of Curriculum DevelopmentOne of the goals of our NSF RED grant is to: “Develop the foundation of a revised engineeringcanon and empower faculty to develop and deliver a professional spine that prepareschangemaking engineers.” Efforts to address this goal include creating new classes anddeveloping lectures, active-learning exercises and assignments that contextualize engineeringthrough social justice
an assistant professor of general engineering at the University of San Diego. His research interests lie in microfluidics, rapid prototyping, genomics, engineering ethics, and engineering education. He earned his MS and PhD in mechanical engineering from University of California, Berkeley and a BS in engineering from Harvey Mudd College. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Contextualizing a New General Engineering Curriculum in the Liberal ArtsAbstractSince its founding several decades ago, our School of Engineering has offered a BS/BA degreewith an extensive liberal arts component. With support from a National Science FoundationIUSE/PFE
State Directors of Career Technical Education Consortium, an organization of careertech leaders. They provide a broad overview for each Career Cluster, including EssentialKnowledge and Skills, the types of educational topics studied within a particular CareerPathway, and a listing of sample Career Specialties or occupations. The Consortium’srelevant performance elements include Understanding the role of STEM in society. Applying the process and concepts for the use of technological tools in STEM. Applying the knowledge learned in the study of STEM to provide solutions to human and societal problems in an ethical and legal manner. Analyzing the impact that science and mathematics has on society. Applying critical
assessmentstrategies to identify services and infrastructure to meet the needs of graduate students andfaculty researchers. In general, results revealed the need for developing information literacyskills, technological infrastructure and physical facilities for collaboration. More specifically,assessment findings showed that researchers: (1) identified a need for assistance with technicalwriting, communication skills, search strategies, and ethical use of information; (2) expected newservices encompassing data management, authorship, copyright, and organizing, sharing, andpreserving information in the digital environment; and (3) needed a collaborative space whereteaching and research services coincided. A grant, awarded by the U.S. Department ofEducation
demonstrations.The survey results from each question are examined based on both self-declared genderand ethic background of students. The Roomba Robot was demonstrated in the C++section of the laboratory class.Programming Demonstration 2: Speed Gait: The speed gait demonstration providesstudents with hands-on-experience developing a real-world programming application.Students brainstorm and develop an inexpensive system to measure the average walkingor running speed of patients for a biomechanics lab. The strength of this demo is in itssimplicity; students develop a useful tool from common engineering materials, achievingthe following learning objectives: • Expose students to real-world programming applications not seen in lecture • Inspire students
themselves in their roles as engineers, theirdefinitions of an engineer started to change. As they discussed their journey throughundergraduate school and their career their description of what it meant to be an engineer nolonger reflected the stereotypes that they described initially. They started to personalize theirdefinitions to now embody personal traits, and they started to describe engineering as part oftheir individual and collective identities. Andy described engineers as individuals with a “strongwork ethic… and high integrity,” “being comfortable around technical information,” and“definitely takes a different kind of thinker to be an engineer.” She also described it as “fun,”likening engineering to being “[…] a private detective.” Others
and their consent should be taken. Ensure to inform family anduniversity in timely manner about your safety and progress while in field. While exiting researchsite it is important to leave on a good note and this will help in any future field work. Also tryany opportunity to learn about the culture, remember field research is not just about how peopledo things to perform specific tasks, which is your area of research, but what are the externalfactors, which effect people and motivate to work in that manner.Research ethics It is important to maintain the research ethics for maintaining integrity, validity andsecuring participant identity in the research2. Researchers need to abide by the University IRBrequirement. The entire
A Qualitative Look at African American Students’ Perceptions of Developing Engineer of 2020 Traits Through Non-curricular ActivitiesIntroduction and MotivationThe National Academy of Engineering’s publication The Engineer of 2020: Visions ofEngineering in the New Century identifies 10 attributes necessary for engineering graduates: (1)strong analytical skills; (2) practical ingenuity (skill in planning, combining, and adapting); (3)creativity; (4) communication skills; (5) principles of business and management; (6) principles ofleadership; (7) high ethical standards; (8) professionalism; (9) dynamism, agility, resilience,flexibility (the ability to learn new things quickly and apply knowledge to new
ledby the education director of ASSIST and including faculty representative from each engineeringdepartment at the University. This minor requires 18 credit hours, which includes a junior levelrequired introductory course, three technical electives, and two general education electivesemphasizing diversity, ethics, and global issues. The technical electives come from a variety ofengineering departments and taught by faculty performing research in nanoscience andtechnology. Students are required to choose at least one technical elective outside of their homedepartment. From their preliminary evaluation results of their introductory course indicates thatstudents’ attitude toward nanoscience and technology is positive. Students from
for Engineering Education, 2015Think Global, Act Global – for Engineering Problems and Solutions Page 26.1583.2 AbstractThe discipline of engineering and technology is no longer an isolated field of human activitiesand the future role of engineering demands that social, ethical and cultural aspects should beadded to the technical dimension of engineering education. In this age of globalization, engineersshould have deeper concepts, wider views, more skills, and integrated tools to meet thechallenges of the expanding spheres of knowledge and the challenges of globalization. Effectiveand transformative global learning offers
, including fathers andgrandparents, which may lessen mothers’ feelings of isolation and childcare burden. Page 26.1299.6In the afternoon, the campers were led through an activity by a group of University of Illinois engineers who designed biological robots, bio-bots, using a hydrogel, heart cells, and a 3D printer (Figure 3)17. Campers are walked through a series of ethics scenarios relating to the engineered bio-bot including terrorists take over the bio-bots
]. Traditionally, case studies have been used as educational tools in areas ofbusiness, law, ethics, economics, systems engineering and medicine but not so much common insoftware engineering. Case studies have many unique and distinct advantages in softwareengineering education including: Application of knowledge or skills in a real-world setting Identification and clearer definition of the problem Participative, collaborative, inclusive and team based approach Opportunities for creative brain storming, and Developing solution of a problem.Therefore, the hypothesis presented in this paper is that the case studies would be effectiveeducational tools to introduce real-world professional practices into the classroom which
, and MATLAB) and be able to explain your rationale for your choice; 5. Synthesize your knowledge of effective and ethical membership on a technical team (i.e., teaming skills) to refine your conduct as a member of the team. 6. Exhibit a work ethic appropriate for the engineering profession. Figure 2. Schematic of outcomes from the course organization for the first-year engineering experience at Texas A&M UniversityC. Identification of Enculturation Factors in the Context of Engineering EducationPracticeGiven the aforementioned definition of culture, we define engineering culture as the setof knowledge, beliefs and practices, unique to the engineering profession that manifest inits community of practice
Complete a research boot campFocus on foundations of engineering process and the (training on research skills,introduction scientific method, scientific writing and scientific writing, presentation,to cancer presentation, and literature research skills. All ethics, team-building andresearch, lectures are heavily weighted toward laboratory safety)—first offeringresearch discussion and student participation. Students was in conjunction with existinginitiation produce two videos (5 min each) in a team for REU boot camp a broader audience. Students identify a faculty
student veterans and traditional studentsand balancing academic and family lives. Most of the student veterans interviewed in the focusgroups reported positive academic experiences with sufficient to ample support from faculty andstudent services. Some noted that the discipline, work ethic, teaming skills, and the mindset thatthey gained from the military facilitated their progress through the engineering curriculum. Someindicated being more vocal than other traditional students in asking questions and in seeking helpfrom faculty in regard to learning course materials, while others relied on study groups. Findingswill provide context and information for various applications, such as: identifying ways in whichthe military can help separating
Inclusivity and Diversity in College STEM Programs throughMetacognitive Classroom PracticesElizabeth HaneAssociate Professor, Gosnell School of Life Sciences, Rochester Institute of TechnologyScott FranklinProfessor, School of Physics & Astronomy, Rochester Institute of TechnologyKeywords: undergraduate, gender, disability, 1st generationAbstract:We report on results from RIT’s Project IMPRESS: Integrating Metacognitive Practices to EnsureStudent Success, a 5-year NSF funded program to improve retention of first-generation anddeaf/hard-of-hearing students in STEM disciplines. As part of IMPRESS, we have developed andtaught a first-year course “Metacognitive Approaches to Scientific Inquiry.” The course, whichsatisfies the Institute’s Ethical