design or engineering ethics. Future workbeing considered in this course is to expand the use of these real world applications beyondlectures and into homework assignments and student discussion activities. Table 2: Summary of Quantitative Survey Responses Statement 1 Statement 2 Statement 3 Statement 4 Response Creating Connections Curiosity Creating Future Value Value Agree Start: Combined 65.0% 62.8% 54.4% 65.6% End: Control 71.8% 75.0% 68.5% 70.2% End: Test 80.5% 74.2
subcommittee chair on ABET’s Accreditation Council Training Committee. He was previously a Member-At-Large on the Computing Accreditation Commission Executive Committee and a Program Evaluator for both computer engineering and computer science. Estell is well-known for his significant contributions on streamlining student outcomes assessment processes and has been an invited presenter at the ABET Symposium on multiple occasions. He was named an ABET Fellow in 2021. Estell is also a founding member and current Vice President of The Pledge of the Computing Professional, an organization dedicated to the promotion of ethics in the computing professions. Estell is Professor of Computer Engineering and Computer Science at
students is key toproviding a positive experience for REU students.Effective communication was also important when students had multiple mentors. The structureof the NHERI REU Program contains a network of mentors. A student can have anywhere fromtwo (2) to four (4) mentors supporting their summer research goals. Sharing information tosupport students across this mentor network is also important. As another REU studenthighlighted, “My mentors were very good at communicating. I think it was vital for me to haveboth a faculty mentor and graduate mentor because they understood each other, and helpedexplain everything to me as well.”Demonstrated authentic care. Nel Noddings (YEAR) presents how the ethic of care isactionable. Faculty mentors displayed
Ansys GrantaEduPack™ in a computer lab (see example in Fig. 8). This provided the learners with more in-depth insights about material properties and introduced them to the concepts of materials selection.3.2 Survey QuestionnaireEthical approval of the survey was obtained from the University of Victoria Ethics Board(Protocol# 24-0472). The survey includes questions regarding the students’ experiences in thematerials science tutorials. Students were sent a survey link via email through the University-approved software SurveyMonkey, whereby students could decide to participate in the shortsurvey and submit their answers anonymously. To mitigate instructor influence on survey results,the survey link was sent out by neutral third-party
majoring in aerospace engineering. Guest Speaker topics will address the concerns ofprofessional aerospace engineers such as engineering ethics, continuing education, engineeringeconomy, social and safety considerations, and professional registration. Guest lecturers will beprimarily aerospace engineering practitioners, providing the students with an opportunity tointeract with professionals in their major field of interest.AE473 Stability and Control: This course introduces aircraft static and dynamic stability andcontrol. The course develops and provides the tools required to analyze and design the stabilityand control attributes of an aircraft in preparation for aircraft designAE481 Aerodynamics: A course on the fundamentals of incompressible
University of Prince Edward Island.In Sept/Oct 2023, each of these schools sent a link to their voluntary anonymous survey to allundergraduate engineering students from their institution. Each survey contained approximately45 questions, typically taking students 10-30 minutes to complete. Questions were primarilyyes/no, multiple-choice (inc. Likert scale), multi-choice, or sliding scale, and several included anopen-ended “other” response option. There were several fully open-ended questions that askedrespondents why they had responded as they did, to a prior question. Surveys were approved bythe human research ethics boards of all six participating institutions, and survey data wasgathered using SurveyMonkey™.The responses used in this specific
of cybersecurity principles and concepts,as well as cybersecurity tools. The course was offered in Spring 2019 and Spring 2020. The cy-bersecurity LOs were integrated into the coursework and contributed to students’ overall grades.The student learning outcomes for the course are as follows. The students should be able to: • Describe the fundamental cybersecurity principles, protocols, and standards; • Identify some of the common problems and solutions in the cybersecurity domain; • Use cybersecurity tools and operations to implement cybersecurity principles and protocols; • Analyze cybersecurity breaches and provide appropriate solutions; • Describe cybersecurity hygiene, ethics, auditing, and management of software
Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin”. [14]G. Russell.,Holism and holistic. BMJ, 2016. [15]R. A. Cheville,Becoming a Human Engineer: A Philosophical Inquiry into Engineering Education as Means or Ends. Cambridge: Ethics International Press, 2022. Accessed: Nov. 08, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://ethicspress.com/products/becoming-a-human-engineer-a-philosophical-inquiry-into-engineeri ng-education-as-means-or-ends
them to be successful in the end. They need to know that they can come totheir mentor with all the raw emotions of not knowing their goals or what their next move is. Itis theirs to shape into how they want to mold their futures, but they should feel assured byfaculty and staff that they will be there from point A to point B or Z if need be. REFERENCES[1] GALLUP and F. Lummina, "State of Higher Education 2024 Report," Lumina, Washington, D.C., 2024.[2] S. R. Covey, The seven habits of highly effective people: restoring the character ethic, New York: Simon and Schuster, 1989.[3] J. Pinchot, D. Cellante, S. Mishra and K. Paullet, "Student perceptions of challenges and the role of mentorship in
. For the qualityassurance in engineering education in American universities, some of the initialchallenges and pressures may be influenced by technical factors, but they are notlimited by simple technical difficulties, and also involve more important issues suchas ethics, culture, and fairness. In the process of vigorously promoting programaccreditation of engineering education, clear requirements have also been put forwardfor the evidence-support capability. The transformation of outcome-basedaccreditation paradigm will be constrained and hindered to some extent by theprevious one overemphasis of the input and process. Many colleges and universitiesare still struggling to adapt to this transformation, mainly manifested in the singularityof
,relevance, and satisfaction, as defined by Keller [25]. A pre-post, quasi-experimental design wasused in this study, with one group of students receiving PBLA-based instruction (experimentalgroup) and another group receiving traditional lecture-based instruction (control group). Since theexperimental group participated in the practice-based learning activities, while the control groupreceived traditional instruction, an ethical dilemma could exist here because the control group couldhave been treated unfairly, or held at a disadvantage, by not receiving the PBLA instruction.However, the control group continued to receive a standard instructional approach that aligns withestablished educational best practices for introductory circuits courses. The
, website portfolios consistent with manypre-college design programs like Silvestri et al.’s work [3] and incorporating elements ofempathy and ethics as recommended by Povinelli [4].This program, first offered in 2022 at Duke University, was an outcome of a standingdepartmental committee focused on the dissemination and broader impact of mechanicalengineering and materials science. One goal was to establish outreach programs that wouldprovide meaningful, active learning for the student, in a collaborative and cooperativecommunity indicative of an engineering design company. We anticipated that these immersiveexperiences would increase interest, awareness, and retention in engineering education andcareers.2. Pedagogical approachThe pedagogical
identifytrends and the need for additional support for students in each category. Plans for improvedstudent engagement as a result of this study are presented.The Student PopulationIntroduction to Chemical Engineering (Intro) is offered as the first course in ChemicalEngineering at the U of A and covers topics such as chemical engineering as a profession, jobopportunities, ethics, communication skills, unit conversions, limiting reactant calculations andmaterial balances for reacting and non-reacting systems. Prior to 2013, the course was part of atwo-course freshman-level sequence that also included Introduction to Chemical Engineering II(Intro II), which emphasized ideal and real gases, steam table use, humidification and energybalances for reacting
rise in responses for all EOP frameworkcategories, shown in Figure 2c. The increase in both the raw number of itemized factorsgenerated by the students and the increase in number of categories mentioned is significantbecause it suggests that students developed a broader understanding of the EOP framework overthe course of the class. The increase in the number of identified categories per student indicates adeeper engagement with the framework's concepts, reflecting growth in their ability to recognizeand apply ethical, operational, and professional considerations in engineering practice. Thedecline in responses related to Social Responsibility may highlight an area for further curriculumenhancement to ensure a more balanced development across
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, Economics and Ethics, Engineering Thermodynamics,Electrical Circuits, Fluid Mechanics, and Material and Energy Balances. Students are madeaware of SI sessions by the class instructor. SIs often attend classes and make an effort to bevisible. The SI program has contributed to the increased 4-year graduation rate of 22% andincreased 6-year graduation rates of 17% over the past 10 years. The persistence from first yearto second year in the College has increased 11% over the past 12 years. Upon further studies,there were increased concerns in correlating students' academic performance to SI sessionattendance. Research links students’ success to their science identity and self-efficacy [10].Science identity pertains to a dynamic perspective of oneself
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Institute of Technology Jill Fennell, the Frank K. Webb Chair in Communication Skills at the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech, focuses on advancing written, visual, and verbal communication skills. Her research centers on affect theory and its application to technical communication, specifically information design. Jill studies how to enhance the effectiveness of pedagogical documents by incorporating principles from affect theory. Through her work, she aims to empower students, fostering an environment where they actively shape their communication interactions, including teamwork and ethical discussions. By integrating these principles, she goes beyond traditional methods
integral part of the program's focus on maximizingstudent success as they define it.Tutoring & Mentoring Students in Professionalism & DesignProfessionalism and Design are the primary curricular zones where facilitators perform theirmentoring duties. Professionalism, as used by IRE, is a broad term for nearly all social aspects ofprofessional life and includes ethical, anthropological, leadership, well-being, learning, andpersonal and professional development instruction. The Design zone includes instruction increativity, application of technical learning, the design process, teamwork, communication, andmanaging interpersonal conflict.This tutoring and mentoring role for facilitators is similar to apprenticeship models in other fieldswhere
, and exploring alternative approaches through AI-powered suggestions, which encourage independent learning. By integrating these tools, the labs aim to enhance technical skill development while promoting the ethical and effective use of AI in engineering problem-solving. • To improve consistency and efficiency in project evaluation, auto-grading mechanisms will be integrated for coding tasks with defined outputs or algorithm correctness, utilizing platforms like MATLAB Grader or custom scripts. Manual grading will be reserved for open-ended components, allowing instructors to provide detailed feedback on creativity, innovation, and problem-solving approaches. This balanced approach ensures both
like the RISE Inquiry Model to analyze problems, assess evidence, and formulate reasoned conclusions. 2. Collaboration and Communication: Engaging in civil discourse, deliberation, and community-based problem-solving. 3. Engineering Design Thinking: Using structured methodologies to define civic problems, develop creative solutions, and evaluate the feasibility and impact of interventions Civic 1. Commitment to ethical responsibility, civic agency, and democratic Dispositions participation. and Actions 2. Engagement in authentic civic actions, such as community organizing
philosophical, theoretical, and methodologicalfoundations needed to ethically render trustworthy accounts of human experience. The field ofengineering education can, perhaps, benefit most from the promise of narrative research througha community approach to innovate new narrative methodologies and methods that cohere withbroader narrative research traditions while, at the same time, uniquely support inquiries ofexperience in the engineering education context.AcknowledgementsThis material is based on work supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under Grant2045634. All findings, opinions, conclusions, and recommendations are those of the authors anddo not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF.References[1] S. E. Chase. “Narrative inquiry
engineering operations on the waterfront. Next to it, a blog from 2007 shares what the paper mill meant to the people who worked there and why many felt “bittersweet” about its closure.In Figure 2, a student frames engineering within ethical, societal, and cultural tensions.Identifying how engineers have shaped land and resource use in the region brought upuncertainties about how a community navigates sociotechnical conflicts and how to definetechnological progress. This reflective approach fosters technical proficiency and the criticalityto decide when not to create, emphasizing responsible engineering practices as described in [5].CommunicationBrainstorming for the design component of the HMP begins in Week 7. By this
thatask for a specialty in one area or the other (i.e., UI designer, UX researcher), studentsdemonstrating the ability to do both will make them more marketable and competitive in the job,especially if they are able to do so in an accessibility-first approach. Students were pleased withlearning how to conduct ethical and responsible research while also acquiring skills to translateresearch findings to design solutions. Similar to our findings through the data we collected,Letaw et al. (2022) assert that embedded inclusive design throughout a multi-year studyimproves student retention of inclusive practices and normalizes accessibility within the designprocess. The authors argue that this integration is especially effective when educators
interesting to see how much it the impacts, processes, or ethical [mineral extraction] impacted the area considerations inherent in the field. when we mined. Table 5 Themes and sample reflection from the participants These five themes show how participants engaged with the summer program activities. Itleads us to inquire about the alignment of these engagements with that of the program designers'engineering workforce development intentions.Aligning engagement with workforce development goals: To investigate the second research question, we adopt a frequency analysis approach toevaluate participant reflections across all activities. This approach allows us to gauge thecollective
Paper ID #45835Tracking the Evolution of Interdisciplinary Identity-Based Motivation in EngineeringGraduate Students: A Longitudinal StudyDr. Margaret Webb, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education Margaret (Maggie) Webb is holds a PhD in Engineering Education and an M.S. in Civil Engineering from Virginia Tech, as well as a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Rice University. Her research focuses on interdisciplinary identities and motivation in engineering education, examining interdisciplinary graduate education, convergent research approaches, and applying organizational systems theories to develop ethical
], [18], [19]. PBL not onlyenhances students' technical skills but also cultivates soft skills such as teamwork, leadership,and ethical reasoning, thereby preparing graduates to be more adaptable and responsive to theneeds of a rapidly changing world and the workplace [20], [21].PBL has been criticized because students rarely get to see the proper solution, which wouldallow students to identify their errors in thinking [22]. This is especially important for students todo if they have not truly mastered the fundamentals [22]. PBL has been noted for impartingcooperative skills to students while obtaining the same learning outcomes as those obtained fromtraditional pedagogies [23]. PBL has also been praised for being more effective than
professional ethics curriculum. Karl received his Ph.D. in Applied Electromagnetics from the University of Michigan. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Tuition Equity: A study of the disparate impact of different forms of block tuition based on raceAbstractThis full empirical research paper explores the impact of block tuition across differentdemographics. While much attention has been paid to college accessibility, particularly regardingelite school admissions and overall affordability, less focus has been given to how institutionalpolicies—such as tuition and fee structures—affect different degrees and studentsdisproportionately. These structures not only make certain
lecturer in engineering education. Her work explores the psychological dimensions of engineering mindsets, with a focus on perfectionism and personal values. She bridges behavioural science and human-centred design in engineering problem-solving to foster reflective, ethical, and innovative practices, shaping the next generation of engineers into sustainability driven, responsible changemakers. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9187-611XDr. Karen A High, Clemson University Dr. Karen High holds an academic appointment in the Engineering Science and Education department and joint appointments in the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering department as well as the Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences department. Prior