broader effects of their work. Her current re- search interests include pedagogical interventions in the classroom, including how to best teach technical and professional skills.Dr. Rennie B. Kaunda , Colorado School of Mines Dr. Rennie Kaunda is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mining Engineering at Colorado School of Mines, and a licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Colorado. Prior to joining academia, Dr. Kaunda spent more than 7 years in the mining industry. Dr. Kaunda’s areas of expertise are mining geotechnics, including rock mechanics and hydrogeology.Dr. Elizabeth Holley, Colorado School of Mines Elizabeth Holley is an assistant professor in the Department of Mining Engineering at Colorado
Paper ID #26859Statistical Analysis and Report on Scale Validation Results for the Engineer-ing Ethical Reasoning Instrument (EERI)Peter Wesley Odom, Purdue University - Department of Engineering Education Wesley is a PhD student in Engineering Education at Purdue University. His primary research interests surround assessment technologies, the psychology of student learning of STEM subjects, ethics, and international community development.Dr. Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Carla B. Zoltowski is an assistant professor of engineering practice in the Schools of
case studies is also included in thetable. Table 2: Categories for Ethical Dilemmas and Relevant NPSE Code Listings BER Cases (n=154) Non-BER (n=17) Ethical Dilemma Relevant NPSE Code Total number, (%) Total number, (%) Misleading Information II.3 , II.5.a, III.1 , III.3.a 35, (23) 0, (0) Withholding Information III.1.b, III.3 8, (5) 4, (24) Disclosing Private Information II.1.c , III.4 8, (5) 0, (0) Public Safety Risk
Paper ID #25655The Moral Foundations of Chinese Engineering Students: A Preliminary In-vestigationDr. 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 corresponding textbook with Heinz Luegen- biehl, entitled Global
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devoted to develop aglobal innovation network and “create and deliver transformational student experiences inglobal poverty alleviation”. This tenet is achieved through interdisciplinary courses,technology development and community activities. Essentially, the education of MIT D-Lab belongs to the category of macro engineeringethics education. Therefore, when summarizing the educational tenets and goals of MIT D-Lab, we can get inspiration from the research results of scholars such as Newberry and Haws.Newberry (2004) condensed these goals into three broad categories; (a) emotionalengagement or wanting to be ethical, (b) intellectual engagement or knowing how to beethical, and (c) particular knowledge or the discipline specific knowledge of
engineers:exemplary education activities and programs,” NAE, Washington DC. 68 pp. 2016[2] J. L. Hess, G. Fore, “A systematic literature review of US engineering ethics interventions.”Sci. Eng. Ethics. (24) pp. 551-583. 2018.[3] D. D. Burkey, M. F. Young, “Work-in-Progress: A 'Cards Against Humanity'-style card gamefor increasing engineering students' awareness of ethical issues in the profession,” in 2017 ASEEAnnual Conference & Exposition, Columbus, OH, USA, June 24-28, 2017, [ Online]. Available:https://peer.asee.org/29190 . [Accessed: Mar 29, 2018].[4] M. Sindelar, L. Shuman, M. Besterfield-Sacre, R. Miller, C. Mitcham, B. Olds, R. Pinkus,and H. Wolfe. “Assessing Engineering Students' Abilities to Resolve Ethical Dilemmas,” inProceedings, 33rd
, (b) enjoyment with coursemeasured on a five- point Likert scale and (c) students’ approaches to learning which weremeasured using the Approaches and Study Skills Inventory for Students (ASSIST) [20]. In thefinal evaluation students answered the question “On a scale from 1 to 10, how would you ratethe USE Basic course?” as well as to provide their feedback about the course.Table 2. Overview of questions Learning It was clear what was expected in the H/E assignment. environment The lectures provided clear input for the H/E assignment. questions The document Assignment Part A/B (H/E) was a help to know what I had to do in the H/E assignment. The activities in the H/E tutorials helped me to make the
hinder the To optimize this process, the Electrical Engineeringachievement of the competence are specified and at Department at the University of South Floridathe quantitative level, the evaluation is carried out follows the TRUE T(Taking) R(Responsibility)with the following score: 1. High level (A, 80-100), U(to Understand) E(Engineering) philosophy.indicates that the competence is developed; 2. TRUE aims to change the way individuals,Medium level (B, 60-80), indicates that the organizations and systems relate to each other andcompetence is partially developed and 3. Low-level function. Its rationale is that responsibility and(C, under 60), which indicates that that the student training is not
, summingthese combined scores, and dividing by the cumulative factor loadings. In this way, scores for allconstructs vary from a minimum of one to a maximum of nine, which is aligned with the samecontinuum as individual item responses (i.e., 1 = Strongly Disagree, 9 = Strongly Agree).Third, we computed descriptive statistics pre- and post-course for each survey construct,including the mean (M) and standard deviation (SD). As we recognize that individual coursescan have varied impacts on student growth, Appendix B summarizes student changes by course.Fourth, we checked normality assumptions by computing the Shapiro-Wilks [20] coefficient forthe difference scores for each construct. These analyses revealed that many difference scoreswere approximately
. Soc. …, 2013.[13] B. E. Barry and J. S. Herkert, “Ch. 33: Engineering Ethics,” in Cambridge handbook of engineering education research, A. Johri and B. M. Olds, Eds. Cambridge University Press, 2014, pp. 1–43.[14] P. Lloyd and J. Busby, “‘Things That Went Well - No Serious Injuries or Deaths’: Ethical Reasoning in a Normal Engineering Design Process,” Sci. Eng. Ethics, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 503–516, 2003.[15] G. Hashemian and M. C. Loui, “Can instruction in engineering ethics change students’ feelings about professional Responsibility?,” Sci. Eng. Ethics, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 201–215, 2010.[16] J. L. Hess and G. Fore, “A Systematic Literature Review of US Engineering Ethics Interventions,” Sci. Eng
Paper ID #27491Work-in-Progress: Preliminary Results from a Survey of Moral FoundationsAcross Engineering SubdisciplinesDr. Jonathan Beever, University of Central Florida Jonathan Beever is Assistant Professor of Philosophy and faculty with the Texts & Technology Program at The University of Central Florida. He has held postdoctoral positions with Penn State’s Rock Ethics Institute and with Purdue University’s Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering before joining UCF. Jonathan works and publishes on questions of ethics, science, and representation. He teaches a wide variety of undergraduate and graduate courses on
/how-people-learn-ii-learners-contexts-and-cultures13. Kevin Devaney, James Johnson, Storytelling as a Key Enabler for Systems Engineering, 27th Annual INCOSE International Symposium (IS 2017) Adelaide, Australia, July 201714. Karanian, B. et. al. Telling Design Stories for Engineering Design Entrepreneurship, ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, June 2009, Austin, TX.15. Karanian, B. et. al. Analyzing Engineering Design Stories - Predicting Engagement in Inventive Action, 2010 IEEE Frontiers In Education Conference (FIE), Arlington, VA.16. Karanian, B. & Suria, A. & Summers, J. Car Storytelling and Interaction Design. 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, WA (US).17. Peter Lloyd, Storytelling and the
tasksand reflected on their thoughts and feelings. We deliberately incorporated discussion about wayswe think, individual and collective responsibility, power relations, and systematic patterns ofoppression.4.1 Lesson planEthics Discussion- NSF REU Program- Interdisciplinary Water Science and Engineering I. Opening and Introductions II. Freewrites What role do you think you can play in diminishing human suffering? III. Purpose/Objectives A. To think about the role of science and engineering profession/discipline in diminishing human suffering B. To imagine future/consequences of actions C. To imagine being someone else IV. Ethical Theory and
reviewers for constructive comments.ReferencesAnderson, M. S., Horn, A. S., Risbey, K. R., Ronning, E. A., De Vries, R., & Martinson, B. C. (2007). What Do Mentoring and Training in the Responsible Conduct of Research Have To Do with Scientists’ Misbehavior? Findings from a National Survey of NIH-Funded Scientists. Academic Medicine, 82(9), 853–860.ASCE. (2017). Code of Ethics. Retrieved from https://www.asce.org/code-of-ethics/.Bachmann, B. (2017). Ethical Leadership in Organizations. New York, NY. Springer.Bedi, A., Alpaslan, C. M., & Green, S. (2016). A Meta-analytic Review of Ethical Leadership Outcomes and Moderators. Journal of Business Ethics, 139(3), 517–536.Brown, M. E., Treviño, L. K., & Harrison, D. A. (2005
intention to express emotions (e.g., “I felt…”). Weextracted each excerpt from the whole transcript with the original question the interviewer askedand kept the context of the interviewee’s answer. We then generated initial codes and searchedfor themes in the collected excerpts in an inductive way, i.e., we conducted inductive thematicanalysis within the collected excerpts [29]. Table 1. Demographic information of the selected students (n = 11) for this paper Pseudonym Gender Race/Ethnicity Institution Alex Male N/A Univ. A Benson Male White Univ. B Brody Male
government the consequences can be detrimental to both the public and the company itself. There are many more concepts not outlined in this paper an engineer must abide by. The NSPE Code of Ethics, IEEE Code ofEthics, and ACM Code of Ethics all outline some of those topics as well as topics that are specific to different industries. These expectations also hold for students and anyone else that is involved with the engineeringworld. Since the development of these Code of Ethics, more schools have adopted and required ethical courses as a countermeasure for unethical decisions made in the workplace and for that I think the future looks a little brighter. B. Low Probable Post-Course Essay According to Naïve Bayes Prediction It is not
engineeringethics” was observed (a) in situations where interview subjects articulate initiatives entailing engi-neering ethics intervention and their respective involvement in the process, or (b) in general whensubjects remark on engineering and its ethical and societal implications. This umbrella code rep-resenting various justifications or rationales of engineering ethics then probed further to identifynuances of “why engineering ethics” in each case. The low level codes, finally were integrated intoarguments used to rationalize promotion of engineering ethics education.3.1 Compliance Argument: Meeting RequirementsABET Engineering Criteria (EC) 2000, as well as the recent revisions modifying or clarifyingrequirements, explicitly mention ”an ability
Paper ID #27666Behavioral Ethics and Engineers: Factors Affecting Decision Making in CasesInvolving Risk and Public SafetyProf. Harold W. Walker, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Professor Walker is the Schwaber Professor of Environmental Engineering at WPI. Prior to coming to WPI, Professor Walker was the Founding Chair and Professor of Civil Engineering at Stony Brook Uni- versity (SUNY). He started his academic career as a faculty member in the Department of Civil, Environ- mental, and Geodetic Engineering at Ohio State University. He has taught concepts in engineering ethics for over 10 years c
Paper ID #26997Resolving Moral Dilemmas Using the Creative Middle Way ApproachDr. Ashraf Ghaly P.E., Union College Ashraf Ghaly is Director of Engineering and Carl B. Jansen Professor of Engineering at Union College, Schenectady, NY. Published over 250 papers, technical notes, and reports. Supervised over 50 research studies. Registered PE in NYS. ASCE Fellow and Member of the Chi-Epsilon Civil Engineering Honor Society. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Resolving Moral Dilemmas Using the Creative Middle Way Approach Ashraf Ghaly, Ph.D., P.E., Professor
. Case 2 – poor clientA small, residential home is experiencing foundation failure. Cracking of walls, misaligneddoors and windows and damaged utilities indicate the foundation is settling. Withoutremediation, the local municipality will condemn the building – making it unsuitable foroccupancy. Using the same criteria in terms of size and capacity as the pool piles, how manypiles should be installed to fully support this residential home? The Google Image search shownto the students for this scenario is shown in Figure 2c-1d. Case 1 – Wealthy Client b a Case 2 – Less Wealthy Client c dFigure 2 – Images shown to students prior to solving Case 1 and Case 2
Science Foundation under Grant No.EEC # 1623105. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation.References1. Colby, A. and W.M. Sullivan, Ethics teaching in undergraduate engineering education. Journal of Engineering Education, 2008. 97(3): p. 327-338.2. Newberry, B., The dilemma of ethics in engineering education. Science and Engineering Ethics, 2004. 10(2): p. 343-351.3. Pantazidou, M. and I. Nair, Ethic of care: Guiding principles for engineering teaching & practice. Journal of Engineering Education, 1999. 88(2): p. 205-212.4. Bielefeldt, A.R., et al. Effective Ethics
discussed in our other autoethnographic paper, see Yang et al (2019). 13 5 (a) 5 (b) 5 (c) 5 (d)Figure 5 Prompt result of Shanzhai. (a) American students’ reaction to Shangzhai beforeclass; 2) American students’ prediction of Chinese attitude to Shanzhai. (c) In-class surveyafter the documentary and reading discussion. (d) Chinese students’ opinion to Shanzhai. 14 Discussion We summarize four key findings of our
Paper ID #26476Board 73: Implicit Attitudes in Engineering: Coding, Marketing and BiasProf. Joseph Martel-Foley, Wentworth Institute of Technology Joe Martel-Foley earned his Bachelors in mechanical engineering from Union College, his Masters and PhD in Engineering Science from Harvard University. He held a postdoctoral appointment at the Mas- sachusetts General Hospital BioMEMS Resource Center where he still holds an appointment as a visiting scientist. His research interests range from pedagogical research to microfluidics and systems engineer- ing. Current research projects include, photolithography optimization
Paper ID #25567Student Views on their Role in Society as an Engineer and Relevant EthicalIssuesDr. Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder Angela Bielefeldt is a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder in the Department of Civil, Environ- mental, and Architectural Engineering (CEAE). 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 interdisciplinary students learn about and
Paper ID #26389Facing Computer Ethics Dilemmas: Comparing Ethical Decision-MakingProcesses of Students in Computer Science with Non-Computer Science Ma-jorsDr. Amir Hedayati Mehdiabadi, University of New Mexico Amir Hedayati is an Assistant Professor of Organization, Information & Learning Sciences at College of University Libraries & Learning Sciences at University of New Mexico. He received a Ph.D. in Human Resource Development from University of Illinois in 2018. He has a B.S. degree in Computer Engi- neering from Sharif University of Technology and an M.B.A. degree from University of Tehran. He has presented his