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Jim Helbling; Angela Beck

Ethics in Engineering: Preparing Our Students to Meet Societal Obligations Jim Helbling, Angela Beck Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, PrescottAbstractThis paper discusses a work in progress, reporting on how societal ethics are incorporated into asenior-level capstone course, AE 421: Aircraft Detail Design, taught at Embry-RiddleAeronautical University (ERAU), Prescott campus. Specifically, this paper focuses on how thecourse instructors prepare these aerospace engineering students to perform as professionalengineers as per ABET criteria 3f and 3h. By helping these students to become increasinglyaware of their impact on society and by

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Jin-Lee Kim

AEC/FM industry such as BIM, LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), preconstruction services, and project risk management, including ethical, environmental, and sustainability concerns, (3) To train the students on the application and techniques of BIM technology to provide a fundamental theory and application to the students’ approach to solving the problems encountered in the workplace, (4) To encourage a team approach in the laboratory process simulation to develop skills and learn the importance of collaboration efforts rather than individual advancement, especially in emerging technology fields in the AEC/FM industry, (5) To provide students with sustainable building

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Tammy Yut-Ling Chan; Gustavo Borel Menezes

students in a civil engineering structural dynamicscourse benefitted from active learning with teamwork and problem-based and projectexperiences23.Cooperative Learning/TeamworkEngineers work in teams. Teamwork is an active learning method that many students enjoy andfind beneficial. Groups of students in an electrical engineering course enjoyed presentingsolutions on the board while interacting with the instructor and classmates24. Students alsoenjoyed discussing engineering ethics in groups25.In addition, successful cooperative learning or teamwork requires that students be accountable totheir peers. Students who focus on being good team players become self-directed, autonomouslearners26. Peer evaluations in a civil engineering course revealed

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Danyang Li; Qiao Zhen; Albert Gordon; Bhaskar Raj Sinha; Marcos Turquetti; Mohammad N. Amin

to the development and design of wireless communication systems.2. Evaluate and select the appropriate kinds of coding and decoding schemes for constructing, detecting and filtering wireless communications signals.3. Build security into wireless communications systems and contrast ethical and legal issues in the global telecommunications industry.4. Plan, integrate and implement multiple types of Second (2G) and Third Generation (3G) wireless networks.5. Create strategic analysis software and tools to develop wireless, networks and service plans.6. Develop simulation models of the radio components of wireless systems using MATLAB, SIMULINK and its communication tools.7. Evaluate and forecast economic impact of continually advancing

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R. Radharamanan

realistic engineering systems under faculty supervision. Projects include safety,economic, environmental, and ethical considerations and require written and oral reports.EGR 483: Entrepreneurship in Engineering Design (0-1-0)Pre-requisites: EGR 482 and EGR 487Student seminars and advising for assessment of business plans related to entrepreneurship andinnovation in an engineering design project; participation in seminars, competitions or regionaland national conferences. Seminar attendance is required to obtain a satisfactory course grade.This course is graded S/U.EGR 488: Engineering Design Exhibit II (0-6-2)Prerequisite: EGR 487.Continuation of EGR 487 multi-disciplinary design projects with substantial engineering content.Small groups design

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Thomas M. Korman; Hal A. Johnston; Lloyd Crask

also shows payments to thecontractor by the owner according to the payment requests and gives total cash-on-hand at theend of the period. Each firm may at any time apply for a loan to improve its financial situation.Loans granted are amortized over a one year time period. Changes in company ratios are alsologged along with changes to the company’s appraisal metrics. • Financial Liquidity • Financial Success • Responsibility • Pace • Ethics • Name RecognitionAt the end of a period, the firms examine their Progress Reports and decide on the effectivenessof the methods chosen for the various work activities. If they wish, they may change them andspecify different methods for the following periods. The choice of methods allows

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Jim Herold; A. Zundel; Thomas F. Stahovich

2: Example of typical student work. The image to the left is an example of neatly organized work while theimage to the right is an example of less organized work. Ink color denotes the semantic content of the ink. Greenindicates an equation pen stroke, blue indicates a FBD pen stroke, and black indicates a cross-out pen stroke. TheLiveScribe™ pens used ink and thus students were required to cross-out any unintended writing.In the present work, we analyze students’ solutions to the final exam. This test comprised ninequestions and covered all concepts covered throughout the course. The first problem of the examwas an ethics question. The expected answer to this problem was different from that of the otherproblems as it required a simple, one

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Antonella Sciortino; Lisa Star; Tesfai Goitom

. The course introduces students to the civil andconstruction engineering fields. It includes curriculum information and requirements, careerpaths, and engineering ethics. As part of the requirements for the course in its original format,students worked in teams on a term paper and a presentation that focused on a major engineeringproject. The course satisfies ABET Student Outcomes h –Achievement of the broad educationnecessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic,environmental, and societal context -, Outcome i - Recognition of the need for, and the ability toengage in life-long learning -, and Outcome j - Knowledge of contemporary issues.Although the selection of a foreign project as topic of the paper

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Raman Unnikrishnan; Victor H. Delgado; Hye Sun Moon; Edward Sullivan