AC 2007-14: ASSESSMENT OF ETHICS MODULES IN AN ENGINEERINGCURRICULUMMysore Narayanan, Miami University DR. MYSORE NARAYANAN obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Liverpool, England in the area of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. He joined Miami University in 1980 and teaches a wide variety of electrical, electronic and mechanical engineering courses. He has been invited to contribute articles to several encyclopedias and has published and presented dozens of papers at local, regional , national and international conferences. He has also designed, developed, organized and chaired several conferences for Miami University and conference sessions for a variety of organizations. He is a
2006-1556: ENGINEERING ETHICS INSTRUCTION AS AN INTEGRATEDPROFESSIONAL COMPONENTKevin Schmaltz, Western Kentucky University Kevin Schmaltz teaches thermo-fluid and professional component courses in Mechanical Engineering, including the Freshman Experience course, Sophomore Design, Junior Design and the Senior Project Design course sequence. Prior to teaching at WKU, he was a project engineer for Shell Oil, designing and building oil and gas production facilities for offshore platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. Page 11.563.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006
2006-2285: INTEGRATING ETHICS INTO A CIVIL ENGINEERING COURSEChristy Jeon, Georgia Institute of TechnologyAdjo Amekudzi, Georgia Institute of Technology Page 11.784.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Integrating Ethics into a Civil Engineering CourseAbstractEthics is a critical component of Civil Engineering education and practice. This paper discussesa case study to integrate ethics into a required undergraduate Civil Engineering course -- CivilEngineering Systems -- at Georgia Institute of Technology. The course introduces systems andsustainability concepts in Civil Engineering planning, design, operations, and renewal, and thuspresents an
Paper ID #5842Enhancing Engineering Ethics Curriculum by Analyzing Students’ Percep-tionMiss Brittney Hope Jimerson, North Carolina A&T State University Brittney Jimerson is a Ph.D. student at North Carolina A&T State University. She graduated from North Carolina A&T State University with a M.S. in Industrial and System Engineering in 2013. She was an undergraduate research scholar and earned her B.S. in Industrial Engineering and Management from the University of North Carolina at Asheville in 2009. She is an Alpha Pi Mu Engineering Honor Society Member, NSBE member, and IIE member.Dr. Eui Hyun Park, North
State University Page 23.547.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Ethics in Engineering Education Using Virtual WorldsAbstractEthical decision-making is key to the development of future engineers in our global and diversesociety. The use of virtual worlds in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM)education is an innovative use of technology in the classroom. This paper will describe how wedeveloped, deployed, and assessed a novel approach to engineering ethics education that usesvirtual worlds to teach ethics in STEM classes. Our project, SciEthics Interactive, is
Paper ID #6145Lessons Learned from Teaching with an Ethics ToolkitDr. Martin S. High, Oklahoma State University Dr. Marty High is an associate professor of Chemical Engineering at Oklahoma State University. His academic interests include teaching in all areas and at all levels of chemical engineering with a focus on instruction in thermodynamics and mass transfer. His research interests are in the areas of mass transfer in polymeric systems, corrosion modeling, equation of state development and refinery catalysis. Marty also writes in the area of sustainability and on the intersection of law, science and society. He
Paper ID #7537Engineering Ethics Survey for Faculty: An Assessment ToolProf. Frank E Falcone, Villanova University Professor Falcone is a member of the faculty of the Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Vil- lanova University. His primary fields of technical interest and experience are in Hydraulics, Hydrology, Fluid Mechanics and Water Resources. He has also taught Professional Practices in Engineering and En- gineering in the Humanistic Context which is a course focused on exploring a wide range of ethical issues confronting engineers and engineering students on a day-to-day basis. Falcone is registered
Session 3160 Professional and Ethical Implications of Engineering Globalization Ashraf M. Ghaly Associate Professor, Civil Engineering Department Union College, Schenectady, NY 12308AbstractAs a result of many years of neglect of their infrastructure, many underdeveloped countries relyon the expertise of international firms in developing solutions to the extremely complicatedproblems they are facing. International aid agencies or foreign governments usually provide thefinancing for the design and construction of these projects. Due to the fact that agencies
AC 2012-3789: ETHICAL AND SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF BIOMET-RIC TECHNOLOGIESDr. Rigoberto Chinchilla, Eastern Illinois University Rigoberto Chinchilla, PhD in Integrated Engineering, Ohio University, is an Associate Professor of Ap- plied Engineering and Technology at Eastern Illinois University (EIU) since 2004. His teaching and research interests include Quality design, Biometric and Computer Security and Ethics, Clean Technolo- gies and Automation. Dr. Chinchilla has been a Fulbright Scholar and a United Nations scholar, serves in numerous departmental and university committees at EIU and has been awarded several research grants in his career. Dr. Chinchilla Publications in 2011 include oChinchilla, Rigoberto
AC 2012-5438: ETHICAL ISSUES AWARENESS FOR ENGINEERS INPRACTICEDr. A. Dean Fontenot, Texas Tech University A. Dean Fontenot directs a professional development center for K-12 teachers as part of the Texas STEM (T-STEM) initiative in order to bring about educational reform in secondary schools. The Texas Tech T-STEM Center focuses on project-based learning with the integration of the engineering design process. As Senior Director, she has brought together three Texas Tech professional development centers that have a history of training teachers, and built partnerships with five Educational Service centers as well as other organizational and industry partners who help implement the professional development training
Paper ID #8857Developing Engineering Ethics through Expert Witness Role PlaysDr. Bradley J. Brummel, The University of Tulsa Bradley Brummel is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at The University of Tulsa. His research inter- ests include using role plays and other simulations to teach responsible conduct of research. He conducts interdisciplinary research with Mechanical Engineering, Neuroscience, and Computer Science. His work has appeared in journals such as Science and Engineering Ethics, Personnel Psychology, Human Rela- tions, and Journal of ManagementDr. Jeremy S. Daily P.E., The University of Tulsa
engineer in a wafer fabrication facility before continuing her graduate studies. Other than being busy with her research and caring for her two children, she loves to cook and being outdoors. She also has an interest in traveling and plans to visit all 50 states. Her goal is to inspire more women to become engineers. Page 24.539.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Ethical Reasoning Development in Project-Based LearningIntroductionThis paper describes the method of ethics discussion used in Iron Range Engineering (IRE) andTwin Cities Engineering (TCE), two
Paper ID #10721Learning about Ethics in a Multidisciplinary ContextRichard Raridon, Minnesota State University, Mankato Richard Raridon is a graduate student currently pursuing his M.S. degree in Experiential Education at Minnesota State University, Mankato. In addition to working as the graduate assistant for the MAX Scholars program, he is also a graduate assistant for the department of Educational Leadership and teaches Introduction to Experiential Education. He received his B.S. degree in Psychology and Mass Communi- cation from Black Hills State University in 2007.Prof. Rebecca A Bates, Minnesota State University
INTEGRATING ETHICS INTO THE ENGINEERED CONSTRUCTION CURRICULUM Sunil K. Sinha, Assistant Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, 231 Sackett Building, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 16802. H. Randolph Thomas, Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, 206 Sackett Building, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 16802. John R. Kulka, President, HRI, Inc., 1750 West College Avenue, State College, Pennsylvania, 16804
Session 2140 Implementing the Required Ethics Component in Engineering Classrooms Dr. June Marshall, Dr. John Marshall St. Joseph’s College/ University of Southern MaineAbstractThis document focuses on how ethics education, more globally referred to as charactereducation, is being implemented into an undergraduate college program. Very successfultechniques are discussed that have been proven useful in providing instruction to futureprofessionals in national character education curriculums involving morals, values andethics. Suggestions for
Integrating Sustainability Within Ethics Discourse: A Freshmen Perspective Seetha V. Veeraghanta, Janice W. Frost University of Utah, Undergraduate Studies ProgramAbstractRecently, engineering academia has recognized the importance of including ethics and the conceptof sustainability into the curriculum. This development is evidenced in the ABET guidelines, viz.,“…engineering standards and realistic constraints - economic, environmental, sustainability,ethical, health and safety, social and economic” [1].In this paper, we present the argument that incorporating theories and concepts of global resourcesustainability into a discussion of ethics enables a first-year student to comprehend
Session Number: 1348 Building Ethics and Project Management into Engineering Technology Programs Authors: Ron Fulle, Carol Richardson, George Zion Affiliation of All: Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)AbstractOur Industry Advisory Board (IAB) strongly suggested that we include more managerial skills inthe Engineering Technology curriculum. Revised ABET criteria now require such skills. Ourprograms were already so long that they adversely impact student retention. The dilemma washow to implement more so called “soft skills” without adding more hours to the
Session xxxx Don’t Give Up Good “Teaching Principles” To Teach Ethics Robert J. Houghtalen, P.E., Gloria M. Rogers Department of Civil Engineering / Institutional Research, Planning, and Assessment Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyAbstractTeaching engineering students professional ethics is a challenge. Most of our students thinkethics is common sense and does not need to be taught. Furthermore, the topic is not easy tomake interesting. However, principles of good teaching can be applied to any topic, includingthis one. This paper explores two ways to teach professional ethics; one way is
Paper No. 2004-1198 Integrating Ethics into the Freshman Year Engineering Experience Dr. George D. Catalano Department of Mechanical Engineering State University of New York at Binghamton Abstract Various attempts are described in an effort to integrate ethics into the freshmanyear engineering classes. The attempts include formal lectures on moral reasoningtheories, ethics focused videos/DVDs, environmentally focused design projects, designprojects that force students to consider societal and global issues. A somewhat differenttype of design project, Compassion Practicum, is also
Paper Session No.: 1121 INTEGRATING ETHICS INTO ENGINEERING DESIGN OF CONSTRUCTION PROCESS Sunil K. Sinha, Assistant Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, 231 Sackett Building, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 16802. H. Randolph Thomas, Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, 206 Sackett Building, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 16802. John R. Kulka, President, HRI, Inc., 1750 West College Avenue, State College, Pennsylvania, 16804
ASEE Abstract: Session Number 1526DELOS Can Our Students Recognize and Resolve Ethical Dilemmas?* Larry J. Shuman, Mark F. Sindelar, Mary Besterfield-Sacre, Harvey Wolfe and Rosa L. Pinkus University of Pittsburgh Ronald L. Miller, Barbara M. Olds, and Carl Mitcham Colorado School of MinesAbstractABET’s accreditation criteria have provided additional impetus for preparing engineering gradu-ates to understand their professional and ethical responsibilities. Accordingly, engineering ethicscourses have stressed skills acquisition rather than behavior change. However, to date, methodsto assess students’ ability to resolve ethical
Session 1161 Implementation of Ethics Education Throughout an Engineering College Robert H. Wolverton, Janet Bear Wolverton United States Air Force Academy/Oregon Institute of TechnologyI . IntroductionThe engineering community is rediscovering its roots of professionalism. During the past decadeengineering education moved beyond single minded devotion to science and technology byembracing multidisciplinary studies. To complete the transition from engineering scientists backto engineering professionals, education for the next decade is focusing on incorporating ethics andsocial responsibility into the curriculum
Session 3549 Integrating Ethics into a Project Management Course James E. Globig University of DaytonABSTRACTIn today’s increasingly technical society, constant pressure exists to provide the engineeringstudent with a comprehensive four-year curriculum that devotes sufficient attention to thetraditional disciplines of the profession while at the same time anticipates areas of developinginterest. As if this continued monitoring and refinement of the technical curriculum were notenough, because of the frequently competing demands placed on the new engineer in
Session 1532 Integrating Ethics into an Undergraduate Control Systems Course Peter H. Meckl School of Mechanical Engineering Purdue University West Lafayette, IN 47907-2088AbstractAn approach to inserting an ethics component into a control systems course is described. Sincethe technical content is rather complex, only limited time is available to focus on ethical issues.However, even limited discussions provide an opportunity to reinforce the importance of ethicsin a professional career
Session 1675 Integrating Ethics Education into the Engineering Curriculum Dr. June Marshall, Dr. John Marshall St. Joseph’s College/ University of Southern MaineAbstractEngineering programs across the nation are investigating techniques to implement thenew ABET accreditation requirements (Engineering Criteria 2000) regarding ethicsinstruction for engineers. According to Criterion 3 of ABET’s Engineering Criteria2000, “engineering programs must demonstrate that their graduates have . . . anunderstanding of professional and
Session XXXX Alumni Perspectives on Professional and Ethical Responsibility Robert J. Gustafson, Edward McCaul, Earl Whitlatch The Ohio State UniversityAbstractThe goal of the study reported in this paper was to collect data which would give guidance to ourprograms on ways to reduce the gap in the perceived importance versus preparation of College ofEngineering B.S. graduates in the area of “Professional and Ethical Responsibility”. A surveywas designed to address four main questions: Q1) What ethical issues are occurring most frequently in engineering practice? Q2) What is
Session 2793 Creating and Measuring an Awareness of Professional Ethics Richard A. Layton North Carolina A&T State UniversityAbstractThis paper presents an approach for creating in students an awareness of the ethical responsibili-ties of practicing engineers. Using a case study in professional ethics, students in a junior-levelmechanical engineering design course are given two consecutive writing assignments which arethe basis for four classroom discussion periods that focus on student responses to the case study.The student assignments are in addition to, and do not
Session 2661 Using Design Norms to Teach Engineering Ethics Gayle E. Ermer and Steven H. VanderLeest Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI1 AbstractEngineering ethics is a difficult subject to teach. Both students and faculty perceive it as asubjective area that cannot be quantified. Modern faculty are uncomfortable with the idea ofteaching in areas related to values, attitudes, and behavior (areas tied to ethics) as opposed toknowledge and skills. Engineering students have the preconception that philosophical issues aretoo abstract and therefore irrelevant to their
Session1151 Teaching Environmental Engineering Students Ethics, Law and Policy John Tharakan Department of Chemical Engineering, Howard University, Washington, DC 20059AbstractMost conventional introductory courses on environmental engineering are offered as core orelectives courses within chemical or civil engineering departments, with the primary focus usuallybeing on the description and analysis of pollutant generation and transport in water, air, and soil.There is a concomitant discussion and analysis of the physical, chemical and biological treatmenttechnologies that have been developed for
Session 2461 Professional Engineering Ethical Behavior: A Values-based Approach Victoria S. Wike Loyola University ChicagoI would like to argue here in favor of a values-based approach to engineering ethicsbecause of what such an approach can provide. By a values-based approach I meansimply a perspective on one’s professional (or personal) life that focuses on identifyingand enacting values. And by values, I mean those moral goods intrinsically valuable tohuman beings, such as fairness and freedom. A professional ethics that is directed tocommon moral commitments