thefields of water resources engineering, environmental engineering, cosmetics, and nutrition havebeen developed. By focusing on these fields, the positive impact that algae can have on issuesfaced by developing nations around the world was highlighted. Gas transfer and coagulationflocculation experiments have been used to research the sustainability of algae use in the watertreatment process, with a focus on the feasibility of replacing current processes with algae basedalternatives. Calorimeter tests have been conducted to research the potential nutritional benefit ofalgae based products. Exposure to social and environmental injustices along with ethics casestudies are also an integral part of the project. Ultimately, the purpose of this project
experts atchallenging students to develop excellent listening skills, cultural sensitivity, ethics, andempathy13,14. While engineering programs require students to take courses in the arts,humanities, and social sciences, students often compartmentalize these human-centric skills as“liberal arts” skills instead of weaving them into their technical expertise. There are numerousexamples of engineering programs or courses that have incorporated arts and humanities intodesign courses to encourage students to practice integrating human-centric skills with theirtechnical knowledge.15-17 A major challenge faced by this approach is that these courses are oftenseen as design courses and the “soft skills” offered by the arts and humanities faculty are just
instrumentation lab experiment (Rhudy and Rossmann, 2015). • Our first year introduction to engineering course featuring a cornerstone design experience as well as the introduction of engineering as a sociotechnical enterprise. We teach engineering design thinking as founded on empathy & interchange with all stakeholders; we encourage students to become problem definers, not simply problem solvers (Cohen, Rossmann, and Sanford Bernhardt, 2014). • Engineering ethics infused throughout the engineering curricula in several majors; faculty members develop and include modules on ethics related to the course’s technical content. This work in one engineering department has been recognized
valuedMaintain high ethical standards Demonstrates high ethics in their interactions and fairness in their decisionsTo augment the KEEN [2] definition and give multiple perspectives on Maker characteristics, theFive Roles framework [3] is also used. It was selected due to it being constructed from behaviorsEntrepreneurs reported doing. Table 2 shows an excerpt from the Five Roles framework [3], thefull framework is shown in Appendix 2.Table 2: Five Roles Framework [3]Roles Attributes DefinitionFraming the Challenge Performance Orientated Sets high standards of(specifying highly challenging
interdisciplinary problems PS2 Interdisciplinary communication TS2 Design of computational/physical experiments PS3 Interdisciplinary collaboration TS3 Application of informatics to materials science TS4 Goal-oriented design of systems, components, PS4 Ethical behavior processes PS5 Organization/management skills TS5 Hands-on experience and practical knowledgeNote: The table is adapted from [11].Table 2. Program Learning Outcomes. Program Learning Outcomes 1. Master concepts and principles of his/her central discipline and apply this subject matter to solve problems/generate new interdisciplinary knowledge (TS1-TS5
used the pre- and post-camp tests to assess the level of knowledge gained by the participants.The progress of participants was measured with respect to the following learning outcome areas: ● Online Safe & Ethical Behavior ● System Administration: Secure operating systems using various controls and policies. ● Computer Networking: Apply fundamental networking tools to set up and diagnose computer networks. ● Cyber Threat Identification: Identify and describe common cyber security threats. ● Cryptography: Describe how cryptographic techniques are used to ensure data confidentiality/integrity as well as authentication.The participants' self-efficacy of Online Safe & Ethical Behavior was measured by five
, skills, and Processes (ETool) and tools engineers use in their work.Issues, Solutions, and Impacts To solve complex and multidisciplinary problems, students need to be able to understand the impact of (ISI) their solutions on current issues and vice versa. Ethics (Ethics) Students should consider ethical situations inherent in the practice of engineering. In K-12 engineering education, it is important to develop students’ abilities to participate as a contributing Teamwork (Team) team member. Communication Related to Communication is the ability of a student to effectively take in information and to relay
Paper ID #20308Assessing the Spectrum of International Undergraduate Engineering Educa-tional Experiences: A Cross Institutional SurveyDr. Larry J. Shuman, University of Pittsburgh Larry J. Shuman is Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Distinguished Service Professor of industrial engineering at the Swanson School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. His research focuses on improving the engineering education experience with an emphasis on assessment of design and problem solving, and the study of the ethical behavior of engineers and engineering managers. A former Senior Editor of the Journal of
the changing demands of the modern medical device productdevelopment environment. Under the proposed changes, accredited BME programs will beexpected to develop diverse teams of engineers that are not only comfortable in the clinicalenvironment, but also “recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineeringsituations” and have the ability to identify “the ongoing need for additional knowledge andlocate, evaluate, integrate, and apply this knowledge appropriately.”2For many engineering disciplines, teaching students how to find and use journal articles, patents,and standards ensures that they will have a relatively complete understanding of the professionalinformation environment.3 However, BME students entering the workforce
% Teamwork 57% Problem Solving 55% Design 52%Analysis of course syllabus and course timeline scheduleStudents that responded to this survey had just completed an introductory course for theirengineering coursework that included learning outcomes of: applying critical thinkingframework to engineering design problems, explaining steps to an engineering design,summarizing effective strategies for dealing with interpersonal and communication problems thatarise in teamwork, and identifying ethical and professional issues of engineering practice.Through an analysis of the course schedule and lesson timeline we found a significant amountclass time was
. Theopportunity to conduct undergraduate research develops students’ technical writing skills, buildsunderstanding of industry terminology and technology as well as efficiency of operatingexperimentation apparatuses. The paper further elaborates on the importance of incorporatingundergraduate research into the curriculum as this will prepare students to be socially, critically,and professionally adequate as they confidently enter the engineering work force and/or pursuehigher education. Undergraduate research not only adds a wealth of knowledge to the individual,but teaches patience, ethics, and discipline when applying processes and procedures and designingstandards that must be upheld because of the responsibility as professionals to protect the well
, new materials, new energy and energysaving, aerospace, marine engineering, nanotechnology and engineering, Chemicalengineering, underwater acoustic engineering, smart grid, etc. Some traditional professionsalso added new contents, such as clean use of coal, extreme manufacturing, process control,information, etc., to cultivate a lot of high-needed talent. And, social science and humanitiescontent, such as economics, law, ethics, has been included in engineering teaching. And, theway of combining theory and practice is also to be explored and improved, and many schoolshave made new progress in the combination of schools and enterprises.C. Active education and teaching reformWith the rapid development of Chinese industrialization, the education
proposedsolutions and helped redefine program-level student learning outcomes.Eventually the committee agreed on changes and developed an implementation plan. At thispoint courses and programs were developed into a proposal and passed on through the universitycourse and curriculum approval process.Key Artifacts of the ProcessThis paper will not attempt to present all of the brainstorming ideas, diagrams, and artifactsproduced during the process. However, a few key artifacts may help the reader understand thecontext of the revised curriculum: Mission Statement We educate students from Kansas and the Midwest, transforming them into capable, ethical members of the computing profession. We provide Kansas and Midwestern
related to classroom instructors’ feedback onsite leadership performance including areas of management, supervision, their ability to givefeedback, professionalism, work ethic and problem solving skills. These results will then becompared to the classroom instructors interest outcomes on the SEEK program. The implicationsof this research include better understanding the role of leadership during short-term, out-of-school (OST) engineering programs such as training and professional development and otherpotential best practices.INTRODUCTIONOut-of-school time (OST) programs including after-school, before-school, and summer-basedactivities assist with narrowing the achievement gap and increasing interest in STEM forstudents of color. OST programs
clear expression of ideas in writing. ISLO 2: Critical Thinking “A habit of mind” characterized by the comprehensive exploration of issues, ideas, artifacts, and events before accepting or formulating an opinion or conclusion. ISLO 3: Information Literacy The ability to know when there is a need for information, to be able to identify, locate, evaluate, and effectively and responsibly use and share that information for the problem at hand. ISLO 4: Ethical Reasoning Ethical reasoning to reasoning about right and wrong
notexplicitly reflected in the rubric’s criteria. Specifically within the chemical engineering literature,many key themes were already reflected in the rubric, with the exception of uncertainty. Fromthe electrical and mechanical engineering literature, themes such as industrial ecology,technological adaptability, e-waste, and user experience were missing from the rubric. Inaddition, design for “X” (DfX) approaches, such as design for disassembly, were commonlydiscussed in the electrical and mechanical literature.3 Affordability and Ethics Innovation Equity (Across Disciplines
isparticularly suitable for implementation in engineering courses because its benefits are consistentwith student learning outcomes specified by the Accreditation Board for Engineering andTechnology (ABET), specifically the following strands from criterion 3 (ABET, 2015): (b) an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data; (c) 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; (d) an ability to function on multidisciplinary teams; (e) an ability to identify, formulate, and solve
to meet 7 outcomes.Outcome 4 states “Design appropriate solutions in one or more application domains usingsoftware engineering approaches that integrate ethical, social, legal, and economic concerns”. Itis through this outcome we expect students to design solutions that address ethical, social, legal,security, and economic concerns. The importance of security in the curriculum guidelines can benoted from the change in SE education Knowledge Areas. In the 2004 Curriculum Guidelines forUndergraduate Degree Programs in Software Engineering [4] security was listed as an area ofstudy. However in the 2014 Curriculum Guidelines for Undergraduate Degree Programs inSoftware Engineering [5] there is now an increase in the visibility of software
is resolved in favor of students’ learning, increasing thelikelihood that partner communities are left with inappropriate and unusable solutions.6To address these tensions and make sure that communities also benefit from these programs,many scholars have proposed elaborate frameworks and philosophical commitments toinform the practice of humanitarian engineering projects. For instance, Amadei andcolleagues published a model comprising 10 guiding principles for Sustainable HumanitarianEngineering projects. 9 The principles stress the importance of following ethical andprofessional codes and collaborating with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.Another model for HE is Engineering for Social Justice (E4SJ)10 which provides six
Paper ID #17898An Evaluation of a Research Experience Traineeship (RET) Program for In-tegrating Nanotechnology into Pre-College CurriculumDr. Justin L Hess, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis Dr. Justin L Hess is the Assistant Director of the STEM Education Innovation and Research Institute. In this role, Justin is working on improving the state of STEM education across IUPUI’s campus. Dr. Hess’s research interests include exploring empathy’s functional role within engineering and design; de- signing STEM ethics curricula; and evaluating students’ learning in the spaces of design, ethics, and
and written andoral communication skills by reporting progress through presentations and reports. They practicecreative problem solving, developing ethical standards, and analyzing ideas or solutions. Becauseof this, the learning outcomes of engineering design courses typically mirror – or are the same as– outcomes identified for engineering students in general,3,31,32 such as those defined by theEngineer of 2020 report,1 listed in Table 2. Table 2. Engineer of 2020 outcomes. Attributes of the Engineer of 2020 Definition Strong analytical skills Applying math science, and design principles; consider social
, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability. d. An ability to function on multidisciplinary teams. l. A knowledge of the roles and responsibilities of public institutions and private organizations pertaining to environmental and ecological engineering. m. A knowledge of sustainability tools used in all engineering thought, and an ability to use these tools in the design process.Table 2: Assessed student outcomes mapped to course descriptions.Course Title and Brief Description Assessed OutcomesIntroduction to Environmental and Ecological
data and reality • Communicative Validity – ensures that the experiences of the participants are accurately portrayed to and understood by the researcher and that the data is handled in a way that best communicates the reality of participant experiences to a relevant audience • Pragmatic Validity – considers whether the theories, frameworks, and ideas the researcher brings to the study fit with the social reality and considers the applicability of the results to the social context • Ethical Validity* - focuses on aspects of integrity and responsibility during the research process (*not included in the 2013 publication, but presented at Q3 workshops, conferences, and in subsequent
ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science and engineering b. An ability to design and conduct experiment, as well as to analyze and interpret data An ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic c. constraints such as economic, environmental, social, 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 The broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a
Engineering Through a Humanistic Lens” in Engineering Studies 2015 and ”A Game-Based Approach to Information Literacy and Engi- neering in Context” (with Laura Hanlan) in Proceedings of the Frontiers in Education Conference 2015. A classroom game she developed with students and colleagues at WPI, ”Humanitarian Engineering Past and Present: Worcester’s Sewage Problem at the Turn of the Twentieth Century” was chosen by the Na- tional Academy of Engineering as an ”Exemplary Engineering Ethics Activity” that prepares students for ”ethical practice, research, or leadership in engineering.”Ms. Laura A. Robinson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Lead Research & Instruction LibrarianProf. John M. Sullivan Jr, Worcester
Proceedings that same year, Steneck, Olds, and Neeley(2002) argued that the EC2000 criteria “provide[d] opportunities for more clearly defining andstrengthening the role of liberal education in engineering” (p. 1). More specifically, they claimedthat “Liberal education can contribute significantly to the development of all the programoutcomes defined by ABET and is essential to seven of them” (d-j) and to the requirement thatthe major design experience prepare students to deal with “economic; environmental;sustainability; manufacturability; ethical, health, and safety; social; and political” issues.1Recognizing that the new scheme for accreditation specified outcomes but not how the newrequirements should be met and that many engineering educators
, and MATLAB) and be able to explain your rationale for your choice; 5. Synthesize your knowledge of effective and ethical membership on a technical team (i.e., teaming skills) to refine your conduct as a member of the team. 6. Exhibit a work ethic appropriate for the engineering profession.B. ProceduresPre- and post-engineering enculturation surveys were developed to see how studentsexhibit characteristics of the engineering enculturation outcomes through the engineeringprogram on their way to becoming professional engineers. The students were surveyedwith open-ended questions and their responses were dissected for dominant viewpoints.First, the entire FYE foundation course of over 3,600 students was invited through anemail to
different teaching styles, each rotation has a unique format and content. For example, professional development is covered in civil and environmental module, and ethics and plagiarism are covered in bioengineering module. While it is needed to provide fundamental information and basic tools to students, we were cautious in drafting the content to avoid overwhelming
importance of students to understand problems’ andsolutions’ impact across the three pillars of economic growth, environmental stewardship, andsocial progress. The multi-dimensional analysis allows students to better assess the complexityof the application of the knowledge they learn. The concept of sustainability even appears in theCivil Engineering Code of Ethics as one of the Fundamental Cannons that “Engineersshall…strive to comply with the principles of sustainable development…;”15 yet more evidencethat sustainability is becoming a foundational and essential component of an engineeringeducation.Given the importance of sustainability in civil engineering curricula, an important questionremains: how do we teach it? One method discussed in this
; Computational Think- ing/Pedagogy Project; Rocket Project; World MOON Project; East Lubbock Promise Neighborhood (ELPN) Project; and Robotics. He can be reached at ibrahim.yeter@ttu.edu.Dr. Ryan C. Campbell, Texas Tech University Having recently completed his Ph.D. through the University of Washington’s interdisciplinary Individ- ual Ph.D. Program (see bit.ly/uwiphd), Ryan is now a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Texas Tech University. He currently facilitates an interdisciplinary project entitled ”Developing Reflective Engineers through Artful Methods.” His scholarly interests include both teaching and research in engineering educa- tion, art in engineering, social justice in engineering, care ethics in engineering