Conference Session

Engineering Ethics V

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Jordan, Baylor University

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some high schools. Other schools, like our own, are not formally members ofEPICS but are doing many of the activities that the EPICS program promotes.One of the issues related to engineering service learning is whether the course is mostly service Page 14.586.2and not enough engineering. This is, in itself, an ethical issue. If we are offering courses that getengineering credit without doing real engineering, we are being deceitful to our students. This isan issue that many engineering programs have faced as some faculty are resistant to this newway of doing things.Many engineering service learning courses have involved service projects

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics and Justice

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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William M. Jordan, Baylor University

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AC 2011-717: ENGINEERING ETHICS AND JUSTICE: HOW DO THEYRELATE?William M. Jordan, Baylor University WILLIAM JORDAN is the Mechanical Engineering Department Chair at Baylor University. He has B.S. and M.S. degrees in Metallurgical Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines, an M.A. degree in Theology from Denver Seminary, and a Ph.D. in mechanics and materials from Texas A & M University. He teaches materials related courses. He does work in the areas of entrepreneurship and appropriate technology in developing countries. He also writes and does research in the areas of engineering ethics and engineering education

Conference Session

Faculty Views of Ethics

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Katz, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; David B. Knight, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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International Engagement in the Department of Engineering Education and affiliate faculty with the Higher Education Program, Center for Human- Computer Interaction, and Human-Centered Design Program. His research tend to be at the macro-scale, focused on a systems-level perspective of how engineering education can become more effective, efficient, and inclusive. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Factors Related to Faculty Views Toward Undergraduate Engineering Ethics EducationAbstract This study focuses on faculty members’ views of how engineering ethics should fitwithin their own most frequently taught course and in the undergraduate engineering

Conference Session

Moral Development and Ethics Assessment in Engineering

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Rockwell Franklin Clancy III, Delft University of Technology

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. Betterunderstanding the relation between moral intuitions and ethical reasoning among an understudiedpopulation allows for the possibility of crafting more effective ethics education.MethodParticipantsParticipants were undergraduate engineering students enrolled in the course “Global EngineeringEthics” (GEE), at the University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute(UM-SJTU JI). The UM-SJTU JI is a US-Chinese educational institute founded in 2006 andlocated in the Minhang campus of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. It offers BS,MS, and PhD degrees in engineering, and has ABET accredited programs in mechanicalengineering and electrical and computer engineering. To partially fulfill ABET student outcomesrelated to ethics, the UM

Conference Session

Engaging Ethics in Teams and Communities

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert J. Barsanti Jr., The Citadel; Ronald J. Hayne, The Citadel; Kevin C. Bower P.E., The Citadel; Johnston W. Peeples, The Citadel

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past president of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Head Association (ECEDHA), a member of the SC Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors and a Senior Member of the IEEE. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Amplitude Modulation Circuit Implementation for use in an Undergraduate Communication Course for Electrical Engineering StudentsAbstract – Modern descriptions of analog communication schemes are mathematics based usingtransform theory and block diagrams. This presentation style leaves undergraduate students withthe challenge of relating these theories to real world circuit implementations. This is particularlytrue if the lecture

Conference Session

Understanding our Students & Ethical Development

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth A. McBride-Pluskwik, Iron Range Engineering, a program of Minnesota State University, Mankato; Puteri S. Megat Hamari, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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Paper ID #8883Ethical Reasoning Development in Project-based LearningDr. Elizabeth A McBride-Pluskwik, Iron Range Engineering, a program of Minnesota State University, Mankato Elizabeth leads the Business and Statistics competencies at Iron Range Engineering, a project-based en- gineering education program located in northern Minnesota. She served as Assistant Professor of Ac- counting at St. Ambrose University in Davenport, IA before joining IRE in 2012. Previously, she was the Controller for MSI Mold Builders in Cedar Rapids, IA, and an Auditor/Tax Accountant for McGladrey & Pullen, CPAs, in Cedar Rapids, IA. Her

Conference Session

Engineering and Poverty

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Legand Burge, Tuskegee University; Heshmat Aglan, Tuskegee University; Pradosh Ray, Tuskegee University; Nader Vahdat, Tuskegee University; Connie Price, Tuskegee University; Prakash Sharma, Tuskegee University; Stephen Sodeke, Tuskegee University; Vascar Harris, Tuskegee University; Gregory Murphy, Tuskegee University

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were injured. Students study the case in detail to understand the conditionsin the plant before the accident, existence of safety training programs for employees, managers’responsibilities and location of plant (in a residential area). These issues help students find thecause(s) of the disaster. Page 12.658.4A Case Study: Chernobyl Nuclear Accident and Related Ethical IssuesThe Chernobyl Nuclear Accident is one of the major accidents in engineering. The reason forthis accident was that the operators removed all the control rods to keep the reactor operational atlow energy level to conduct an unauthorized experiment.A group discussion on

Conference Session

Integrating Engineering Ethics into the Curriculum

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven Culver, Virginia Tech; Vinod Lohani, Virginia Tech; Ishwar Puri, Virginia Tech

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process from the Page 15.467.2very beginning as a way to evaluate the status quo and the eventual effects of changes inthe curriculum related to ethics.Interdisciplinary Ethics Education ProjectIn fall 2008, an interdisciplinary faculty group representing engineering, business, liberalarts and human sciences colleges, a university level research institute (Institute forCritical Technologies and Applied Science, ICTAS), and the academic assessment officeat Virginia Tech received a 3-year grant titled “graduate interdisciplinary liberalengineering ethics (GILEE)” from NSF under the Ethics Education in Science andEngineering (EESE) program. These faculty

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mahsa Ghorbani, Colorado State University; Anthony A. Maciejewski, Colorado State University; Thomas J. Siller, Colorado State University; Edwin K. P. Chong Ph.D., Colorado State University; Pinar Omur-Ozbek, Colorado State University; Rebecca A. Atadero, Colorado State University

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Paper ID #23473Incorporating Ethics Education into an Electrical and Computer Engineer-ing Undergraduate ProgramMs. Mahsa Ghorbani, Colorado State University Mahsa Ghorbani is a PhD student in Program of Systems Engineering at Colorado State University. She received her BSc in Industrial Engineering from University of Yazd, Yazd, Iran in 2009 and her MSc degree in Industrial Management from University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran in 2012.Dr. Anthony A. Maciejewski, Colorado State University Anthony A. Maciejewski received the BS, MS, and PhD degrees in electrical engineering from Ohio State University, Columbus in 1982, 1984

Conference Session

Graduate Ethics Education & Professional Codes

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard S. Stansbury, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Joshua Lloyd Olds, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Eric Joe Coyle, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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the engineeringof unmanned systems relates to current professional codes of ethics from a number of relevantprofessional engineering societies, and how they are addressed currently within the program’scurriculum. Finally, the paper addresses concerns regarding how and with whom technicalinformation regarding the design and operation of unmanned systems can be safely, responsibly,and legally disseminated within the curriculum and university sponsored programs.1.0 IntroductionThe term “unmanned system” can refer to types of systems that were traditionally controlledeither directly or indirectly through a human operator, but have through modern technologiesbeen automated to no longer require a human operator. Examples of unmanned systems

Conference Session

Ethics Instruction in Context: Civil and Construction Engineering and Engineering Technology

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason K. Durfee, Eastern Washington University; Hani Serhal Saad, Eastern Washington University

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this new ethics program were discussed in a paper previously presented at theAmerican Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference and Exposition.7Program OutlineThe first aspect of our new approach involved infusing professional ethics into each of the coreengineering courses. Each course (i.e. fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, solid mechanics, etc.)would include at least one course-related lesson on the topic of professional ethics sometimeduring the quarter. The format of this was not directly specified thereby giving instructors theflexibility to decide how to best incorporate this topic into the course. Many instructors used acase study format to do this. Some decided to merely present ideas on professional ethics relatedto

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Issues Part II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Culver, Virginia Tech; Vinod K. Lohani, Virginia Tech; Ishwar K. Puri, Virginia Tech

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, held at the National Academy ofEngineering in 2008, summarized the issues related to ethics education and scientific andengineering research [3]. In response to such concerns about ethics instruction, in 2008,an interdisciplinary faculty group at Virginia Tech received an NSF grant, calledGraduate Interdisciplinary Liberal Engineering Ethics (GILEE), to enhance ethicsinstruction in undergraduate and graduate engineering. As part of this grant, surveys andfocus groups were developed to gather information about engineering students’perceptions of their current ethics instruction. Consequently, faculty in the College ofBusiness at Virginia Tech became interested in this baseline assessment and otheractivities related to ethics instruction in the

Conference Session

Innovating Ethics Curriculum and Instruction

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Rob Sleezer, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Rebecca A. Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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in electrical engineering from the University of Washington. She also received the M.T.S. degree from Harvard Divinity School. She is currently Professor and Chair of the Department of Integrated Engineering program at Minnesota State University, Mankato, home of the Iron Range, Twin Cities and Bell Engineering programs. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Considering Future Ethical Behavior Through the Use of Fiction in a Project-Based Engineering ProgramIntroduction & BackgroundThe use of literature broadly, and science fiction in particular, in engineering courses is a rare butnot unheard of phenomenon. Occasionally, the use of fiction connects to

Conference Session

Integrity and the Problem of Cheating

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Irene B. Mena, University of Pittsburgh; David V.P. Sanchez, University of Pittsburgh

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fusing sustainability principles and design thinking to address the Water and Energy grand challenges in the natural and built environment. Current projects include: Renewable electrode materials for Microbial Fuel Cells and the Electro-Fenton process, Recirculating Aquaponic Systems, Environmental Quality wireless sensor networks, and incorporating Sustainable De- sign/Innovation into engineering curricula. He serves as a director for Pitt’s Design EXPO and a variety of the Mascaro Center’s Sustainability Out- reach and Education programs including the Manchester Academic Charter School ”Green week” and the Teach the Teacher program, impacting thousands of students each year. Dr. Sanchez teaches Introduction to

Conference Session

Assessing Ethics Learning

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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David S. Greenburg, The Citadel; Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel

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decision making as a core element of the engineeringcurriculum and the need for it to remain at the forefront of curriculum design. This study seeks toprovide insights into the research question of whether the use of an integrated leadership andethics training program can improve an engineering student’s ability to make ethical engineeringdecisions as measured by the National Society of Professional Engineers Code of ethics practiceexam. A group of five scenarios and 25 True/False questions based on the NSPE Code of Ethicswere used to measure the ability of students to identify and make decisions that adhere to a setstandard of ethical and professional conduct relating to the practice of engineering. Scenarioswere developed around situations that

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rigoberto Chinchilla, Eastern Illinois University

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Paper ID #6367Collaboration between Private Sector and Academia: Are We CompromisingOur Engineering Programs?Dr. Rigoberto Chinchilla, Eastern Illinois University Dr. Rigoberto Chinchilla earned his Ph.D. in Integrated Engineering from Ohio University. He is an associate professor of Applied Engineering and Technology at Eastern Illinois University (EIU) since 2004. His teaching and research interests include Quality Design, Biometric and Computer Security, Clean Technologies, Automation and Technology-Ethics. Dr. Chinchilla has been a Fulbright and a United Nations scholar, serves in numerous departmental and university

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Issues Part One

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Craig Titus, Purdue University; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Margaret Huyck, Illinois Institute of Technology; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jill L. May, Illinois Institute of Technology

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of four universities: Purdue University, Illinois Institute ofTechnology, Lehigh University, and Michigan Tech, and is funded by an NSF CCLI Phase 2grant.Collaborating University ProgramsThe four university partners in this project share many key similarities: all have undergraduateengineering programs with multidisciplinary teams, all support 25-40 teams per semester, allhave learning activities related to engineering ethics and include ethics as part of their learningobjectives for their design experiences. Each program, however, also has distinct features, asdescribed below.EPICS, a program in Purdue's College of Engineering, offers an innovative service-learningapproach to teaching design where multidisciplinary teams of students partner

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica A Kuczenski, College of San Mateo / San Francisco State University

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Paper ID #6209Student Ethics in Engineering: A Comparison of Ethics Survey Results fromUndergraduate Engineering Students at Three Different Engineering Pro-grams and InstitutionsDr. Jessica A Kuczenski, College of San Mateo / San Francisco State University Page 23.1097.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Student Ethics in Engineering: A Comparison of Ethics Survey Results from Undergraduate Engineering Students at Three Different Engineering Programs and InstitutionsAbstractThe objective for this

Conference Session

Teaching Ethics II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emine Atasoylu, Eastern Mediterranean University

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Engineering Ethics

including the Industrial Relations Committee, and the Library and Publications Committee in the Department of Industrial Engineering, and the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology Committee for the Faculty of Engineering. Page 12.633.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Engineering Ethics Education and Engineering Practice: A Study from a Small Island with an Impressively Large Number of Engineering ProgramsAbstractThis paper describes engineering ethics education in universities of Cyprus (both North andSouth) and the impact of engineering ethics

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaofeng Tang, Ohio State University; Jeffrey M. Catchmark, Pennsylvania State University; Eduardo Mendieta; Thomas A. Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University

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Rock Ethics Institute where he is involved with ethics education and research on ethical leadership and decision-making and ethical organizational management.Eduardo Mendieta Eduardo Mendieta is professor of philosophy and acting director of the Rock Ethics Institute at Penn State UniversityDr. Thomas A. Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University Thomas A. Litzinger is Director of the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education and a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Penn State. His work in engineering education involves curricular reform, teaching and learning innovations, assessment, and faculty development. Dr. Litzinger has more than 50 publications related to engineering education

Conference Session

Innovative Approaches to Ethics Instruction

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shawn Bowers, Gonzaga University; Ellen M. Maccarone, Gonzaga University; George D. Ricco, Gonzaga University

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 reputation of the  profession consistent with the public interest.  7. COLLEAGUES ­ Software engineers shall be fair to and supportive of their colleagues.  8. SELF ­ Software engineers shall participate in lifelong learning regarding the practice of  their profession and shall promote an ethical approach to the practice of the profession. Each section (i.e., principle) is further elaborated into a set of clauses (80 in total) that illustrate obligations of a professional software engineer. Lifelong learning being one such area of obligation.   1​ Godweber et al.​  argue that while many programs cover topics relating to computer history, codes of ethics, and intellectual property, many do not cover

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edwin R. Schmeckpeper P.E., Norwich University; Ashley Ater Kranov, Washington State University; Steven W. Beyerlein, University of Idaho, Moscow; Patrick D. Pedrow P.E., Washington State University; Jay Patrick McCormack, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Paper ID #12640Using the EPSA Rubric and EPSA Score to Evaluate Student Learning at theCourse and Program LevelDr. Edwin R. Schmeckpeper P.E., Norwich University Edwin Schmeckpeper, P.E., Ph.D., is the chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction Management at Norwich University, the first private school in the United States to offer engineering courses. Norwich University was the model used by Senator Justin Morrill for the land-grant colleges created by the 1862 Morrill Land Grant Act. Prior to joining the faculty at Norwich University, Dr. Schmeckpeper taught at a land-grant

Conference Session

Engaging Ethics in Teams and Communities

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaofeng Tang, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Eduardo Mendieta, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Thomas A. Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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challenges, ones that relate tonorms and expectations in the research community as well as the broad social impact ofengineering research. In recent years, leading organizations such as the National ScienceFoundation (NSF), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Academy ofEngineering (NAE) have made significant efforts to promote ethics training for graduateresearchers. In spite of these concerted efforts, few sustainable models for incorporatingethics in graduate engineering programs have been described in the literature. Asdesigners of ethics education programs, we argue that considerable progress can beachieved through engaging and empowering our users—the engineering faculty memberswho teach graduate courses and advise graduate

Conference Session

Engineering Social and Human Ethical Impacts

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark L. Bourgeois, University of Notre Dame

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Paper ID #20335Design and Assessment of the Social Responsibilities of Researchers’ Gradu-ate Training Program at the University of Notre DameDr. Mark L. Bourgeois, University of Notre Dame I am a postdoctoral fellow at the Reilly Center for Science, Technology and Values at the University of Notre Dame. I have a professional background in engineering, a PhD in philosophy of science, and for many years taught ethics and design in the Engineering school at Northwestern University. My current responsibilities are for implementing the NSF-sponsored Social Responsibilities of Researchers project at ND

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Melodie A. Selby PE, Walla Walla University

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,the liberal arts foundation was reduced. By 1999, an ethics-related course requirement wasincluded in only 27% of ABET-accredited engineering schools5. In his survey, Stephan includedreligion classes as ethics-related courses, so the number of institutions that required a specificengineering ethics course was lower still. As the new ABET criteria 3f was instituted, faculty began attempting to clarify the goal ofteaching engineering ethics. Sarah K. A. Pfatteicher, in an influential article, argued that “thecriterion does not require programs to demonstrate that graduates are ethical; it requires that theyunderstand professional and ethical responsibilities” (p. 137).6 As of July 2013, her article hasbeen cited 31 times, according to

Conference Session

Research on Engineering Ethics Education and Practice

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Dayoung Kim, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Justin L. Hess, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Nicholas D. Fila, Iowa State University

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Engineering Education at Purdue University. Dr. Hess’s research interests include exploring empathy’s functional role in engineering; advancing the state of the art of engineering ethics instruction; and evaluating learning in the spaces of design, ethics, and sustainability. Justin received his PhD from Purdue University’s School of Engineering Education, as well as a Master of Science and Bachelor of Science from Purdue University’s School of Civil Engineering. Justin is the 2020 program chair for the ASEE LEES division.Dr. Nicholas D. Fila, Iowa State University Nicholas D. Fila is an assistant research professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engi- neering at Iowa State University. He earned a B.S. in

Conference Session

Reimagining Engineering Ethics

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Grant A. Fore, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Justin L. Hess, Purdue University; Andrew Katz, Virginia Tech

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his PhD from Purdue University’s School of Engineering Education, as well as a Master of Science and Bachelor of Science from Purdue University’s School of Civil Engineering. Justin is the 2020 program chair for the ASEE LEES division.Dr. Andrew Katz, Virginia Tech Andrew Katz is an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Ethics in Engineering or Engineering in Ethics?AbstractThis paper explores how the relationship between ethics and engineering has been and could beframed. Specifically, two distinct framings will be conceptualized and explored: ethics inengineering and engineering in ethics

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Ethics Integration in the Engineering Curriculum

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jenny Lo, Virginia Tech; Vinod Lohani, Virginia Tech; Jennifer Mullin, Virginia Tech

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number of EngE faculty, including Lo and Lohani, have been collaboratingwith faculty members in other engineering departments and the school of education to undertakereformulation of the GE program using a spiral curriculum approach1. This effort is part of adepartment-level reform (DLR) project from the NSF. One of the spiraling themes relates to“ethics.” The intended approach is to cover general ethics related topics reflecting contemporaryengineering issues in the GE program and include discipline specific “ethics” issues in upperlevel courses. Faculty members from the Biological Systems Engineering (BSE) department areparticipating in this DLR project and are working with EngE faculty to reformulate thecurriculum of the bioprocess option

Conference Session

Ethical Issues I: Sustainability and Environmental Ethics

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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April A. Kedrowicz, University of Utah; Maria Dawn Blevins, University of Utah

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Engineering Ethics

AC 2012-3715: RENEWABLE AND EFFICIENT? MECHANICAL ENGI-NEERING STUDENTS’ CONCEPTIONS OF SUSTAINABILITY AND EN-GINEERINGDr. April A. Kedrowicz, University of Utah April A. Kedrowicz is the Director of the CLEAR (Communication, Leadership, Ethics, And Research) Program at the University of Utah, a collaboration between the College of Humanities and College of Engineering. The program was developed in 2003 through a grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, with the goal of integrating communication (speaking and writing), teamwork, and ethics into the curriculum of every department in the College of Engineering. Kedrowicz has been the Direc- tor of the program since its inception and has developed a

Conference Session

Teaching Ethics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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June Marshall, St. Joseph's College; John Marshall, University of Southern Maine

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. 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