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
for teams without a deep practiceof computer security.Observation 3: Some competitors are very advanced in their knowledge of cybersecurity, even atthe high school level. This results in some very lopsided competitions. We view this as a threat tonovice players. Our conclusion is that the disparity of skills in an unbalanced game environmentcreates a hostile, inaccessible environment for students with budding interest in cybersecuritywho have limited computer-technical skills.Observation 4: Many competitions do not emphasize the tangential competencies ofcybersecurity careers such as ethical, legal, and privacy concerns inherent to cybersecurity.Additionally, most competitions also don not explore the need for demonstrating goodcommunication
, environmental impacts, and ethical issues. Students explore disciplines/careers. They design and solve real-world engineering problems, creating solutions with 3-D modeling software, hands-on prototyping equipment, programming software, and robotics. They use the engineering design process to solve problems in mechanical Principles of POE engineering, robotics, infrastructure, environmental sustainability, and Engineering product design/development. They use the APB approach to complete structured activities and open-ended projects/problems requiring
crucialmechanism by which U.S. engineering education settings have grappled with unwanted politicalsensibilities is through silencing. There is an enduring sense that rigorous, respectableengineering training, as well as engineering in action, from the technical classroom, at the labbench, or on the factory floor must exclude the subjectivities we know as “politics.” This isdespite the concession by some that value systems known as “ethics” or “rigor” may (must) bebolstered [26], [27]. Across many technical subdisciplines, so-named ethics and other liabilitysystems are today seen to represent the universe of Engineers’ moral responsibilities in itsentirety. We are prompted to ask, then: How precisely does such apparent depoliticization ofEngineering
feedback, programming help, and virtual simulationsfor students to gain practical experience. However, few educators have expressed concernregarding misinformation generated from AI training data and ethical issues like misuse bystudents (plagiarism) 4 . If implemented appropriately, G-AI hints at future advancements andbenefits to the academic community despite the limitations 5 . As G-AI becomes increasinglyprevalent in educational environments, it is important to recognize the benefit of integrating G-AIin a manner that enhances student learning capabilities, while also addressing plagiarism.Strategic designs of course curriculum that focuses on collaborations with AI for self-learning,assigning open-ended research-based problems could improve
survey responses. We offeredguidance on designing data collection practices to meet IRB ethical requirements for research.We hope these ideas can make it easier for engineering educators to study undergraduate researchas a formative moment of socialization into engineering, whether as researchers or asprofessionals. REFERENCES[1] J. Lave and E. Wenger, Situated Learning: Legitimate Peripheral Participation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991.[2] H. M. Collins, Tacit and Explicit Knowledge. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2010.[3] J. Frechtling, “The 2010 User-Friendly Handbook for Project Evaluation,” National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA, 2010.[4] Lopatto, “Survey of Undergraduate Research Experiences (SURE
academia, as postdoctoral fellows, and as facultymembers at universities [6], [14]. Thus, training as well as personal mentoring experiencesshape the ways graduate students come to approach their mentoring practice [6].Other studies have noted some key challenges associated with graduate student mentoring [8],[15]. For one, graduate students struggle to balance the time commitments necessary for astructured training program with coursework and other academic program requirements. Further,we must consider the ethical concerns and risks associated with graduate students mentoringundergraduates due to the power differential that arises from the differences in their levels ofdevelopment and life experience. Despite these concerns, however, most
more common in educational institutions,carefully considering the ethical issues they can cause is imperative. Educators must ensure thatAI-driven assessments are fair and unbiased, aligning with their institution’s educational valuesand ethical standards. Evaluating data quality, algorithmic transparency, and bias reduction arecritical factors in improving ethical AI integration in EE education.The successful integration of AI in EE education requires comprehensive training of educators. Itis essential for educators to not only have AI literacy but also the skills and ability to utilize AItools effectively. Educators must be able to identify and select appropriate AI tools for varyingeducational objectives. They also need to guide students in
2using real vehicles for improving undergraduate education through research?” Researchhypotheses (adapted from[11]) include: ● Real cars make learning automation more enjoyable and effective than scale/simulated platforms ● Self-efficacy in autonomous vehicle research and development is improved using real vehicles ● Problem testing & solution in real environments improves students' research skills in topics such as smart mobility’s ethical, social, and legal issues.These questions address opportunities unmet by existing engineering curriculum, with specificprogrammatic objectives including to (1) provide research experiences to underrepresentedundergraduate students who otherwise might not have opportunities to
, machine ethics, artificial in- telligence safety, biomedical applications, optimization, the chaos theory, distance education, e-learning, computer education, and computer science.Neena Goveas, University of North DakotaMr. Shree Ram Abayankar Balaji, University of North Dakota ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Designing Effective Cybersecurity Curriculum: Bridging Disciplines for Next Generation Workforce Prakash Ranganathan, Jamison Jangula, Utku Kose, Neena Goveas, Shree Ram Abayankar Balaji School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (SEECS) University of North
learning in STEM, promoting ethical andsocial responsibility, and equipping graduates to develop innovative solutions to societalchallenges. PEOs are communicated to stakeholders, including students, alumni, faculty, andindustry representatives through the Biomedical Engineering Advisory Council (BAC) and arepublicly accessible on the department’s website.Our ABET report detailed the alignment of each PEO with institutional missions and outlinedour systematic three-year review process. This process incorporates stakeholder feedbackthrough graduating students and alumni surveys, faculty input, and BAC discussions to ensurecontinued alignment with institutional goals and evolving industry needs. The ABET report alsopresented the results of surveys
continuous improvement principles [19], faculty decision-making in teaching andlearning [20], and the impact of personal and environmental factors on faculty perspectivesregarding ethics and societal impacts [21]. These studies highlight how both internal factors(e.g., departmental culture, peer faculty, institutional missions) and external factors (e.g.,accreditation agencies, professional societies, industry, and government) shape the educationalenvironment and instructional practices in engineering education. Second, this research draws on the WRC/FB [13], [17], [22] to complement the APM byfocusing on how engineering faculty members' racial consciousness influences theirequity-oriented practices. It highlights how systems of power and
career goalsof a new researcher in EERRecommendations: (a) lobby for support by identifying institutional- or program-specific issuesthat the proposed EER can potentially alleviate; (b) obtain approval to participate in the advisingof graduate students in the social sciences prior to submitting EER grant proposals.7. Research ethicsChallenges: Although ethics are generally universal among all scientific fields, the authors facedseveral unexpected issues rooted in the ethical conduct and dissemination of results related toEER studies. These included (a) assigning students into control and treatment groups, (b)withholding student artifacts, and (c) publishing results in social science journals.Control and treatment groups. The authors carried out
women in engineering and technology. Dr. Bhaduri has an interdisciplinary expertise with a Ph.D. in Engineering Education and Masters degrees in Statistics and Mechanical Engineering, from Virginia Tech. Her research interests include: future of work, women in technology, assessing the impact and effectiveness of inclusion and diversity initiatives as well as employing innovative, ethical and inclusive mixed-methods research approaches to uncovering insights about the 21st century workforce.Natalie Anna Foster, Sisters in STEM - Saguaro High School Natalie Foster is a current high school senior at Saguaro in Scottsdale, Arizona. She is the president of the school’s FRC robotics club and has been a member of the team
Proceedings of the 2019 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition.[7] Gupta, A. (2017, June). A practitioner account of integrating macro-ethics discussion in an engineering design class. In 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition.[8] Hess, J. L., & Fore, G. (2018). A systematic literature review of US engineering ethics interventions. Science and engineering ethics, 24, 551-583.[9] Winiecki, D., & Salzman, N. (2019, January). Analyzing and Working-Out Ways of Addressing Problems of Social-Justice in an Engineering or Computer-Science Context. In 2019 NSF REDCON (Revolutionizing Engineering & Computer Science Department CONference), Arlington, VA.[10] Gupta, A., Turpen, C., Philip, T., & Elby, A
program. The SPW had no academic credit, but the students were required to participate andpass before starting their research. The workshop was held weekly in the first six weeks of starting the I-RISE program in each academic year. It included interactive discussions on topics such as researchprotocols, research ethics, data collection, writing professional technical statements, writing professionalresumes, discussion about budget management, mock interviews, dressing for job interviews, and supportin securing internships. Since the participants in the I-RISE program were freshmen and sophomores, theforgoing topics aimed to give students new perspectives and skills that aided them in carrying out theirdownstream research activities under faculty
design. She received ICA’s Mentorship Award and the Provost Outstanding Mentor Award at Purdue, where she was University Distinguished Professor and Endowed Chair and Director of the Susan Bulke- ley Butler Center for Leadership Excellence. She has worked with Purdue-ADVANCE initiatives for institutional change, four EPICS teams including Transforming Lives Building Global Communities (TL- BGC) in Ghana, and individual engineering ethical development and team ethical climate scales as well as everyday negotiations of ethics in design and professional formation of engineers through NSF funding. [Email: pmbuzzanell@usf.edu; buzzanel@purdue.edu]Dr. Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE) Carla B
which you do not agree, without letting the disagreement taking interfere with one's reasoning. Understanding Consider the integration of gender, nationality, beliefs of diversity and experience. Ethics Be able to face ethical dilemmas in the professional field.Collaboration Setup and TimelineWith the theoretical framework of Education 4.0 in mind, collaboration between bothinstitutions was initiated in March 2019 to establish a common ideas and interests framework.The ASEE 2019 conference presented the ideal opportunity to meet in-person for drafting ofmore detailed definitions for suitable projects with
. evaluations. Be aware of, be Teamwork and leadership: Acknowledge the importance - Need to abide with willing to receive, of teamwork, leadership, diversity, and inclusion. code of conduct, and be attentive to Professional attitudes: Acknowledge professional explicitly and a particular attitudes relevant to the practice of civil engineering, detailed in the phenomenon or including creativity, curiosity, flexibility, and syllabi and revisited behavior dependability. throughout semester. Ethical responsibilities: Acknowledge the importance of ethical behavior
. While the section topics vary widely, each sectionis asked to incorporate group work, ethics, and engineering design into the course curriculum.The “Simple Robotics” section of the Applications in Engineering course has been offered eachyear for over five years. This section is heavily project-based and requires group workthroughout the semester. Mid-way through the fall 2019 semester, the thirty students in the“Simple Robotics” section participated in a two-day instructional module on equitableengineering talk. This module explicitly addressed the role of discourse in engineering practiceas well as the importance of inclusive and equitable discourse.The equitable engineering talk module took place over two 75-minute class sessions and
technology to subdue the natural world in service to human needs and humanprogress [5]. In contrast, many Indigenous civilizations are more closely aligned with what hasbeen called the New Ecological Paradigm (NEP), which adopts a more holistic, interdependentview of these relationships oriented more toward an ethic of care for the natural world rather thanconquest [5]. These paradigm differences are especially important in the context of engineeringeducation because the DSP positions engineering and the technology it produces as a tool forsubduing nature in the service of humanity [8]. Individuals who hold more closely to the NEPmay thus find themselves further marginalized and alienated within the field because they hold afundamentally different
ethical principles, and follows the ”What Works Clearing- house (WWC)” standards established by the U.S. Dept. of Education (ED) and the ”Common Guidelines for Education Research and Development” of the Institute of Education Sciences and NSF. Dr. Winter has published research findings in the Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, the Journal of the Profes- soriate, the Journal about Women in Higher Education, the Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, the Department Chair, Academe, and Change. She is an editorial board member for the Journal of Diversity in Higher Education and the Journal of the Professoriate and an ad-hoc reviewer for the Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory
, whileunderemphasizing the soft skills needed for the industry 4. Consequently, a significant gap existsbetween construction management programs and the demands of current professional practice.Undergraduate programs have to make changes to ensure that their CM graduates are job-readyupon graduation 1. In an effort to advance professional development, accreditation organizationssuch as ABET, Inc. have developed criteria that place emphasis on outcomes associated withteamwork, ethics, communication, understanding of engineering impacts, passion for life-longlearning, and knowledge of contemporary issues. Administrators and faculty members ofConstruction Management programs are actively seeking for effective strategies forstrengthening the soft skills of