skills such as manufacturing process selection, costestimation, and making and interpreting engineering drawings. Incorporating speakers and providingopportunities for tours of local manufacturing businesses also allowed students to understand theconnections between business and technical considerations in manufacturing. By fostering a culture ofinnovation, connecting students to practical resources, and emphasizing inclusivity, this initiative has thepotential to produce entrepreneurial engineers ready to tackle real-world challenges.8. ReferencesBielefeldt, A. R., Polmear, M., Knight, D., Swan, C., & Canney, N. (2018). Intersections between Engineering Ethics and Diversity Issues in Engineering Education. Journal of Professional
responsibilities and qualifications (n=29)In terms of qualifications, given that these roles seem to interface with internal and externalclients, communication (n=21) is the most demanded skill, followed closely by general computerskills (n=20) and interpersonal skills (n=18). Leadership is required for 12 positions and seem tobe mostly aligned with those that focus clearly on lean and change management. About one thirdof the positions also highlighted the need for sound ethical principles (n=10) and databaseknowledge or management (n=12). Moreover, despite several positions being lean-focused, theknowledge of lean tools is only required by four job postings, suggesting that employersunderstand they might need to train employees for these roles.Innovation
colleges/universities.Another benefit is that CTE programs can enhance valuable skills such as work ethics,perseverance, and communication. These valuable skills can lead to an increase in life outcomesfor CTE students [29]. CTE classrooms are a blend of academic and real-world experiences, aswell as hands-on training. These components are essential for success in the labor force post-graduation [30]. The direct learning in the classroom CTE students endure helps strengthen thenon-cognitive skills students will use in any job.Evidence of the success of vocational/ CTE educationThe success of vocational students after joining the workforce is demonstrated in the job growthrate of different occupations in the construction industry. According to the
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) Year 3 – Spring (UA) DASC 2594 Multivariable Math for Data SEVI 2053 Business Foundations Scientists INEG 2313 Applied Probability and Statistics INEG 2333 Applied Probability and Statistics for Engineers I for Engineers II DASC 2133 Data Privacy & Ethics DASC 3203 Optimization Methods in Data Science DASC 3103 Cloud Computing & Big Data DASC 3213 Statistical Learning RRRR NNN3 Required Concentration Course RRRR NNN3 Required Concentration Course 16 hours Total
science is separate from the scientists involved. (Mejia &de Paula, 2019). Moreover, the false notion of objectivity presents science and engineering asapolitical and neutral, influencing students in the U.S. to believe that science and engineeringdesign are devoid of social, ethical, and political contexts. The concept of objectivity can lead topsychological conflicts, such as feelings of alienation for those raised in different cultures (Cajete,2020). Thus, teaching science exclusively from a Western perspective may negatively impactstudents. While Western science has potential drawbacks, Indigenous communities understand theimportance of integrating Western and Indigenous knowledge (Cajete, 2020). Some engineeringeducation researchers also
learningenvironment.We foresee that this study will provide valuable insights for both research and practice inengineering education. For researchers, it offers a framework to explore the potential of AI-driven text personalization in improving student outcomes and addressing diverse learning needs.For practitioners, the tool’s ability to adjust academic texts provides a practical means ofenhancing engagement and comprehension in engineering classrooms. By addressing privacyconcerns through anonymized profiles and ensuring ethical oversight through human-in-the-loopprocesses, the study highlights a thoughtful approach to integrating AI into educational contexts.While further work is needed to evaluate broader applications, this study represents a stepforward in
." The event's capacity to appeal to a broadspectrum of interests while keeping a laser-like focus on current concerns influencing thetechnology landscape is reflected in this balancing. For example, individuals working at thenexus of technology and society found great resonance in conversations about AI ethics and IoTsecurity, while those interested in automation and engineering applications were excited byrobotics demos.Another significant advantage of the symposium was networking, as 63% of participants said theopportunities were "very effective." Participants stressed the importance of interacting withmentors and peers who were as passionate about innovation and discovery as they were. Anumber of participants reported making contacts that
in prominence. funding grants. Accreditation ABET accreditation focuses on defined UK accreditation bodies (e.g., student outcomes, including teamwork, Engineering Council, IET, IChemE) communication, and problem-solving. emphasize evidence-based assessment of Programs must demonstrate continuous learning outcomes covering technical, improvement. practical and professional skills. Professional Skills Communication, leadership, ethics, and Integrated Engineering Program at UCL for Engineers focus entrepreneurship all emphasized across focuses on project
establishedinstruments in peer-reviewed literature, such as the Multifactorial Leadership Questionnaire(MLQ) and the Scale for Effective Communication in Teams (SECTS), modified for aneducational context [20,46,47], and can be seen in Table 1.The collected data were processed using the Qualtrics platform, which allowed for filtering andcleaning, facilitating numerical analysis. The Pearson correlation coefficient was applied to thedata from the questionnaires, with the results exported to statistical software for further analysis.The quality of the research was ensured through expert evaluation of the instrument’s validity, andits reliability was confirmed with a high Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.887, indicating stronginternal consistency. Ethical
two-week pilot in late-spring of 2025. Pilot Curriculum The first two units of the e4usa™ curriculum are being redesigned to fit the pilot's time constraintswhile remaining responsive to autistic individuals. Units 1 and 2 are being updated to integrate keylearning objectives and provide opportunities for participants to explore engineering ethics, the designprocess, stakeholder roles, and teamwork. The 5E Instructional Model (Engagement, Exploration,Explanation, Elaboration, and Evaluation) is being applied to structure content delivery. Revisions are alsoincorporating the UDL Guidelines 3.0, along with recommendations for Individualized Education Program(IEP) accommodations and
education. During her time at Iowa, she has built a research program focused on developing better drug delivery systems to treat infections in the lungs and on the skin. More recently, she began conducting research in engineering education with a focus on the development of engineering students as effective learners and ethical thinkers. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 A 52-Week, Scaffolded Faculty Journey into Engineering Culture and ClimateIntroductionEngineering culture and climate play a crucial role in shaping the academic environment andexperiences of students, staff, and faculty in engineering educational institutions. Research hasshown that
majoring in aerospace engineering. Guest Speaker topics will address the concerns ofprofessional aerospace engineers such as engineering ethics, continuing education, engineeringeconomy, social and safety considerations, and professional registration. Guest lecturers will beprimarily aerospace engineering practitioners, providing the students with an opportunity tointeract with professionals in their major field of interest.AE473 Stability and Control: This course introduces aircraft static and dynamic stability andcontrol. The course develops and provides the tools required to analyze and design the stabilityand control attributes of an aircraft in preparation for aircraft designAE481 Aerodynamics: A course on the fundamentals of incompressible
Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin”. [14]G. Russell.,Holism and holistic. BMJ, 2016. [15]R. A. Cheville,Becoming a Human Engineer: A Philosophical Inquiry into Engineering Education as Means or Ends. Cambridge: Ethics International Press, 2022. Accessed: Nov. 08, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://ethicspress.com/products/becoming-a-human-engineer-a-philosophical-inquiry-into-engineeri ng-education-as-means-or-ends
them to be successful in the end. They need to know that they can come totheir mentor with all the raw emotions of not knowing their goals or what their next move is. Itis theirs to shape into how they want to mold their futures, but they should feel assured byfaculty and staff that they will be there from point A to point B or Z if need be. REFERENCES[1] GALLUP and F. Lummina, "State of Higher Education 2024 Report," Lumina, Washington, D.C., 2024.[2] S. R. Covey, The seven habits of highly effective people: restoring the character ethic, New York: Simon and Schuster, 1989.[3] J. Pinchot, D. Cellante, S. Mishra and K. Paullet, "Student perceptions of challenges and the role of mentorship in
, website portfolios consistent with manypre-college design programs like Silvestri et al.’s work [3] and incorporating elements ofempathy and ethics as recommended by Povinelli [4].This program, first offered in 2022 at Duke University, was an outcome of a standingdepartmental committee focused on the dissemination and broader impact of mechanicalengineering and materials science. One goal was to establish outreach programs that wouldprovide meaningful, active learning for the student, in a collaborative and cooperativecommunity indicative of an engineering design company. We anticipated that these immersiveexperiences would increase interest, awareness, and retention in engineering education andcareers.2. Pedagogical approachThe pedagogical
identifytrends and the need for additional support for students in each category. Plans for improvedstudent engagement as a result of this study are presented.The Student PopulationIntroduction to Chemical Engineering (Intro) is offered as the first course in ChemicalEngineering at the U of A and covers topics such as chemical engineering as a profession, jobopportunities, ethics, communication skills, unit conversions, limiting reactant calculations andmaterial balances for reacting and non-reacting systems. Prior to 2013, the course was part of atwo-course freshman-level sequence that also included Introduction to Chemical Engineering II(Intro II), which emphasized ideal and real gases, steam table use, humidification and energybalances for reacting
.[18] B. Reynante, “Learning to design for social justice in community‐engaged engineering,”Journal of engineering education (Washington, D.C.), vol. 111, no. 2, pp. 338–356, 2022, doi:10.1002/jee.20444.[19] N. W. Sochacka, J. Walther, and A. L. Pawley, “Ethical Validation: Reframing ResearchEthics in Engineering Education Research To Improve Research Quality,” Journal ofengineering education (Washington, D.C.), vol. 107, no. 3, pp. 362–379, 2018, doi:10.1002/jee.20222.[20] L. T. Smith, Decolonizing methodologies: Research and Indigenous peoples, 3rd ed. ZedBooks, 2021.[21] J. Holly and S. Masta, “Making whiteness visible: The promise of critical race theory inengineering education,” Journal of engineering education (Washington, D.C.), vol
, and exploring alternative approaches through AI-powered suggestions, which encourage independent learning. By integrating these tools, the labs aim to enhance technical skill development while promoting the ethical and effective use of AI in engineering problem-solving. • To improve consistency and efficiency in project evaluation, auto-grading mechanisms will be integrated for coding tasks with defined outputs or algorithm correctness, utilizing platforms like MATLAB Grader or custom scripts. Manual grading will be reserved for open-ended components, allowing instructors to provide detailed feedback on creativity, innovation, and problem-solving approaches. This balanced approach ensures both
philosophical, theoretical, and methodologicalfoundations needed to ethically render trustworthy accounts of human experience. The field ofengineering education can, perhaps, benefit most from the promise of narrative research througha community approach to innovate new narrative methodologies and methods that cohere withbroader narrative research traditions while, at the same time, uniquely support inquiries ofexperience in the engineering education context.AcknowledgementsThis material is based on work supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under Grant2045634. All findings, opinions, conclusions, and recommendations are those of the authors anddo not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF.References[1] S. E. Chase. “Narrative inquiry
engineering operations on the waterfront. Next to it, a blog from 2007 shares what the paper mill meant to the people who worked there and why many felt “bittersweet” about its closure.In Figure 2, a student frames engineering within ethical, societal, and cultural tensions.Identifying how engineers have shaped land and resource use in the region brought upuncertainties about how a community navigates sociotechnical conflicts and how to definetechnological progress. This reflective approach fosters technical proficiency and the criticalityto decide when not to create, emphasizing responsible engineering practices as described in [5].CommunicationBrainstorming for the design component of the HMP begins in Week 7. By this
thatask for a specialty in one area or the other (i.e., UI designer, UX researcher), studentsdemonstrating the ability to do both will make them more marketable and competitive in the job,especially if they are able to do so in an accessibility-first approach. Students were pleased withlearning how to conduct ethical and responsible research while also acquiring skills to translateresearch findings to design solutions. Similar to our findings through the data we collected,Letaw et al. (2022) assert that embedded inclusive design throughout a multi-year studyimproves student retention of inclusive practices and normalizes accessibility within the designprocess. The authors argue that this integration is especially effective when educators
interesting to see how much it the impacts, processes, or ethical [mineral extraction] impacted the area considerations inherent in the field. when we mined. Table 5 Themes and sample reflection from the participants These five themes show how participants engaged with the summer program activities. Itleads us to inquire about the alignment of these engagements with that of the program designers'engineering workforce development intentions.Aligning engagement with workforce development goals: To investigate the second research question, we adopt a frequency analysis approach toevaluate participant reflections across all activities. This approach allows us to gauge thecollective
], [18], [19]. PBL not onlyenhances students' technical skills but also cultivates soft skills such as teamwork, leadership,and ethical reasoning, thereby preparing graduates to be more adaptable and responsive to theneeds of a rapidly changing world and the workplace [20], [21].PBL has been criticized because students rarely get to see the proper solution, which wouldallow students to identify their errors in thinking [22]. This is especially important for students todo if they have not truly mastered the fundamentals [22]. PBL has been noted for impartingcooperative skills to students while obtaining the same learning outcomes as those obtained fromtraditional pedagogies [23]. PBL has also been praised for being more effective than
professional ethics curriculum. Karl received his Ph.D. in Applied Electromagnetics from the University of Michigan. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Tuition Equity: A study of the disparate impact of different forms of block tuition based on raceAbstractThis full empirical research paper explores the impact of block tuition across differentdemographics. While much attention has been paid to college accessibility, particularly regardingelite school admissions and overall affordability, less focus has been given to how institutionalpolicies—such as tuition and fee structures—affect different degrees and studentsdisproportionately. These structures not only make certain
ancient Hindu texts such as the Manusmriti, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Vedas, andUpanishads, provide moral and ethical justifications for the caste system through the concept ofreincarnation and spiritual purity/pollution [8], [10], [11]. These religious affiliations have madethe caste system difficult to challenge because it is perceived as divinely ordained [7], [9].Historically, the caste system legitimized the oppression of Dalit communities, relegating them tothe lowest social roles and subjecting them to severe discrimination and exclusion, such as beingdenied access to education [8], [11]. One prominent outcome of the caste system isuntouchability, a practice that prohibits social interactions, resource sharing, and even physicalcontact with
Paper ID #49099Beyond Swipe and Tap: Cultivating Mobile Accessibility Awareness and Knowledgein Computing DisciplinesDr. Kyrie Zhixuan Zhou, University of Texas at San Antonio Kyrie Zhixuan Zhou is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Information Systems and Cyber Security at the University of Texas at San Antonio. His research interests are broadly in Human-centered AI, AI Ethics, Computer Accessibility, and Human-Computer Interaction. He aspires to promote software and AI experience of vulnerable populations through a situated understanding as well as design, education, and governance interventions.Chunyu Liu
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