Conference Session

Sociotechnical Systems in Practice

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marie Stettler Kleine, Colorado School of Mines; Aubrey Wigner, Colorado School of Mines; Dean Nieusma, Colorado School of Mines; Chelsea Salinas, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

more focused learning targets through performanceindicators. For example, we have devised performance indicators to expanded ABET EACStudent outcome 4: “an ability 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” [8]. Theseperformance indicators are: • Recognize mutual impact between engineering designs and global, environmental, and societal contexts • Anticipate the likelihood of engineered solutions impact on global, economic, environmental, or social settings • Acknowledge variations of ethics • Redefine ethical solution requirements in

Conference Session

Student Division (STDT) Technical Session 3: Student Innovative Practice

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eisa A. Khawaja, Alpharetta High School; Hoda Ehsan, The Hill School

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Student Division (STDT)

lower elementary [3]. Research suggests emerging technologies have great potential toimprove learning and help students develop an interest in science, technology, engineering, andmathematics (STEM) [1]. In essence, academia, non-profits, and for-profits have begun todevelop AI curricula and resources for pre-college education [2]. The Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology (MIT) recently released ‘The Middle School AI + Ethics Curriculum,’ whichintegrates ethics in technical lessons to develop students’ ethical design skills [2].BackgroundArtificial Intelligence in Pre-College EducationArtificial Intelligence (AI) in literature is defined as “the science and engineering of creatingintelligent machines” [4, p. 2]. AI is a branch of CS that merges

Conference Session

Session 4: Focus on the Americas

Collection

2017 EDI

Authors

Cecilia Paredes

excellence, leaders,entrepreneurs, with solid moral and ethical values tocontribute to the development of the country, impelling itssocial, economic, environmental and political scopes.To do research, technology transference and high qualityextension to serve society. ESPOL in numbers: Professors 928 Professors and Instructors239 Professors with doctorate degreeAll Professors with Master’s and Ph.D. Degree87 Professors currently as Ph.D. Students26 Graduates as M.Sc. Students ESPOL in numbers: Students WOMEN MEN 41% 59% 31 Undergraduate Programs: around 11,000 students 16 Graduate Programs: around 1,500 students Education: our point

Conference Session

First-year Programs: Student Perceptions and Perspectives

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

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

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Chair in Ethics and Acting Director, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, at the University of Wisconsin-Stout. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Student Perceptions of First-Year Engineering Justice CurriculumAbstractThis complete research paper will describe our qualitative analysis of the impacts of a first-yearengineering course which includes curricular elements of social justice, social responsibility, andethics. We present our interpretation of four interesting results that came out of our mixed-methods study (n=231) in which we surveyed students taking a first-year engineering course ontheir perceptions of the role of engineering in society and the world. We find that while a

Collection

2024 South East Section Meeting

Authors

Bryn Elizabeth Seabrook, University of Virginia

forms of content suchas text, code, images, and more. Unlike traditional AI, generative AI is not limited to predefinedrules and patterns, but rather creates new content based on machine learning algorithms. Whilethere are various examples of generative AI like Bard, DALL-E, Midjourney, and DeepMind,only one example gained popularity seemingly overnight: ChatGPT. OpenAI launched ChatGPTon November 30, 2022. Social media users immediately posted about the uses of the applicationincluding travel planning, writing short stories, and creating code. ChatGPT attracted over onemillion users in the first five days of going public [1]. With the instant popularity also camequestions of ethical use and implementation. Could ChatGPT create job displacement

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeong-Hee Kim, Texas Tech University; Ryan C. Campbell, Texas Tech University; Ngan T.T. Nguyen, Texas Tech University; Roman Taraban, Texas Tech University; Danny D. Reible P.E., Texas Tech University; Chongzheng Na, Texas Tech University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

currently facilitates an interdisciplinary project entitled ”Developing Reflective Engineers through Artful Methods.” His scholarly interests include both teaching and research in engineering education, art in engineering, social justice in engineering, care ethics in engineering, humanitarian engineering, engineering ethics, and computer modeling of electric power and renewable energy systems.Ms. Ngan T.T. Nguyen, Texas Tech University Ngan Nguyen is a research assistant and doctoral student in the Department of Curriculum and Instruc- tion at Texas Tech University. Her research is focused on fostering the learning experiences of Asian international graduate students in higher education.Dr. Roman Taraban, Texas Tech

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division - Integration of Engineering and/or Technical Rigor with Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice (DEIJ)

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen Sanford, Lafayette College; Philip Parker, University of Wisconsin - Platteville; Frederick Paige, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Rodolfo Valdes-Vasquez, Colorado State University; Elizabeth Diacik, Lafayette College; Timothy Larsen, Lafayette College; Peter Canevari, Lafayette College

practices have been documented as a contributor tothe lack of gender and ethinic diversity in engineering. Re-contextualizing civil engineeringcourses has shown to increase students' motivation, sense of social responsibility, and agency.The ASCE Code of Ethics states that “Engineers … first and foremost, protect the health, safety,and welfare of the public,” a notion that was first added to the code in 1977. In recent years,some civil and environmental engineering (CEE) faculty members and programs have respondedto this ethical imperative by re-contextualizing civil engineering education in relation to thecommunities (“the public”) the civil engineer is ethically obligated to protect and serve. Todetermine the extent of these efforts to re

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Monday 5-Minute Work-in-Progress Postcard Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica A. Kuczenski, Santa Clara University; Tricia Serviss, Santa Clara University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

in two different disciplines. Overall, the project aims to demonstrate student competencein four areas of particular interest including audience, ethics, summary and design. We willassess student knowledge using survey questions in each of our targeted areas along with qualityassessment of the assignment using a shared rubric. Additionally, we hope that we can capturemore longitudinal student information in comparison with first-year and senior students overtime. Preliminary results presented in this work in progress report will include examples ofstudent created infographics analyzed in our four assessment areas from both courses and surveydata from our initial student cohorts.Introduction:There are a number of concepts and skills that are

Conference Session

Engineering for Social Justice

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Catalano, State University of New York-Binghamton; Caroline Baillie, Queens University-Kingston

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

of Education for Peace, Democracy and SustainableDevelopment and suggests modifications to the ABET criteria; proposes an engineeringcode of ethics based upon the notion of community in a morally deep world; anddescribes an engineering design algorithm consistent with the new code.Key words: Integral model, morally deep world, ethics, designIntroductionThe phrase, “a revolution of the heart,” is taken from the Catholic Workers movement,founded in the 1933 by Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin, a movement grounded in therecognition of the dignity of every human being and dedicated to promoting social justiceand peace.1 The present work seeks to bring the concepts of social justice and peace intoreform discussions ongoing in both engineering and

Conference Session

First Year Engineering

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Irene B Mena, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sarah E Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Thomas A. Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Page 23.559.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Examining the Experiences and Perceptions of First-Year Engineering StudentsAbstractThe College of Engineering at a mid-Atlantic research University is working on a multi-yearstudy that seeks to understand the undergraduate engineering experience and how engineeringundergraduates are being prepared to become engineers of 2020: engineers who are goodcommunicators, creative, and ethical, and who have the skills to work in global andmultidisciplinary teams. One of the components of this study consists of understanding the first-year engineering experience.The purpose of this paper is to describe the first

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Technology Courses

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Cottrell, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

as they appear in the ABET criterion: e. An ability to function effectively on teams. g. An ability to communicate effectively. h. A recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in lifelong learning i. An ability to understand professional, ethical and social responsibilities. j. A respect for diversity and knowledge of contemporary professional, societal and global issues. k. A commitment to quality, timeliness, and continuous improvement.Although generally considered a “non-technical” course, this paper describes the use of a juniorprofessional seminar to provide a unique perspective on integrating engineering disciplines in theclassroom as a model of their

Conference Session

Technical Session M5C

Collection

2022 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Kelly Salyards P.E., Bucknell University; Benjamin B Wheatley, Bucknell University; Katsuyuki Wakabayashi, Bucknell University

Tagged Topics

Full Papers

Development and is active with ASCE’s ExCEEd Workshop.Dr. Benjamin B Wheatley, Bucknell University Benjamin Wheatley was awarded a B.Sc. degree in Engineering from Trinity College (Hartford, CT, USA) in 2011 and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Colorado State University (Fort Collins, CO, USA) in 2017. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Bucknell University (Lewisburg, PA, USA). His pedagogical areas of interest include active learning ap- proaches, ethics, and best practices as they relate to computational modeling. He runs the Mechanics and Modeling of Orthopaedic Tissues Laboratory at Bucknell, where they use computational and experimental techniques to better

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session 1: Methods Refresh: Approaches to Data Analysis in Engineering Education Research

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas D. Fila, Iowa State University; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; Justin L. Hess, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Dayoung Kim, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Alison J. Kerr, University of Tulsa; Andrew O. Brightman, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Michael C. Loui, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

design, engineering ethics, and leadership.Dr. Justin L. Hess, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis Dr. Justin L Hess is the Assistant Director of the STEM Education Innovation and Research Institute and an Adjunct Assistant Professor of STEM Education Research in the Department of Technology Leader- ship and Communication at IUPUI. Dr. Hess’s research interests include exploring empathy’s functional role in engineering and design; designing STEM ethics curricula; and evaluating learning in the spaces of design, ethics, and sustainability. Previously, Justin worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Wel- don School of Biomedical Engineering at Purdue University where he created and refined ethical

Conference Session

Project-Based Learning

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sudhir Kaul, Western Carolina University; Bill Yang, Western Carolina University; Robert Scott Pierce P.E., Western Carolina University; Wesley L. Stone, Western Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Speaker) Concept Sketches Engineering Project Management: Analysis 5 of Alternatives Engineering Project Management: Failure Report – Preliminary concept 6 Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) selection Engineering Ethics (case studies and guest Report – Final concept design and 7 speaker) project schedule 8 Mid-term Project Presentation Presentation – proof-of-concept 9 Professional Behavior (Guest Speaker) Reflection on ethical behavior 10 Professional

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yanna Lambrinidou, Virginia Tech; Nathan E Canney, Seattle University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

engineering ethics course ”Engineering Ethics and the Public,” which she has been co-teaching to students in engineering and science.Dr. Nathan E Canney, Seattle University Dr. Canney teaches civil engineering at Seattle University. His research focuses on engineering educa- tion, specifically the development of social responsibility in engineering students. Other areas of interest include ethics, service learning, and the role of the public in engineering decisions. Dr. Canney re- ceived bachelors degrees in Civil Engineering and Mathematics from Seattle University, a masters in Civil Engineering from Stanford University with an emphasis on structural engineering, and a PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of

Conference Session

Green and Sustainable Manufacturing Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso; Richard Chiou, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Paras Mandal, University of Texas, El Paso; Eric D Smith, University of Texas, El Paso; Radian G Belu, Drexel University (Tech.); Oscar H. Salcedo, University of Texas, El Paso

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

5TH ANNUAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING DAY INNOVATIVE GREEN SYSTEMS OF SYSTEMS UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO GREEN ENERGY MANUFACTURING WORKSHOP SCHEDULE (Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education) THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 2013 Time Location Description Presenter(s) 1:00 – 2:30pm EPNGCC Dr. Louis Everett Essential Ethics for Leadership Program Director, NSF

Conference Session

FPD 7: Beyond Course Content

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Nathan E. Canney PE, Seattle University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

research related to learning through service (LTS), social responsibility, sustainability, ethics, and globalization.Dr. Nathan E Canney PE, Seattle University Nathan is currently an instructor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering department at Seattle Univer- sity, teaching courses in mechanics and structural design. His research focuses on engineering education, specifically the development of social responsibility in engineering students. As part of that research focus, engineering based service experiences, such as service-learning or Engineers Without Borders, are being examined as potential educational interventions that could be used to promote increased views of social responsibility in engineering

Conference Session

Social Justice and the Curriculum: Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn O'Harra, The University of Alabama

work introduces and summarizes a pioneering Engineering Honors program, EngineeringPositive and Intentional Change (EPIC), launched jointly by the University of Alabama (UA)Honors College and College of Engineering in 2021. EPIC is an Honors minor forEngineering/Computer Science undergraduates, which focuses on developing Diversity-Equity-Inclusion (DEI) advocates and fostering well-rounded, ethical scholars, with an appreciation forthe intersection of culture, humanities, and engineering. This transdisciplinary program willprovide the yearly cohort with the resources to be active agents of change in their futureworkplaces, with an understanding of how engineering disciplines are intertwined with conceptsincluding: environmental responsibility

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 6: Monitoring, Evaluating and Research

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn Johnson, Colorado School of Mines

of this paper, I propose three definitions aligned with engineeringresearch, and then later examine attributes of other possible definitions from the data collected inthe study.Macroethics and microethics were defined by Joseph Herkert in [8] in a paper that reflected onvarious viewpoints of engineering ethics: “Putting all these frameworks together, an interesting pattern emerges. Engineering ethics can be viewed from three frames of reference—individual, professional and social— which can be divided into ‘microethics’ concerned with ethical decision making by individual engineers and the engineering profession’s internal relationships, and ‘macroethics’ referring to the profession’s collective social

Collection

2025 Northeast Section Conference

Authors

Teresa Piliouras; Steffi Crasto; Chinmay Dharap; Pui Lam Yu; Navarun Gupta

/university) and or fabricate fake personas for identity theft and fraud.individuals in the workplace to become discerning users and Simultaneously, news and information sources areethical stewards of technology. Key themes include: i) Buildingthe Learning Paradigm: Establishing critical thinking, digital harder to authenticate, with contradictory narrativesliteracy, and cybersecurity as foundational elements in education emerging across outlets, making it increasinglyand workplace training. Understanding ethical, social, and difficult to assess accuracy

Conference Session

Information Literacy Integration and Assessment

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna Riley, Smith College; Rocco Piccinino, Smith College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

; and assisted student teams per request as they progressed with their projects. The courseprofessor assigned reading on information literacy; conducted a class discussion on informationliteracy in the broader context of intentional learning and reflective judgment; developed ahomework assignment designed to practice information retrieval and evaluation skills; reviewedthese skills on a midterm exam; reinforced information literacy skills on assignments includingproblem sets and ethics case analyses; and incorporated information literacy throughout the LCAproject and specifically through an LCA annotated bibliography assignment.Assessment data from student work as well as course surveys and focus groups provide feedbackon student learning and

Conference Session

Assessment of Engineering Leadership Skills

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary L. Winn, West Virginia University; Jeremy M. Slagley, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Leadership Development Division

itself is sometimesreplacing manager with leader as in project leader. But merely changing the title because leadersounds like a person who will do the right things and not just do things right doesn’t validate whatthe person actually does. A safety leader on a construction site may actually be a leader in nameonly, or worse, exhibit what has been called toxic leadership which puts his or her needs abovethose of the organization and its members.Academics are no better than industry when it comes to confusing leadership-in-name-only withunderstanding what and how a leader actually does. The American Society of MechanicalEngineers surveyed 68 academic department chairs about communication, ethics and leadershipknowledge and skills among their

Collection

2025 Northeast Section Conference

Authors

Jun Zhang; Peter Cavanaugh; Dan Tenney

2025 ASEE Northeast Section Conference, March 22, 2025, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT, USA. AI-enhanced Open Educational Practices (AIOEP) Managing Security, Privacy, and Ethics of Artificial Intelligence in Engineering Education Peter Cavanaugh Jun Zhang, Department of Technology Management Department of Technology Management University of Bridgeport University of Bridgeport Bridgeport, CT, USA Bridgeport, CT, USA

Conference Session

Empathy and Human-centered Design 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Xi Wang P.E., University of Mount Union; Minhao Dai, Kennesaw State University; Gabriella Cataloni, University of Mount Union

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

engineering design course that aims to enhance theengineering design and engineering disciplines for first-year students in liberal arts universities.Specifically, we examined what learning objectives in this course motivated students. Moreimportantly, the study explored whether these motivations aligned with teacher’s perceptions ofmotivation, and how these motivations varied based on student demographics. The course isdesigned as a highly interactive seminar-style course that explores all aspects of the engineeringprofession, including engineering disciplines, education, creativity and design process, andengineers’ professional and ethical responsibilities. Students here implement the engineeringdesign process to develop prototypes that solve

Conference Session

Redefining the Boundaries of Engineering and Liberal Education: Contributions to the Year of Dialogue

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Grimson, Dublin Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

of the inherentlyphilosophical character of engineering, philosophy may actually function as a means to greaterengineering self-understanding. This paper argues that academic programmes could usefullyinclude a module on ‘Philosophy in Engineering’ in the undergraduate engineering curriculum toprovide that enhanced self-understanding, and in turn to relate that understanding to the greatercommunity and contribute therefore to engineers being more accountable to society. The methodused in this paper to characterize engineering is based on the direct use of the activities thatcorrespond to the five classical branches of Philosophy – namely Epistemology, Metaphysics,Ethics, Logic, and Aesthetics. The paper also briefly considers Post-modernism

Conference Session

FPD1 -- Implementing a First-Year Engineering Course

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenny Lo, Virginia Tech; Vinod Lohani, Virginia Tech; Odis Griffin, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

2006-982: FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF A NEW FORMAT FOR FRESHMANENGINEERING COURSE AT VIRGINIA TECHJenny Lo, Virginia Tech Jenny Lo is an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. She is the co-coordinator of the first semester engineering course and has been involved with educational projects related to freshmen programs, engineering ethics, and undergraduate research.Vinod Lohani, Virginia Tech Vinod Lohani is an associate professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. He is the co-coordinator of the first semester engineering course and has been involved in many educational research projects including a departmental level reform

Conference Session

Integrating H&SS in Engineering III

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rosalyn Berne

across the United States. They and their institutions’ names are held inanonymity.Originally, 50 individual researchers were asked to participate. Thirty five said, ‘yes,’ andmet with me once. Twenty three have met with me twice, and I anticipate that by the timeof this writing, eighteen of those will have completed or were scheduled for a thirdconversation, and one will have had a fourth. It could be argued that the group of twentythree continuing participants is a self-select group. It is likely that those who continue tomake themselves available for these discussions probably have a genuine interest inreflecting on the meaning and ethics of their work in nanotechnology. They may havebeen predisposed to participate. I began meeting with

Conference Session

Development Around Diversity

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Rebekah Oulton P.E., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo ; Tessa Gail Gallagher, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo ; Claire Katherine Anovick, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

systems’” [7].Several previous studies have been devoted to studying trends surrounding social justice inengineering and to maintaining student engagement with the social surroundings of theirprojects. In one paper, George Catalano and Caroline Baillie explored the influence thatengineers have on justice and peace, concluding that engineering ethics should be expanded tothe overall social impact a product of engineering creates [8]. Catalano explores this further byexamining engineering ethics as described within different professional engineeringorganizations. He poses that the main issue with engineering ethics is the demand that anengineer should work to protect the public without a specific definition of who that includes.Rather, the author

Conference Session

Technical Session II

Collection

2018 FYEE Conference

Authors

Tiago R Forin, Rowan University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, FYEE Conference Sessions

take an introductory course in thefundamentals of engineering. In this course, students learn the fundamentals of engineering thatthey will use for years to come. Beyond helpful tools such as CAD and other computer software,the course offers students a chance to explore other topics relevant to engineering. This includes,disciplinary boundaries of engineering, engineering ethics, and the design process. While thesetopics can be given a cursory lecture, there exists opportunities to expand on these themes andtopics. Given practices of inclusive classrooms, a faculty member can create engaging ways tohave students explore these topics and encourage the development of good research skills andcritical thinking. Inclusive practices can include

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Enno 'Ed' Koehn

level. They include: an ability to apply knowledge ofmathematics, science, and engineering; an ability to identify, formulate and solve engineeringproblems; and an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility. In contrast, all threegroups rate a knowledge of contemporary issues at a relatively lower score. The foregoingattributes are among those that have been proposed by the Accreditation Board for Engineeringand Technology (ABET) as criteria that should be satisfied in order to be awarded an accreditedengineering degree.IntroductionOver the years there have been studies conducted by employers and varioustechnical/professional organizations to revise the engineering curriculum to ensure that studentsare prepared for the future