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Assessing Social Responsibility & Sustainability

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Justin L Hess, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sarah Aileen Brownell, Rochester Institute of Technology; Richard A House, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Alexander T. Dale, Engineers for a Sustainable World

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Initiative (WPSI). The acronym was changed from“WPSE” to WPSI. We dropped the “E” as our intent was never to be exclusive to non-engineering students or faculty members. At ASEE 2014, we presented preliminary results fromthe first WPSI iteration. Following the 2014 conference, we identified the need for a valid,reliable, and easily replicable assessment measure that could be used both within and outside ofWPSI to measure the attainment of a series of sustainability-related learning objectivesthroughout the engineering education research community.1 In this paper, we present the ongoingdevelopment and refinement of this measure, the Sustainability Skills and Dispositions Scale(SSDS). This instrument evaluates students’ attainment of learning

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Engineering Social and Human Ethical Impacts

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Debra S. Fuentes, Brigham Young University; Stephanie Claussen, Colorado School of Mines; Gregg Morris Warnick, Brigham Young University

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Paper ID #19677Investigating Engineering Students’ Understandings of Social and EthicalResponsibility: Coding Framework and Initial FindingsProf. Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Dr. Brent K. Jesiek is an Associate Professor in the Schools of Engineering Education and Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University. He also leads the Global Engineering Education Collabora- tory (GEEC) research group, and is the recipient of an NSF CAREER award to study boundary-spanning roles and competencies among early career engineers. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from

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Cross-cultural Sensitivity, Moral Imagination, and Diversity in Engineering Ethics Education

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Yousef Jalali, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Christian Matheis, Guilford College; Marc Edwards, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Paper ID #33770A Graduate-level Engineering Ethics Course: An Initial Attempt toProvoke Moral ImaginationMr. Yousef Jalali, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Yousef Jalali is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. He re- ceived a B.S. and M.S. in Chemical Engineering and M.Eng. in Energy Systems Engineering. His research interests include interaction between critical thinking, imagination, and ethical reasoning, interpersonal and interinstitutional collaboration, diversity, equity, and inclusion, systems thinking, and chemical en- gineering learning systems. Yousef

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Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 5

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alexandra Erwin; Jason Borenstein, Georgia Institute of Technology; Wendy C. Newstetter, Georgia Institute of Technology; Colin Potts, Georgia Institute of Technology; Ellen Zegura, Georgia Institute of Technology

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endowed chair in Computer Science at Georgia Tech. Her research interests include computer networking, civic data and design, and teaching community engagement. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Undergraduate STEM Students and Community Engagement Activities: Initial Findings from an Assessment of Their Concern for Public Well-Being1IntroductionIn response to findings from the Cech study on the “Culture of Disengagement” atAmerican engineering institutions [1], much unease emerged regarding how futureengineers might not be developing a mindset that places the public’s well-being as aforemost priority. The study indicated that engineering programs negatively impactthe

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Engineering Ethics Outside the Classroom

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Bowler, Michigan Technological University; Susie Amato-Henderson, Michigan Technological University; Tom Drummer, Michigan Technological University; Joseph Holles, Michigan Technological University; Ted Lockhart, Michigan Technological University; Joanna Schreiber, Michigan Technological University; Debra Charlesworth, Michigan Technological University; Jingfang Ren, Michigan Technological University

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well. For instance,it could be used to assess the impact of educational programs on student’s understanding of therole of a STEM researcher and, in fact, whether or not it is possible to modify role orientation bymeans of educational initiatives. Perhaps role orientation is a stable characteristic. If it ispossible to modify role orientation through pedagogical interventions then this could be asignificant advance in ethics education in science and engineering. For example, if aneducational program could make STEM researchers or graduate students more “dutiful” in theirrole, then one suspects that this will help motivate them to abide by the principles of responsibleconduct of research when faced with temptations to engage in research

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Engineering Ethics: Using Case Studies

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Didier Valdes, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; Erika Jaramillo Giraldo, University of Puerto Rico; Jorge Ferrer, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; William Frey, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez

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has taught business and engineering ethics at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez for the last 19 years, currently in that university’s College of Business Administration. His areas of research include engineering ethics, moral psychology, computer ethics, as well as research and business ethics. He is currently a Co-PI on the GERESE project in research ethics and Co-PI on another NSF project devoted to developing an online toolkit of modules and cases for use in ethics across the curriculum initiatives . Page 14.307.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Case analysis: a

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Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session - Ethics Across Contexts

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaofeng Tang, Ohio State University; Lisa Elanna Burris, Ohio State University; Nan Hu, Ohio State University; Natassia Brenkus, Ohio State University

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strong ethicalleadership. This paper reports a module for developing graduate engineering students as ethicalleaders. The module, which includes learning objectives and student outcomes, assessmentprocedures, and instruction plans, is currently being piloted in a civil engineering graduateseminar course at a large, public university. Future work includes collecting assessment data,analyzing student learning, and improving the module based on assessment results. We plan toreport the assessment results in future publications.AcknowledgementsThis work is supported by a Leadership Research Grant from the Fisher Leadership Initiative atThe Ohio State University. The authors thank ASEE Ethics Division Program Chair Dr. AlexMejia and anonymous

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Teaching Ethics

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia Finelli, University of Michigan; Trevor Harding, California Polytechnic State University; Donald Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University; Matthew Mayhew, New York University

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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

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Integration of Liberal Education into Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George D. Ricco, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

AC 2011-2104: THREE DEADLY VENOMS: PHENOMENOLOGY, EXIS-TENTIALISM, AND PHILOSOPHICAL CONSTRUCTS TO EXPAND EN-GINEERING EDUCATION RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES AND PHI-LOSOPHYGeorge D Ricco, Purdue University, West Lafayette George D. Ricco is a doctoral student in Purdue University’s School of Engineering Education. He previ- ously received an MS in Earth and Planetary Sciences studying geospatial imaging and an MS in Physics studying high-pressure, high-temperature FT-IR spectroscopy in heavy water, both from the University of California at Santa Cruz. He has a BSE in Engineering Physics with a concentration in Electrical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University. His academic interests include longitudinal

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Research on Engineering Ethics Education and Practice

Collection

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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breakdown of the initial 25 interviews included in this CIT analysis. Pseudonym Role Industry/ Field Years in Yrs. Engr. Disc. of Highest Highest Gender Race/ Field Experience Degree Degree Ethnicity Alisha Quality assurance Medical Devices 2 3 Biomedical MS Female Asian Angela Product development Medical Devices 13 18 Chemical MS Female White Asics Research Orthopedics 2 3 Biomedical

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Research on Engineering Ethics Education and Practice

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Madeline Polmear, University of Florida; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder; Nathan E. Canney, CYS Structural Engineers Inc.; Chris Swan, Tufts University; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado Boulder

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. Dr. Knight’s research interests are in the areas of K-12, program evaluation and teamwork practices in engineering education. His current duties include assessment, team development, outreach and education research for DC Col- orado’s hands-on initiatives. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Student Perceptions of an Ethics Intervention: Exploration Across Three Course TypesAbstractThis research paper explored student perspectives on a micro-insertion of an ethics and societalimpacts (ESI) intervention into three courses, using qualitative data collected in focus groups. Anintervention examining hydraulic fracturing from different perspectives

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Engineering Ethics - Courses and Curricula

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brock Barry, United States Military Academy; Matthew Ohland, Purdue University

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inform the second’s sampling, instrumentation, etc.)and can expand the scope and breadth of a study by using different methods in differentcomponents” (p. 41).In addition to utilizing mixed methods, this document represents the efforts associated with thefirst two steps in what could be a more extensive research program. The steps of this researchprogram are sequential in that the second step could not be initiated without completion of thefirst. Accordingly, the research questions in the subsequent section of this document (Research Page 14.555.4Questions and Hypothesis) are presented in a manner that relates specific inquiry to each step inthe

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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participation in it.What is needed for Social Responsibilities training? One of the challenges of designing training in social responsibilities is that the scope andnature of those responsibilities are large and will vary greatly by field and by student. Theultimate goal is to produce an enlightened, empowered and socially-aware researcher who knowshow their work may affect people or institutions – and who shapes their work with these impactsin mind and can lead others in doing so. Of course, we cannot hope to equip students to tackleany and all social ramifications in their field. But we do hope to provide them with theconfidence, motivation and an initial foundation of skills to begin to engage those issues thatthey find to be most relevant or

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division - WIP Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Paper ID #25600Board 71: A Website to Host Educational Modules on Global EngineeringEthics and Conduct Research in Cross-Cultural Moral Psychology: A Workin ProgressDr. Rockwell Franklin Clancy III, University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong Joint Institute Rockwell F. Clancy is an Associate Teaching Professor in engineering ethics and philosophy at the Uni- versity of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute, Research Fellow in the Institute of Social Cognitive and Behavioral Science at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and has acted as a long-term educational consultant, setting up a course and writing a

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Issues Part One

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Bowler, Michigan Technological University; Susan Amato-Henderson, Michigan Technological University; Thomas David Drummer, Michigan Technological University; Joanna M. Schreiber, Michigan Technological University; Joseph H. Holles, University of Wyoming; Ted W. Lockhart, Michigan Technological University; Jingfang Ren, Michigan Technological University

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AC 2011-1937: DOES A STEM RESEARCHER’S ROLE ORIENTATIONPREDICT HIS OR HER ETHICAL SENSITIVITY TO RESPONSIBLE CON-DUCT OF RESEARCH?Michael Bowler, Michigan Technological University Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Michigan Technological UniversitySusan Amato-Henderson, Michigan Technological University Dr. Susan Amato-Henderson is an Associate Professor of Psychology in the Department of Cognitive and Learning Sciences at Michigan Technological University. Her expertise is in methodology and statistical analysis of experimental and quasi-experimental research. Most of her work involves examination of the social and cognitive indicators predictive of educational success, along with the measurement of educa- tional

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Assessing Social Responsibility & Sustainability

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Gannon, Montana State University; Ryan Anderson, Montana State University; Justin W Spengler, Montana State University; Carolyn Plumb, Montana State University

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. Following initial questions, students were presented basic fracking science,engineering, impacts and policy information in video format. Students, pre-assembled intoequal-sized groups, then conducted individual online research focusing on the specific issue towhich their group was assigned. Student scribes were self-identified within the groups tocompile and distill information collected during online research, which they subsequently sharedin open discussion. Students were then asked identical questions following the discussion, inaddition to rating the effectiveness of the class format on their individual learning. In general,students’ basic understanding of fracking improved significantly, their opinions on the topicshifted from neutrality, and

Conference Session

Assessing Social Responsibility & Sustainability

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark H Minster, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Richard A House, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Patricia Brackin P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Corey M. Taylor, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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concept, an informed value system, a vision of a possible future, and as achallenge to business-as-usual, sustainability is complexity itself, over-determined. Evendefining it requires interdisciplinarity, and attempting to practice—to live it—in academiarequires the integration, or at least the involvement, of all parts of the college campus, a dynamicinteraction of research, operations, curriculum, and the lived experience of individuals andcommunities.46,47,48 And yet, again, failing to attempt to define for our students what we wantthem to learn about sustainability in all its complexity will only continue our students’unnecessary frustrations.Because it has taken us a few years to get our program in place, to organize previously

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Assessing Social Responsibility & Sustainability

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan E Canney PE, Seattle University; Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Mikhail Russu

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skills to help improve society. This, in turn, influenced their views of social responsibilityas engineers.RQ4: Demographic differencesThe final research question was to examine the course types, topics and pedagogies discussedabove to see if there were frequency differentials by demographic group, namely gender,academic rank, and major. Examining first by gender showed that there was no differencebetween men and women in the percentage that initially said no class had influenced their viewsof social responsibility, 42% for both, as seen in Table 1. Examining the common codes alsoshowed few differences by gender. The largest difference was with the project code, where 13%of the female respondents mentioned a project while only 5% of the male

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Innovative, Engaging Pedagogies for Engineering Ethics Education

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Samuel Aaron Snyder, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Diana Bairaktarova, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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like that in theWieman et al. (2010) article. STEM education centers (SEMs) can provide a centralized resourcefor departments across a university to transform their curriculum. Carlisle and Weaver examined6 education centers across a range of universities, both public and private, and ranging in theemphasis placed on teaching and research [9]. SEMs allow faculty and administrators to seek outtools and resources at the individual level. Their existence also serves as a reminder to thecommitment the university or college has for knowledge pertaining to the centers core values. The above three articles each highlight successful change initiative, even though eachdiffered greatly in culture, scale, and initial barriers. As more and more

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Professional and Regulatory Issues in Ethics

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan D Watts, Purdue University West Lafayette; Andrew O. Brightman, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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engineering graduate tobe involved at some level in design testing with human subjects is very high. Therefore, whilethe need for contextually-specific professional ethics training exists for many disciplines, thepotential for harm from lack of proper training and understanding of Human Subjects Research(HSR) is particularly high in the healthcare industry (Kessel, 2014; Kohn et al., 2000;Levitz & Kamp, 2017; Maron & Hauser, 2007; Topol, 2004).Thus in this Work-In-Progress paper we describe an initial analysis of the background literatureto try to provide some clarity regarding HSR in engineering capstone student design courses andprojects. The paper attempts to clarify the ethical guidelines associated with research and testinginvolving

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Engineering Ethics Issues Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine McComas, Cornell University; Nancy Healy, Georgia Institute of Technology

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achieve these goals, we have developed threeprimary activities: 1) providing SEI training and educational opportunities for NNIN users; 2)stimulating SEI research on NNIN users and technologies; and 3) disseminating the outcomes ofSEI research at NNIN and in the broader NSE and scientific community. Regarding the firstactivity, this presentation will discuss the type of training we do at each site to engage users inthinking about SEI issues related to nanotechnology. Regarding the second, the NNIN hasestablished a set of guidelines for investigators who want to initiate SEI research at one or moreof our sites. In 2010, NNIN had seven projects examining issues ranging from diversity toconflicts of interest among our users. Cross-cutting all three

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Socio-Technical Issues in Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Priya Balasubramanian, Grand Valley State University; Nael Barakat, Grand Valley State University

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backgrounds,political association, and religious affiliation but due to the exploratory nature of the study, thesurvey responders were chosen based on their willingness to complete the survey.Survey results and analysis Results of the survey are presented in Figure 2. Initially, 99% of the responders supportedthe basic research of the emerging technology that held promise for patients suffering from a“disease”. This support decreased to 70% as responders were made aware of the politicalobjection to the research and the reduced by another 8% when the research was opposed by theProceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, New Orleans, LA. June 2016 – Balasubramanian and Barakat. Page 4 of 11religious leaders as well. Once the

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Engineering Ethics Division - Technical Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Trevor Scott Harding, California Polytechnic State University; Donald D. Carpenter P.E., Lawrence Technological University; Cynthia J. Finelli, University of Michigan

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- ating methods to improve teaching, and exploring ethical decision-making in undergraduate engineering students. Dr. Finelli leads a national initiative to create a taxonomy/keyword outline for the field of en- gineering education research, and she is past chair of the Educational Research and Methods Division of the American Society of Engineering Education. Page 23.1272.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Two Years Later: A longitudinal look at the impact of engineering ethics educationIntroductionBetween accreditation requirements [1

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Case and Scenario in Engineering Ethics Instruction

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University; John R Luchini

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Paper ID #15197What is the Length of a Toilet Paper Tube? A Hands-On, Team-Based Lessonin the Ethics of Data CollectionDr. Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University Katy Luchini-Colbry is the Director for Graduate Initiatives at the College of Engineering at Michigan State University, where she completed degrees in political theory and computer science. A recipient of a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, she earned Ph.D. and M.S.E. in computer science and engi- neering from the University of Michigan. She has published more than two dozen peer-reviewed works related to her interests in educational technology and

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Understanding Students' Authentic and Reflective Experiences of Ethics Education

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Landon Bassett, University of Connecticut; Jennifer Pascal, University of Connecticut; Richard Tyler Cimino, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Kevin D. Dahm, Rowan University; Daniel D. Burkey, University of Connecticut; Scott Duplicate Streiner, Rowan University

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its entirely virtual format.Summary and Next StepsThis Work in Progress provides an initial procedure for probing how first year engineering studentsdiscuss engineering ethics scenarios prior to formal college level ethics instruction. Practicesessions of discussions with student volunteers were conducted to calibrate the research team andprovide feedback to improve facilitation. The framework described here uses a set of curatedengineering ethics scenarios derived from the Toxic Workplaces game with post verbal probingthat can be readily adopted by other researchers and educators.Future work includes recruitment of additional students from multiple universities to participatein discussions and analysis of data (transcriptions and video

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Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brittney Hope Jimerson, North Carolina A&T State University ; Eui Hyun Park, North Carolina A&T State University; Vinod K Lohani, Virginia Tech; Steven M. Culver, Virginia Tech

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also the Chairperson of the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department for sixteen years from July 1990. He has been an IIE (Institute of Industrial Engineers) Fellow since 2000. Dr. Eui Park has also initiated and developed a successful Human-Machine Systems Engineering program at NC A&T and has also conducted STEM outreach programs, the Para-Research Program, Partnership in Education and Research, REU, and RET, for the past sixteen years. His fields of research are Human-Machine Systems Engineering and Quality Assurance. He has been a principle investigator in 24 awarded funded research projects totaling over $12 million in the past ten years.Dr. Vinod K Lohani, Virginia Tech Dr. Vinod K Lohani is a

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Engineering Ethics Division - WIP Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Soheil Fatehiboroujeni, Indiana-Purdue University; Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Donna M. Riley, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; Jennifer Karlin, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Sarah Appelhans, University at Albany; Thomas De Pree, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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ethical implications of novel technologies.The increasing and unprecedented complexity of cyber-physical or biological technologies havealso created pressing challenges for the industries seeking to develop or commercialize such tech-nologies. Academia and in particular engineering programs, are viewed as potential platformswhere ethical and regulatory framework for new technologies can be researched and developedconcurrent or conjoined with the technical research itself. This rationale is reflected in our data,although as an exploratory and initial ideation.3.3 Resistance ArgumentsInterpretation of ethics and its practical manifestation is neither universally unvaried nor certain.Indeed both orthodox and heterodox construals of ethics and

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Engineering Ethics Division - Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Borenstein, Georgia Institute of Technology; Robert J Butera, Georgia Institute of Technology

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.[11] However,that plan remains at a very early stage of development.The need for assessmentMany scholars are interested in investigating the effectiveness of ethics and RCRtraining.[12-13] Some of the assessment efforts have been supported by the Council ofGraduate Schools’ (CGS) Project for Scholarly Integrity.[14] Along these lines, there isa profound research opportunity at our institution; yet, it is one that remains largelyunfulfilled. The ongoing implementation challenges relating to developing an academicpolicy, which covers all new doctoral students, and resource limitations have not allowedfor a formal assessment of our RCR program at the present time.ConclusionThis paper describes initial stages of an RCR plan that covers doctoral

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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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State has led to multiple workshopsthat helped engineering faculty members to incorporate ethics into undergraduateengineering teaching [14]. In 2009, Penn State implemented a new scholarship andresearch integrity (SARI) program that required all graduate students in the university tocomplete the online Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) course as wellas five hours of face-to-face, discussion-based training in topics that fall into the broadlyconceived area of research ethics. The university also requires that at least three of thefive hours of discussion-based ethics training ought to be conducted in the students’ owndisciplines. In 2014, five years after implementing the SARI program, the LeonhardCenter and the Rock Ethic

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Evaluation of Ethical Development

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jill L. May, Illinois Institute of Technology; Alan Mead, Illinois Institute of Technology; James Kemp Ellington, Illinois Institute of Technology

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ofvariables (i.e. items) into a smaller number of meaningful categories or dimensions, which arereferred to as factors. It is a commonly used tool for test development.15 In order to do an initial Page 24.537.5evaluation of the factor analysis, an unrotated factor solution was examine the scree plot, thenumber of eigenvalues over one, and the proportion of variance. The researcher can look at theKaiser Criterion, which states that eigenvalues greater than 1 are unique factors. However, theeigenvalue over 1 criteria is a general, somewhat arbitrary, rule of thumb and needs to beconsidered along with additional information in order to be interpreted