desired needs or able to communicateeffectively. However, effective programmatic responses to the replies to these questions may bedifficult unless we can point to the specific course or courses responsible for any deficiencies. Itmay also be too late if, for example, an understanding of professional and ethical responsibilitywas supposed to be addressed in a sophomore design course taken four or more years ago by thestudent responding to a survey. Therefore as part of a comprehensive assessment program(which includes feedback from all our constituents), our Department has instituted a course-by-course assessment process. On a rotating basis (so as not to overwhelm the students) allundergraduate courses in the Department are surveyed every two
recognition of this need, Olin College, chartered in 1997 by the Olin Foundation andlocated adjacent to the entrepreneurial Babson College, was charged with “exploring,testing, and implementing innovative engineering curricula and addressing…systemicissues with existing engineering education. It is significant that they the following threemajor dimensions: (1) superb engineering, (2) a strong emphasis on art, design, creativity,and innovation, and (3) basics in business, entrepreneurship, ethics, and a spirit ofphilanthropy13.The Lehigh Model embraces this vision, and includes the following basic tenets of thismind set: 1) Innovation fueled by creativity is this generation’s economic development engine. In the slightly modified words of
resume preparation and interview technique. These are of particular significanceto the approximately 40% of Freshman who will take part in the Cooperative Education program,with their first work period commencing in the summer after Freshman Year. Representatives ofsome of the companies that come on campus to recruit also provide seminars on careers in theirfields. Page 11.564.3 A limited number of events are compulsory for all students, including a lecture at the startof the first semester that provides a background to Stevens and the curriculum. A lecture onapplied ethics is also required in the second semester for all students. The
system, component, or Page 11.412.4process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic,environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, andsustainability.” Additionally, Criterion Four states ”Students must be prepared forengineering practice through the curriculum culminating in a major design experiencebased on the knowledge and skills acquired in earlier course work and incorporatingappropriate engineering standards and multiple realistic constraints.” Both of thesecriteria support the accepted definition for an engineer and for engineering.The design requirement is supported by the biomedical
effectivelyresults coherently in oral and graphic formats.8. Demonstrate skills for life-long learning by h. a recognition of the need for, and an abilitylocating, evaluating and applying relevant to engage in lifelong learninginformation using external resources such asthe Internet, data books, trade publications andlibrary resources.9. Demonstrate ethical conduct as described in i. an ability to understand professional, ethicalthe university student code of conduct. and social responsibilitiesDemonstrate knowledge of professional codeof ethics.10. Demonstrate a respect for diversity as j. a respect for diversity and a knowledge ofdescribed in the university civility statement. contemporary professional, societal and
await them after their educations, and gives new perspectives tothe sponsors, businesses and organizations who participate. The multi-disciplinary program is intended to serve the needs of both students andindustry and includes concepts such as sustainability, ethics, safety, business processes,innovation, creativity and communication. All Enterprise team members have prescribedresponsibilities corresponding to their level of maturity, abilities, and technical education. Withinthe projects, students perform testing and analyses, make recommendations, manufacture parts,stay within budgets and schedules, and manage multiple projects while faculty members act ascoaches and mentors.Vertically Integrated Curriculum This ongoing
, Page 11.298.4 c. an ability to conduct, analyze and interpret experiments and apply experimental results to improve processes, d. an ability to apply creativity in the design of systems, components or processes appropriate to program objectives, e. an ability to function effectively on teams, f. an ability to identify, analyze and solve technical problems, 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 a knowledge of contemporary professional, societal and
medical technologies at all stages of maturation, from prototype development, through testing, marketing, customer use, and into obsolescence. Examines how these standards and regulations affect technology viewed from different perspectives based on what a technology is (e.g. physical device or drug, information, and knowledge) and what technology causes in the adopting organizations (e.g. change, new processes).• Ethics of Technology Utilization – (taught on-line) Ethics applied to the utilization and management of healthcare technologies in a patient care setting. Topics include beneficence, nonmaleficence, quality-cost, resource allocation and personal-public conflicts, technology diffusion models and controls
Index, were resultsfrom their three-year (2002-2005) partnership as shown in Table 3.Proceedings of the 2006 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 4Table 1: Student Perception Survey: Changes over Periods Question: What does the term “Information Literacy” mean to you? Mark all that apply.) A. Library Instruction B. Computer Literacy C. Critical Thinking D. Communication E. Ethics F. Lifelong Learning F04 F05 Sp 06 CHM Sp 06 CHM
, or engineering class. Many computer engineering graduates talk about how they wouldhave treated their selection of electives differently as well as their entire approach to classes inhindsight. However, even students surrounded by such graduates tend to ignore them and followtheir friends’ lead. The subjects that are covered by the FE examination are as follows: Algebra,Trigonometry, Geometry, Properties of Areas and Solids, Probability, Statistics, Calculus,Differential Equations, Engineering Economics, Ethics, Inorganic and Organic Chemistry,Statics, Kinematics, Kinetics, Energy, Work, Power, Fluid Statics, Fluid Dynamics,Thermodynamic Properties, Transport Phenomena, Thermodynaics, Cycles, Combustion, HeatTransfer, Materials
other aspects such as Ethical, Environmental or Ergonomics. 8. Design, develop and generate an instrument to assess your progress and success of your project. Questionnaires, surveys, one-minute papers, and other self-assessment tools such as the ones described in Angelo & Cross’s famous book : Classroom Assessment Techniques must be utilized to assess the progress of the project at suitable intervals. 9. Aspire at accomplishing T.Q.M. (Total Quality Management) TQM is the brainchild of Dr. W. Edwards Deming who is also known as the father of the Japanese post-war industrial revival. He is regarded by many as the leading quality guru in the United States. Deming's business philosophy is
for first-year engineers, and the average differencebetween the average performance rating and expected performance rating for eachquestion. Rating key: (1-2) emerging (3-4) developing (5-6) mastering Dimension Ave. Ave. Performance Expected Ave. dif a) group interaction developing developing -0.5 b) written engineering communication developing developing -0.5 c) safety, ethical, and societal constraints emerging emerging -0.4 d) integrating ideas developing developing -1.1 e) corporate etiquette and "customer" ethic
, students are able to identify an appropriate set of engineering Professionalism–An understanding of professional and ethical responsibility and a tools and apply them in a real world professional context, to develop a valid commitment to on-going professional competence. solution to a technical problem. Level 1 The student plans to engage in systematic study to gain specialized knowl- Level 4 Students are able to independently identify the appropriate set of design and edge that will allow them to provide services that others are willing to pay analysis tools and apply them within the context of the principles and method
integrate the social, cultural, ethical and environmental implicationsof their future professional judgments and their roles as citizens in varied and complex settings.”[1]. The 27 semester-hour program of seminars, courses, and off-campus activities featuressmall seminars; a cross-disciplinary approach (faculty from engineering and science disciplinesand faculty from the humanities and social sciences are regularly co-moderators of the seminars);and, opportunities for one-on-one faculty tutorials, instruction and practice in oral and writtencommunication, a Washington, D.C. public policy seminar, a practicum experience (internship orforeign study), as well as participation in the McBride “community within a community”approach [2-5].Circumstances
Drexel University almost 15 yearsago remain isolated examples.10 Extensive research shows the ineffectiveness of the lecturemethod of instruction. The noted engineering educator Richard Felder noted, "Of allinstructional methods, lecturing is the most common, the easiest, and the least effective."However the delivery of engineering education continues in discrete, specialized modules byindividual instructors in a lecture-based format. 11 In particular, studies of engineeringanalysis and design continue to occupy a separate world from the consideration of"contextual issues" such as social and environmental impacts, ethics, regulatory, andeconomic considerations. Although more than 30 percent of all engineers now occupymanagerial positions in
engineering baccalaureate degree programs.They are mandated by engineering accreditation requirements set by ABET, the organizationaccrediting engineering programs in the United States. Based on ABET engineering criteria 3cand 4, students must: (3c) Demonstrate an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability, and (4) Be prepared for engineering practice through the curriculum culminating in a major design experience based on the knowledge and skills acquired in earlier course work and incorporating appropriate engineering standards and multiple
courses,business and finance aspects, as well as communication, ethics and interpersonal issues. One ofthese case studies was adapted and used in a Mechanics of Materials laboratory class as a pilotstudy on the effectiveness of the use of such a technique. In this paper the pilot study and itsresults are being discussed .IntroductionA paradigm shift is taking place in engineering and technology education. This shift is beingcaused by a number of forces. The National Science Foundation (NSF), the Accreditation Boardfor Engineering and Technology Education (ABET), the changing expectations of employers,emerging knowledge related to cognitive theory and educational pedagogy (such as thedocument “How People Learn”1) are some of the forces that are
23 His/her ethics and professional integrity 6 46 His/her professional experience 2 15As indicated in Table 1, most responses indicated that effective teaching methods, enthusiasm,and instructor’s confidence in his/her knowledge and views are the qualities of an excellentinstructor they had as in the past as students. Almost half of the responses indicated that otherqualities of an instructor make him/her an excellent instructor including the way he/she treatedstudents in class, his/her concern of student learning, grading system and fairness, his/her senseof humor, and his/her ethics and professional integrity. About a third of the survey
case of online visitors, Page 11.584.6there is no practical way to verify their demographic characteristics. For that reason, wemust rely on self-reporting.In either case, we must be sure that we are collecting visitor information ethically. Inaddition to seeking permission from the hosting institution, we need to be certain that weadhere to ethical standards for data collection over the internet.11,15 According to theseguidelines, it is best if no personally identifiable information, like names and addresses,are collected. For this reason we decided against having the users enter a name, eventhough it would have been useful in identifying returning
Enhancing Engineering Education through Humanitarian Ethics, which is developing a graduate curriculum in humanitarian engineering at CSM. He is author of Defending the Nation: U.S. Policymaking in Science and Engineering Education from Sputnik to the War against Terrorism (University Press of America 2005) and co-developer of Engineering Cultures® multimedia coursewareGary Downey, Virginia Tech GARY DOWNEY is Professor of Science and Technology Studies and affiliated faculty member in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. He is also 2005-2006 Boeing Company Senior Fellow in Engineering Education at the U.S. National Academy of Engineering and was keynote lecturer on the
Opportunities of Service-learning (ETHOS)program at the University of Dayton (Dayton, Ohio) is founded on the belief that engineers aremore apt and capable to serve our world when they have experienced opportunities that increasetheir understanding of technology’s global linkage with values, culture, society, politics andeconomy. ETHOS seeks to provide these opportunities by means of curriculum integratedservice-learning programming. Such educational programming – classroom projects, studentorganization activities, collaborative research and international technical immersion – facilitatesholistic learning, ethical engineering practices, perspectives of technology integration andappropriate technology transfer. To appropriately measure the value
program is to provide an opportunity forstudents who are not able to spend a semester or year abroad to gain international experiencebefore they graduate. The program was delivered in the United Kingdom where both co-authorshave taught and lived. Students received one course credit (4 credit hours) for the program,"Engineering in a Global and Societal Context," which counted as a free elective or anengineering elective.This study-abroad program was designed to address a specific educational objective adopted aspart of Bucknell’s Civil Engineering program’s accreditation process: “Graduates of the CivilEngineering program will demonstrate professional responsibility and a sensitivity to a broadrange of societal concerns such as ethical
engineering standards and realistic constraints that include most of the following considerations: economic, environmental, sustainability, manufacturability, ethical, health and safety, social, and political [Source: ABET (2003). ABET Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs Effective for Evaluations During 2003-2004 Accreditation Cycle].Following this, a 5-week long Sustainable Development Design Project (SDDP) was brieflyintroduced to the students.3.0 The Sustainable Development Design ProjectInstructional material and guidance for the SDDP was provided jointly in both the lecture andworkshop sessions by the GTAs and instructors, who visited the workshop sectionscorresponding to their lecture session for at least 15 minutes to
solving, (4) product development, (5),team building, (6) sales, (7) marketing and branding (brand awareness), (8) consumer productpurchase patterns and understanding the consumer, (9) technology change and management, (10)intellectual property and law, (11) finance, (12) valuation of new technology, (13)commercialization planning, and (14) technological ethics. The most important modules,according to the IDeaLaboratory focus team, are problem solving and creative thinking (Refer toFigures 1 and 2). The basics of innovation are perceived third in significance (Refer to Figure 3).Almost 86% believe that valuation of a new emerging technology is “somewhat important” and7.1% perceive it to be “very important.” Slightly over 70% perceive technological
MTH451 Techniques of Advanced Calculus PHY160 General Physics I PHY161 General Physics I Laboratory TE Table 2: Year 2 Courses E100 Ethics and Politics of Engineering E105 Introduction to Engineering Graphics & Design E322 Control Systems I EE352 Network Theory II EE361 Networks Laboratory EE386/387 Introduction to Microprocessors/Lab ENL303 Technical Writing MTH141 Analytic Geometry and Calculus I
conferences in South America, Europe, and China. Andmany IT programs are well on their way to implementing the IT model curriculum. Pervasive Themes in IT2005 1. user advocacy 2. information assurance and security 3. ethics and professional responsibility 4. the ability to manage complexity through: abstraction & modeling, best practices, patterns, standards, and the use of appropriate tools 5. a deep understanding of information and communication technologies and their associated tools 6. adaptability 7. life-long learning and professional development 8. interpersonal skillsFigure 1Information assurance has been defined as "a set of measures intended to protect anddefend information
been mentored in the work place, thus fostering a spirit of giving back. From theNSPE (National Society of Professional Engineers) Engineer’s Creed: “I dedicate myprofessional knowledge and skill to the advancement and betterment of human welfare .... toplace service before profit …” 9 Many companies model this ethic by providing mentors fortheir Co-op students. Insight provided from an engineer who is not the direct supervisor is oftennoted in student reports. In addition, when Co-op students serve as mentors they are challengedto assess their own growth and development (personal and professional). Page 11.924.4Advantages of using Co-op students
from an industry perspective include: ‚ Produce a quality product ‚ Produce students with marketable skillsDepartment: Many of the desired program outcomes for a department can be filled in a capstonecourse, thereby making the department an important customer of the course. In order to satisfyABET requirements, departments often have outcomes that deal with such things as teamwork,ethics, lifelong learning, engineering economics, and understanding the impact of engineeringsolutions on society. A capstone course is often a good place to address some of these “difficult”program outcomes3.A capstone course must also be designed to work within the constraints of the department andthe university. The faculty within the department will have a