Conference Session

Accreditation

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Roger Painter

The Role of Environmental Justice Issues in Environmental Engineering EthicsRoger Painter Ph.D. P.E. and Lashun KingDepartment of Civil and Environmental EngineeringTennessee State UniversityNashville, TN AbstractThe engineering accreditation agency, ABET regards engineering ethics as an importantcomponent of engineering education. ABET’s Criterion 3(f ) states that “EngineeringPrograms must demonstrate their graduates have an understanding of professional andethical responsibilities.” Limitations on credit hours in engineering programs oftenpreclude ethics being taught in a separate course and engineering faculty must includeethics topics in traditional engineering courses.Teaching engineering

Conference Session

Contemporary Issues in Engineering Ethics

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Seamus Freyne, Manhattan College; J.Patrick Abulencia, Manhattan College; Powell Draper, Manhattan College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

survey will help improve engineeringethics education. This survey will determine which ethical issues elicit decisive points of viewand which ones students feel unsure about. This survey will also determine which ethical issuesmost appeal to students, which ethical issues students see as most relevant to career plans, and Page 15.588.3which ethical issues students see as most important to society.MethodologyThis survey was administered in the fall of 2009 to first year engineering students in anintroduction to engineering course. All students attend Manhattan College in New York Citywhere the three authors are on the faculty. Two of the authors

Conference Session

Capstone and Senior Design in Engineering Technology

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ivana Milanovic, University of Hartford; Tom Eppes, University of Hartford

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

the desire of faculty to adopt new best practices. However, it has beenobserved that too often students lack the necessary creativity, initiative and ability to developrobust solutions. Some have addressed this issue by developing innovative laboratory structures Page 14.1051.2throughout the curriculum that better prepare seniors for the challenge1. Others have sought toconnect students with local industry either prior to or during the capstone project2-8.The quest for improvement has lead to two fundamentally different approaches: industry-sponsored and internally-sourced projects. Within our programs, both are being employed. Inaddition, the

Conference Session

Issues in Academic Integrity and the Value of Portfolios, Case Studies, and Supportive Programs

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott R. Hamilton, Northeastern University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

, non-tenured, and adjunct faculty. The surveyconsisted of 12 multiple choice questions about their knowledge, experience with, and views ofplagiarism as an issue, as well as one open answer question, and four demographic questions.Three questions asked about their familiarity with academic integrity policies and three abouthow they inform their class of the academic integrity policies. Three questions asked about theirexperience with plagiarism in class and if they reported it, and if not, why not. The finalquestions asked about use of plagiarism detection software and their view of plagiarism being anissue of concern. From the 264 the surveys sent, 202 (77%) opened one of the messages with thesurvey link, 157 (59% of the total and 78% of

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Samuel P. Clemence; Daniel J. McGinley

science students and graduates in making the transition from academiato a career in professional practice. Institute programs address those issues which make adefinitive difference between true success and failure in an engineered project.Issues in Professional Engineering Practice ProgramIn 1992 in response to the concerns voiced by the practicing engineering community, the GeneralElectric Fund and the Institute for Professional Practice sponsored the development of a coursecalled Issues in Professional Engineering Practice. The intent of the course is to draw uponpracticing engineers and allied professionals to assist engineering schools in raising the level ofstudent awareness regarding potentially disruptive non-technical issues in

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Melanie Bastiaan, Kettering University; Diane L. Peters, Kettering University; Juan R. Pimentel, Kettering University; Mehrdad Zadeh, Kettering University

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

requirements of aLevel 4 autonomous vehicle (i.e., a vehicle that is totally capable of driving itself within a certainoperational domain). Teams were selected for this competition through a proposal process, withone of the requested components of the proposal focusing on existing courses and thedevelopment of new courses at the participating university. In this paper, we will discuss the rolesof students and faculty advisors at one of the participating schools, address issues related toeducation and training of students who want to work in the autonomous vehicle industry, anddiscuss the benefits of the competition to all of its stakeholders. This discussion will include theskills developed by students, the outcomes of the competition, and the value

Conference Session

Best Practices in Industrial Technology

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Austin Asgill, Southern Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

. Page 12.977.2As a result of concerns related to some of these new technologies, safety and health issues nowplay a key role in many fields of Engineering and Engineering Technology. This is especiallytrue in the Biomedical Engineering field whose growth rate has outpaced other traditionalengineering disciplines in recent years 2. In the health care industry, patient safety and healthissues lead to many injuries and death with resulting litigation every year. Unfortunately, eventhough the importance of health and safety considerations is well established for many fields ofengineering, it is not taught as an integral part of most engineering or engineering technologycurricula, and is not tested as part of the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) or

Conference Session

Case Studies & Engineering Education Around the Globe

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karim Altaii, James Madison University; Hennia cavallini, University of Costa Rica

Tagged Divisions

International

January through July of 2007, there was a tremendous amount of information exchangedbetween the two universities concerning course logistics including over 70 e-mails and 30telephone calls. A course website3 was created at JMU to add the necessary course and tripinformation and all of the involved students (both JMU and UCR) were required to post aphotograph and a short biography of themselves as a means of virtual introduction. A programlogo was made by the UCR Media Center and was used on T-shirts, binders, and pamphlets topromote the program.Budget PreparationFor this experience, the budget included items such as faculty, teaching assistant, andadministrative support (JMU and UCR) salaries, guest lecturers and guides, admission tickets,tours

Conference Session

Raise the Bar – Visions for the Future, Bodies of Knowledge, and Accreditation Vicissitudes.

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen J. Ressler PE, Engineering Encounters; Thomas A. Lenox , Dist.M.ASCE, F.ASEE, American Society of Civil Engineers

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Finance from Long Island University, and a Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering from Lehigh University. Dr. Lenox served for over 28 years as a commis- sioned officer in the U.S Army Field Artillery in a variety of leadership positions in the U.S., Europe, and East Asia. He retired at the rank of Colonel. During his military career, Dr. Lenox also spent 15 years on the engineering faculty of USMA – including five years as the Director of the Civil Engineering Division. Upon his retirement from the U.S. Army in 1998, he joined the staff of the American Soci- ety of Civil Engineers (ASCE). In his position as educational staff leader of ASCE, he managed several new educational initiatives – collectively labeled as Project

Conference Session

Contextual Competencies

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua David Schwartz, Trinity University; Ashley Ater Kranov, ABET

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

AC 2012-3106: INTRODUCING CONTEMPORARY ISSUES TO ENGI-NEERING STUDENTS: A CASE STUDY MODULEDr. Joshua David Schwartz, Trinity University Joshua Schwartz has been an Assistant Professor with the Engineering Science Department at Trinity University since 2010. His graduate and postdoctoral studies have garnered international recognition in the area of analog microwave signal processing. In 2008 McGill University awarded him the Governor General’s Gold Medal, Canada’s highest academic award, for his doctoral thesis on the applications of a new microwave interconnect, and in 2009 he was awarded the distinguished IEEE Microwave Prize for the most significant paper contribution in an area of interest to the IEEE Microwave

Conference Session

What Else do Environmental Engineers Need to Know

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mahbub Uddin, Trinity University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

Award, ASEE, Outstanding New Engineering Educators Award, NEEE, Dr. and Mrs. Z. T. Scott Faculty Fellowship Award for Out- standing Achievement in Teaching and Advising, Trinity University, and Fellow, American Society for Engineering Education. Page 22.902.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Integrating Contemporary Environmental Issues in an Introductory Environmental Engineering CourseAbstractThis paper discusses the strategies, experiences, assessment, and outcomes of integratingcontemporary environmental issues in an introductory environmental

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pradeep Bhattacharya, Southern University & A&M College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

means that all students should havemeaningful experience in ethical training in a STEM or Engineering classroom in everycampus. These ethical issues in engineering are, all latently there, inculcated in publicpolicies and new technologies and what’s coming out of academia. For example, it is wellknown that new ethics rules are placed in action in the Capital every year, yet large lavishparties are thrown ‘on the concepts to educate people on….’ by the lobbyst’s at the taxpayer’s expense, to show off lobby’st Christmas. This shows that art of circumventingethical rules is in our nature. Engineers face a similar situation at every step of their life.Making improvements in every course by engineering and science professors, with anopening session

Conference Session

Trends in Engineering Economy Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Joan Burtner

Session 1628 Bringing Ethical Considerations and Contemporary Issues into an Engineering Economy Course Joan A. Burtner Mercer UniversityAbstractWith the adoption of EC2000, many engineering faculty believe they are being asked to addmore topics to an already full curriculum in order to demonstrate accomplishment of several ofthe a-k learning outcomes. One solution is to incorporate curricula related to ethicalconsiderations and contemporary, societal issues into existing courses. Through the use ofcarefully selected case studies, the

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Sharon Zelmanowitz

student was required to do independent research and to prepare their ownnotes.Students were graded 50 % on their notes and 50% on their participation at the meeting. It wasimportant to ensure that everyone had a chance to participate and that students with "small" roleswere not penalized for talking less at the meeting.B. Student FeedbackAs for the political project, students were asked a few specific questions concerning the townmeeting. What students liked most about the town meeting assignment was the entertainmentvalue and the opportunity to play a role. Several students also commented that they also learneda lot about various perspectives and issues involved. The least popular aspects of the projectincluded the note preparation, having roles

Conference Session

Awareness, Expectations, and Recognition of Ethics

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rockwell Franklin Clancy III, University of Michigan, Shanghai Jiao Tong Joint Institute; Joanna Ruth Sessford, The Sino-British College, USST; Longfei An, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China; Yan Ge, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

Psychology. New York:McGraw Hill.36. Kahneman, D. (2011). Thinking Fast and Slow. New York: Farrar, Staus, and Giroux.37. Bazerman, M. & Tenbrunsel, A. (2013), 29.38. Diekmann, K., Galinsky, A., Sillito, S. & Tenbrunsel, A. (2010). An Examination of the Relationshipbetween Behavioral Forecasts and Interpersonal Condemnation in Two Organizational Conflict Situations.working paper, University of Utah.39. Clancy, R., Zheng, G., & Huang, D. (2015). An empirical, comparative approach to engineering ethics(education) in international and cross-cultural contexts: A study concerning Chinese engineering students’knowledge of and views concerning contents and concepts related to engineering ethics. ASEE 2016International Forum, New Orleans

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Technical Session 4: Environmental Issues and the Impacts of Intersectionality

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder; JoAnn Silverstein P.E., University of Colorado Boulder

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering, Women in Engineering

Paper ID #33224Environmental Justice and Equity Issues: In Our Backyards and BeyondDr. 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

Conference Session

General Topics in Graduate Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert M. Brooks, Temple University; Naji Khoury, Temple University; Jyothsna K. S., St. Joseph's College, Bangalore, Department of English; Amithraj Amavasai

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

hazards, safety standards, qualityapproval, and compliance with environmental laws. Each one of these and other operationalareas can pose ethical issues. For example, in the quality approval area, the engineer may havethe responsibility to maintain records for continued certification, approve parts for selling orbuying involving ethical issues. The development of new products and services in the 21st Page 22.385.2century demands unprecedented interdisciplinary collaboration and teamwork. Engineers areactively involved from the concept design stage which requires more involvement in productsafety and environmental issues that have impact not only on

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas G Schmucker, University of Utah; Steven J. Burian, University of Utah

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

been argued that to create something new (synthesize or design) requiresone to also be able to evaluate.5,6For engineering education purposes, the paramount concern is that students are able to functionat both levels with less importance being attached to which is a higher level.7 The authors forthis paper have adopted a similar argument here. Further, the authors have taken the perspectivethat when students create an engineering report for a specific class project, they utilize high levelevaluative and synthesis skills, even when they are following a fairly well established templatefor that report. We are not suggesting that students are operating at a level where they arecreating new types of reports not yet known to the engineering

Conference Session

Graduate Education in ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Biwu Yang; Tijjani Mohammed

been offering several Internet-based graduate programssince 1995. This paper focuses on the Master of Science in Industrial Technology (MSIT) thathas several concentrations, including Computer Networking Management, DigitalCommunications, and Information Security. All courses in the MSIT program are delivered100% online, with majority of the technical courses having lab-intensive, hands-on components.This paper shares information pertaining to some of the issues and experiences of offeringgraduate, hands-on programs in information technology (IT) completely online.IntroductionDistance education, by nature has several unique issues, but making it online and lab-intensivewith real equipment creates new challenges1,3,5,13. The availability and

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Amro El Badawy, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo ; Marie Yeung, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; James L. Hanson, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Nazli Yesiller, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

need this broad knowledge to be able to address the complex and challengingissues facing the world and to learn that solving such issues require multidisciplinarycollaborations. However, with the amount of technical engineering topics that need to be coveredin the undergraduate curriculum, opportunities are limited for adding new topics to teach a broadset of knowledge and skills. Thus, a need exists for developing effective approaches to broadencontent without interruption to the core undergraduate engineering curriculum.This study presents a curricular intervention that was designed to maximize student learning of aunit in an engineering course and a unit in a science course by re-framing those units in a real-world context and providing

Conference Session

Green and Susainable Manufacturing Practices

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Chiou, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Yalcin Ertekin, Drexel University (Tech.); Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso; Shraman Kadapa, Drexel University (Mechanical Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Smarth H Chadha, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.)

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

the environmentalperformance of a product from raw material through production, use and end-of-life phase. Asenvironmental awareness increases, industries and businesses are assessing how their activitiesaffect the environment. Society has become concerned about the issues of natural resourcedepletion and environmental degradation. Many businesses have responded to this awareness byproviding “greener” products and using “greener” processes. The environmental performance ofproducts and processes has become a key issue, which is why some companies are investigatingways to minimize their effects on the environment. Many companies have found it advantageousto explore ways of moving beyond compliance using pollution prevention strategies

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics V

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tammy VanDeGrift, University of Portland; Donald Chinn, University of Washington, Tacoma

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

predict effectiveness. Bailey and Stefaniak3used surveys, interviews, and focus groups to determine what employers in the IT industry valued asimportant non-technical skills for employees. They identified both soft skills and business skillsmentioned by the 325 IT professionals surveyed. A panel at the ACM Conference in 1978 presented skillsets of what industry looks for in new hires – among these skills are math ability, software developmentknowledge, problem-solving, team skills, initiative, diversity, and versatility14.Several resources exist for teaching issues of professionalism and ethics. Among these are exercisescompiled by the working group on integrating professionalism into the curriculum11. An exercise aboutresearching types of

Collection

2023 PSW

Authors

Tatyana Ryutov

Biomedical Data Privacy Issues and Solutions: An Interdisciplinary Graduate School Course Tatyana Ryutov, University of Southern CaliforniaAbstractThe course was developed for graduate students interested in exploring privacy concerns in healthcare, the currentlaw and governing regulations, and learning and applying the existing and emerging technologies to address theseconcerns. Biomedical data privacy is an interdisciplinary problem, and this course touches on issues inbioinformatics, computer science, law and policy, and ethics. This paper describes the design of our biomedicalprivacy course, the learning objectives, teaching materials and methods, the supporting learning

Conference Session

Track 6: Technical Session 5: Exploring Gender Representation Issues In Computing by Writing Interactive Fiction

Collection

2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Stephany Coffman-Wolph, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Topics

CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

fact, it was the women who procured food fromthe Indians via bartering for calico or cash.Data Sources:• https://www.philipbouchard.com/oregon-trail/hunting.html• Schlissel, Lillian. Women's Diaries of the Westward Journey. New York, Schocken Books, 1982. 10 … AND ITS REPRESENTATION ISSUES Female Trope Male Avatar “A frantic wife” “you or the Missus”Embedded with conversations: Having “conversations” could only occur at forts, landmarks,and similar congregating points. In this version, at any one location you could rotatethrough

Conference Session

Breaking barriers, building futures: Narratives of equity and inclusion in STEM education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; Stewart Thomas, Bucknell University; Rebecca Thomas, Bucknell University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

Teaching, Boston, 1918.[5] Grinter Report, “Report on evaluation of engineering education (reprint of the 1955 report),” J. Eng. Educ., vol. 93, no. 1, pp. 74–94, 1994.[6] G. W. Clough et al., The Engineer of 2020: Visions of Engineering in the New Century. Washington, DC: National Academcy Press, 2004.[7] R. A. Cheville, Becoming a Human Engineer: A Philosophical Inquiry into Engineering Education as Means or Ends? 2021.[8] C. Mitcham, “The True Grand Challenge for Engineering: Self-Knowledge,” Issues Sci. Technol., vol. 31, no. 1, 2014.[9] M. S. Schiro, Curriculum Theory: Conflicting Visions and Enduring Concerns. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2012.[10] S. B. Nolen, E. L. Michor, and M. D. Koretsky

Conference Session

Professional Formation and Career Experiences

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder; Jake Walker Lewis; Madeline Polmear, University of Florida; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado Boulder; Chris Swan, Tufts University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

significant personal concern (34% of jobs); the second most common response was that theyhad never been confronted with an ethical or moral dilemma regarding how their work impactedpeople, society, and/or the environment. It seems unlikely that there were no ethical dimensionsto their work, but rather individuals were unaware of these issues, similar to the ethics unseentheme in [26]. This points to the importance of the first step in the ethical decision makingprocess of recognizing an ethical dilemma [14]. In academic courses, this step is often trivializedsince students are told to conduct an ethical analysis of a case study. An alternative explanationas to why the survey respondents indicated that they had never been confronted with an

Conference Session

EM Skills and Real-World Concepts, Pt. 1

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Elise Barrella; Keith Buffinton

concepts. It was also determined that knowledge of a particular industry andmastery of special tools and skills were important but could be acquired on the job. A successfulprogram was described as one in which students are “learning critical thinking and specific skillsby examining real-world business cases and issues, ideally in a manner that forces students towork together in groups, present their findings, work against deadlines, etc.”A few themes (teamwork, communication, systems thinking) showed up repeatedly as answers toquestions, which can be attributed to their importance in obtaining and maintaining a job. As faras teamwork is concerned, the distinction must be made between simply working together andactually being a team. A team is not

Conference Session

Beyond Students: Issues of Underrepresentation among Parents and Professionals

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Paul Carrick Brunson, Paul Carrick Brunson Agency ; Nikitha Sambamurthy, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sara E. Branch, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Catherine G.P. Berdanier, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

platforms, (2) uncertainty about how to use social media withinthe classroom, and (3) concerns about the implementation of social media applications.9Also an emphasis is placed on privacy issues, which may restrict faculty from sharingpersonal aspects of their lives and may cause them to want to safeguard themselvesagainst privacy violations despite having no knowledge of how to do this.9 In addition tothese barriers, Gruzd7 identifies potential barriers of social media use to be faculty’s Page 24.1277.4limited time to use social media and copyright concerns, including loss of intellectualproperty. Finally, Veletsianos6 found four areas of concern among

Conference Session

Communicating Across Cultural and Epistemological Boundaries

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cindy Rottmann, University of Toronto; Doug Reeve P.Eng., University of Toronto; Robin Sacks, University of Toronto; Mike Klassen, University of Toronto

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

loads when it comes to supporting social justice, inclusion and equityin their respective workplaces. Because the voices of engineers swimming against the current ofmainstream engineering culture can be difficult to detect, we have chosen to highlight theirstruggles in this paper. First, we address the communication disconnect between equity-mindedengineers and their colleagues; second, we identify structural barriers faced by junior engineersattempting to interrupt social inequities from positions of limited organizational influence; andthird, we share the concern expressed by many participants that raising equity issues would resultin personal attacks rather than positive social change. All of the names we use to identify peopleand

Conference Session

Curricular Change Issues

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Nigel Middleton; Barbara Olds; Heidi Loshbaugh; Ruth Streveler

. Each of the Mini-Grants awarded to EPICS went to funding course revision, materials and coursedevelopment, and assessment strategies that would make the course more uniform acrossthe sections.In 2001, the Faculty Mini-Grant supported faculty salary to create a week-long seminaron various aspects of trainer-training and materials development. Each of the topics hadarisen in faculty meetings the prior year as areas of classroom concern. Because thecourse is taught by adjuncts and/or faculty on loan from other departments, consistencyacross sections proves to be challenging. Furthermore, because most disciplinary facultyhave not had extensive experience in addressing issues of teamwork, frequently,difficulties in teaching the course arise from