Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Technical Session - Instructional Technology 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Kay Camarillo P.E., University of the Pacific; Luke S. Lee P.E., University of the Pacific; Ciara Swan MFA-W, University of the Pacific

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

engineering ethics curriculum. This study provides valuableinformation on how students view AI and provides a framework for instruction of AI in existingcivil engineering courses. AI holds great promise for civil engineering, but caution is necessarywhen applying this technology so that it is incorporated in a way that preserves the reliability andreputation of the profession.IntroductionThe use of generative artificial intelligence (referred to herein as AI) has become widespread.Although the concept of AI is not new—it has been around since at least the 1950s—AI usagehas increased recently due to advances in computing, algorithm development, and dataavailability. The increased interest in AI is apparent in scientific literature. A search of

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2005 GSW

Authors

J. M. Duff

intellectual property is a legal entity, itsmisuse is both a legal and ethical concern. Additionally, the fields of engineering andtechnology use IP as economic capital, so there are practicable business considerationsthat are beyond the ethical and legal.The important question is: what is the future of engineering and technology professionsas a generation of digitally-tuned students assume positions where decisions aboutintellectual property are made daily? Can we expect these individuals to makeappropriate professional decisions without specifically addressing the issue in ourcurricula? This legal and ethical issue is related to a general concern about cheating.Misappropriating intellectual property in the form of information (quotes, references

Conference Session

Social Responsibility and Social Justice I: Pedagogical Perspectives

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Devin R. Berg, University of Wisconsin, Stout; Tina Lee, University of Wisconsin, Stout

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Education, 2016 Incorporation of Liberal Education into the Engineering Curriculum at a PolytechnicAbstractTraditional engineering education often falls short when it comes to the inclusion of issues relatedto social justice, ethics, and globalization. While engineering programs are required to includeethics content for accreditation, most seem to rely primarily on general education electives,providing only a high-level overview and including the bare minimum in the program core. Thiscan lead to an inconsistent student experience and minimal exposure to topics which are criticallyimportant for achieving worldwide equity and operating responsibly in the engineeringworkplace. Given the role that engineers play in

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

W. Nicholas Delgass; Phillip C. Wankat; Frank S. Oreovicz

and learning to learn. The current status of incorporatingthe fourth criterion, ethical behavior, into the curriculum is probably adequate. The finaltwo criteria still need increased effort. Results of a survey of practicing engineers showsthat laboratory and design courses and practical work experience are the most importantsources for learning to satisfy the soft criteria.I. IntroductionFor many years our industrial colleagues have been telling us that several soft skills suchas communication and teamwork are vitally important for the success of engineers inindustry. Many engineering schools have incorporated these skills into their curricula tovarying degrees.With the advent of ABET 2000 the soft skills have assumed a greater

Conference Session

Panel: AI and Engineering Technology Education: What, Why, How?

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jody Lee Alberd, Austin Peay State University; Mahesh Kumar Pallikonda, Austin Peay State University; Ravi C. Manimaran, Austin Peay State University

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

enablingthe development of interactive lab experiences, simulations, and practical exercises to integrateand create a greater understanding of AI capabilities. These innovations create authentic learningenvironments, equipping students with hands-on experience and honing their problem-solvingskills. This study also scrutinizes the ethical implications and challenges tied to theincorporation of Generative AI in education. It emphasizes the need for unbiased AI algorithmsand responsible usage while calling for comprehensive training and support for instructors inharnessing this innovative technology. In conclusion, this study intends to demonstrate that harnessing Generative AI inengineering technology education has the potential to

Conference Session

Professional Papers

Collection

2025 ASEE Southeast Conference

Authors

Adeel Khalid, Kennesaw State University; Sanjeev Adhikari, Kennesaw State University

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Professional Papers

] suggestspotential biases and ethical issues, indicating that future research should address these concernsand develop user-friendly AI tools for education.From the learner’s perspective, Sokhibov et al. (2024) [5] suggested that AI can improve teachingeffectiveness, learning outcomes, and accessibility, but also raise concerns about data privacy,algorithmic bias, and the changing role of educators [5]. Their study [5] examines thetransformative potential, challenges, and ethical implications of integrating AI into highereducation, aiming to enhance teaching efficacy, personalized learning, and inclusivity. Researchers[5] suggested that future research should develop ethical frameworks and regulatory mechanismsto ensure transparency, accountability, and

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Interdisciplinary Integration at the Course Level

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Romkey, University of Toronto

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

Practices Related to Sociotechnical Thinking in the Teaching of Undergraduate Engineering StudentsAs a global society, we face significant challenges, including environmental degradation andclimate change, increasing economic inequity, rapid urbanization and population growth, theexclusion of individuals and groups from different forms of social engagement, and concernswith privacy and security. Given the omnipresent nature of technology and its influence on ourlives, engineers must consider the ethical, environmental and sociological impacts of their work,and some engineering programs are considering new pedagogical methods and broaderframeworks to engage students in macroethics, sociotechnical thinking and engineering for

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - GIFTS

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey W. Fergus P.E., Auburn University; Jessica Bowers, Auburn University - Samuel Ginn College of Engineering

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

First-Year StudentsIntroductionDiscussion of engineering curriculum development often focuses on technical knowledge andskills needed to prepare students to design engineering solutions. However, the context in whichthese solutions are applied is important as indicated in the first cannon in the National Society ofProfessional Engineers (NSPE) Code of Ethics which states that "engineers shall hold paramountthe safety, health, and welfare of the public" [1]. The focus on preparing students for thetechnical demands of engineering design may lead to them not fully appreciating the societalimpact of engineering solutions. Cech [2] studied the evolution of the interest of students inpublic welfare issues, such as ethical responsibilities

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Ethics and Acting Director, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, at the University of Wisconsin-Stout. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Exploring, Documenting, and Improving Humanitarian Service Learning through Engineers Without Borders USAAbstractExploring, Documenting, and Improving Humanitarian Service Learning through Engineerswithout Borders-USA is a four-year project exploring a variety of challenges and opportunities inuniversity-based service learning programs. Specifically, this project looks holistically at theinception and evolution of a new Engineers Without Borders USA chapter, while analyzingcharacteristics, values, and demographics of individuals involved

Conference Session

Research on Diversification, Inclusion, and Empathy II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Justin L Hess, Purdue University - West Lafayette; Nicholas D. Fila, Purdue University

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Paper ID #16281The Development and Growth of Empathy Among Engineering StudentsDr. Justin L Hess, Purdue University - West Lafayette Justin L. Hess received his PhD from Purdue University’s School of Engineering Education along with his Master’s of Science and Bachelor of Science from Purdue’s School of Civil Engineering. Justin is currently a Postdoctoral Researcher in the STEM Education Research Institute at IUPUI. Justin’s research interests include developing pedagogical strategies to improve STEM students’ ethical reasoning skills; exploring the role of empathy within design, innovation and sustainability

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Experience in Assessing Technological Literacy

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denise M Wilson, University of Washington; Cheryl Allendoerfer, University of Washington; Ryan C. Campbell, University of Washington; Elizabeth Burpee; Mee Joo Kim, University of Washington- Seattle

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

create a self-designed degree program in the emerging field of Engineering Education Research via the Graduate School’s interdisciplinary Individual Ph.D. Program. Ryan holds an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Republic of Korea, and a B.S. in Engineering Science from Colorado State University, Fort Collins. Ryan’s research interests include: engineering education, ethics, humanitarian engineering, and computer modeling of electric power and renewable energy systems.Elizabeth BurpeeMs. Mee Joo Kim, University of Washington- Seattle Mee Joo Kim is a Ph.D. student in College of Education at University of Washington. She received her M.Ed. in Social Foundations (2009) from the Curry

Conference Session

Division for Experimentation & Lab-oriented Studies Technical Session 4

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natasha Smith P.E., University of Virginia; Andrew Jason Hill, University of Southern Indiana; Tom McDonald, University of Southern Indiana

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

education requirements for all bachelor degree programs. The new requirements include two“Writing Intensive” experience courses to be ‘embedded’ within a disciplinary topic. In addition toaddressing the need for instruction in technical communication, the new course adds experientiallearning and ethics to the sophomore engineering curriculum.The format of this course is a 3 hour per week, combined lecture + laboratory, worth 2 credit hours.The syllabus has four content modules and an oral presentation module. Content includes exper-imental methods, design, and technical writing. The experimental methods component includesmeasurement error, calibration, experimental uncertainty propagation, and statistical analysis ofdata. Writing and oral

Collection

2025 Northeast Section Conference

Authors

Kalyan Khatry; Reihaneh Samsami

systems, personalized assessments, and competency-presenting both unprecedented opportunities and formidable based models, are discussed alongside real-world applicationschallenges. This study describes the transformative role of of Gen AI in engineering practice. At the same time, criticalgenerative AI in engineering education and identifies both the ethical considerations (academic integrity, bias, and fairness)potential benefits and the inherent dangers. Academic integrityissues, overdependence on AI-generated solutions, and the are looked at as challenges that must be managed

Collection

2013 EDI

Authors

Davy McDowell

Systems) • Power• Ethics and Business Practices • Electromagnetics• Engineering Economics • Control Systems• Engineering Mechanics (Statics • Communications and Dynamics) • Signal Processing• Strength of Materials • Electronics• Material Properties (now • Digital Systems Properties of Electrical Materials) • Computer Systems• Fluid MechanicsThe new FE Elec./Comp. exam• Mathematics • Signal Processing• Probability and Statistics • Electronics• Ethics and Professional • Power Practice • Electromagnetics• Engineering Economics • Control Systems• Properties of Electrical

Conference Session

Unique Student Opportunities in BME

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Linsenmeier, Northwestern University; Jean Alley, Vanderbilt University; Penny Hirsch, Northwestern University; Stacy Klein-Gardner; Julie Greenberg, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Mark Bourgeois, Northwestern University

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Biomedical

Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology (HST). She received a Ph.D. in Medical Engineering from the HST (1994). Dr. Greenberg’s interests include signal processing for hearing aids and cochlear implants, as well as research in bioengineering education.Mark Bourgeois, Northwestern University Mark Bourgeois is a PhD student in Philosophy at Loyola University Chicago as well as the Administrator of the Northwestern site of the VaNTH ERC. He teaches ethics in biomedical engineering courses at Northwestern and in the VaNTH summer REU program, as well as a dedicated course in ethics in regulation in the Northwestern School of Continuing Studies graduate program

Conference Session

Using Classroom Technologies

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jana Whittington, Purdue University, Calumet; Joy Colwell, Purdue University, Calumet

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Educational Research and Methods

, the availabilityof Internet resources has contributed to the growth of plagiarism among learners. Learners mayplagiarize because it is the norm, or because they do not know they are plagiarizing, or they donot have the time to read and cite sources. Some researchers have stated that the main form ofcheating [among college students] is plagiarism and that as faculty our role is to educate them onthe ethics of cheating”. Campbell (2001) stated “Teachers’ own philosophical orientations,conscious or not, to moral and ethical issues will ultimately determine how they interpret theirprofessional obligations and their role as moral agents”. Online learning, social collaborationtools and resources open the classroom to a world of knowledge. Given the

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Trends in Construction Engineering Education I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Enno Koehn, Lamar University; Kishore Gopal Vaska, Lamar University; Kartik Paruchuri, Lamar University; James Koehn, Chadron State College

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Construction

andcontemporary issues, the senior seminar was revised to include a section on this subject area. Aquestionnaire was also distributed that was designed to measure student perceptions of variousengineering and ethical issues. The findings are illustrated in Table 1 and are described, in part,in the following sections. Table 1. Questionnaire of contemporary issues. Engineering Issues Student perception Correct (%) Partially Incorrect (%) Correct (%) Specifically, What is the number of professional development 30 5 65

Conference Session

Literature and Research Perspectives on Engineering Leadership Development

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Lamb P.E., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Werner Zorman, Harvey Mudd College; Alicia M. Kinoshita, San Diego State University; Natalie Mladenov, San Diego State University

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Engineering Leadership Development

used todescribe leadership. The results of the survey show students, faculty, and practitioners all seeleadership as something that is learned more than born into an individual. That said, faculty andindustry have a more nuanced view of leadership than do students as some of them felt that thetraits of a leader are very important while students rated ‘born traits’ at merely ‘somewhat’important. The open-ended responses also help inform the researchers that faculty and studentssee leadership as a self-development process or a process of learning how to engage others.Very few faculty and students identified leadership as a tool to lead a cause. A similarly smallnumber identified leadership with the ethical dimension. Faculty are already using

Conference Session

Track: Special Topic - Social Justice & Reform Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

Dianne Grayce Hendricks, University of Washington; Celina Gunnarsson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Camille Birch, University of Washington

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Diversity, Special Topic: Social Justice & Reform

Paper ID #24893Design and Implementation of an Engineering for Social Justice CurriculumDr. Dianne Grayce Hendricks, University of Washington Dr. Dianne Hendricks is a Lecturer in the Department of Human Centered Design and 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 with disabilities and also leads outreach

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Marion Hagler; John Chandler; A. Dean Fontenot

literarydepictions of engineering practice, students develop insight into such issues as culturalperspectives regarding engineering, ethical considerations affecting engineers, women inengineering, engineering politics, and various other issues that first-year students rarelyhave an opportunity to consider. In addition, students have the option of taking a first-year composition course, Essentials of College Rhetoric, that is especially designed tocomplement the content of the first-year engineering course, in which they examine andwrite about ethical, political, historical, and technical issues that shape the role ofengineering in our culture and specifically focuses on engineers as writers in theworkplace. The writing course was developed in collaboration

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Jack Waintraub

aspects oftechnician education are dealt with. The creation of an innovative associate degree program toserve as a model for restructuring technician education in general, but specifically, engineeringtechnician education provides a vehicle for the development of curricular elements andinstructional strategies.The new MECOMTRONICS ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY program responds directly tothe need for technicians who can function in the high-performance workplace and performmultiple work roles. This multifunctional technician will be skilled in the areas of mechanical,computers, telecommunication and electronics technology. The Mecomtronics, who willfunction with an awareness of the ethical, economic and environmental issues that impact onsociety, will

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark A. Shields; John P. O'Connell

sixty years. One of the most recent foci of interest in liberal education atUVA–SEAS is a cross-disciplinary emphasis on professional development. In earlier papers, wediscussed the development and implementation of the UVA–SEAS Professional Developmentframework.3, 4, 5 This paper elaborates on one cardinal attribute of that framework–TechnologicalCapability–and its implications for integrating liberal learning and technical engineeringeducation.Technological CapabilityTechnological Capability refers to the capacity of engineers to integrate technical expertise,sociocultural analysis, and professional ethics in analyzing and solving real-world engineeringproblems. It stipulates that graduates should possess the fundamental, historical

Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kanti Prasad

A case study of eradicating weakness in accreditation owing to vital role played by industrial and government leaders in academia Kanti Prasad, Ph.D.; P.E. Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Massachusetts Lowell Lowell MA 01854 Kanti_Prasad@uml.eduIntroduction In the fall of 2000, we were visited by ABET for regular accreditation forour Electrical Engineering Program. We were cited ‘weakness’ in our course16.499 Capstone Project. Although the design content was of great quality, but itlacked in elucidating the design impact on society, its environmental implication,ethical content, and economic

Collection

2023 PSW

Authors

Tatyana Ryutov

Biomedical Data Privacy Issues and Solutions: An Interdisciplinary Graduate School Course Tatyana Ryutov, University of Southern CaliforniaAbstractThe course was developed for graduate students interested in exploring privacy concerns in healthcare, the currentlaw and governing regulations, and learning and applying the existing and emerging technologies to address theseconcerns. Biomedical data privacy is an interdisciplinary problem, and this course touches on issues inbioinformatics, computer science, law and policy, and ethics. This paper describes the design of our biomedicalprivacy course, the learning objectives, teaching materials and methods, the supporting learning

Conference Session

Technological and Engineering Literacy - Philosophy of Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder

Faculty Director of the Sustainable By Design Residential Academic Program (2014-2017), Director of the Environmental Engineering program (2006-2010), and ABET Assessment Coordinator for the CEAE Department (2008-2018). Bielefeldt is active in the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), serving on the Civil Engineering Program Criteria Task Committee (2019-2022) and the Body of Knowledge 3 Task Committee (2016-2018). She is the Senior Editor for the International Journal for Service Learning in Engineering (IJSLE) and a Deputy Editor for the ASCE Journal of Civil Engineering Education. Her research focuses on engineering education, including ethics, social responsibility, sustainable engineering, and community

Collection

2023 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

Authors

Alexis Capitano; John Cook; Kathryn Johnson

interview responses – was collectedin Fall 2021 at a public university in Western Canada as part of a larger study on macroethics andsocial justice. Eight faculty affiliated with engineering departments consented to be interviewedfor the study. Coding and analysis performed by this paper’s three authors resulted in six relevantcategories to help us understand the data, which might help to improve the curriculum in the future.The six categories that the authors discovered through the qualitative research process are outdatedacademics, cheating, non-technical skills, innovation, ethical responsibility, and greater purpose.We observed that ethical responsibility and greater purpose were more often described as fosteredin the context of the post

Conference Session

Liberal Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Meyer, Clarkson University; Dick Pratt, Clarkson University

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Liberal Education

personal, societal, andprofessional ethics, and (d) understanding how technology can be used to serve mankind. Eachof these components is introduced early in the curriculum, reinforced in subsequent courses, andemphasized in upper division courses. This curriculum also emphasizes professionaldevelopment through outcomes in professional responsibility and ethics, and by engaging thestudent in a professional experience such as co-op, internship, directed research or otherexperiential learning activity related to the student's professional goals.This paper presents a brief summary of the development process that led to the ClarksonCommon Experience Curriculum. We discuss the relationship of this process to other curriculardevelopments in higher

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curriculum and Course Development

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

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

Collection

2025 ASEE PSW Conference

Authors

Xianglong Wang, University of California, Davis; Vincent Tran, University of California, Davis; Gabriela Lee, University of California, Davis; Sadie Jean Davis, Mariko Chang Consulting, Inc. and Sadie J Davis Consulting LLC; Mary Spooner; Mariko Chang; Andrew X Stewart, NextSense EEG; Christopher John Nitta, University of California, Davis; Tiffany Marie Chan, University of California, Davis; Angelika Aldea Tamura, University of California, Davis; Xin Liu, University of California, Davis; Gene Gurkoff, University of California, Davis; Wilsaan M Joiner, University of California, Davis; Erkin Seker, University of California, Davis; Karen A Moxon, University of California Davis

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Diversity

focused on promoting diversity in the next generation ofneuroengineers to perform convergent science by integrating the latest advanced in neuroscience,engineering, and computer science in an ethical way. NeuralStorm promotes diversity andconvergent science by integrating multiple programs on campus, with core members beingneuroscience, psychology, biomedical engineering, computer science, mechanical and aerospaceengineering, and electrical and computer engineering. The program has since enrolled 16 fundedPh.D. student fellows, of whom 8 are women and 3 are underrepresented minorities. Everystudent who is interested in neuroengineering can register as an unfunded trainee and attend theevents organized by NeuralStorm. An additional 77 Ph.D

Conference Session

Committee on Educational Policy Presents: Pillars of Our Curriculum

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Topics

Diversity

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

Academic Program, a living-learning community where students learned about and practice sustainability. Bielefeldt is a licensed P.E. Professor Bielefeldt’s research interests in engineering education include service-learning, sustainable engineering, social responsibility, ethics, and diversity. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Integration of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Topics into a First-Year Introduction to Civil Engineering CourseAbstractThis paper presents an example of how diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) topics have beenintegrated into an Introduction to Civil Engineering course for first-year (FY) students. DEIissues were integrated into the