TEACHING ENGINEERING ETHICS “AN ANNUAL RENEWABLE RESOURCE” Philip L. Brach, Ph.D., P.E., F-NSPE, Ahmet Zeytinci, Ph.D., P.E. Distinguished Professor, Emeritus / Professor Engineering University of the District of Columbia Washington, D.C.Abstract We live in a troubled, confused global society; one need only look at the lower west side of Manhattan and the absence of what was once there is a “monument” to the failure of values in our world. The engineer is a critical player in
Engineering from U-M. Dr. Finelli is responsible for advising the U-M College of Engineering on educational endeavors, conducting research in engineering education, planning and facilitating workshops for faculty and graduate student instructors, and generating a community of researchers in engineering education. She is also a member of the U-M Steering Committee for the President’s Ethics in Public Life Initiative and the College of Engineering’s Diversity and Outreach Council. Dr. Finelli is a member of the Executive Board of the ERM Division of ASEE and was program co-chair for the 33rd Frontiers in Education Conference and for the 2006 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition. She participated
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
Paper ID #31605Building Better Worlds: An Interdisciplinary Approach to EngineeringEthics PedagogyDr. Amy Schroeder, University of Southern California Dr. Amy Schroeder has been teaching communication in the Viterbi School of Engineering at the Uni- versity of Southern California for the past six years. She developed a new course focused on science, literature and ethics; it has become a consistently successful course in USC’s general education program. She holds a PhD in literature and creative writing from USC; her first book received the Field Prize and was published by Oberlin College Press. Her prose appears in the Los
Paper ID #28301Developing and Applying Knowledge and Skills in Ethics and ProfessionalMorality: An Evidence-Based Practice PaperDr. Donald Winiecki, Boise State University Don Winiecki, Ed.D., Ph.D. is the ‘Professor of Ethics & Morality in Professional Practice‘ in the Boise State University, College of Engineering. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in ‘Foundational Values‘ and ‘Professional Ethics‘ in the Computer Science Department and Organizational Performance & Workplace Learning Department in the Boise State University College of Engineering. His research focuses on the attributes of technology
AC 2007-938: TEACHING AND ASSESSMENT OF PROFESSIONAL ETHICS INTHE NUCLEAR ENGINEERING EDUCATION ACCORDING TO THE ABETENGINEERING CRITERIAWaleed Abulfaraj, King Abdulaziz University Saudi ArabiaMohamed Hassan, Alexandria University, Egypt Currently on leave: King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia Page 12.1344.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Teaching and Assessment of Professional Ethics in the Nuclear Engineering Education According to the ABET Engineering CriteriaAbstractThere is a general agreement that engineering students should receive ethics instruction as a partof their undergraduate education. However, there are diverse
. Page 12.759.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Fostering Moral Autonomy of Future Engineers Through Engineering ClassroomsAbstractThe goal of engineering ethics instruction according to Fleddermann is to help futureengineers develop “the ability to think critically and independently about moral issues andto apply this moral thinking…to professional engineering practice”. 3 In order to developthis independent approach or moral autonomy, engineering programs across the nationshould consider the individuals’ emerging personal code of ethics and the role theircampus integrity policies could play in fostering the individuals’ emerging personal codeof ethics.This presentation focuses on how to
Section 1761 On Defining Engineering Ethics: A Challenge to the Engineering Community Billy V. Koen Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas/Austin, USA koen@uts.cc.utexas.eduIntroductionWhen the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) established EvaluationCriterion 3: Outcome #f, it signaled a renewed interest in instruction in ethics at colleges ofengineering in the United States.[1] Outcome #f states that “Engineering programs mustdemonstrate that their graduates have an understanding of
Session 1761 Preparing to Teach Computer Ethics: Results from the DOLCE Project Barbara M. Moskala, Laurie Smith King, Keith Miller, Tracy Campa a Colorado School of Mines/College of the Holy Cross/University of Illinois at SpringfieldAbstractThe Developing On/Off-line Computer Ethics (DOLCE) is an NSF sponsored project which heldthree summer workshops for university faculty members. DOLCE has created web-basedmaterials for teaching computer ethics to undergraduate computer science majors. The materialsare closely
Paper ID #38460Assessment Instruments for Engineering Ethics Education: A Review andOpportunitiesDr. Dayoung Kim, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Dayoung Kim is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. She is broadly interested in engineering practice (e.g., practices and experiences of engineers in various employment settings, such as business organizations), engineering ethics (e.g., social responsibility of engineering professionals), and related policy concerns. Through her research, she aims to identify how best to support innovative and ethical practice
proceedings, and books. For more information about her background and accomplishments, please refer to her LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/youna-jung-4755b28.Mr. Jacob Ray Johnston, Virginia Military InstituteAidan Noonan ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Analysis of Ethics Education in Undergraduate Computer Science Programs in the United States Youna Jung*+, Aidan Noonan+, and Jacob R. Johnston+ * Khoury College of Computer Science, Northeastern University, Arlington, Virginia 22209, United States + Computer and Information Sciences, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia 24450, United
Paper ID #38408Incorporating Giving Voice to Values (GVV) into an Engineering EthicsCourseDr. Rosalyn W. Berne, University of Virginia Rosalyn W. Berne, Ph.D. is the Olsson Professor of Applied Ethics in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at the University of Virginia, and Chair of the Department of Engineering and Society. She also directs the Online Ethics Center for Engineering and Science (OEC). As a scholar, Berne explores the intersecting realms of emerging technologies, science, fiction, and myth, and the links between the human and non-human worlds. Published under her name are two academic books; a
Paper ID #39695Integration of ethics in sustainability in a first-year design courseDr. Benjamin B. Wheatley, Bucknell University Benjamin Wheatley was awarded a B.Sc. degree in Engineering from Trinity College (Hartford, CT, USA) in 2011 and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Colorado State University (Fort Collins, CO, USA) in 2017. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Bucknell University. He runs the Mechanics and Modeling of Orthopaedic Tissues Lab and his pedagogical interests include first year engineering, computational analysis, and design.Prof. Katsuyuki
Paper ID #36844Game Over: Reframing Ethical Decision-Making through Failure forEngineering EducationAlice Fox, Stanford Alice Fox is an ethicist trained in both classical ethics and philosophy and the ethics of technology. She received her master’s degree in the Philosophy of Science, Technology, and Society (PSTS) from the University of Twente in the Netherlands, specializing in Technology and Values and Technological Anthropology. Alice recently received her PhD from the STS department at Virginia Tech after defending a dissertation on the Craft of Violence. She will begin her appointment as a Lecturer in STS at
Paper ID #36772Non-human Animals and a New Ethics for EngineeringDr. Rosalyn W. Berne, University of Virginia Rosalyn W. Berne, Ph.D. is the Olsson Professor of Applied Ethics in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at the University of Virginia, and Chair of the Department of Engineering and Society. She also directs the Online Ethics Center for Engineering and Science (OEC). As a scholar, Berne ex- plores the intersecting realms of emerging technologies, science, fiction, and myth, and the links between the human and non-human worlds. Published under her name are two academic books: Creating Life from Life
Serving Institutions. Subbian’s educational research is focused on asset-based practices, ethics education, and formation of professional identities.Linda R Shawcolleen lynel halpin © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Ethical Decision-Making Frameworks for Engineering Education: A Cross-Disciplinary ReviewIntroduction The work of an engineer involves countless decisions and judgement calls during every stepof the planning, design, implementation, and evaluation phases of any given project. Thesedecisions may impact the public in a myriad of ways, with significant implications for publichealth
Paper ID #37940Centering Social Justice and Diverse Voices in EngineeringEthics CurriculaCortney E Holles (Teaching Professor) Cortney Holles is a Teaching Professor in the Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at Colorado School of Mines where she has taught and developed the required first-year ethics and writing course for STEM majors since 2004. She also teaches science communication and service learning. She defended her educational criticism/action research dissertation on “Faculty-Student Interaction and Impact on Well-Being in Higher Education” and earned her Ed.D in 2021. She is now engaged in the action
Paper ID #36470Polluting the Pristine: Using Mount Everest to TeachEnvironmental EthicsMarilyn A. Dyrud (Professor Emeritus) Marilyn Dyrud retired in 2017 as a professor emerita in the Communication Department at Oregon Institute of Technology, where she taught classes in writing, speech, rhetoric, and ethics for four decades. She has been a member of ASEE since 1983 and is active in two divisions: Engineering Ethics and Engineering Technology. She is an ASEE fellow (2008), winner of the James McGraw Award (2010), winner of the Berger Award (2013), the communications editor of the Journal of Engineering
Paper ID #37092Student Responses to a Gender-Neutral Engineering EthicsCase StudyCharles Riley (Professor) Professor and Graduate Program Director Civil Engineering Department Oregon Institute of Technology I conduct research in diverse areas of engineering education from professional skills, to writing, to gender and ethics. I also maintain a structures laboratory to conduct full-scale structural component testing and field investigations of highway bridges.Franny Technology Howes (Assistant Professor) Franny Howes (e/em/eirs) is an associate professor in the Communication Department at the Oregon Institute of
Infusing Your Course with Social and Environmental Justice and EthicsDiscussionsPinar Omur-OzbekDr. Omur-Ozbek is an Associate Professor of Teaching in the Department of Civil and EnvironmentalEngineering at the Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO. Dr. Omur-Ozbek’s teaching interestsinclude environmental engineering concepts, environmental chemistry, water quality analyses, ecologicalengineering and environmental and social justice, and engineering ethics. Her research interests includedrinking water quality and treatment, odorous and toxic algal blooms, impacts of toxins on crops andhumans, impacts of wildfires and hydraulic fracking on surface water quality, and affected indoor airquality due to use of contaminated tap water
Paper ID #37395Measuring Academic Integrity Perceptions and theCorrelation with Ethical ReasoningMatthew G. Green (Associate Dean & Professor) Matthew Green serves as Associate Dean in the School of Engineering and Engineering Technology and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at LeTourneau University in Texas. His objective is to practice and promote engineering as a serving profession. He has taught and developed design courses for all undergraduate years, and has taught courses such as Dynamics, Thermodynamics, and Machine Design. Past projects include remote power generation, design methods for frontier
Paper ID #36857The Role of Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing inCybersecurity EducationTe-shun Chou (Professor) Dr. Te-Shun Chou is a Professor in the Department of Technology Systems (TSYS) within College of Engineering and Technology (CET) at East Carolina University (ECU). He serves as the program coordinator of the Master program in Network Technology for the TSYS and the lead faculty of Digital Communication Systems concentration for the Consortium Universities of the Ph.D. in Technology Management. He is also the point of contact for The Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense (CAE-CD) at ECU. He
Paper ID #36958Cultivating the Ethical Identities of STEM Students ThroughEnhanced InternshipsMichelle Hughes Miller (University of South Florida)Elaine E Englehardt (Distinguished Professor of Ethics)Michael S Pritchard (professor emeritus)Susan LeFrancoisGrisselle CentenoKingsley A. Reeves (Associate Professor) Kingsley Reeves is an Associate Professor at the University of South Florida in the Industrial and Management Systems Engineering Department. His current research interests focus on the lean six sigma philosophy and applications of traditional industrial engineering methods to solve problems in the education
Paper ID #37690Shaping the macro-ethical reasoning of engineers through deliberatecultural practicesDr. Jennifer Radoff, University of Maryland College Park Jennifer Radoff is an assistant research professor at the University of Maryland in College Park. She stud- ies teaching and learning in K-16 STEM, with a focus on political, ideological, and axiological dimensions of learning. She also supports educators as they work to create more equitable learning environments for students.Dr. Chandra Anne Turpen, University of Maryland, College Park Dr. Chandra Turpen is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics
Paper ID #34973Sustainable and Ethical Packaging: Designing for Environmental andSocial JusticeMs. Irini Spyridakis, University of Washington Irini Spyridakis is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Human Centered Design & En- gineering at the University of Washington. Her research and teaching concern ethics and sustainable design in engineering, human computer interaction, smart cities, resource constrained communities, tech- nology for social good, and STEM outreach. She has close to 20 years of teaching experience and is an experienced UX researcher and designer. American
Paper ID #32920Alumni Reflect on Their Education About Ethical and Societal IssuesDr. Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder Angela Bielefeldt is a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder in the Department of Civil, Envi- ronmental, and Architectural Engineering (CEAE) and Director for the Engineering Plus program. She has served as the Associate Chair for Undergraduate Education in the CEAE Department, as well as the ABET assessment coordinator. Professor Bielefeldt was also the faculty director of the Sustainable By Design Residential Academic Program, a living-learning community where students
Paper ID #33204Chemical Engineers’ Experiences of Ethics in the Health Products IndustryMs. Dayoung Kim, Purdue University at West Lafayette Dayoung Kim is a Ph.D. Candidate in Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her current research interest centers on engineering ethics and social responsibility, and she is specifically interested in cul- tural influences on engineers’ moral formation. She earned her B.S. in Chemical Engineering at Yonsei University (Seoul, South Korea) in 2017 and M.S. in Chemical Engineering at Purdue University (West Lafayette, USA) in 2021.Dr. Alison J. Kerr, University of Illinois Urbana
Paper ID #33228Collaborating to Integrate Ethics in an Introductory EngineeringComputing CourseDr. Brooke Odle, Hope College Brooke M. Odle received the B.S. degree in Bioengineering from the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, and the M.S. degree in Biomedical Engineering from New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, as well as the doctorate in Biomedical Engineering from New Jersey Institute of Technology and Rutgers University Biomedical and Health Science, Newark, NJ (Joint Program in Biomedical Engineering). Dr. Odle is currently an Assistant Professor of Engineering at Hope College, Holland, MI. Her
institutional factors that contribute to a ”culture of disengagement” from the ethical dimension of engineering work among students in the engineering profession. His Ph.D. project is funded by the NSF and is concerned with promoting and im- proving engineering students’ ethical behavior and sensitivity through on-campus student organizations. His academic interests include mental health, international development, human rights, and engineering ethics. Currently, his ambition is to work within an international organization such as UNESCO and to be an advocate for promoting science and technology as critical tools of sustainable development as well as to participate in the dialogue between scientists, policy-makers, and
Paper ID #33278Early Career Engineers’ Views of Ethics and Social Responsibility:Study OverviewDr. Stephanie Claussen, San Francisco State University Stephanie Claussen is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering at San Francisco State Univer- sity. She previously spent eight years as a Teaching Professor in the Engineering, Design, and Society Di- vision and the Electrical Engineering Department at the Colorado School of Mines. She obtained her B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2005 and her M.S. and Ph.D. from Stanford University in 2008 and 2012, respectively. Her