Conference Session

Integrating HSS into the Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Dave Hergert; Ron Earley; Suguna Bommaraju

designcourse is embedded with these attributes so that the student graduates with a well-roundededucation.This paper describes how the engineering technology capstone course (senior design project) atMiami University has been structured to facilitate Liberal education council’s guidelines. The fourcomponents of liberal education are explained in this paper and a discussion of how each of theseattributes is enhanced in the course is presented. For example, the capstone course offers a uniqueopportunity to learn about ethics (understanding contexts attribute). Because the department doesnot have a separate ethics course, a guest speaker lecture on ethics is arranged in the senior designcourse. Students apply this concept to a hypothetical scenario

Conference Session

Innovations in Promoting Technological Literacy I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Isabel Huff, Smith College; Glenn W. Ellis, Smith College; Lucy McAuliffe, Smith College; Sonia K. Ellis, Smith College; Beth McGinnis-Cavanaugh, Springfield Technical Community College

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

selectivemutism that prevents her from talking about what she knows. Sadina works with her friends todesign a robotic cat that can communicate with and Maddie record her answers to questions Page 25.531.4about the crime. In the process of building the cat and solving the mystery, Sadina and herfriends learn about brainstorming, respect, teamwork, and communication. They also findthemselves involved in ethical dilemmas that parallel the kinds of situations that professionalengineers and technologically literate citizens might face.11The novel introduces middle school students to different kinds of technology (such as artificialintelligence) and also to

Conference Session

Accreditation and Outcomes-based Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna M. Riley, Smith College

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

AC 2012-4282: AIDING AND ABETING: THE BANKRUPTCY OF OUTCOMES-BASED EDUCATION AS A CHANGE STRATEGYDr. Donna M. Riley, Smith College Donna Riley is Associate Professor and a founding faculty member in the Picker Engineering Program at Smith College. Her research interests include liberative pedagogies, engineering ethics, engineering and social justice, and exclusionary structures of power in engineering education. Page 25.141.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Aiding and ABETing: The Bankruptcy of Outcomes-Based Education as a

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles U. Okonkwo

3MET 494G/598D Waste Minimization and Prevention 3MET 4XX Material and Energy Balan in Manufacturing Processes 3MET 4XX Energy 3MET 4XX Environmental Ethics and Regulations 3MET 4XX Environmental Site Planning for Industries 3Students with environmental emphasis option would substitute Manufacturing and theEnvironment course (MET 4XX) and Waste minimization and Prevention (MET494G/598D) for MET 344 and MET 346 respectively. In order to maintain the total 128semester credit hours, they would use the remaining four of the proposed courses as

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan M. Montgomery

Session 0455 A Course on Teaching Engineering Susan M. Montgomery University of MichiganIntroductionThe second fundamental canon of the NSPE Code of Ethics for Engineers1 states that “Engineers shall perform services only in areas of their competence.”In the United States the primary focus of graduate engineering education is to train our graduatestudents to become researchers. We also have an ethical obligation to provide those studentsinterested in academic careers with adequate education and training to ensure competence inthe teaching aspects of their

Collection

2004 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Christopher R. Carroll

knowledgeavailable to them effectively, but they also must understand foundations of the social settings inwhich they wish to apply that technology.In the Fall, 2003, accreditation review of engineering programs at the University of MinnesotaDuluth (UMD), the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) visitorssuggested that a way be found to instill in students a more complete appreciation for this“Professional Component” of engineering. According to ABET criteria, students shouldunderstand how engineering relates to activities in • Economics, • Environment, • Sustainability, • Manufacturability, • Ethics, • Health and safety, • Society, and

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yucheng Liu, South Dakota State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

the author developedand implemented a plan to improve the ME senior seminar based on the course evaluation results.About ME Senior SeminarThe ME senior seminar is a highly focused and topical course. Its purpose is to acquaint studentswith a sufficiently broad spectrum of policies, practices, procedures, and ethics in mechanicalengineering. It is a one credit course so a 50-min session per week is devoted to lectures, but twoto three hours of outside classwork per week are required. The author joined SDSU in July 2021and started to teach this class in the fall semester. It is worth mentioning that the author had nevertaught such a class before.Based on the ultimate goal of senior seminars and industry expectations for mechanicalengineering

Conference Session

Computing & Information Technology Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Liu, Purdue University Fort Wayne

programs to develop curricula and seek accreditation.KEYWORDSData Science, ABET Accreditation, Student Outcomes, Curriculum1 IntroductionDue to an increasing demand for data science related jobs [1], many universities started to offer Data Science degrees in the recent decade[1,2]. According to ABET [3,4], Data science draws on knowledge, skills and abilities from computing, mathematics, and statistics, allapplied in the context of domains that make use of data. The pervasive reach and multi-disciplinary nature of datascience causes special challenges in uniting traditionally separate disciplines into a coherent approach that produces ethical and well-trained practitioners. Agreement on standards is an important step in the maturation and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen Wendell, Tufts University; Jessica Watkins, Vanderbilt University; Natalie De Lucca, Vanderbilt University; Tyrine Jamella Pangan, Tufts University; Rae Woodcock; Chelsea Andrews, Tufts University

just as atechnical task, but as a complex socio-technical activity with ethical, economic, and politicaldimensions. Our work foregrounds a perspective of care in students’ engineering discourse andbuilds on emerging frameworks exploring compassionate design, macroethics and ideology, andcritical socio-technical literacy (Learning in Places Collaborative, 2020; McGowan, 2018; Philipet al., 2018; Seshadri et al., 2019).In this paper and its related poster, we summarize our first year of design talk enactments andanalysis.Project OverviewAs a team of school-based teacher researchers and university-based researchers, we haveorganized our collective work around enacting and classifying different genres of whole-classdesign talks that support

Conference Session

Cooperative and Experiential Education Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Diane L Peters P.E., Kettering University; Ronald E Kumon, Kettering University; Gabrielle Feeny

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative and Experiential Education

, a midwestern STEM-focusedinstitution, received an internal grant to develop a class in research for undergraduates. Thisclass, which is designed to be offered online either for cohorts or for individual students as anindependent study, contains information and resources on a diverse range of issues such asmotivation for research, research ethics, planning a research project, conducting literaturesearches, experimental procedures, keeping lab documentation for various types of projects, dataanalysis, technical writing, intellectual property, and issues relevant to scoping out one’s ownresearch project.This paper will give the background for the course development, evaluation of the requiredcontent and decisions on structure and format, and

Conference Session

Distance and Web-Based Learning in Engineering Technology: Part II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ali Mehrabian, University of Central Florida; Tarig Ali, University of Central Florida; Walter Buchanan, Texas A&M University; Alireza Rahrooh, University of Central Florida

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

for the distance learning students in engineering and technology. We use someaccurate but crude empirical data and evaluation methodologies to draw our conclusions. Thearticle’s discussion encompasses six faculty concerns of security, interactivity, equity, hands-ondemonstration of concept, team-workability assessment, and ethics, all related to crafting onlineexaminations in engineering and technology. Some of the results presented here are alsoconfirmed intuitively through our informal discussions with the colleagues having similarexperiences. We conclude, from our experiences, that in “open and honest” learningenvironments such as those in most institutions of higher education in the United States, the mostimportant focus should be on the

Conference Session

Developing Better Engineering Managers - Curricular Ideas from Year 1 Through Graduate School

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy K. Zander, Clarkson University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

engineering design process, the meaning of real world constraints, design for theenvironment, and ethics. The students present their designs in oral and written fashion at the endof the semester.In the second semester, the design process is opened up to the teams and a real-world design isundertaken. The design in the second semester involves a local real world client andincorporates performing the engineering design and learning the basic tools of projectmanagement, supply chain management, and operations management to prepare a managementplan around the project design. The product and management plan are again presented orally andin a written document and presented to the real world client. Some of the designs from thissecond semester course have

Conference Session

Works in Progress: Curricula and Pathways

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bingbing Li, California State University - Northridge; Robert G. Ryan, California State University - Northridge; Nancy Warter-Perez, California State University - Los Angeles; Yong Gan, Cal Poly Pomona; Hadil Mustafa, California State University - Chico; Helen Cox, Institute for Sustainability, California State University - Northridge; Li Ding, California State University - Northridge

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

engineers who are critical thinkers, engage inhumanistic inquiry, have awareness of ethical and social justice issues, and are innovators andgood citizens. In fact, these qualities have been included in the “A to K” learning outcomesdefined by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) for all engineeringprograms [2]. Of these eleven learning outcomes, there are four that are most relevant to liberalstudies education: (f) an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility; (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

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gholam Ali Shaykhian, Florida Institute of Technology; Jinan Ziade; Mohd A. Khairi, Najran University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

International

particular ethical standpoint toward the content of religiosity,which may comfort the decision-maker and assist the decision-making process [34]. Personalspiritual beliefs affect the behavior and strategic decisions of top-level leaders and such beliefsaffect the measurement and adjustment of the spiritual climate of the leaders’ organizations.Other researchers have claimed that spiritual and religious beliefs influence leadership style inthe way leaders develop new skills and provide information relied upon in the workplace[27][34]. As cultures vary in different Middle Eastern countries, leaders of the region may interpretthe company’s business practices and frame personal reactions according to the individual’scultural background and

Conference Session

FPD8 - Early Intervention & Retention

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gretchen Hein, Michigan Technological University; Amber Kemppainen, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

topicscovered and the variety between them caused a great deal of discontinuity in the course material.Therefore, the new structure emphasizes subjects where engineering tools are used to solve ordisseminate the course material in modules that are interrelated and reinforced throughout thecourse. In the first course, three subject modules were created for this purpose: • Engineering Design and Analysis • Engineering Ethics • Engineering SustainabilityIn the first course, students will use engineering skills such as the problem solving method andstatistical analyses while completing design activities. They will analyze and communicate theirresults in a technical poster competition. The second course builds on previously learned skillswith the

Conference Session

Cooperative & Experiential Education Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joy Watson, University of Cincinnati; Maureen G. Schomaker, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

problems with technology 3. This paper will explore the field ofcooperative education and present an outline of the mandatory Introduction to CooperativeEducation (Intro to Co-op) class. Additionally, this paper will focus on two specific contentareas: creating an elevator speech and professional ethics in the workplace.Definition of Terms Cooperative education is somewhat difficult to define and is sometimes usedinterchangeably with the following terms: work integrated learning, sandwich learning,internship, and experiential learning. At the World Association for CooperativeEducation Conference hosted at Victoria University it was defined as follows: “Workintegrated learning combines professional work experience with classroom studies

Conference Session

Service Learning in Engineering

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Chandler; dean fontenot

students, especially in students’ oral communication skills.We wanted to insure that students were introduced to written, oral, and internetcommunication; ethics; teamwork and service learning. 3The first obstacle to overcome in designing the course was how to integrate oralcommunication, written communication, internet communication, teamwork, ethics, andservice learning all into one 15 week class, and to ensure that students had ample time topractice written and oral communication skills as well as receive critical feed back fromtheir peers and the teacher. The goals for the course are to ensure that students are able tocorrectly and accurately analyze audiences for written, oral, and on-line communications;construct technical documents; deliver

Conference Session

Faculty Development Division (FDD) Technical Session 8

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michaela Harper, Utah State University; Cassandra McCall, Utah State University

Tagged Divisions

Faculty Development Division (FDD)

for educators [7]-[10]. Concurrently, academicinstitutions are grappling with ethical implications, such as the lack of equitable access to AI, andacademic integrity issues, such as tensions around cheating, that GAI technologies might bring[11]-[13].This work-in-progress paper provides an initial exploration of engineering faculty perspectiveson students' use of AI assistance in homework completion. The research draws upon role identitytheory [14], [15] and activity theory [16] as guiding frameworks. By doing so, the full researchwill uncover the multi-dimensional views of faculty regarding student use of AI, investigatingthe similarities or differences across engineering disciplines and between proponents andopponents of AI assistance in

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter A. Koen; Pankaj Kohli

ofTechnology engineering graduates in the last 3 years (1994, 1995, and 1996) in order to betterdetermine the industry skill set required of recent alumni. The most important attributes, in orderof priority, were problem solving, ability to design and conduct experiments, recognition of theneed to engage in life-long learning, understanding of professional and ethical responsibility andan ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams. Of less importance were depth and breath ofengineering science indicating that the new curriculums will need to emphasize the “softerskills.” Recent graduates attribute prioritization were nearly identical to their supervisors whichfurther reinforces the relative importance of the attributes previously indicated

Conference Session

Strengthening Liberal Education in Engineering

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Nicholas Steneck; Barbara Olds; Kathryn Neeley

identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems1 (f) an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility1 With regard to outcome (e), LE is particularly useful for developing the ability to reflect on andthink critically about the process of problem definition. Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2002, American Society for Engineering Education Page 7.971.1 (g) an ability to communicate effectively (h) the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global and

Conference Session

Software Engineering Outreach: Industry, K-12

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Massood Towhidnejad, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Thomas B Hilburn, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Richard E Fairley, Software and Systems Engineering Associates (S2EA)

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

CBOK and its extensions, which arestrongly related to the CBOK, DOMAIN, DEPTH, SYS ENG, ETHICS, and RECONCILEoutcomes (see Table 3). Figure 2 depicts the organization of the Core BOK, with percentage ofcurriculum content designated for each core area. Notice that the CBOK occupies approximately50% of the curriculum allowing flexibility and specialization in curriculum design andsupporting its extension to support outcomes DOMAIN and DEPTH.The primary source for developing the CBOK was the SWEBOK4. Knowledge elements werealso derived from SE20045 and other sources6, 7, 8. In the study and analysis of these sources, itwas decided that although the SWEBOK organization and content would dominate, variouschanges in areas and topics were needed to

Collection

2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

K. Madhavan

Engaging Students in an Undergraduate Civil Engineering Course K. Madhavan, Ph.D., P.E., Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering 650 East Parkway South Memphis, TN 38104-5581AbstractThe components of the undergraduate course in Design of Foundations in the Civil andEnvironmental Engineering Department (CEE) at Christian Brothers University (CBU)are discussed. The course consists of the following: classroom lectures, project casestudies, failure case studies, ethical case studies and open-ended design problems.Examples of case studies with discussion questions are provided in this paper.Undergraduate CEE Program

Collection

2008 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Peter LoPresti; Theodore W. Manikas; Jeff Kohlbeck

teach about the engineering profession and the field of electricalengineering. Activities included laboratories in electrical circuits, designing an electric car,soldering, a field trip, and discussion about ethics. Students worked in two and four-personteams, and made presentations on their experiences.The academy was evaluated using formal assessment instruments and faculty observations. Eachof the individual activities attained an overall rating of at least 4 on a scale of 1 to 5, with mostactivities rated at 4.5 or greater. A formal evaluation of the entire academy revealed ratings of4.5 or greater out of 5 on most aspects of the academy, though some areas indicated a need forimprovement, such as clarity of written materials and the

Collection

2025 ASEE -GSW Annual Conference

Authors

Surupa Shaw, Texas A&M University; Randy Brooks, Texas A&M University

!), and dove into Telecom Engineering. Once in Telecom, my learning continued at MCI, Vartec, and Charter. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 WIP: Fostering Professional Skills Development Through Application in Core Engineering Subject Courses: A Pathway to Holistic Student Development Surupa Shaw, Randy Brooks Texas A&M UniversityABSTRACTTechnical expertise alone is insufficient for career success in the evolving and competitive field ofengineering. Employers increasingly prioritize graduates who possess key professional skills suchas collaboration, communication, problem-solving, and ethical

Collection

2023 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

Authors

Salman Mohaghegi

students exposed to realistic operationand design scenarios which present one or more environmental and/or social ethics dilemmas. Itis only then that the students learn to make environmentally and socially aware decisions and viewthe problem beyond engineering principles alone. This paper presents a project-based learning(PBL) exercise conducted at a graduate level course related to the operation and management ofthe power system, where the students are presented with a design scenario in which manyenvironmental and energy justice issues are intertwined with the technical design criteria. The goalof the exercise is to create ethical awareness in students and develop their ethical judgment througha realistic exercise.2. Electric Power Grid: The

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division (BED) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Williams, Case Western Reserve University; Colin K Drummond, Case Western Reserve University; Daniela Solomon, Case Western Reserve University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical Engineering Division (BED)

living for polypharmacy patients in isolated living situations.Mrs. Daniela Solomon, Case Western Reserve University Daniela Solomon is Research Services Librarian for Biomedical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electri- cal Engineering and Computer Science, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Kelvin Smith Library, Case Western Reserv ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Work In Progress: Promoting Student Engagement with Standards Through A Moot Court Case Study in Product LiabilityIntroductionPublic and environmental safety are critical components of engineering ethics that require anunderstanding of the engineering, business, and

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Merl Baker

arguments support this option along with flexibility in the block ofcourses undertaken and adding work experiences outside of academe. Ethics and Public Policy Engineers and engineering managers have a strong sense of responsibility to develop products and make decisionsthat are highly beneficial to society [3],[4]. They also have an admirable propensity to adhere to prescribed ethical codes ofthe profession. However, the need for a higher level of societal concern and public responsibility is now emerging withincreasingly sophisticated high technology products and services. Special courses in graduate curricula are advocated as athird sub process substitution to help engineering managers

Conference Session

Engineering Leadership Competency and Skill Development

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dean H. Lang, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Meg Handley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Andrew Michael Erdman, The Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Leadership Development

material and in-class activities, a cognitivist approach. The final four semesters (n=152) were structured with aflipped classroom approach. Students accessed course material through weekly online modulesand class time was spent in reflective discussion and experiences based on the material offeredonline, a constructivist approach. The survey included 55 items that covered seven sub-scales:understanding of ethical issues, global awareness (world view), communication skills,organization/leadership skills, self-knowledge, creativity, and teamwork. Only student paired(pre and post) data were used in the analyses in this study. Most survey items had a significantincrease from pre to post course survey response in the desired direction. To evaluate

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allen C. Estes, California Polytechnic State University; Thomas A. Lenox , Dist.M.ASCE, F.ASEE, American Society of Civil Engineers; Richard O. Anderson P.E., Somat Engineering, Inc.

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

data; design a system,component, or process in at least two more than one civil engineering contexts; includeprinciples of sustainability in design; explain basic concepts in project management, business,public policy, and leadership; analyze issues in professional ethics; and explain the importance ofprofessional licensure.2. FacultyThe program must demonstrate that faculty teaching courses that are primarily design in contentare qualified to teach the subject matter by virtue of professional licensure, or by education anddesign experience. The program must demonstrate that it is not critically dependent on oneindividual.Where we last left offThe initial paper1 documenting the committee’s work started with a review of the literature

Conference Session

Flipped Classrooms in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John-David S Yoder, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

. This article is used to start the discussion of legal issues in design. Video 2: FMEA tutorial Video 3: Amy Cuddy TED talk Your body language shapes who you are. Communication is clearly a critical part of design. But students rarely think about the importance of body language, which this video discusses both in terms of brain chemistry and in terms of the perceptions of others. Video 4: Steve Howard TED talk Let's go all-in on selling sustainability. This talk is presented from the view of an IKEA executive, who talks about the moral and financial reasons for pursuing more sustainable products and supply chains. Video 5: Craig Martin talk at U. of Kansas on Engineering Ethics, 2013 J.A Tiberti Lecture on Ethics in