onparticipant demographics at each school. Participants represented both research and course-baseddegrees and various levels of study. Recruitment of students was done via emails sent byadministrators within the engineering faculty and recruitment of faculty was done directlythrough departmental emails found on websites. Students were given a $30- gift card tocompensate them for their participation. Data collection activities during this study wereapproved by Ethics Review Boards (the Canadian equivalent of an IRB in the US) at theUniversity of Toronto, Donnybrook University, and Benmiller University.All interviews followed a semi-structured format, were approximately an hour long, and wereconducted in 2022 over Zoom [39]. At the beginning of data
, with an additional $25 provided if the studentparticipated in all three interviews.All interviews were recorded and transcribed via Zoom. Following the interviews, the researchermanually edited the automatic transcription to ensure accuracy. At the beginning of eachinterview, the researcher read through the ethics protocol with the students, reminding them thattheir interview was entirely voluntary and confidential. Semi-structured, open-ended interviewprotocols were developed for use in this study. The protocols were aimed at understanding if andhow internal and external factors including, but not limited to, leadership and leadership identitydevelopment, affected the dynamics of students within the project team. This work is part of alarger
].Research shows that early experiences shape students’ STEM career perspectives andinterests [44], making early exposure a critical factor in their future pursuit of STEMpathways [43]. When students engage with design practices, they develop the ability tosystematically tackle complex, socially relevant problems [45] while promoting habits of mindlike creativity, persistence, and ethical reasoning [39]. These experiences help K-12 studentsbuild perspective-taking abilities and learn to consider more diverse stakeholder viewpoints intheir design solutions [2].While engineering design projects provide rich learning opportunities, implementing suchpractices is often challenging. Elementary educators often cite the lack of preparation, materials,and
, and representatives from universities, research centers, civilsociety, and the private sector met to formulate a declaration and action plan to build consensus aroundpolicies, projects, and other solutions focused on governance, regulatory, and institutional frameworks forthe safe, trustworthy, and ethical development of AI in the Americas.Using the results of the commissioned foresight study, LACCEI identified its initial area of focus assemiconductor and chip materials, design, and manufacturing, considering it strategic for security andeconomy in the Americas. In 2022, the United States enacted the CHIPS and Science Act [22], with $280billion in funding to support domestic research, manufacturing, and workforce development in this
that its main beneficiaries are “vulnerable communities that can be rural, urban ormixed, and face social, environmental and economic problems.”[39] The main objective of theecosystem is to “generate transformations in the quality of life of vulnerable communitiesthrough collaboration between diverse actors (academic, private, social, etc.) and the applicationof engineering following frameworks of social justice, equity and sustainability, and the socialappropriation of knowledge as a bridge between technical solutions and community needs.” [39]The fundamental principles of the landscape are:o Respect for the diversity of knowledge and dialogue of knowledge.o Empathy, professional ethics and cooperation.o Co-creation: collaborative solutions
liaisons to onboard them to the project, checked in regularly, and provided opportunitiesfor survey instrument feedback. Several campuses experienced shutdowns and disturbances due to protests during thefour-week period the survey was open. During those periods of heightened institutional response,survey release dates were staggered. Each campus was offered an equal number of days tocomplete the survey.3. Participants and procedures This study followed ethical procedures approved by the Institutional Review Boards atUniversity of California, Santa Cruz, where data was collected and housed (HS-FY2024-218),and the University of California, Los Angeles (IRB#24-000478). The fully anonymous surveywas open to self-identified women graduate
ChemE educators seekinnovative ways to engage and retain students, interventions like PORPs offer valuable insightsinto how contextualized learning can shape students’ perceptions of the field and their futurecareer prospects.Institutional Review Board ConsiderationsThis study, titled “Impact of People-Oriented Recitation Problems,” was reviewed anddetermined to be exempt under the 2018 Common Rule 45 CFR 46.104.d by the CarnegieMellon University Review Board (IRB). The exemption was granted on August 26, 2024, undercategories (1) educational settings and (2)(i)-(iii) tests, surveys, interviews, or observation.Limited IRB review was conducted where necessary, ensuring compliance with ethical researchstandards. The study's IRB determination is
and use those insights to drive informed decisions. ● Recognize ethical considerations relevant to data gathering and data visualization. 6. Maximizing the ● Describe the impact level of your research, including listing key results Impact of Your and identifying the groups most interested in those results. Research ● List a variety of options for sharing undergraduate research, including both traditional academic venues (conferences, journal articles) as well as venues for reaching audiences outside of the academic context. ● Identify the venues that might be most appropriate for
suggestsalternative perspectives or analogies to inspire new ideas and solutions based on the framing andreframing of human inputs. This conversational interface allows for a fluid exchange of ideasbetween designer and AI which creates interactive dialogue that helps to create novel conceptsthat may not be possible though traditional DM (10).There are numerous drawbacks associated with GenAI that are noted throughout the literature. Itcan be non-deterministic, uncontrollable, or overly generic which means that many trials need tobe taken to reach a desired outcome (5). It is also a challenge to incorporate into the curriculumas educators need to be trained and educational frameworks need to be updated (8, 11, 12).Additionally, there are ethical concerns with
a detailed description for each category and achievement level was given. Thecomplete rubric is provided in Appendix B.The EME as a class project is tied to ABET Student Outcome Three: “an ability to communicateeffectively with a range of audiences” and Seven “an ability to acquire and apply new knowledgeas needed, using appropriate learning strategies” [22]. For fall 2025, ABET SO4 (“an ability torecognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informedjudgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic,environmental, and societal contexts”) will be tied to the EME. For SO3, science communicationas a tangible skill feeds into an engineer’s ability to create value for
JAMES HELBLING, M.S.A.E.Currently an Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering where he teaches structural analysis,computer aided conceptual design, and aircraft detail design courses. He has 21 years ofindustry experience with McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) and Northrop GrummanCorporation where he specialized in structural fatigue loading and served as manager of F-5/T-38 Engineering.M. ANGELA BECK, PH.D.Currently serving as Chair of the Department of Humanities/Communications at Embry-RiddleAeronautical University, Prescott campus. As an Associate Professor she primarily teachestechnical communications with occasional forays into linguistics, the philosophy of language,and ethics. A graduate of San Diego State University and Northern
expected to do the work to improve inclusion. The students recommended the creation of aCenter for Engineering Diversity, structured project and lab teams to prevent isolation, strongeralumni/ae relationships, more formal mandatory training for faculty and TAs, teaching empathyand ethics in the first year, and altering syllabi to underline the value of DEI thinking. Thestudents, without faculty intervention, came up with many of the same solutions as have beenseen in the literature [17].MethodsThe complete survey administered to each class at the beginning of the term can be found inAppendix A. This will be referred to as the Before survey for the remainder of the paper.Surveys were distributed via campus email at the beginning of the Fall 2021
forthe same job and the competition can bring out the worst in some people.I decided to apply to an internship for a civil engineering company. I was worried about gettingthe position because my novice resume and that I was a sophomore in college barely starting mycivil engineering classes. I expressed my concern to one of my Hispanic classmates and was toldnot to worry about it. “You’re a Black woman, you already got it.” I did not get the position, butI was angered that this person limits my abilities to just my gender and race. It didn’t occur tothis person that someone may hire me because of my intellectual capabilities or work ethic, butbecause I possess something I have no control over. It is unfair for someone’s abilities to bediscredited
experiential, methodological, spatial-temporal, technological, institutional, social, and political/ethical as well as consider that transdisciplinary teams evolving through different stages may require changes in their communication processes [115]. Wang et al. (2019) [116] developed a communication framework for transdisciplinary teams that offers topics for communication and indicators of successful communication (subdivided into relationship development and solution development) at each stage of team formation and performance. One feature of the workflow should be regular and ongoing (emphasis added) communication [98]. Transdisciplinary teams are often separated spatially and these
array of different technologies available for use.Student attempts to modify plagiarized work in an effort to evade detection by similarity engines,which will be known as “mutations” for the remainder of this paper, are of substantial concern toengineering educators as they threaten the ability of the assessment process to accurately identifywhich students behaved ethically and which students engaged in academic misconduct.Therefore, it is essential that similarity engines are as well-equipped as possible for mitigating theimpact of these attempts. The ability of a similarity engine to retain accurate and precise detectionof plagiarized source code files in spite of the application of mutations is an important factor toconsider in an evaluation
also be used to assess ABET outcomes for communication and teamwork,indicating their use for assessing students’ abilities to apply technical knowledge to solveproblems collaboratively while also communicating those solutions effectively.Based on a 2013 review of engineering education scholarship, when faculty assigned teamprojects, they primarily targeted outcomes based in teamwork, design, and communication, withsome focus on innovation, lifelong learning, ethics, and motivation [8]. In a breakdown of theteamwork outcome, researchers found a focus on global/cultural competence (for both teammembers and clients), project management, and interdisciplinary teamwork, as well as somefocus on societal concerns, distributed teamwork, leadership
experiences as graduate students and be open to adopt in ways in which the experiences of minority graduate students today may differ [56]13. Seek for intentional faculty development: effective mentoring of all students includes providing instrumental support and advocacy [52], and requires intentional faculty development [57]; training on the stages of mentoring relationships, developing mentoring contracts, the ethical responsibilities involved in mentoring, and the benefits and costs of mentoring for both mentee and mentors themselves could serve this purpose well [57]14. Increase multicultural competence via training: specifically related to conflict
services to meet students’ learning needs,but they also need to make opportunities for faculty to explore their teaching and researchinterests and priorities. In addition, HEIs need to prepare students for society so they can notonly meet employer needs, but also social, economic, and environmental needs of society.Students need to progress as individuals in an intellectual and ethical way, and some professionalcompetency frameworks may not address these dimensions. Many HEIs are responsible for andhave a mission to grow and produce citizens, not just competent employees. HEIs also need toconsider administrative structures, services, and resources available to pursue competency-basedlearning, which may differ from human resource structures in
research and design (i.e. apprenticeship style) projects have naturally been theprimary avenues for student research, as they remain the major modes of quantitative explorationin STEM professional and academic fields [12]. However, there are other presumed merits to theresearch interview approach utilized here in the STEM environment: ● It forces students to confront the impact of science and engineering on a broad population. ● It can “humanize” STEM work, connecting data to people. ● It strengthens soft skills like communication, socialization, and ethics. ● It provides additional training beyond lab or workshop attributes. ● It familiarizes students with government policies that intersect with their