todifferences in the students’ work ethic and success in the individual courses, and selection bias ofstudents who are generally doing well in the class being willing to respond to the post-assessment request. We may also be seeing an indirect effect of awareness to the faculty memberextended to the students. Since the faculty instructors were receiving our correspondence aboutthe research project and changes to the textbook in the area of standards, we may be seeing thegeneral effect of these instructors highlighting the standards material in their courses.The materials added (detailed above) include content on an array of standards knowledge. Weemphasize the market orientation of the standards, from both the development and useperspectives. We
interdisciplinary PS1 Critical thinking problems PS2 Interdisciplinary communication TS2 Design of computational/physical experiments PS3 Interdisciplinary collaboration TS3 Application of informatics to materials science TS4 Goal-oriented design of systems, components, PS4 Ethical behavior processes PS5 Organization/management skills TS5 Hands-on experience and practical knowledgeNote: The table is adapted with permission from [4]. Copyright 2017 American Chemical Society.MethodsParticipantsSeven doctoral students and seven faculty members were recruited for this study. As
University of Tennessee,Knoxville. Cornell Engineering offers a more in-depth program starting with an Introduction toEntrepreneurship for Engineers course at the sophomore level. The minor requires 18 credits andincludes courses on Ethics, History of Capitalism and Technology, Accounting and Finance,Ideation and Design Thinking and a capstone entrepreneurship project. An experiential learningexperience through a summer internship or coop program is encouraged but not required.The engineering entrepreneurship minor at the University of Virginia is comprised of threerequired courses and one elective. The three required courses are Business Fundamentals,Engineers as Entrepreneurs, and Entrepreneurial Finance. An elective course is also requiredwhich
Paper ID #23809Comparison of Engineering Honors Education in America and China—Basedon the Analysis of Course Syllabi in the First-year Program and Experimen-tal ClassMiss Jiaojiao FU, Beihang University Jiaojiao FU is a Ph.D. candidate in School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Beihang University Beijing, PRC. She received B.A. in China Agricultural University and M.Ed. in Beihang University, China. Her academic and research interests include engineering education, engineering ethics education, first-year engineering education, lifelong education. From April 2017 to October 2017, she was a visiting scholar in College
wherever we may send humans in the future. This system thus needsto be integrated to our modern day agricultural techniques in order to be perfected and thusimplemented in outer space missions were human beings are involved.Results:Multicultural interactions within engineering is a topic rarely covered in conventional classes,along with an ethical class with regards to engineering benefitting the entire community.According to Martin, “The main idea is that migrants go through fairly predictable phases inadapting to a new cultural situation. They first experience excitement and anticipation, followedby a period of shock and disorientation. “This can be shown by the interactions experienced bythe students participating in this project.At first the
workshops sponsored by thecollege on topics such as finding funding, copyright, publishing, and reading of journal articles.Even so, as most new engineering resources have moved online, the engineering librarians feltthat graduate students were unaware of library resources and services, and there was a need for aprogram of library instruction targeted toward the students.CoE doctoral students and researchers are required by the college to complete a four-sessionResponsible Conduct of Research and Scholarship (RCRS) program if they are working onfederally funded research projects. This program includes sessions on Authorship, DataManagement, Conflict of Interest, and Professional Ethics. Although the librarians are present atand offer input to all
The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) [1] defines attributes of the engineer of 2020as follows: “He or she will aspire to have the ingenuity of Lilian Gibbreth, the problem-solvingcapabilities of Gordon Moore, the scientific insight of Albert Einstein, the creativity of PabloPicasso, the determination of the Wright brothers, the leadership abilities of Bill Gates, theconscience of Eleanor Roosevelt, the vision of Martin Luther King, and the curiosity and wonderof our grandchildren.” This means that being an engineer is multifaceted, where expectationsinclude possessing a variety of abilities such as professionalism, leadership, ethical standards,communication, creativity, management, listening and problem-solving skills. In order to
Associate Professor in the Department of Information and Computer Sciences at Metropolitan State University, and a Senior Fellow at the Leadership Institute (TLI) at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Kaleem is an experienced lifelong cybersecurity practitioner. His research interests include multiple aspects of cybersecurity including Smart Grid Security, Computer, and Network Security but more specifically in the area of mobile device security, mobile malware analysis, and attribution, and mobile forensics. In the past few years, Dr. Kaleem has developed and taught several courses (Ethical Hacking, Digital Forensics Engineering, Mobile Device Forensics, Malware Reverse Engineering, etc.) in the area of cybersecurity
, where she also serves as Head of the Department of Humanities and Arts. Her training is in nineteenth-century literature, but for the past 9 years she has taught engineering ethics, first-year en- gineering courses, and humanities for engineers. She has also worked with students and colleagues to develop role-playing games teaching engineering within its complex humanistic context. NOTE: this paper has co-authors.Dr. Leslie Dodson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Leslie Dodson is a Faculty Teaching Fellow in Undergraduate Studies at WPI. She received her PhD from the University of Colorado-Boulder’s College of Engineering and Applied Science, ATLAS Institute. Her current research interests focus on the intersections
also realized early, that the future data scientists and analysts need to be well-versed in i) public speaking, ii) effective cross-disciplinary and cross-cultural communication,and iii) business ethics. While the initial committee of which we were a part of did not finalizethese aspects of the Data Analytics curriculum, by the time the program had final taken off,appropriate courses (“borrowed”, for example, from the Philosophy Department or theWashington State University’s internationally renowned College of Communication) that coverthese important “non-technical” skills were incorporated into the core requirements of the newBS/BA program – while still keeping the overall credit count manageable (and, in particular,comparable to other 4-year
interests include multimedia learning, design education and empathic design. Address: Virginia Tech Engineering Education (MC 0218) 345 Goodwin Hall, 635 Prices Fork Rd, Blacksburg, VA 24061.Dr. Diana Bairaktarova, Virginia Tech Diana Bairaktarova is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech and the Director of the Abilities, Creativity, and Ethics in Design [ACE(D)] Lab.Prof. Tamara Knott, Virginia Tech Tamara Knott is Associate Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. Her primary responsibil- ity centers on teaching in the First Year Program. Her interests include assessment and pedagogy. Within ASEE, she is a member of the First-year Programs Division, the Women
score of 1 on the 1-to-7 scale, the results arestill significant (p < 0.05).The validity of this result is limited by the lack of a control group, which was notrealistically possible because (a) this is a required course in our program, and (b) studentsfrom other engineering majors would likely not serve as a valid control group because ofself-selection bias of our majors. The best control would have been parallel sections ofthe course that omitted DYL, but this was not feasible for reasons of both logistics (ourprogram’s small size would mean that sample sizes were too small to provide reliableresults) and ethics (some students would not have the DYL content that the programperceived to be important to them). Nevertheless, this result is
of individuals.Understanding these value similarities and dissimilarities may help to identify and inform betterdesign practices in industry or engineering preparation. For example, a further investigation mayilluminate that idealistic design methods may not be retained by students as they move into theworkplace and become practicing engineers. Alternatively, it may be possible that classroomenvironments need additional support to authentically mimic the engineering workplace andmore closely align with industry perceptions and expectations. It is also possible that theinstructors’ evaluations may have been influenced by factors beyond the artifact such as theteam’s work ethic and other insights the instructors may be privy to about the team
Results Type(s) of Effectiveness Assessment [1] W. Baer, “Using videos to teach the ethical use of Effective Pre/Post engineering information,” in 2008 ASEE Annu. Conf. Expo., Tests 2008. https://peer.asee.org/4197. [2] A. Bradley, D. Latta, and M. Harkins, “Work in progress: Effective Citation Collaboration for quality: A librarian-faculty partnership to Analysis assess students’ information literacy in freshman engineering,” in 2013 ASEE Annu. Conf. Expo., 2013. https://peer.asee.org/22767. [3] G. Hart and M. Davids, “Challenges for information literacy Effective
,upper-level computer security course. The course, meant as an introduction and a topic course on variousaspects of computer security, was an elective with only foundational computer science courses as a pre-requisite. Course topics included: ethics, threat models, cryptography, Internet of Things (IoT) attacks &defense, binary exploits, penetration testing, malware & ransomware, authentication, network security,botnets, cyber-warfare, critical infrastructure: healthcare & transportation, and hardware security. Studentdeliverables during the class made up a majority of the student’s assessment, these deliverables were brokendown into three major categories: Synthesis, Applications, and the Active Inquiry Project. The activeinquiry
professor life circumstances, same classroom size, same weather, etc.).There are also ethical dilemmas in attempting to create a control group of students who do notreceive the same educational opportunities as others, who expect the same quality education,when it is obvious to an instructor that a pedagogical strategy is engaging more students andcreating an exciting learning environment.Redesigning a learning environment is a huge undertaking that should be approached with amindset of making gradual changes over time. Implementing new technologies and pedagogicalstrategies involve a learning curve as both instructors and students adjust to the differentstrategies and deal with the inevitable hiccups that occur. Faculty need to find what works
skills14 andwork-related skills with tools and equipment15. Their ethical awareness is higher14, as is theirwork ethic15, and they have more experience and skill with time management16. However, theydo face certain challenges. They often have personal and family responsibilities that youngerstudents do not have, and may have difficulty fitting into the graduate student community17-19.Finding the appropriate graduate program, getting admitted, and finding funding may be morechallenging due to their time away from the university environment17,18. Once admitted, theymay find that their computer skills and ability to use higher-level mathematics are insufficient,due to changes in computer programs and the length of time since they had to use their
-upThe details of each Day activities are the following:Day 1 began with introducing the fundamental knowledge of rhetorical writing and writingpedagogy, which is designed to address the workshop objective (i). More specific, theparticipants are introduced to the rhetorical situation (writer, audience, purpose, and context),rhetorical appeals (logical as logos, ethical as ethos, emotional as pathos), and the definition ofgenre.Days 1 and 2 were designed to the rubric development process, addressing workshop objective(ii), which began with deep reading sessions. In these deep reading sessions, small groups of 3-4participants from both engineering and English worked together to describe the strengths instudent writing samples from FYC and
. (2006). Thedevelopment of adaptive expertise in biomedical engineering ethics. Journal of EngineeringEducation, 95(2), 165-173.Schwartz, D. L., Bransford, J. D., & Sears, D. (2005). Efficiency and innovation in transfer. In J.Mestre (Ed.), Transfer of learning from a modern multidisciplinary perspective (p. 1-51).Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing HoylesSforza, P., 2014, "Chapter 5 - Wing Design," Commercial Airplane Design Principles,Butterworth-Heinemann, Boston, pp. 119-212.Taixiong, Z., Ping, W., Xiafu, L., Kaibi, Z. (2012). Reform for Experiment System ofMechanical Design Manufacturing and its Automation, 2012 International Symposium onInformation Technology in Medicine and Education, IEEE, DOI: 10.1109/ITiME.2012.6291292
in the Professional Development Seminars thathave been offered to LSU College of Engineering undergraduates served by the DiversityInitiatives Office. The topics varied from general student networking to career skills. Each winterthe Pathway Scholars were included in the required book club reading that supports developing astrong work ethic, leadership and overall success. The selections were, EntreLeadership by DaveRamsey, QBQ! The Question behind the Question by John Miller, and It Worked for Me by ColinPowell, and roundtable discussions were held during the first seminar of the spring semester. Thegraduate assistant who is in the cogitative psychology PhD program also conducted a “How toStudy Better” session with the scholars. This
components, Erik has applied his creativity to a va- riety of mediums including 3D Video Mapping, Rear Projection, App User Interface, and Arduino based projects among others. With the contribution of his fellow coworkers, Erik discovered new tools in the media development field in his first year as an employee of Academic Technologies. The cooperative en- vironment in Academic Technologies has improved Erik’s ethical, professional and personal involvement during the past years. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Paper ID #20255Deena Mustin, UTEP Academic Technologies Deena Mustin
College next year will initiate an engineeringgraduate program with an emphasis on renewable energy and sustainability. ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology) criteria, in concert with theUniversity mission, require engineering programs to produce “graduates who pursue life-longlearning through continuing education and/or advanced degrees in engineering or related fields.ABET criteria also require that graduates be able “to design a system, component, or process tomeet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political,ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability.” (ABET 2014).1 In accordance with ABET, the ASCE Body of Knowledge initiative and
Karlin, University of Southern Maine Jennifer Karlin spent the first half of her career at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, where she was a professor of industrial engineering and held the Pietz professorship for entrepreneurship and economic development. She is now at the University of Southern Maine where she is a research professor of engineering and the curriculum specialist for the Maine Regulatory Training and Ethics Center.Dr. Cassandra M Degen, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Dr. Cassandra Degen received her B.S. degree in Metallurgical Engineering from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in 2007. She received her Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering in 2012
academic year with a huge success [2]. Our two courses wereoffered as technical elective courses. The two courses are the only two project-based courses oncutting-edge computer technologies in our curriculum. These courses provided students with theopportunities to learn and practice real-world software engineering, and gain experiences insolving multidisciplinary practical problems. Furthermore, these courses help students to attainseveral ABET student outcomes that are difficult to accomplish via traditional lecture-based andlab-based courses, such as (f) an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility, (i) arecognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning, and (j) a knowledge ofcontemporary issues.These
conversations about equity anddiversity in the classroom. The engineering curriculum is not neutral, and knowledge is producedwithin a power-driven social and cultural system [3, 4]. ABET student outcomes are not entirelytechnical and include that students must have an understanding of professional and ethicalresponsibility, the broad education necessary to understand engineering impacts in a global andsocietal context, and knowledge of contemporary issues. Nevertheless, discussing the societaland ethical implications of engineering and technology is often a daunting task for bothengineering students and instructors [5].At our university, as part of a National Science Foundation (NSF) Revolutionizing Engineeringand Computer Science Departments (RED
with an assigned professor was also beneficial. Astedious as some people may have thought it was, it definitely made me feel like I had someonelooking over me and like I had guidance for future college semesters. The financial assistancewas also valuable because it provided me with extra money in case of a school emergency or tospend towards a summer/winter course…. Overall, the NSF S-STEM scholarship gave me theopportunity to be part of all these beneficial workshops, trips, and gatherings. It also gave memore confidence in myself and my work ethic. I would like to thank all the professors that cametogether to create this amazing scholarship program and I would also like to thank the NationalScience Foundation for funding this program with a
Graduate Teaching Excellence (VT-GrATE), and was inducted into the prestigious Bouchet Graduate Honor Society.Dr. Diana Bairaktarova, Virginia Tech Diana Bairaktarova is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech and the Director of the Abilities, Creativity and Ethics in Design [ACE(D)]Lab. Bairaktarova’s ongoing research interest spans from engineering to psychology to learning sciences, as she uncovers how individual performance and professional decisions are influenced by aptitudes and abilities, interest, and manipulation of physical and virtual objects. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018Sketching with Students:An Arts-Informed
confidence in their skills. Overall, positive feedback was gathered both before and after theretreat. Our chapter plans on rerunning this program with some changes to the skills that will bediscussed. We will also change the scheduling of the event so that it takes place one day perweek for three weeks, as opposed to three consecutive days, in an effort to boost attendance.IntroductionSoft skills are an important aspect of engineering education. The Accredation Board forEngineering and Technology lists several soft, or professional, skills that should be covered inthe engineering curriculum: communication, teamwork, ethical responsibility, and lifelonglearning [1]. While students are expected to have these skills, there is evidence of a
educationthat include the complete process of design, problem and background, plan and implement, testand evaluate, apply science, engineering, and mathematics, engineering thinking, conceptions ofengineers and engineering, engineering tools, issues, solutions, and impacts, ethics, teamwork,and communication related to engineering. Although these are all essential factors for a holisticengineering education, for this study, we focus on one aspect, problem and background, toanalyze how the teacher uses problem scoping engineering talk. Problem scoping and understanding the problem is a major task for engineering designersbecause engineers are “rarely… given a specific, well-defined problem to solve” [8, pp. 12]. Indesign, “problem setting is as
pens with PLA filament), and 3D printers (MakerBot Replicator Mini,MakerBot Replicator). Participants were introduced to the Nomad CNC milling machine in thecollaborative university makerspace through a demo; however, they were not required to createprojects with it. Specific activities in the 3D explorations unit included: ● Week 6: 3D Printing: 3D CAD Modeling, Ethics, & Replicability ● Week 7: Wearable Forms: 3D Pendants, Rings, Bracelets, & Modular Pieces ● Week 8: 3D Scanning: The Case of the Missing Piece ● Week 9: Choose Your Own 3D Exploration, Gallery Walk Presentation & DiscussionSet up in a similar manner to the 2D area, this area focuses on tools that work with 3D materials,including modeling clay, blocks