frequent in higher education,especially in engineering [1], [2]. Engineering is a profession guided by a code of ethics, yet theincidences of academic dishonesty in engineering students indicate that students are notpracticing the values that, per the code of ethics, practicing engineers ought to uphold. Previousresearch, such as [3], has also shown that there are differences in how cheating is defined, bothwithin a group of students, and when comparing faculty definitions to student definitions.Additionally, ongoing (though yet unpublished) research by the author and a colleague hasshown that student perceptions of and experiences with academic integrity change their first yearof engineering, with more lax definitions of what behaviors constitute
contrast with undergraduate courses, research methodscourses for graduate students are becoming more common.[9-11] Compared to the socialsciences courses, the graduate engineering courses include such content as deliveringpresentations, scientific methods, research ethics, proposal writing, literature searchers, andreading the literature. Since these topics match up well with the research requirements ofundergraduate students, many similar topics would also complement an undergraduate researchcourse in engineering and hard sciences. In the current apprenticeship model of undergraduateresearch, the student simply goes to work in the laboratory. The strength of this model is thetraditional reliance on one-on-one mentoring between the faculty and
technological solutions that focus heavily onstudents’ technical skills. However, for innovations that create an impact, it is essential tolink this technical knowledge to societal considerations. This paper describes a problem-centered approach towards introducing mechanical engineering students to sustainable,ethical and collaborative innovation, through an analysis of student work and feedbackgathered from a ten-week long pilot conducted as part of a compulsory, Master’s level,academic year-long Mechanical Engineering course.During the pilot, student groups worked on broadly phrased challenges derived from anongoing EU project on developing societal applications for technology, choosing one ofseven challenges ranging from changing rain patterns in
Engaging students in evaluation of engineering situation through information literacyAbstractThe Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) requires that students inaccredited programs be able to, “recognize ethical and professional responsibilities inengineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact ofengineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts” (2018). Whilecovering the technical content of engineering courses, faculty sometimes forget our students’need to acquire these crucial non-engineering skills as a part of their preparation to enter into theprofession. This paper describes the process of integrating some of
well as effective storm water management via Low Impact Development techniques. She contributes to Sustainability Across the Curriculum efforts on campus as well. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 WIP - Engineering for People and Planet: a Multidisciplinary Course Proposal for Engineers on the UN Sustainable Development GoalsThis paper proposes a multidisciplinary course introducing students to critical engagement withthe intersections between Engineering, Ethics, Society, and the Environment, emphasizing theUnited Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Founded in pedagogical theory basedon current practices from across multiple
may have heard of frequently, may even fear violating, butmany students fail to integrate the underlying values and purposes of abiding by academicintegrity within their own lives. The debate over whether academic dishonesty is on the rise orwhether technology has altered the way that violations appear is ongoing; however, what isimperative is that engineering educators begin to work to integrate this crucial aspect of one’seducation into the objectives of their courses. Students need to learn that academic honesty is acritical part of their educational endeavors and that their future work as an engineer is dependentupon the professional ethics that they must uphold.There are many types of academic integrity violations, ranging from minor to
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 inter- ests include Engineering Ethics, Image and Data Fusion, Automatic Target Recognition, Bioinformatics and issues of under-representation in STEM fields. She is a former member of the ABET Engineering Ac- creditation Commission, and is on the board of the ASEE Ethics Division and the Women in Engineering Division. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Can ABET Assessment Really Be This Simple?AbstractWith the hard roll-out of ABET’s new outcomes 1-7 in the 2019
by AI by studying software agents, problem solving bysearching, various ways to represent knowledge, and methods of learning. Additionally, thiscourse will discuss both the ethics and risks associated with the fields of AI. Topics coveredduring the course fall into 4 major categories: (1) Knowledge, Reasoning, Planning, andUncertain Knowledge, (2) Learning and Philosophical Foundations, (3) Communicating,Perceiving, and Acting, and (4) Ethics and Risks. Previously, the authors have used the “flipped”classroom concept in courses. The flipped classroom, when mastered and done well, has beendemonstrated to be beneficial to the students’ ability to learn material [1]. One of the goals forthis project is for students to help create a repository
inclusion.Dr. Kendall Roark, Purdue University at West Lafayette Kendall Roark is an applied cultural anthropologist who engages in ethnographic fieldwork and anthrode- sign projects in Canada and the United States. Her research and teaching interests focus on participatory and speculative design, queer and feminist technoscience studies, and data ethics. Dr. Roark is the co- founder and faculty lead for the Critical Data Studies Collective at Purdue University.Brent T. Ladd, Center for Science of Information, Purdue University Brent Ladd serves as Director of Education (and Interim Director of Diversity) for the Center for Science of Information NSF Science and Technology Center based at Purdue University. His education
the intrinsic motivation of students. Thus,arguably it also has a positive impact on learning experience. Existing literature does not identifywhat attitudes and practices can be implemented in schools of engineering to promote effectivecare in teaching. This paper describes the progress of an ongoing research currently carried out ata large engineering school in Chile. The investigation has two main objectives. First, tounderstand what does it mean to care in teaching; second, to understand what is the influence thatcaring teaching has on the students’ learning experience.IntroductionFrom a philosophical perspective [1], the ethics of care involves attending to and meeting theneeds of who we take responsibility for. It particularly values
programs excel at developingstudents’ technical expertise and research skills. The interdisciplinary nature of many STEMresearch projects means that graduate students often find themselves paired with experts fromother fields and asked to work together to solve complex problems. At Michigan StateUniversity, the College of Engineering has developed a graduate level course that helps studentsbuild professional skills (communications, teamwork, leadership) to enhance their participationin these types of interdisciplinary projects. This semester-long course also includes training onresearch mentoring, helping students work more effectively with their current faculty mentorsand build skills to serve as mentors themselves. Discussions of research ethics
groups, E6, J6, P2, A5, O4, Teamwork / including participation, collaboration, O36, O60, O65-67, Leadership inclusivity, project management, and O73, O75 leadership Category Competency Definition Definition Source* KSAs pertaining to ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering
to be successful. A set of forced-choice questions was used to rank strategies related to class time, completing assigned work,note taking, studying, and overall work ethic. Responses were validated using a set of relatedLikert scale questions, and a set of open ended questions allowed students to identify strategiesthey believe contribute to, or impede their success. Correlational analysis and predictiveclassification were used to determine the key behaviour indicator(s) of student success, and thespecific behavioural factors associated with different levels of academic success.Findings indicate that the key behavioural indicator of student success is actually doing theassigned work. This is also the most important predictor of students who
, 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 engineers, diversity, inclusion, and equity in engineering, human-centered design, engineering ethics, and leadership.Prof. Patrice Marie Buzzanell, Purdue University at West Lafayette Patrice M. Buzzanell is Professor and Chair of
Excellence. She specializes in crisis, emergency, and risk communication science. Dr. Fraustino’s work has been recognized with top research paper awards at national/international conferences yearly from 2013-present. Additionally, she was named a national 2017-2018 AEJMC Emerging Scholar, earned the 2018 Doug Newsom Award for Research in Global Ethics and Diversity from the AEJMC PR Division, was the 2017 Reed College of Media Faculty Research Award recipient, was a 2016 national Frank Public Interest Communications Research Prize award winner, received a 2015 Most Promising Professor Award from the AEJMC Mass Communication and Society Division, and was selected as a 2014-2015 START Terrorism Research Award Fellow. She
could put some international engineering practices at odds with U.S.norms, there appears to be little evidence. The most important cultural aspects in this regard arethose associated with professional ethics. In a pair of articles published in Civil Engineering magazine, Tara Hoke, J.D., generalcounsel to the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), explored the characteristics of awide variety of engineering codes of ethics from a mix of developed and developing countriesaround the world in comparison to the ASCE Code of Ethics.14,15 She examined provisions inthe codes that address competence, truthfulness, faithful agency, fair competition, corruption,honor, integrity, dignity of the profession, professional development, and inclusion
Paper ID #29814Designing for a Sustainable World: Integrating the United NationsSustainable Development Goals into a First-Year Engineering Course inScience, Technology and SocietyDr. Benjamin J. Laugelli, University of Virginia Dr. Laugelli is an Assistant Professor of Engineering and Society at the University of Virginia. He teaches courses that explore social and ethical aspects of engineering design and practice, including Sci- ence, Technology, and Contemporary Issues; Technology and the Frankenstein Myth; The LEGO Course: Engineering Design and Values; STS and Engineering Practice; and The Engineer, Ethics, and Profes
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM)fields, which this paper details. The next section provides more background on OSINT and itsuse by cyber criminals, governments, local law enforcement, and private corporations. Section 3details the OSINT course activity, such as the project description, objectives, classdemographics, logistics and scope, and student deliverables. The fourth section incorporatesstudent responses to the project, including general feelings about the project, how it relates tocybersecurity, strategies for completing the project, and how they managed challenges faced inthe process. Section 5 is an overview of lessons learned by the educator, including how todevelop an ethical project on this topic, create instructions
business and engineering failures, when it is acceptable to take risks, how to recognize signs of impending failure and avoid it, how to examine past personal and corporate failures, learn from them and persist. 15. Resolving Ethical Issues – Defines ethics as a process and argues that the principal reason to behave ethically is to engenders trust. Uses case studies to illustrate how ethical dilemmas arise in engineering, how most engineers respond responsibly, and how a small minority of engineers act irresponsibly. Describes three very different and practical methods for resolving ethical issues. 16. Role of Product in Value Creation – Describes the total product concept, one that introduces a
courses. Students who attended theworkshops and prepared the research paper were offered extra credits for their courses. Theworkshop topics covered how to find relevant previous research, introduction to engineeringstandards, ethics, lifelong learning and how to write a research paper. After completion of theworkshop, a survey was conducted to assess the outcome. The survey questions were dividedinto four areas: research experience, lifelong learning, ethics, and engineering standards as thesetopics were covered in the workshop. The survey used a five-point Likert scale to collectresponses from the participants. Each survey question sought a response about how importantthey thought a skill or concept was and how satisfied they were with the
researcherProgram Modular professional development courses Industry Residency (as in medical school) Industry Partners / GOALI / Donors contribute $50,000/year for four years for each student ($200K total) + support during ResidencyFunding Lehigh University contributes IC, and reduces tuition rate by 50% Team and Project-Based Learning Intellectual Property Constraints Economic Considerations and the Global MarketplaceModular Ethical ConsiderationsCourses Diversity and Cultural Competence Creativity and Innovation Techniques **1-2 credit hours each, students take 6
conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data.b.1 Identify and describe experiment goals, related theoretical concepts and resources to be used.b.2 Execute a systematic and structured experiment with organized data.b.3 Analyze and critically interpret data using appropriate tools.b.4 Draw meaningful conclusions and produce a high quality technical report.Outcome c: An ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs withinrealistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety,manufacturability, and sustainability.c.1 Define requirements specifications (scope) and constraints for the component or system to bedesignedc.2 Develop a feasible design to comply with
- fessional formation of engineers, diversity, inclusion, and equity in engineering, human-centered design, engineering ethics, and leadership.Dr. Andrew O. Brightman, Purdue University at West Lafayette Andrew O. Brightman serves as Assistant Head for Academic Affairs and Associate Professor of Engi- neering Practice in the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering. His research background is in cellular biochemistry, tissue engineering, and engineering ethics. He is committed to developing effective ped- agogies for ethical reasoning and engineering design and for increasing the diversity and inclusion of engineering education.Prof. Patrice Marie Buzzanell, University of South Florida Patrice M. Buzzanell is Professor and
Ethically and Legally: Adopts multiple information use strategies (paraphrasing, summary, quoting), and distinguishes between common knowledge and ideas requiring attribution. Demonstrates a full understanding of the ethical and legal restrictions on the use of information by including both citations and references, and through consistent use of a citation style that provides sufficient information for references to be retrieved by a reader.Additionally, students’ citation patterns in their final assignments will be analyzed to measurethe extent of their information use, as well as the types of sources utilized. This citation analysiswill include basic descriptive statistics, such as average number of sources cited
. First-year projects differ across universities, but typical projects can include a focus ondesigning and building prototypes, working in teams, full- and small-scale projects, case-studyanalysis, reverse engineering, and the integration of engineering, math, and science courses 2.The course described in this paper builds on the effective components of project-based, hands-onfirst-year design projects, and uses the human centered design process to frame an approachwhere students are encouraged to incorporate the user, environment, and ethical considerationsthroughout the process. The course has capacity for over 1,600 students annually at theUniversity of Florida providing meaningful individual hands-on makerspace skills to eachstudent, and
development and engineering ethics education. His funded research explores the nature of global com- petency development by assessing how international experiences improve the global perspectives of en- gineering students. Dr. Streiner has published papers and given presentations in global engineering ed- ucation at several national conferences. Scott is an active member in the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL) both locally and nationally, as well as the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) and the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE). c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Examining the Connection Between Student
III. This course is a one lecture hour,three lab hour class and was taught for the first time during the Fall 2019 semester. The lecturecontains topics designed to complement the second engineering physics course onelectromagnetics such as electric fields, magnetic fields, and electric DC and AC circuits as wellas the application of these concepts to real-world engineering problems. In addition, a number ofother topics are addressed including data acquisition, microcontrollers, project management,engineering ethics and art in engineering. The laboratory component is conceptually innovativeand uses a newly developed three-axis positioning and data acquisition system that allowsstudents to automate the sensing and data analysis of electric and
strategies. Since the use of UORs extendsbeyond engineering programs, this study may be of interest to other academic disciplines as well.Possible future work stemming from this study includes a future iteration of the survey in whichboth the student and instructor samples would be taken in a way that produces collections ofrespondents more likely to be representative of their respective populations.References [1] T. J. Ryan, C. Janeiro, and W. E. Howard, “Perception of academic integrity among students and faculty: A comparison of the ethical gray area,” in ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings, 2016, doi: 10.18260/p.25878. [2] W. J. Bowers, Student dishonesty and its control in college. New York: Bureau
but little confidence in it. This is because their courses casta large net in context and were unable to fully specialize in much. Students barely mentionedpersonal or social ethics, neither in school nor in the workforce. Organization was a skill thatwas not linked to a particular context but students agreed it to be a skill they had utilizedfrequently. All of the students described their work environment as independent-focused. Onestudent mentioned “guidance from [their] supervisor” throughout the placement, while theother student focused on their learning from doing. It seems from the conversations that manyof the students had more formal relationships with their supervisor, mirroring managers morethan mentors. This did adapt and
training: 1. Process-based: case studies and group problem solving 2. Awareness-raising and reflection 3. A confidential and brave forum to share the collective experience of mentors across a range of experiences 4. Distribute and adapt resources to improve mentoringStandard Competencies• Aligning expectations• Maintaining effective communication• Addressing equity and inclusion• Assessing understanding• Fostering independence• Cultivating ethical behavior• Promoting professional development• Promoting self-efficacy• Fostering wellbeing (beta)Adaptations for Career Stage