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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Murad Mahmoud, Wartburg College; Britta Solheim, Wartburg College; Jack Priske, Wartburg College; Cristian Allen, Wartburg College; Kurt Becker, Utah State University - Engineering Education

Paper ID #37366The Effect of Summer Engineering Camps on Rural andUrban Students’ Interest in STEM (Work-in-Progress)Britta Solheim Britta is a student in the Engineering Science Department at Wartburg College. She is getting her major in Engineering with a mechanical concentration and a minor in mathematics. Research interests include recruitment into STEM and STEM education.Jack Saylor Priske Jack is an engineering student and athlete from Wartburg College. He is majoring in engineering with a concentration in mechanical engineering and a minor in mathematics. His research interests include STEM recruitment and

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Assessment

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick Terenzini, The Pennsylvania State University; Lisa Lattuca, Pennsylvania State University; Matthew Ohland, Purdue Engineering Education; Russell Long, Purdue University

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Educational Research and Methods

Development (MIDFIELD), compiles institutional data,including demographic and academic transcript records and Fundamentals of Engineering (FE)scores, from nine universities from 1987-2005. In this paper, we propose a design to combinedata from the two databases to assess the correspondence between the self-reported studentlearning outcome measures in the Engineering Change study and the MIDFIELD dataset'sinformation on program-level performance on the FE examination, the only objective test ofstudents’ engineering knowledge.IntroductionThroughout its history, U.S. higher education has been mindful of questions about educationalquality and institutional accountability. Formal accreditation mechanisms emerged in the early20th century. Although the

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Pedagogy and Learning Within Engineering Design Graphics I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nazmun Nahar, Utah State University; Benjamin James Call, Utah State University - Engineering Education; Wade H Goodridge, Utah State University; John Devitry, Utah State University

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Engineering Design Graphics

Paper ID #17032Creativity Enhancement via Engineering Graphics: Conceptual Design Blend-ing ApproachNazmun Nahar, Utah State University Nazmun Nahar is a senior at Lehman College of the City University of New York. Her mantra in life is ”Cease conceiving of education as mere preparation for later life, and make it the full meaning of the present life.” Ever since she turned a teenager, she learned to value education as a tool that liberate us from the restrictions of our outlooks that limit our humanity. One of her dreams is to use education to enlighten people’s mind, and broaden their outlook to bring positive changes

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NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Staffin Metz, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science); Sheryl A. Sorby, Ohio State University; Tania Jarosewich, Censeo Group LLC

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #15339Spatial Skills Training Impacts Retention of Engineering Students - Does ThisSuccess Translate to Community College Students in Technical Education?Ms. Susan Staffin Metz, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science) Susan Metz is Executive Director of Diversity and Inclusion and Senior Research Associate at Stevens Institute of Technology. Metz is a founder of WEPAN, Women in Engineering ProActive Network. She is a recipient of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring, the Maria Mitchell Women in Science Award and is a Fellow of the

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Virtual and Online Learning Tools in Chemical Engineering Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason M. Keith, Mississippi State University; Liz Rayfield, Dave C. Swalm School of Chemical Engineering, Mississippi State University; Niraj Kashinath Palsule, Mississippi State University

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Chemical Engineering

technical knowledge of Solar Energy.Keeping this aim in mind, we have tried to cover the non-technical topics of solar energy as wellthrough our modules. Economics Policy  Solar  Engineering making  Energy ScienceFigure 1. Cross-Integration of Technical and Non-Technical Concepts in Solar EnergySolar Energy Module DevelopmentEvery module is structured with an aim to make it user-friendly for both instructors and students. Page 24.450.3Each module contains topic

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Trends in Engineering Education 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa R. Lattuca, University of Michigan; David B Knight, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Michael Geoffrey Brown, University of Michigan-CSHPE

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Educational Research and Methods

interdisciplinarylearning experiences through a review of engineering journals and conference proceedings thatidentified more than 1,500 articles on interdisciplinary courses and projects published in an 8-year time-period. During this same period, two reports on engineering education—TheEngineer of 2020 sponsored by the National Academy of Engineering10 and Creating a Culturefor Scholarly and Systematic Innovation in Engineering Education11 published by AmericanSociety for Engineering Education—placed the responsibility and challenge of promoting thedevelopment of future engineers’ interdisciplinary habits of mind on engineering faculty.In this study, we ask “What influences engineering faculty members’ inclusion ofinterdisciplinary content and skill development

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Strategies for Building Engineering Education Research Capabilities

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Cady, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Russell Korte, The George Washington University; Karl A Smith, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE)

professional scrutiny and critiqueThe overlap between these two lists is considerable. A couple of important features on the NRClist are 1) the importance and role of theory and 2) the line of reasoning. Together, they provideexcellent guidance for planning, conducting, and reporting engineering education research.The overriding question facing the AREE developers and researchers (Norman Fortenberry, KarlSmith, Alisha Waller, Ann McKenna, Susan Donohue, Beth Cady, and Wendy Knapp) was,what can be done to help build the knowledge, skills, and habits of mind to conduct high-qualityengineering education research?AREE’s mission was to provide access to resources and to engage the engineering educationresearch community in a consensus-seeking conversation

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Elizabeth August, Loyola Marymount University; Allison Neyer, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Don Brian Murphy, Loyola Marymount University; Robert Quinlan Thames

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NSF Grantees

AC 2011-2080: ENGAGING STUDENTS IN STEM EDUCATION THROUGHA VIRTUAL LEARNING LABStephanie Elizabeth August, Loyola Marymount University Stephanie August is an Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Elec- trical Engineering and Computer Science at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles. She teaches courses in artificial intelligence, database management systems, and software engineering. Her research interests include cognitive science applications of artificial intelligence including interdisciplinary new media applications, natural language understanding, argumentation, and analogical reasoning. She has several publications in these areas. Dr. August is actively involved in the

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Track 3 - Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Pradeep Kashinath Waychal, Pune Innovation Centre; Gautam Akiwate, University of California, San Diego; Ayano OHSAKI P.E., nnovation Center for Engineering Education, Tottori University

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Student Development

successful ‘bazaar’model closely resembles the ‘egoless programming’ and that proves effectiveness of the ‘egolessprogramming’.Research DesignThis section presents the scope, instrument selection, data collection, reliability assessment, and dataanalysis.ScopeEgoless behavior is a mindset. Earlier it is developed, better it is. Younger minds are more malleable andhave whole careers ahead of them. Carver,et al. argue that before running an empirical study at asoftware company, it is useful to carry out a pilot study with students in an academic setting14.Therefore, we limited our scope of research to a set of engineering students who had some experience indeveloping software.Selection of InstrumentsAlthough egoless programming - as a concept - has

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Laboratory Learning in Biomedical Engineering (Works in Progress) - June 24th

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Scott Howard Seidman, University of Rochester

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Biomedical Engineering

crosslistedas a multidisciplinary course in the School of Arts, Science, and Engineering at the University ofRochester instructs on how to interface sensors and actuators with microcontrollers in order to makemeasurements and control objects in the real world.While learning objectives for this course center around teaching students to properly interfacemicrocontrollers with sensors and actuators, the course was designed with a number of meta-objectivesin mind. One such goal is the desire to enhance the employability of our engineering students byproviding them with more and earlier opportunities to acquire and demonstrate technical knowledge andskills, which have been shown to be very important to engineering employers [1] Second, this initiativesought

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Industrial, Professional, and Practical Contexts of Engineering Ethics

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Dayoung Kim, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Michael C. Loui, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign; Chuck Huff

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Engineering Ethics

the cultures of the organizations in whichengineers work. This understanding will provide engineering ethics educators with better insightson how to prepare engineering students for ethical engineering practice.AcknowledgementsWe thank Louis Tay and Ruth Streveler for their advice on this research project. This work issupported in part by the Dale and Suzi Gallagher Professorship in Engineering Education at PurdueUniversity.References[1] R. E. McGinn, “‘Mind the gaps’: An empirical approach to engineering ethics, 1997-2001,”Sci. Eng. Ethics, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 517–542, 2003, doi: 10.1007/s11948-003-0048-3.[2] D. Kim, “Work-in-progress: Emotion and intuition in engineering students’ ethical decision-making and its implications for engineering

Conference Session

ETD Projects

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert J. Korenic, Youngstown State University

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

Paper ID #17775Youngstown State University ”Gateway Project” Rain Garden Design Up-grades and Community EngagementProf. Robert J. Korenic, Youngstown State University Robert J. Korenic earned a Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering and a Master of Science in Environmental Engineering from Youngstown State University. He has approximately eleven years of work experience in water resources planning and management. He also has worked in the wood and light gauge steel roof truss industry. He is currently an Associate Professor and Program Coordinator of the Civil and Construction Engineering Technology at Youngstown State

Conference Session

Biomedical Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Neda Melanie Bassir Kazeruni, Columbia University; Henry Hess, Columbia University

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Biomedical Engineering

and Applied Sciences at Columbia University. This course was targeting the higher levels oflearning as described by Bloom’s taxonomy. At the end of the course, we aimed for the students to be: a. Able to define nanobiotechnology in the context of modern science and engineering, b. Capable of understanding and interpreting concepts such as intermolecular bonds, adsorption and binding/unbinding processes, nanoscale transport mechanisms, and degradation mechanisms at the nanoscale, c. Comfortable in estimating orders of magnitude of objects that relate to engineering, d. Capable of comparing and evaluating research papers related to nanobiotechnology with a critical mind, e. Able to take a position towards an

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education in Engineering Technology

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sean Falkowski, University of Dayton

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Engineering Technology

courses in mind to show the students how these courses link with Page 12.1524.3some practical applications. It was to be a three credit hour elective so some decisions had to bemade on what can be taught and what would have to be left out of the class.There were five different fields of study considered, Mechanical Engineering Technology,Industrial Engineering Technology, Manufacturing Engineering Technology, ElectronicEngineering Technology, and Computer Engineering Technology. A class would have to bedeveloped with all these majors in mind. The basic engineering skills of statics, dynamics,economics, materials, processes, and circuits would be

Conference Session

Reaching Students: Innovations to Curriculum in ET

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sergio Sgro, Eastern Kentucky University; Steve Freeman, Iowa State University

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Engineering Technology

AC 2008-924: TEACHING CRITICAL THINKING USING UNDERSTANDING BYDESIGNSergio Sgro, Eastern Kentucky UniversitySteve Freeman, Iowa State University Page 13.1155.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Teaching Critical Thinking using Understanding by Design Curriculum Development Methods“It is only when students apply what they are learning to actual situations or problems that theycome to see the value in what they are learning”2 (p. 4).IntroductionAcademia is buzzing with the idea of teaching students to think critically and creatively. Thisarticle introduces the reader to the use of the Understanding by Design5 methodology, alsoknown

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Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cole C McDaniel, California Polytechnic State University; Graham C. Archer P.Eng, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Civil Engineering

results also rose with the incorporation of the Bridge Houselaboratory. Not only did student learning of key concepts in mechanical vibrations improve as aresult of the forced vibration testing, a healthy skepticism for computational model results wasforged in the students’ minds as well.References1. Okamura A.M. Feeling is Believing: Using a Force-Feedback Joystick to Teach Dynamic Systems. American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Journal of Engineering Education, 92(3), 2002.2. McDaniel, C.C., Archer, G. C. “Full-scale, Real-time Building Dynamics Laboratory.” 9th U.S. National and 10th Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, 2010.3. McDaniel, C.C., Archer, G. C

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Fluid Mechanics

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Julie Mendez, Indiana University-Purdue University Columbus; Jessica Lofton, University of Evansville

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Mechanical Engineering

bothstudents and instructors. Students will likely perceive greater benefits from using concept mapsin courses evaluated on comprehensive applications. Students may also find the concept mapmore useful if it is modified to include more equations and analytical relationships. More datashould be collected to increase the sample size and control for variations in course offerings forconclusive evidence to be gathered on the impact of concept maps in undergraduate fluidmechanics.References[1] National Research Council, How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School: Expanded Edition. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2000.[2] S. Freeman et al., “Active learning increases student performance in science, engineering, and

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Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session - Ethics Decision-Making

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Beever, University of Central Florida; Laurie A. Pinkert, University of Central Florida

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Engineering Ethics

-world scenarios. Indeed,in terms of cross-cultural ideological patterns [19], east-west differences in foundation [20], andgender differences [21], the moral foundations questionnaire (and the moral foundations theoryon which it was built), was shown to have practical application.The described purpose of the original publicly-available moral foundations questionnaire was to“understand the way our ‘moral minds’ work” answering questions like “why do people disagreeso passionately about what is right?” and “why, in particular, is there such hostility andincomprehension between members of different political parties?” [22]. Its application in thecontext of engineering disciplines can play, we think, a role in answering very similar questions.While

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Implementing the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge into Courses and Curricula

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Sutterer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; James Hanson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; John Aidoo, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering

engineering project for an external client. Around week 4, the teams are askedto hold a second meeting with their client to discuss design options. During this meeting, it is notuncommon to have the client change their mind about their needs, to prefer a design the studentshave not favored, or to request additional work. It is also not unusual for the students toencounter challenges with the expectations of the instructor versus the mentor versus the client.The features of the Win/Win habit are crucial to managing these kinds of conflicts. Students donot have a report assignment that exercises this habit, but the lesson is learned by most groupsthrough their interaction with their client, the instructor, and their faculty mentor.Habit 5- Seek first

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Design II

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chris A. O'Riordan-Adjah, Principia College

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

differentbackgrounds and engineering pursuits, their instructor/advisor, and the AI consultant mentionedearlier. Being a former Principia student herself, the AI consultant was able to mind-meld withthe students throughout the project, giving them insights on both a professional and student level.A strong bond of respect and understanding was forged among the entire team which contributedsignificantly to the research and the educational processes. Described below are some of theinsights gained from both the teaching and learning aspects of this project. ● The instructor was impressed by the ease and speed with which the students learned the technological aspects and capabilities of the drones used for photographing the Maybeck Chapel. This was also

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Research on Engineering Ethics Education and Practice

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Rockwell Franklin Clancy III, University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute; Charlemagne Manuel, University of Michigan Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute; Richard James Clancy, University of Colorado Boulder

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Engineering Ethics

Investigation,” in Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, 2019.[11] J. Graham, J. Haidt, and B. A. Nosek, “Liberals and Conservatives Rely on Different Sets of Moral Foundations,” J. Pers. Soc. Psychol., vol. 96, no. 5, pp. 1029–1046, 2009.[12] J. Haidt, The Righteous Mind. New York: Vintage Press, 2012.[13] E. E. Buchtel et al., “Immorality East and West: Are Immoral Behaviors Especially Harmful, or Especially Uncivilized?,” Personal. Soc. Psychol. Bull., vol. 41, no. 10, pp. 1382–1394, 2015.[14] V. Dranseika, R. Berniūnas, and V. Silius, “Immorality and bu daode, unculturedness and bu wenming,” J. Cult. Cogn. Sci., vol. 2, no. 1–2, pp. 71–84, 2018.[15] J. D

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Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Byul Hur, Texas A&M University; Grace E. Tsai, Texas A&M University; Rogelio Casas Jr., Texas A&M University; Erika L. Davila, Texas A&M University

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Environmental Engineering

important to the everyday health-conscious consumer and to people working in thebrewing industry. However, the value propositions of clean water differed greatly between thesetwo promising customer segments which caused the project to pivot to focus on the brewingindustry. The resulting device prototype was created with the market needs in mind as anaffordable reusable device with real-time chemical analysis capabilities. This paper focuses onthe educational progress and best practices students learned on engineering practical solutions tomeet people's needs. It then introduces the resulting water monitoring system and its variantwireless portable analysis platform that is in development, the latter which was created as aresponse to the needs

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Teaching Ethics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Sobiesk, United States Military Academy; William Suchan, United States Military Academy; Roland Trope, United States Military Academy

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Engineering Ethics

AC 2007-2655: OVERCOMING THE ETHICAL DANGERS OF ACADEMIC FAIRUSE IN THE HIGH TECHNOLOGY CLASSROOMEdward Sobiesk, United States Military Academy Edward Sobiesk has a Ph.D. in Computer and Information Sciences from the University of Minnesota. He is currently an Assistant Professor and Course Director for the course IT305-Theory and Practice of Military IT Systems in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the United States Military Academy. He can be reached at edward.sobiesk@us.army.mil.William Suchan, United States Military Academy Will Suchan has a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Arizona State University. He is the Information Technology Core Program Director in

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Thermodynamics, Fluids and Heat Transfer I

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah A. Roller, University of Alabama, Huntsville; Francis Christopher Wessling, University of Alabama, Huntsville

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Mechanical Engineering

and Aerospace Engineering, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, 1985 - present Former Chair of the Department (1999 - 2003, 2007) Fellow, ASME Associate Director, Consor- tium for Materials Development in Space 1985 - 1999 Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of New Mexico, 1967 - 1979 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Reflecting on the Reflections Driving Variations in Heat Transfer TeachingAbstractReflecting on teaching is a powerful habit of mind that can improve one’s own teaching practice.Reflective practitioners make changes in the moment of teaching (reflection-in-action) and alsolook back on past teaching experiences

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Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session - Assessment

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashraf Ghaly P.E., Union College

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Engineering Ethics

Paper ID #26997Resolving Moral Dilemmas Using the Creative Middle Way ApproachDr. Ashraf Ghaly P.E., Union College Ashraf Ghaly is Director of Engineering and Carl B. Jansen Professor of Engineering at Union College, Schenectady, NY. Published over 250 papers, technical notes, and reports. Supervised over 50 research studies. Registered PE in NYS. ASCE Fellow and Member of the Chi-Epsilon Civil Engineering Honor Society. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Resolving Moral Dilemmas Using the Creative Middle Way Approach Ashraf Ghaly, Ph.D., P.E., Professor

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Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Beever, University of Central Florida; Laurie A. Pinkert, University of Central Florida

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Engineering Ethics

, 2017. 8[24] N. Tuana, “Leading with Ethics, Aiming for Policy: New Opportunities for Philosophy of Science.”Synthese 177: 479, 2010.
[25] ibid.
[26] N. Tuana, “Leading with Ethics, Aiming for Policy: New Opportunities for Philosophy of Science.”Synthese 177: 481, 2010. th[27] T.L. Beauchamp, Principles of Biomedical Ethics: 6 Edition. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010.
[28] J. Haidt. The Righteous Mind. New York: Vintage, 2012: 155.
[29] ibid: 158. [30] J. Haidt. The Righteous Mind. New York: Vintage, 2012: 167.
[31] H.W. Walker, “Moral Foundations of the Engineering Profession

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Design Throughout the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sangarappillai Sivaloganathan, United Arab Emirates University; Farag K. Omar, United Arab Emirates University

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Mechanical Engineering

societalcontext. It was felt that belonging to something noble fascinates people most of thetimes and it makes people to work hard to achieve that belonging, like the fullmember status in a professional body.With the above in mind a project entitled ‘A Display Item Boasting the Glory ofMechanical Engineering’ was designed and given to a group of three senior studentsas their graduation project at United Arab Emirates University, UAEU. The objectivesof the project from the faculty members’ point of view were as follows: i. Incorporate many interdependent machine elements so that the students gain experience in selecting and integrating machine elements to form a mechanical system ii. Enable the students to appreciate the impact of

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Multidisciplinary Approaches to Sustainability and Grand Challenges

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saviniano Samuel Perez, Arizona State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

sustainabilitystrategies and participating in a network of like-minded sustainability peers. A sustainable futuredemands a leader not just immersed in the sustainability issues but also be able to articulate a Page 26.826.3new paradigm that addresses sustainability not in silos but as systems based and have interrelatedfocus.Putting it all together using Learning LabsOne learning structure to help integrate sustainability, leadership and engineering in onecohesive student experience is the use of Learning Labs. Learning Labs are a two part hands oncollaborative learning experience designed for students to apply theories, models and processesinto practice and

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Engineering Economics New Frontiers

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zia A. Yamayee, University of Portland; Mojtaba B. Takallou P.E., University of Portland; Robert J. Albright P.E., University of Portland

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Engineering Economy

and evaluated every year.The choice of courses for course-embedded assessment is guidedby two principles: (1) each Student Outcome is assessed withstudent work in a benchmark course, and (2) only required courses,not elective courses, in the curriculum are selected as benchmarkcourses.Assessment of a benchmark course is conducted with the followingin mind: (1) assessment of student work measures the extent towhich SOs are being attained, (2) it is not necessary to use all ofthe student work to assess an outcome, and (3) outcomesassessment is based upon student work and is guided by thegrading of that work.The implementation of our course-embedded assessment methodto a benchmark course, namely Engineering Economics, ispresented in this paper

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Evaluation and Assessment of IE Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ann Koopmann, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Erick Jones, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

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Industrial Engineering

students’ attrition. Results presented demonstratethat certain measures affect attrition in the College of Engineering & Technology (CoE&T) atthe University of Nebraska.INTRODUCTION Academic organizations spend millions of dollars each year to recruit students into STEMmajors. The National Science Foundation and other organizations have allocated funds toincrease the enrollment of STEM students. Administrators may be able to avoid negativeconsequences to universities and students by identifying the STEM students who areexperiencing high levels of Cognitive Turnover. Jones (2001) defined Cognitive Turnover (CT) as a mind-set that is created by a combinationof turnover cognitions brought about by the negative impacts of burnout. Turnover