principles. We have summarized the technical and soft skills taughtin each of our courses and given the importance of each skill to engineering managers (Table 1).Our program distinction is the business courses, but we included our regular engineeringtechnology courses for comparison. These courses collectively develop a robust toolkit oftechnical and soft skills crucial for Engineering Managers to effectively lead technical teams,projects, and organizations. The emphasis on applying knowledge to real-world problems,communicating with diverse stakeholders, thinking critically and ethically, and workingcollaboratively prepares students for the multifaceted challenges and opportunities they will faceas Engineering Managers in industry. Graduates go to
student opinions about strategicnetworking before and after they experience the course material and activities. The second of thesesurveys explores the effectiveness of each intervention as perceived by students. This latter surveyalso explores the potential positive effect of portraying strategic networking to doing good for others.While the students’ first survey opinions were slightly on the positive side of neutral about strategicnetworking, they nevertheless evidenced concerns over the ethics and authenticity of strategicnetworking and lack of skill in practicing it. Course content was oriented in part to portray strategicnetworking as a practice that benefits others and promotes worthy causes; it is servant leadership inpractice. Student
complex challenges in their professional context that requireboth technical and social competencies and include providing clean water, the ethics ofdeveloping AI, engineering better delivery of medication, and preventing nuclear terror [1]. Toeffectively solve these complex problems, engineers have to rigorously and adeptly applytechnical skills and soft skills such as communication, collaboration, and empathy [2]. Soft skillsare widely recognized as having increasing importance for employment, career success, andprofessional and personal satisfaction in modern engineering workplaces [3].Empathy is a critical soft skill, focused on building emotional intelligence [2], [4], [5], [6], andhas many definitions in the literature [7]. This work is
. The results provide insight intothe prioritization of laboratory learning outcomes and allow the redesign of laboratory courses tobetter align with the skills and attributes desired from all three stakeholder groups.IntroductionOver the last decade, many surveys and studies have considered the future of chemicalengineering and its alignment with industry expectations [4], resulting in changes to ABETrequirements [5] (specifically towards process safety education [6] and ethics and socialresponsibility [7]). A larger picture of chemical engineering modernization was the focus of arecent National Academies report entitled “New Directions for Chemical Engineering”, whichexplored research and undergraduate educational program updates [8
ChatGPT, posing a potential threat to theequilibrium of academic integrity. The adaptive strategies employed by institutions in responseto GenAI are also discussed in this paper, and we have explored whether instructors restrictstudents’ access using sophisticated detection systems or simply advocate ethical and responsibleuse of GenAI. The potential consequences of these policies on students’ learning were alsoexplored with an emphasis on whether students feel unfairly disadvantaged when detectionsystems fail or if they perceive the need to rely on GenAI tools to maintain academiccompetitiveness.Keywords: Engineering education, generative AI (GenAI), adaptive strategies, undergraduateBackgroundEngineering education is an ever-changing field that
EJE's relevance in addressing sustainability and social equity. By promotinginclusive pedagogical approaches and continuous reflection, we aim to equip students with theskills to design ethical engineering solutions. Through collective efforts, we aspire to contributeto a more sustainable and equitable future, fostering understanding and action in EnvironmentalJustice Education.Key words: Environmental Justice, Equity, Engineering Education IntroductionThe purpose of this Work in Progress research paper and ECSJ-DEED joint technical session isto highlight the crucial role of Environmental Justice Education (EJE) in bridging the gapbetween educators and students, particularly in the context of engineering
benefit of and meaning behind research is first clearly communicatedand emphasized to researchers as they conduct their work. According to the NSF, broader impacts are the “potential (for your research) to benefitsociety and contribute to the achievement of desired society outcomes,”. Some examples ofsocietal outcomes include public engagement, education, inclusion, societal wellbeing, nationalsecurity, strengthened infrastructure, and economic competitiveness, among others. The Ethical,Legal, & Societal Implications (ELSI), of an engineering research project refers to the analysis ofthe societal implications of novel and emerging research and associated or resultingtechnological advancements (Ogbogu & Ahmed, 2022). Engineering
mycorrhizaas a simile of these invisible connections. Mycorrhiza is a symbiotic association betweenfungi and plants that cycles nutrients to improve the whole ecosystem. The Mycorrhizaframework aims to raise awareness of the effects of engineering education and work,incorporate social and environmental justice in engineering education, and move closer tohelping people freely and fully develop in a sustainable world. I. IntroductionIt is essential for people and the Ecosystem that we raise awareness of our engineeringimpact. Demanding for people to take action, Singer [1] presented an ethical decisionwhere we would see a child drowning. Most people would do their best to come up with asolution to help the child. Engineering with visible results or
from the American Society of CivilEngineers (ASCE) requires that curriculum include application of the “principles ofsustainability, risk, resilience, diversity, equity, and inclusion to civil engineering problems,”application of “an engineering code of ethics,” and application of “professional attitudes andresponsibilities of a civil engineer” [1]. The importance of these criteria is reflected directlywithin the preamble to ASCE’s Code of Ethics, which provides four fundamental principles forengineers to govern their professional careers, the first being to “create safe, resilient, andsustainable infrastructure” [2]. The importance of sustainability, both within civil engineeringeducation and the civil engineering profession, is well
disciplines [2]. Engineering curriculums typically well-incorporate fundamentalinstruction through required introductory applied mathematics, physics, chemistry, computerscience, and engineering design coursework. However, exposure to multiple disciplines is oftenoverlooked in the process of developing engineering curriculums [3-5]. Given that majorselection is typically done in students’ first and second years [6-11], sufficient exposure toresearch, career/internship, alumni/professional experiences, and ethical/social insights isespecially important early in college. This will enable students to better choose majors/careersthat align with their interests and aptitudes [12-13]. Engineers stand to acquire many benefitsfrom an interdisciplinary
providing them with choices.Sustainable engineering is a complex topic which could span a number of areas. In this work weuse the framework developed by EOP [4]. The EOP framework includes nine topics, and allcould be appropriate for a FYED course; Table 1 shows the topics of focus in this work. Two ofthe nine EOP topics (design and communication & teamwork) were already core learning goalsof the FYED course. Critical thinking and social responsibility (ethics) were closely related togoals in the course. Responsible business and economy naturally tie to costs which is already aconstraint in the design process. The instructional design team explored ways to create new linksto specific EOP topics that were not normally integrated: materials
” that would guide a department committee in(eventually) redesigning the curriculum: Problem Solving; Communication; Professional Identityand Ethics; Teamwork, Leadership, and Inclusivity; Information Literacy, Judgement, andCritical Thinking; Character Traits and Self-Directed Learning.As all readers will know, the Covid-19 pandemic caused many workplace plans and initiatives togrind to a screeching halt. This curriculum renewal initiative of the mechanical engineeringprogram at Ohio State University was no exception. Over the course of 2020-2022, slowprogress was made on writing specific program goals to match each of the six guiding areasdeveloped during the 2019 retreat. Next, progress was made on developing the student learningoutcomes that
, including working directly with a client andconsidering the ethical implications of their solutions. These correlations point to areas wherestudents may need additional help in design thinking.BACKGROUNDA purpose of engineering design education is to support students’ movement along the path frombeginning toward informed designers. However, the pathways that students progress along thispath are not straightforward. Often, students are introduced to engineering design as first-yearstudents and do not see a design-focused course again until much later in their education,sometimes not until a capstone design experience in their final year. Both first-year and final-yearengineering design courses have been studied in a variety of contexts (e.g. [1
, Objective 1 work has involved literature review and individual interviews withengineering educators. There is more literature on equitable pedagogy (e.g., [2], [5], [6], [10],[14], [22], [23], [25] - [28]) than on equity-centered engineering content (e.g., [7], [8], [11], [13],[17] - [21], [29] - [31]), though we argue that both are necessary in order to prepare students tobe equity-oriented in their engineering practice. Additionally, there are different approaches tocentering equity in engineering courses, e.g., sociotechnical content (e.g., [7], [9], [12]),Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice (DEIJ) curricula (e.g., [19], [31]), macro-ethics (e.g.,[18]), universal design (e.g., [17]), engineering for social justice (e.g., [8], [13], [15
, whilethe topic of leadership development in engineering education programs is relatively new. Thispaper will summarize the findings of a scoping literature review on design competencies,leadership outcomes, and the intersection of the two in an engineering education setting.Research in design courses shows that topics commonly covered include professional skills,teamwork, project management, productive communication, and ethics in addition to technicalknowledge. Similarly, research on engineering leadership development has summarized a list ofoutcomes such as communication, teamwork, vision, interpersonal skills, ethics, organization,decision making, and time management in addition to technical knowledge. These observedsimilarities in outcomes of
category of engineering as conflict in courses we teach. Our backgroundsin different scholarly traditions inform the ways in which we approach engineering education,which we find are often in conflict, leading to a productive tension which we hope to unpack inthis piece.Jenna Tonn: I am a historian of science and technology and I co-designed and co-teach Makingthe Modern World: Design, Ethics, and Engineering (MMW) with an industrial systemsengineer. MMW is a 6-credit course for first-year students that integrates the modern history oftechnology and engineering as it relates to equity and justice with an introduction to engineeringfundamentals and engineering design. MMW fulfills a number of requirements for engineers andnon-engineers. For all
and aid in data-driven decision-making.Implications: The study findings depict the current usage of AI tools in project management andsuggest opportunities to update project management curricula to include AI-focused content,practical applications, and ethical considerations of AI. Educators are recommended to providehands-on experiences with AI tools, aligning academic teachings with current industry practices.This alignment is essential for preparing engineering graduates to meet the demands of aworkplace increasingly reliant on AI.Keywords: Artificial Intelligence, AI, ChatGPT, Project Management, Engineering Education,STEM Education, Chatbots, Industry Trends, Curriculum Development, AI Integration1. Introduction1.1 Evolution of
.• Roundtables with the Program Chairs – Students were assigned to two breakout groups of 20 minutes each: one to meet with the Chair or faculty representative from the student’s intended major, plus one other major.• Ethics Game – A Jeopardy-like game was created that required students to look up answers in codes of ethics such as the one provided by NSPE for engineers [20] or by the ACM for computer scientists [21].• Effective Communication – Written and oral communication activities were included throughout the course, including: o Written Communications – K’Nex instructions. One half of the class was given “Kit A” with 6 K’Nex pieces, while the other half of the class was given “Kit B” with 6 different
Effects of ChatGPT on Student Learning in Programming CoursesAbstract:One of the latest developments impacting computer science education is the availability ofhigh-quality generative AI (Artificial Intelligence) tools like ChatGPT. These tools provide arange of functionalities, such as code creation, debugging assistance, and optimization. From thestudents' perspective, these systems can be virtual tutoring aids that complement the learningprocess. From the educators’ perspective, the availability of AI tools necessitates adjustments tothe course material and raises ethical concerns, primarily related to the potential for codeplagiarism. Rather than disregarding or imposing prohibitive restrictions on these
student, she focuses on the intersection of Responsible AI, public narratives, policy, and ethics. Her research interests revolve around public trust in AI systems, technology co-design practices with end-users and interdisciplinary approaches to AI literacy. Critical and feminist approaches to science and technology studies inspire her investigative stance. Leslie holds certifications in AI Ethics (LSE), Responsible AI and Human Rights (University of Montreal-MILA), and AI Policy (CADIP). As a consultant for a Global Partnership in AI project, Leslie contributed to research on equality and inclusion within the AI ecosystem. As an educator, she is interested in encouraging critical conversations on technology and
key classes during the first-year and senior year for students, while being aimed atindividual work during the middle two years of study.This awards program targets eight values the engineering program seeks to develop in eachstudent: Community, Professionalism, Ownership, Relevance, Resilience, Ethics, Excellence,and Service. These values are introduced to students with discussion and reflection during thefirst year of study, as well as being prominently displayed in the academic building mostassociated with engineering. Awards are given in the spring semester. Students are nominated byothers including peers, faculty and staff, and representatives from local industry with the processvarying by which year of study the awards are for. In the
. Such historical thinking is critical to develop engineers capable ofresisting “the tyranny of the urgent”, submit to “the democracy of the dead”, and resist the anti-historical influence of social media and neo-marxist indoctrination [21], [22].Case studies in civil engineering education are often based on large scale projects that wereground-breaking in design or resulted in major failure. Commonly seen examples include thecollapses of the walkway in Kansas City Hyatt Regency or the Tacoma Narrows Bridge [23],[24]. A variety of assignment and assessment models exist in literature to direct students to focuson technical or ethical content [16], [23]–[28]. There are several notable engineers who havemade a career documenting the history of
of professional skills in burgeoningengineers [1], [2]. Thus, there is a demand for student development processes and experiencesthat facilitate the acquisition of both technical and professional skills. For this project,professional skills, often referred to as “soft skills,” include a variety of competencies such ascommunication, teamwork, professional and ethical responsibility, and more as determined byABET and delineated in the results of this paper. Unlike technical skills, professional skills takemore time to develop and sharpen [3]. Additionally, they are not as amenable to course-basedlearning often due to their “untestable” nature. Whereas a chemistry class might be able to teachtechnical skills and then assess the outcomes by way
generation of engineers to be ethical, human-centric, collaborative, communicative, and transdisciplinary. As a graduate student she has advised international interactive qualifying projects (IQP) and a senior capstone design project (MQP). As she pursues a career in academia, Tess strives to combine her interests in medical robotics and engineering education.Dr. Ceren Yilmaz Akkaya, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Dr. Yilmaz Akkaya is a postdoctoral researcher in Nanoenergy Group under the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). She holds BS degrees in Chemistry and Molecular Biology and Genetics from Bogazici University. She completed her Master’s and PhD Degrees
a technological activity, and not one that engages inconversation about the impact of new (and, indeed ‘old’) technologies on society. It may beassumed that these can be safely left to the lawyers, government, and by no means least,parents. Questions of child suicide, for example, allegedly caused by social media, and othersimilar behavioural problems have not been matters for TELPhE or ASEE although they havea powerful impact on the mind. That is, before matters of the ethics of design of such systemsare considered. My friends in the Ethics Division will forgive me if I say this is not just amatter for them or TELPhE but ASEE as whole. Last year’s developments in AI with theintroduction of ChatboxGPT surely make this clear.The problems
designed to foster a more inclusive and socially consciousengineering identity, highlighting the importance of ethical considerations in engineeringpractices. This integration is crucial for preparing future engineers to address complex real-worldproblems that span beyond technical solutions.The existing computing course (Introduction to Computing for Engineering, typically taken bymost engineering students in the spring semester of their first-year) historically was focused onteaching the technical concepts of coding and an introduction to data science (data manipulation,visualization, and interpretation). The experimental redesign of the course involves incorporatingjustice-based activities that encourage students to analyze ethically complex
,supplementary learning, over reliance concerns, ethical concerns, detachment from traditionallearning, and lack of critical thinking development. The evolution from GPT from version 3.0, to3.5, to 4.0, which involves a significant improvement in language processing capabilities andscope of knowledge resulting in more nuanced context-awareness, including text and imageprompts, will also be considered in this study. By drawing from student assignment samples,class discussions, and user feedback, a comprehensive overview of the challenges, benefits, andthe pedagogical implications of ChatGPT in this first-year course will also be discussed. As theChatGPT technology evolves, a balanced approach that harnesses the potential of this technologywhile
foundation for all programs on campus. • Collaborate Successfully and Communicate Effectively o Work constructively with others towards a common goal and articulate and explain complex ideas clearly across a range of media and audiences. • Demonstrate Ethical Understanding o Engage in independent ethical inquiry on pressing ethical challenges and foster ethical behavior in personal and professional life. • Embrace Diversity o Demonstrate inclusivity toward others, pursuing intercultural understanding and exploring ways to address historical or existing barriers to social equity. • Exhibit Curiosity o Practice open-minded intellectual inquiry, creative
communication and collaboration in disaster situations[1]. d. Case Studies and Guest Speakers: Use case studies and invite guest speakers from diaspora communities who have been involved in disaster response and recovery efforts. Their experiences can provide valuable insights[15]. e. International and Transnational Perspective: Consider the global and transnational nature of diaspora communities. Explore how diaspora networks can facilitate international aid and assistance during disasters.3. Ethical Considerations and Social Responsibility: a. Ethical Dilemmas: Discuss ethical dilemmas that engineers may face when dealing with disaster resilience and diaspora influence. Emphasize the importance of balancing technical solutions with
mathematics”. The faculty use work-it-out problems to assess student learning, especially onhomework and exams. Upper division engineering classes often have additional student outcomes,like SO#4: “an ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situationsand make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global,economic, environmental, and societal contexts”. Reports have been used to gauge student masteryof SO#4. In the Spring 2023, students were asked to review the 2030 Agenda for SustainableDevelopment adopted by the United Nations (UN) in 2015. https://sdgs.un.org/goals Goal #7 is“Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all” [8]. Students were