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diversity (42% women, 25% racial and ethnic minorities) and faculty diversity (50% women, 25% racial and ethnic diversity). Olga is an engineering education researcher, biomedical and mechanical engineer, and national leader in transforming undergraduate engineering education. She has served as founding faculty of two brand new engineering programs (the first at James Madison University) and served on several national roles across ASEE, ABET, AAAS, NSF, KEEN, etc. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 The Virtues of Engineering Practice: An Investigation of Professional Codes of Ethics in EngineeringABSTRACT - In this paper, we analyze three prominent professional
Paper ID #42851Examining the Characteristics and Traits of Young Engineers’ Moral ExemplarsMr. Darius Grandvil Carter, San Francisco State University I am the middle child of African American Darius Carter and Filipina Geraldine Goyena Carter. As a child I loved space and planets, as I grew older I enjoyed making spaceships and machines out of lego. After highschool I decided to go to San Francisco State University where I am a 4th year studying Mechanical Engineering. I have been working with Dr. Stephanie Claussen in the Engineering Ethics Lab for 1 year where I have been working on a research paper studying the moral
and steam-powered mechanical manufacturingfacilities. The second industrial revolution, which occurred a century later at the end of the 19 thcentury, was all about the introduction of electricity. This is when electrically powered massproduction and the division of labor were established. The third industrial revolution, also calledthe digital revolution, took place between the 1960s and 1990s. The important change during thistime was the introduction of electronics and information technologies. Making use of new digitaltechnology, humanity began to automate manufacturing like never before. These three industrial revolutions led to Industry 4.0, which is all about cyber-physicalsystems. This is the linkage of real objects and people
1998, his M.S.C.E.P and Ph.D., both in Chemical Engineering, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2000 an 2003, respectively, and his M.A.Ed with a focus in Research Methods, Measurement, and Evaluation from the University of Connecticut in 2023.Dr. Richard Tyler Cimino, New Jersey Institute of Technology Dr. Richard T. Cimino is a Senior Lecturer in the Otto H. York Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology. His research interests include the intersection of engineering ethics and process safety, and broadening inclusion in engineering, with a focus on the LGBTQ+ community.Dr. Scott Streiner, University of Pittsburgh Scott Streiner is an
science and medical practice, Pacey proposes aframework for thinking about technology practice that consists of three highly interrelated butdistinguishable aspects: technical, organizational, and cultural. My interpretation of the modelfor engineering practice appears below.The technical dimension includes material things and how they work. Some examples of entitiesin the technical domain are “knowledge, skill and technique; tools, machines, chemicals,liveware; resources, products and wastes” [p. 6]. From a disciplinary perspective, the technicaldomain is most strongly associated with STEM fields, so this is the domain with whichengineers are most familiar. In the most basic sense, the technical domain raises questions aboutwhat things are
participants.Table 1. Demographics of participants Pseudonym Gender Race Discipline Current Field Years of Current Place trained in of Employment Experience of Employment school Alex F White/European Mining Mining 5+ Mining Engineering Engineering Amos M White/European Mechanical Mechanical 4-5 Academia Engineering & Engineering Materials Science
Paper ID #43795Pedagogy of Engagement: Exploring Three Methods in an Engineering Ethicsand Professionalism CourseJessica Wolf, University of British Columbia Jessica Wolf is a PhD student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at UBC. Her research focuses on equity issues in engineering education, particularly looking at the impacts of engineering outreach programs on historically marginalized groups in STEM.Gayatri Gopalan, University of British Columbia Gayatri Gopalan is a PhD student in the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy in the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia. Her research
as ethical and psychological constructs that promotefairness and user well-being.(4) Safety refers to the general well-being of users and requires proactive research onunintended consequences or possible adverse impacts on either users or society at large. Ourconstruct, “Unintended Outcomes,” also promotes proactive design strategies to minimize riskof harm to users and other stakeholders.(5) Accountability may be incorporated in design in various ways, including measurableoutcomes for product aim, and audit mechanisms for processes largely “unseen” by the user(e.g. AI decision rules).(6)) Privacy guarantees means that safeguards must be implemented to prevent the disclosureof sensitive information [15]. Our construct,” Privacy and Use of
BeachDr. Taylor Joy Mitchell, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Taylor Joy Mitchell is an associate professor of composition and humanities at Embry-Riddle Aeronauti- cal University in Daytona Beach, FL. Her research interests includes analysis of pivotal cultural figures, masculinity studies, and SoTL studies in humanities higher education courses. Dr. Mitchell received her PhD in 20th Century American Literature from the University of South Florida in 2011.Dr. Leroy Long III, Sinclair Community College - Dayton Leroy Long III, PhD is a STEM educator, artist, author, speaker, and change leader. Dr. Long chairs the Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) Department at Sinclair Community College. He is a proud
reputation for fostering a safe and productive environment for participants to find clarity and direction on their own terms. As a researcher of organizational behavior, Kyle focuses on unethical behavior at work and examines the behaviors of ”ethical followers” who have the courage to resist unethical behavior and call into question unethical thinking. He has published and frequently gives talks on unethical behavior and other topics of concern to organizations. He serves on the Ethics & Professional Practice Committee for the Association for Materials Protection and Performance, and he has served as a volunteer exam developer for several professional associations. Kyle lives in Chicago with his partner Sid and
Paper ID #43260The Development of a Student Survey on Macroethics in Aerospace Engineering[Work-In-Progress]Dr. Corin L. Bowen, California State University, Los Angeles Corin (Corey) Bowen is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education, housed in the Department of Civil Engineering at California State University - Los Angeles. Her engineering education research focuses on structural oppression in engineering systems, organizing for equitable change, and developing an agenda of Engineering for the Common Good. She teaches structural mechanics and sociotechnical topics in engineering education and practice. Corey
, engineering systems & computing, environmental,mechanical and water resources. Incoming students also have the option to pursue an engineeringdegree without declaring a major for the first few semesters of their education. All first-yearundergraduate engineering students are required to take ENGG*1100 – Engineering and Design I,an introductory course to engineering design and the engineering profession. In the fall of 2019,there were 381 engineering students registered in the course. Historically, it has been a challengeto engage students in professional skills topics such as engineering ethics due to the competingactivities of the design aspects of the course. To increase student engagement and learning withoutexcessive demands on their
because of non-technical skills,design components, or interactions with humans and the environment (e.g. first-year introductionto engineering, chemical plant design, environmental engineering, and mechanical design4).Even though literature often advocates developing a certain type of ethics knowledge or skills instudents, it is important to consider the characteristics of one’s courses and identify strategies forintegrating ethics materials. For example, while a technically-oriented course makes it morepractical to use a micro-insertion approach (e.g. [30]), developing an insider knowledge abouthow our courses are related to the rest of the curriculum may allow us to make an additionalconnection to ethics-related topics in other less technical
including the VMI chapters of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and the Society of Women Engineers (SWE).Dr. Kacie Caple D’Alessandro, Virginia Military Institute Kacie C. D’Alessandro received her B.S. and M.S. in Civil Engineering at Clemson University and her Ph.D. in Civil Engineering at Virginia Tech. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at Virginia Military Institute, where she teaches courses on structural engineering, engineering mechanics, and materials. Her research interests include ultra-high performance concrete, design of concrete structures, structural investigations, and experiential learning. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025
holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Northwestern University, a MS in Human Factors Engineering from Tufts University, and a Doctorate in Ergonomics from Harvard University. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Empowering Engineering Graduates to Contribute towards Designing Safer Generative AI Tools through an Ethics Course Sourojit Ghosh and Sarah Coppola, University of Washington SeattleIntroduction Over the past few years, the world has witnessed the steady proliferation of Generative ArtificialIntelligence (GAI) tools in all sectors and industries, being matched by growing levels of public and
undergraduatecomputing students worked in teams to sketch and create ethics based decision making scenariosusing paper or blackboard. This scenario creation activity model was later refined and employedin different Ethics in Engineering courses as a means to increase engagement through gameplayand role playing.In 2022, this work was expanded by joining forces with engineering faculty from the Virtues andVocations initiative and the Ethics at Work project which included other computing faculty,faculty from Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, and faculty from Philosophy, where thegoal was to capture an engineering wide faculty and undergraduate student sentiment about ethicscontent in engineering. A multidisciplinary team of undergraduates, led by advising
already available to their students for completing assignments for grading. Depending on the course materials and contexts, instructors should be able to decide about the challenges posed by the use of AI tools. Grading is expected to be based on a fair assessment of learning. A reasonable instructor must decide whether to require students to cite the text generated by AI tools with appropriate citations and references as these practices are commonly required for grading assignments with standard references. If a student does not want to use AI tools for some reason, then the instructor may have to decide how to grade assignments completed with different options. In a given context, the instructor may be able to face the
the virtue(s) in the context of the course or specific course activities. The degreeof exposure for each virtue and in each course varied. It is beyond the scope of this paper todescribe in detail the modules of each course. Relevant publications are cited for the modulesthat have been published [37] – [40]. Please note that the terms character virtues and characterstrengths are used interchangeably in this paper.Table 2: WFU Engineering Required Courses and targeted character virtues/strengths.Course Name Virtues TargetedEGR 111 - Intro to Engineering Design Overview of virtuesEGR 112 – Intro to Engineering TeamworkExperimentationEGR 211 – Materials and Mechanics N/AEGR
and lecture-style(with active learning elements) variants with students completing 3 major assignments withethical and technical elements. To compare the ethical achievement of both groups (PBL andlecture) student submissions were evaluated for ethical reasoning using an engineering ethicsassessment rubric. The following sections outline the course redesign, student assignments, theevaluation approach, and ethical achievement results.Summary of ECE 121 (Introduction to Electrical and Computer Engineering)At the University of Alabama, one-credit courses in the College of Engineering introduce first-year students to their specific disciplines (e.g., mechanical, aerospace, chemical,electrical/computer, computer science). These courses focus on
regulatoryrequirements for obtaining a P.Eng., however typically it requires four main components: • Approved 4-year undergraduate engineering degree. • Four years of engineering industry experience. • Passing an ethics exam near the end of the Member-in-Training period (typically an 80- 100 multiple choice exam) • Submission of competency assessment. In the province of Alberta, this includes demonstrating competence across 22 engineering competencies through a 1-page essay on each.At the University of Calgary, there is one course which covers ethics and professionalism, with astrong emphasis on the requirements and regulations towards becoming a P.Eng. Students acrossall disciplines (chemical, mechanical, electrical
earned a Doctor of Philosophy in Policy and Governance at the Australian National University in Canberra, a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) from Carleton University in Ottawa; a Certificate of Graduate Studies in Natural Resources Organization Management from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor; and Master of Arts in Environmental Security and Peace from the University for Peace in Costa Rica. For approximately a decade, Sergio worked on sustainable energy policy and finance throughout Latin America and collaborated with leading U.S. government agencies, multilateral banks, and public interest organizations involved in international clean energy policy and rural electrification, including the
, mechanical, chemical, material, and electrical engineering forming in the modernera of professionalization, and inter-disciplinary specializations like biomedical engineeringemerging in the contemporary era of globalized capital. Of the many historical tensions shapingengineers’ professional formation, Layton suggests that the contrasting forces of business andscience have been especially durable and powerful [1]. Transcending Layton’s and Alexander’sspecific attention to engineers, Larson’s historic analysis of professionalization traces thepolitical and economic processes through which medicine, engineering, and other occupationsorganized themselves to attain market power in the early to mid1800s [5]. Reinforcing Layton’sanalysis, Larson documents
mechanical engineering professor andchair of a “Joint Committee on Ethics of American Engineering Societies” put forth a proposalfor a common code of professional ethics that included (in the sexist language of the era) thefollowing precept: He will interest himself in the public welfare, in behalf of which he will be ready to apply his special knowledge, skill, and training for the use and benefit of mankind [2].Another participant in the Joint Committee stated in an accompanying paper that “[a]s theprogress of the world, the comforts of man, and his ability to produce are so very largely due tothe work of the engineer, his work is of the very greatest importance; he therefore naturallyinterests himself also in the public welfare [3
Pacific, where he teaches courses in structural mechanics and structural design and conducts research in infrastructure renewal, structural health monitoring, and durability of compositeYadhira Garcia Ruiz, University of the Pacific ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Evaluating Engineering Ethics Case Studies: Can Generative AI Replace the Textbook?Abstract While generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has the potential to enhance learning throughbetter access to information, it also challenges many of our traditional educational methods. Theemergence of GenAI has left educators grappling with the need to adapt while also finding waysto integrate
Paper ID #42120Navigating the Mystery: An Approach for Integrating Experiential Learningin Ethics into an Engineering Leadership ProgramDr. James N. Magarian, Massachusetts Institute of Technology James Magarian is a Sr. Lecturer with the Gordon-MIT Engineering Leadership (GEL) Program. He joined MIT and GEL after nearly a decade in industry as a mechanical engineer and engineering manager in aerospace/defense. His research focuses on engineering workforce formation and the education-careers transition.John M. Feiler, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyLeo McGonagle, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Leo McGonagle
University in 1998, his M.S.C.E.P and Ph.D., both in Chemical Engineering, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2000 an 2003, respectively, and his M.A.Ed with a focus in Research Methods, Measurement, and Evaluation from the University of Connecticut in 2023.Dr. Richard Tyler Cimino, New Jersey Institute of Technology Dr. Richard T. Cimino is a Senior Lecturer in the Otto H. York Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology. His research interests include the intersection of engineering ethics and process safety, and broadening inclusion in engineering, with a focus on the LGBTQ+ community.Dr. Scott Streiner, University of Pittsburgh Scott Streiner is an
makecomparisons cross-culturally and cross-institutionally, the quantitative data from theseinstruments alone is inadequate: it must then be triangulated with specific information aboutthe ethics education experiences students received over this period at their respectiveinstitution to account for broader institutional contexts. A university-level, multi-case study design will thus be employed to map out thelandscape of engineering ethics education from a cross-cultural perspective, triangulating thefindings from the quantitative instruments (MFQ & ESIT) qualitative methods (e.g., studentand faculty interviews, teaching materials, institutional policy documents) with contextualinformation about programs of study. This part of the project will
introduced include (1) every idea has the potential to contribute to apositive outcome, (2) questioning an idea can provide valuable insight, and (3) applying thebrake can be productive. Students practiced the three attitudes using role play activities. Therewere no additional formal reinforcements though there may have been further discussions withinstructors during the course [6]. Specific intervention materials can be obtained fromEngineering Unleashed KEEN Card #3679. Freshman design students were surveyed at the endof their class, and we plan to survey them again as they progress through capstone design.In addition to this direct teaching of psychological safety, leadership and teamwork skilldevelopment are threads throughout our curriculum. In
Paper ID #42780Connecting Engineering Ethics with a Shared CurriculumDr. Markus D. Ong, Whitworth University Dr. Markus Ong is an associate professor within the Department of Engineering & Physics at Whitworth University, located in Spokane, WA. He earned his PhD in materials science and engineering from Stanford University in 2008 and was a staff researcher developing and characterizing nanomaterials at Sandia National Laboratories in Livermore, CA before starting at Whitworth in 2010. His current teaching responsibilities primarily include lower division physics classes, materials and mechanics classes in the