Making in American Politics; Phase II—Decision Making in Engineering and Science;Phase III—Ethical Issues in Engineering and Policy. Interspersed throughout these three phaseswould be the laboratory component whereby students would meet with legislators and heads ofstate government agencies, such as transportation, environment and water, at the StateLegislative Building and government offices in surrounding areas.Phase IStudents were introduced to some of the fundamentals of the policy process from the socialscience perspective through an exploration of various decision-making models. We drew uponBrower and Abolafia’s “Bureaucratic Politics: The View from Below,” [1] which builds upon thesocial science gold standard—Graham Allison’s Conceptual
-specified outcomes and provides consistency for the general education of undergraduateprograms at Purdue university. Furthermore, the course aligns with the requirements of commonconstruction-related accreditation bodies, such as the American Council for ConstructionEducation (ACCE) [6] and the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)[7], by providing discussions related to ethics and risk management.The course is a lecture-based, 3-credit hour course. Two one-hour and fifteen-minute lectures perweek were scheduled for the course for the Fall 2022 semester. Through over 29 biweeklyclasses and book discussions, the instructors utilized: (i) architectural history as a background todiscuss the relationship between the changes in
, gain a minimum of four years ofworking experience, and pass two intensive competency exams to earn a P.E. license from theirrespective state's licensure board. One of the main goals of enforcing a P.E. license is to ensureengineering graduates follow ethical responsibility to protect public health, safety, and welfare.Currently, every state regulates the practice of engineering to ensure public safety by grantingonly Professional Engineers (PEs) the authority to sign and seal engineering plans and offer theirservices to the public [10].Historical data to regulate engineering practices in the United States dates back to the early1900s when the state of Wyoming established licensing requirements in 1907 [10]. The country'swestward expansion
Professionalism/Work Ethics Teamwork Implement the LEED building certification process Technology • Develop LEED O+M-EB® submittals for GBCI • Implement the LEED building certification processAs shown in Table 2, the majority of outcomes were found to help achieve one or multipleNACE competencies. Moreover, several course outcomes were correlated with each coveredcompetency. This helped the author understand that the particular competency was covered.However, in order to ensure that the covered competencies were appropriately covered by thecourse outcomes, the table was checked with the Ball State University’s Skill Infusion Programrepresentative. After ensuring that the
–65 diversity, respect, inclusion, vision, and equity) initiative. The Board developed a proposal for a66 course on diversity, equity, and inclusion, complete with the class’s structure, learning67 objectives, and a weekly outline of lesson resources. Though MAE wanted to offer this course,68 there were no available faculty members in the department able to teach it. The University of69 Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science features an embedded program called70 Science and Technology in Society (STS). Scholars in this department, primarily social71 scientists, specialize in teaching engineering ethics. The STS program offers courses at the72 undergraduate level that attend to conversations about DEI, but does not
early introduction to the softwaredesign process and a consideration of ethical issues that are inherent in technology. A widevariety of projects that inevitably result from this process, also give students in class exposure toa wide range of possibilities when it comes to programming and where programming can beapplied, even at their early programmer level. Although this process is intensive and requiressignificant instructor time and was primarily done in classes of up to 43 students, the approachdescribed can be scaled to larger classes through trained teaching assistants and how to approachthis is discussed. The value of increased engagement, continued engagement and learning afterthe end of the course, and, confidence boost overall makes
applicationexploration/storytelling.Conclusion: Through the use of examples, personal interactions, and application or classroomcontext-based anecdotes, faculty are already creating authentic microcosms of inclusiveclassrooms and are struggling to articulate how they do it to administrators and ABET. Wesuggest these resultant methods be used to create microinsertions of ethics and social impacts asone strategy for minimizing the technical/social dualism present in most curriculum [6], [7]which we hope will prove a rigorous strategy for the eventual full integration of sociotechnicalapproaches to problem solving in engineering education.IntroductionThere is a lack of consistency concerning integrating social impacts fully into technical lessons,modules, courses
Technology Studies (STS), cultural studies, innovation studies, communication, and the scholarship of teaching and leaDr. Shannon Conley Shannon N. Conley is an assistant professor in the Bachelors Program in Integrated Science and Tech- nology (ISAT) at James Madison University. She holds a PhD in Political Science from Arizona State University, and her research and teaching focus on sociaDr. David Tomblin, University of Maryland, College Park David is the director of the Science, Technology and Society program at the University of Maryland, Col- lege Park. He works with STEM majors on the ethical and social dimensions of science and technology. David also does public engagement with science andDr. Nicole Farkas Mogul
of three-courses and anassociated Qualification Plan. The PFE courses serve as a means to inform and involve studentsin departmental and program activities. Having a sequence of courses that all EE students takeprovides an effective mechanism for getting the word out about innovations to changedepartmental culture to be more student oriented.The PFE course sequence aims to support the development of students’ identities as professionalengineers and to motivate them to persist in their degrees. Originally taken as optional electives,the PFE I–III courses became a required part of the core curriculum for EE majors Broadly, thePFE course sequence teaches ethical engineering principles, identifies areas of careeropportunities for students, and
students’ learning on these interpersonal, professional, and other non-technical work capabilities, the Whiting School of Engineering created the course EngineeringManagement & Leadership (EML). Here is an excerpt from the course description: When engineers become working professionals, especially if they become team leads, managers, or entrepreneurs, they must juggle knowledge of and tasks associated with team citizenship and leadership, ethics, strategy, operations, finance, and project management. While engineers’ success may depend on their own direct input, managers’ 1 success depends on their ability to enlist
for engineering graduates: Recent trends in higher education AbstractThe research paper discusses how higher education has responded to the existing gap betweenemployers’ expectations and qualifications of recent college graduates in professional skillsreported by national surveys of employers. During the last decade, the National Association ofColleges and Employers has been reporting that less than 50% of employers evaluate collegegraduates as proficient in the competencies such as professionalism/work ethic, oral/writtencommunications, teamwork/collaboration, leadership, and other related skills.The paper presents a two-fold analysis of Engineering
attention inthe business and public sphere with the release of models like ChatGPT [4] and DALL-E [5],robust applications within the field of engineering education remain are still emerging [6]. Aspart of the recent popularity of large language models (LLM) there have been increasingconcerns about the ethical ramifications in educational and industry settings. In their analysis ofthe practical ethical dangers of ChatGPT Zhuo et al. [7] outline areas of concern for LLMs as agroup; the risk inherent in small models propagating with increased scale, potential biases withinmodel training data, and the ballooning size of LLMs computational requirements. Theseconcerns limit the number of practitioners that are willing to adopt ML, NN, or LLM tools
, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability (d) an ability to function on multidisciplinary teams (e) an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems (f) an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility (g) an ability to communicate effectively (h) the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context (i) a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning (j) a knowledge of contemporary issues (k) an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice” The plan was
Reference Handbook. The knowledge areas for the concepts in the Mechanical Engineering exam include Mathematics; Probability and Statistics; Computational Tools; Ethics and Professional Practice; Engineering Economics; Electricity and Magnetism; Statics; Dynamics, Kinematics and Vibrations; Mechanics of Materials; Material Properties and Processing; Fluid Mechanics; Thermodynamics; Heat Transfer; Measurements, Instrumentation and Controls; and Mechanical Design and Analysis. (2) Live/recorded review sessions with students' questions & answers (~70 minutes). The recorded sessions covered the most important concepts tested in the FE exam and were posted online for students. (3) FE-style
3-4 member teams withprojects sponsored by industry, faculty, and institutions (like the AIChE design challenge) orbased on textbook or other literature source [1]. An essential component of those projects is theuse of process simulation software (mainly Aspen), with additional support from some othermathematical software (EXCEL, MATLAB) [1]. The use of textbooks is very diverse, but someare very popular like Turton et al. [2]. The dominant technical content of the course (processdesign, simulation, economics, heuristics, synthesis, plant design, energy integration,optimization) has been increasingly enriched with professional skills (i.e., teamwork, projectmanagement, organizational skills, conflict resolution), ethics, and a broad
Paper ID #39845A Literature Review to Explore a Relationship: Empathy and Mindfulness inDesign EducationMs. Rubaina Khan, University of TorontoDr. Adetoun Yeaman, Northeastern University Adetoun Yeaman is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the First Year Engineering Program at Northeastern University. Her research interests include empathy, design education, ethics education and community engagement in engineering. She currently teaches Cornerstone of Engineering, a first-year two-semester course series that integrates computer programming, computer aided design, ethics and the engineering design process within a project
communication. Additionally, the authors identified supplemental themes such asprototyping (P), sustainability (S), project management and economics (PM), ethics (E), and theinclusion of the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice (DEIJ) issues.Introduction/MotivationThe purpose of this study is to explore and document types of projects implemented in first-yearintroductory engineering courses. Many engineering courses have well defined content and donot greatly vary from university to university. For example, many required, discipline-specific,junior-level civil engineering courses focus on the content covered in that discipline on theFundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam. Additionally, engineering faculty preparation oftencomes in their specialty
illustrate the importance of technical details andsocial, cultural, political, economic, etc. issues throughout the design process, ideologies ofdepoliticization [8] and technical-social dualisms [9]-[11] raise important questions about how andwhere engineers get opportunities to meaningfully engage in sociotechnical thinking in design.Indeed, there are growing concerns that as more engineering designs result in novel solutions andsystems, engineers will struggle to take a sufficiently broad view of their social, ethical, andfinancial responsibilities [1]-[4]. Nonetheless, many engineers do engage in sociotechnicalthinking in practice [12], [13], suggesting that engineers do eventually gain competence with thiskind of thinking. However, how they
: Broadening Students’ Self-Knowledge and Self-Development in an Introductory Engineering Design CourseObjectives:1. To offer engineering students practical ideas and resources to improve their self-awareness, self- development, and overall academic achievement, introduce college students to various engineering opportunities available, and inspire them to explore and engage in these opportunities.2. To prepare students as future engineers ready to work in an increasingly diverse and inclusive society by introducing them to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) and Engineering Ethics Modules.Implementation: The concept of broadening students' self-knowledge and self-development is
changing global economy and workforce,engineering students need to be prepared to work on complex problems within multidisciplinaryteams and design solutions with diverse social and ethical considerations in mind. To addressthis need, the Whiting School of Engineering at Johns Hopkins University initiated aMultidisciplinary Design Program. Currently, the program offers a two-semester sequence whereteams of multidisciplinary engineering students are engaged in design challenges with projectpartners from medicine, industry, or the social sector. Students are mentored through a human-centered design process to (1) conduct technical, contextual, and user research, (2) focus thechallenge, (3) ideate, and (4) prototype and test their solutions. In this
Undergraduate Education and Diversity at the University of Connecticut. Hisresearch interests include process safety education in chemical engineering, ethical developmentand decision-making in engineering students, and game-based and game-inspired pedagogies.Marina A. Creed, Department of Neurology, University of Connecticut - Health CenterMarina A. Creed is a Neurology and Immunology Nurse Practitioner, Adjunct Instructor in theSchool of Medicine, and Director of the University of Connecticut’s Indoor Air Quality PublicHealth Initiative. Within the UConn Health Division of Neuro-Immunology and MultipleSclerosis Center, she treats people with chronic autoimmune neurological disorders and startedthe Initiative after seeing her immunosuppressed patients
, develop good study habits,incorporate ethics and responsibility into the engineering design process, and cultivateprofessional relationships by participating in an internship or co-op, and joining nationalengineering organizations and on-campus clubs. A comprehensive introduction to engineeringcourse provides students with the opportunity to gain an in-depth understanding of theengineering profession as a whole and lays the groundwork for developing the skills required tocomplete a degree in engineering and subsequently, have a successful career in the field ofengineering.In working to develop student career potential, it is critical to recognizes a complex array ofbarriers faced by students in progressing through the academic years especially in
knowledge about the roles of engineers, the engineering method,ethics, teamwork, and detailed information about each of the engineering majors offered in theCollege of Engineering (CoE) of the host institution. The course is offered as part of a largerinitiative seeking to improve success indicators among low-income students. This paperprovides details about the course structure, implementation context, metrics, and resultsmeasured via descriptive statistics among participant students. The results of a longitudinalimplementation, suggest that early provision of career information and awareness can impactthe engineering retention and persistence of students and their interest in their chosen majors,particularly in educational settings where students
, diversity, equity, and inclusion, Asian American Studies, Critical Mixed Race Studies, engineering ethics, and pop culture.Dr. Qin Zhu, Virginia Tech Dr. Zhu is Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Education and Affiliate Faculty in the Department of Science, Technology & Society and the Center for Human-Computer Interaction at Vir- ginia Tech. Dr. Zhu is also serving as Associate Editor for Science and Engineering Ethics, Associate Editor for Studies in Engineering Education, Editor for International Perspectives at the Online Ethics Center for Engineering and Science, and Executive Committee Member of the International Society for Ethics Across the Curriculum. Dr. Zhu’s research interests include
v) an engineering code of ethics to ethical dilemmas b) Solution of complex engineering problems in at least four specialty areas appropriate to civil engineering c) Conduct of experiments in at least two civil engineering contexts and reporting of results d) Explanation of: i) concepts and principles in project management and engineering economics ii) professional attitudes and responsibilities of a civil engineer, including licensure and safety 2) Faculty The program must demonstrate that faculty teaching courses that are primarily design in
– Attitudes 4. 2025 ME PedagogyThese boards were focused on the graduate of 2029 as this would be the first class that would beeducated at our university completely in the semester system. Then, two of the working groupmembers used a qualitative content approach to code these responses [10], [11]. Table 1displays the categories that emerged.Table 1. Results of initial Jamboard ideas about curriculum Page Category Example comments ME Graduate of Ethics Environmental ethics, legal system as related to 2029 – engineering decisions, robotics ethics Knowledge Overarching ways of Sustainable development, sociotechnical thinking
workshops onsuch topics as “developing leadership philosophy,” “cultural competency,” “leading,micromanaging, and mentoring,” and “ethics, pragmatism, and risk-taking,” among others.Members also engage in outreach projects and are provided with individualized assessments 2geared to the career and personal goals of each. Participation in the program provides myriadbenefits to members, including mentoring from industry representatives and UConn Engineeringleaders, resume building, exclusive JLLA-related grants and fellowships, faculty social hours(providing interdisciplinary networking), and a professional community through which memberscan make
-based modeling of physical phenomena when the datais a combination of actual field measurements and data that is generated through mathematical equationslike Hybrid Models, and Physics-Informed Neural Network, based on AI-Ethics (Mohaghegh 2021), itbecomes clear that the developed AI-model is not based on reality of AI rather it includes assumptions,interpretations, simplifications, preconceived notions, and biases.In this study, authors do not intend to explain the architecture or mathematics of neural networks as theycan be found in depth in several articles. However, it is intended to show a workflow that honors theoriginal definitions of AI&ML and follows AI-Ethics by not including assumptions, interpretations,simplifications
Intelligence (AI) applications have become an integral part of our lives, from socialapplications on smartphones to crewless vehicles. However, as they remain in the domain of“computer magic,” these new advancements of knowledge processing and reasoning using AI toolswill not be of a great benefit to humanity, unless a complementary education environment isprovided to help students and communities become involved in this scientific revolution early,ethically, and systematically. Introducing and exploring AI concepts and basics earlier in thestudents’ learning journey will help address the future AI job market needs as well as AI ethicsissues and will open the door for new innovative AI applications in all segments of life. The long-term goal of this
introduction to disciplinary conventions, scientific ethics, and informationliteracy specific to science. The course was designed to achieve these goals in two main ways:students were assigned typical composition assignments but with a scientific component, and thecourse emphasized the practical and analytical elements of the writing process to help demystifyit.Table 1 – University of Colorado Denver Composition Program Outcomes, with TypicalAssignments for Traditional Composition and ELC Composition Classes. Outcomes Traditional Composition Composition Assignments Source: [14] Assignments Adapted for ELC Rhetorical knowledge & Rhetorical analysis