Paper ID #43424Exploration of Career and Ethical Challenges of Analytics and GenerativeArtificial Intelligence in an Engineering Leadership CourseDr. B. Michael Aucoin P.E., Texas A&M University B. Michael Aucoin is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Engineering Technology & Industrial Distribution at Texas A&M University, an Adjunct Instructor in the School of Leadership Studies at Gonzaga University, and President of Electrical Expert, Inc.Zhendi Zhang, Texas A&M UniversityMiles O. Dodd, Texas A&M University Miles Dodd is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Engineering Technology at Texas A&
educator, he brings professional experience as an engineer and project management from industry and government settings.Dr. Christian B. Miller, Wake Forest University A.C. Reid Professor of PhilosophyDr. Olga Pierrakos, Wake Forest University Dr. Olga Pierrakos is a rotating STEM Education Program Director in the Division of Undergraduate Education at the National Science Foundation (a second stint). Olga is also the Founding Chair (2017-2022) and a Professor of Wake Forest Engineering. With a unique vision to Educate the Whole Engineer and a commitment to Human Flourishing, Olga led Wake Forest Engineering to be ranked as one of the top (14th) ”Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs” by US News Report (2023). With
. Schmeckpeper taught at a land-grant college, the University of Idaho, and worked as an engineer in design offices and at construction sites.Dr. Ashley Ater Kranov, Washington State University Dr. Ashley Ater Kranov is an adjunct associate professor in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Washington State University.Dr. Michael B. Kelley P.E., Norwich University B.S.C.E., 1974, Norwich University M.S.C.E., 1976, (Environmental Engineering), Purdue University P.E., Commonwealth of Virginia, 1979 to present. Ph.D., 1996, (Environmental Engineering), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Colonel, US Army (Retired) O ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Norwich
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
Century Learning Initiative. Available: http://www.21learn.org/archive/the-three-legged-stool/ 2. Atkinson, T.N. (2008). Using creative writing techniques to enhance the case study method in research integrity and ethics courses. Journal of Academic Ethics 6:33-50. 3. Bammer, G. (2017). Toward a new discipline of integration and implementation science. In In: R. Frodeman (ed.) The Oxford handbook of interdisciplinarity (2nd ed.), 525-529. 4. Barry, B. & Herkert, J.R. (2014). Engineering ethics. In Cambridge handbook of engineering education research. Ed. Johiri, A. and Olds, B. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 673-692. 5. Borgmann, A. (2006). Real American Ethics: Taking responsibility for
Samvada International Research Institute which offers consultancy services to institutions of research and higher education around the world on designing research tracks, research teaching and research projects. His first book The Integral Philosophy of Aurobindo: Hermeneutics and the Study of Religion was published by Routledge, Oxon in 2017. For more information, please visit: https://plaksha.edu.in/faculty-details/dr-brainerd-princeMr. B. Lallian Ngura, Centre for Thinking Language and Communication (CTLC), Plaksha University B. Lallianngura has completed post-graduate studies in philosophy from the University of Delhi. He is pursuing doctoral research in philosophy at IIT Bombay. He is a part of the research team at
Paper ID #43910Educating the Whole Engineer: Leveraging Communication Skills to CultivateEthical Leadership CharacterMrs. Farnoosh B. Brock, Prolific Living Inc. Farnoosh Brock went from electrical engineer and project manager at a Fortune 100 to an entrepreneur, published author (4 books), speaker and trainer in 2011. She has coached and trained hundreds of professionals at all levels of the organizations in their Mindset, Leadership and Communication Skills. She delivers her workshops at universities such as Johns Hopkins, Duke and Wake Forest and has spoken her message at many places such as Google, Cisco, MetLife, SAS
, the training extends beyond this course alone.) 5. How? A question that is in my experience universally not addressed is how to negotiate the workplace and advocate for ethical behavior. This is particularly critical for early career professionals who may not have the power in the workplace to be able to speak up for or effectuate ethical behavior. This part also explicitly brings in professional codes, ex: ACM [8].THE QUESTION DIRECTED TEACHING AND LEARNING MODEL: THE WHY, WHO, WHAT, WHERE, HOW, AND WHEN OF TECH ETHICS 1. WHY care and worry about ethics a. Why do ethics matter? b. Why do you care about ethics? Do you? c. Impact of Technology on Society: Personal, Political, Environmental, Economic
, “Validity and reliability evidence of the engineeringprofessional responsibility assessment tool,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 105, no. 3,pp. 452-477. 2016.[8] J. L. Hess, A. Lin, G. A. Fore, T. Hahn, & B. Sorge, “Testing the Civic-Minded GraduateScale in science and engineering,” International Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 37, no.1, pp. 44–64. 2021.[9] K. E. Rambo-Hernandez, R. A. Atadero, C. H. Paguyo, M. Morris, S. Park, A. M. A. Casper,B. A. Pedersen, J. Schwartz, & R. A. M. Hensel, “Valuing Diversity and Enacting Inclusion inEngineering (VDEIE): Validity evidence for a new scale,” International Journal of EngineeringEducation, vol. 37, no. 5, pp. 1382–1397. 2021.[10] J. M. DuBois, J. T. Chibnall, J. Gibbs
%. We assigned “grades” of A, B, C, D, or F based on the traditionalbreak lines (A > 90, 90 < B < 80, 80 < C < 70, 70 < D < 60, and F < 60). With these results, wecould look at the "grade distribution" and set goals for the percentages of A & B grades (i.e. >0.80) versus C, D, and F (< 0.80) that one might desire.In addition to analyzing each survey response, we also analyzed the data resulting from eachquestion individually. We computed the average score for each question and compared the scoresacross universities, and within university programs, comparing control populations with thosewho had a teamwork intervention of some kind.Data Analysis MethodsWe make statistical comparisons using the parametric, two
. b. Internal Company Debate: A scenario involving a company considering adopting a new technology that is impacted by the particular ethics topic (e.g., ethics of using open-source software in a product intended for commercialization). Specific teams are asked to represent “adoption,” while some teams are asked to oppose adoption. The “adoption” and “oppose adoption” teams create a list of reasons to support their position. The rest of the class play the role of upper management, tasked with making the final adoption decision. c. Question Exploration: Identify several questions to explore related to the presented ethical topic/issue. Each
current technology landscape (i.e. we added AI/ML), b) clarify the surveyinstrument language, and c) revise the educational intervention to include examplerecommended and discouraged practices. 2) pilot the study with the revised instrument with alarger student population in a different engineering subdiscipline , and 3) explore perceivedchallenges to application of ethical and psychological constructs. We propose eight (8)psychological and/or ethical constructs as relevant to product design, with each constructrelating to a disciplinary framework.Background and Proposed FrameworkTo facilitate this study, a framework is developed based on the relevant multidisciplinary areas,as discussed in the introduction. This framework is depicted in Figure
andhow the industry, the type of company, and other participants’ demographics might affect thefrequency and types of ethics and equity issues the engineers face in their practice.References 1. Chintam, K., & Prybutok, A. N., & Archuleta, C. M., & Deberghes, A., & DiBiase, B., & Li, R., & Richards, J., & Seitz, L., & Cole, J. (2023, June), Designing, codifying, and implementing social justice content in a required course on engineering and research skills for first-year graduate students. Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore, Maryland. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--43005 2. Shields, B. (2022). Justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion curriculum within
Foundation.References:[1] J. Saltz et al., “Integrating Ethics within Machine Learning Courses,” ACM Trans. Comput. Educ., vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 1–26, Dec. 2019, doi: 10.1145/3341164.[2] S. Issar and A. Aneesh, “What is algorithmic governance?,” Sociol. Compass, vol. 16, no. 1, p. e12955, 2022, doi: 10.1111/soc4.12955.[3] B. D. Mittelstadt, P. Allo, M. Taddeo, S. Wachter, and L. Floridi, “The ethics of algorithms: Mapping the debate,” Big Data Soc., vol. 3, no. 2, p. 2053951716679679, Dec. 2016, doi: 10.1177/2053951716679679.[4] V. C. Müller, “Ethics of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics,” in The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Fall 2023., E. N. Zalta and U. Nodelman, Eds., Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford
twenty-one of them having publishedyears from 2010-2023. Two coders were involved in this process. Nevertheless, the same steps inselecting textbooks were adopted for both coders. Once each coder had compiled a set of books,the lists were combined for the finalized set of twenty-six textbooks, which are cited in thereference list. The final list of engineering ethics textbooks used in this comparative analysis areshown below.1. Beyond the Code: A Philosophical Guide to Engineering Ethics (2021) by Heidi Furey, et. al2. Contemporary Ethical Issues in Engineering (2015) by Satya Sundar Sethy3. Engineering Ethics 4th Edition (2011) by Charles B. Fledderman4. Engineering Ethics and Design for Product Safety (2020) by Kenneth d'Entremont5
Paper ID #41198Making Room for Followers: A Grounded Theory Study of Ethical FollowershipAmong Professional EngineersDr. Kyle Payne, Collins Engineers Kyle is a strategic talent development leader and consultant with fifteen years of experience driving process improvement and behavior change through training, coaching, and kaizen events. He draws upon his experience managing quality in the structural steel industry – building high-quality structures that stand the test of time in any environment – to building high-performing and continually-improving teams. As a coach and facilitator, Kyle has established a strong
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Engineering Macroethics Issues and Education,” in 2022 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), Uppsala, Sweden: IEEE, Oct. 2022, pp. 1–5. doi: 10.1109/FIE56618.2022.9962654.[18] J. R. Herkert, “Engineering ethics education in the USA: Content, pedagogy and curriculum,” Eur. J. Eng. Educ., vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 303–313, Dec. 2000, doi: 10.1080/03043790050200340.[19] B. Jimerson, E. Park, V. Lohani, and S. Culver, “Enhancing Engineering Ethics Curriculum by Analyzing Students’ Perception,” in 2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition Proceedings, Atlanta, Georgia: ASEE Conferences, Jun. 2013. doi: 10.18260/1-2--19544.[20] E. A. Cech, “The (Mis)Framing of Social Justice: Why Ideologies of
technologies in agriculture? Why/why not? [1 minute]B. From your perspective, do you anticipate ethical concerns arising from the use of AI-based technologies in agriculture? Why/why not? Give examples. [2 minutes]C. Our local community has seen a net population loss over the past decade. Will more technology lead to job loss and more reliance on transient labor? [2 minutes]D. Once AI-based technologies take over all farming, would there be any role for farmers? [2 minutes]E. If a given technology makes it easy to grow a specific crop, and that is what is profitable, will we all start growing that without any regard for what else is needed? [2 minutes]F. What advice will you give, as a group, to FFC on how to proceed with the implementation
Toolkit’was developed by educators, for educators to embed ethical context within their courses anddegrees, and to consider what could be examined further for future development of thetoolkit. The engineering ethics toolkit provides guidance, resources, tools and frameworks forengineering educators at all levels of experience and roles in teaching ethics to engineers. Itaims to answer the key questions mentioned above to integrate engineering ethics incurriculum design. The objectives of this paper are to a) explain the methodology ofdeveloping the engineering ethics toolkit b) present the metadata and user experience on howthe toolkit is currently being used worldwide and c) identify future steps for the toolkit todevelop further. The toolkit was co
Paper ID #41827Enhancing Student Engagement with Introductory Engineering Ethics Usinga Blended Approach of Microlearning and Case StudiesMs. Kylie Chau Vuu, AECOM Canada Ltd. Kylie Vuu is an alumni of the University of Guelph and an engineer-in-training focusing on environmental monitoring and remediation. At the time of preparing this paper, she was a research student under the guidance of Dr. Donald, tasked with developing a microlearning module for the first-year introductory engineering course.Prof. John R. Donald Ph.D., P.Eng., University of Guelph John R. Donald is a professor at the University of Guelph with over 25
B. General C. Not necessary In your opinion, in what form should engineering ethics education courses be carried out? 3 A. Required Courses for majors B. Public required courses C. Optional Courses for majors D. Public electives E. Others Are you interested in this course? 4 A. Interested B. General C. Not interested Do you think the teacher of this course is competent to teach this course? 5 A. Very competent B. Basically competent C. Average D. Not quite up to it Are you satisfied with the teaching methods of your teachers? 6 A. Very satisfied B. Satisfied C. Average D. Not satisfied E. Not satisfied at all Can the
not necessarily mean thatNASA or the United States government view these issues to be problematic. This was clarified inthe report and should be interpreted as part of the context about our discussion here about ethicalchallenges that emerged.5 Ibid, 11-136 W.C. Lee, "Pipelines, Pathways, and Ecosystems: An Argument for Participation Paradigms,"Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 108, no. 1, pp. 8-12, 2019.https://doi.org/10.1002/jee.202417 Workshop report pages 15-168 While not focused on an ELSI expert to non-expert divide, a classic summary on such adivision is: B. Wynne, "May the sheep safely graze? A reflexive view of the expert-layknowledge divide," in Risk, Environment and Modernity: Towards a New Ecology, vol. 40, p.44, 1996.9
Paper ID #48275Evaluation of an AI-based medical application using AI-generated methods:Student experiences with a case study on ”patient preference predictors”Prof. Bernd Steffensen, University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt/European University of Technology Studied Administrative Sciences and Sociology at the Universities in Kiel, Bielefeld (Germany), and Lancaster (UK). Doctorate in Sociology from the University of Bielefeld. Worked from 1992-2000 with Academy for Technology Assessment in Baden-WuerttembergMrs. Bettina von R¨omer, University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt Bettina von R¨omer studied sociology at the Universities
gratefullyacknowledged.References[1] A. R. Bielefeldt, M. Polmear, D. W. Knight, N. Canney, and C. Swan, “Educatingengineers to work ethically with global marginalized communities,” EnvironmentalEngineering Science, vol. 38, no. 5, pp. 320–330, 2021.[2] L. Roldan-Hernandez, A. B. Boehm, and J. R. Mihelcic, “Parachute Environmental Scienceand Engineering,” Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 54, no. 23, pp. 14773–14774,2020.[3] D. Sedlak, “Crossing the imaginary line,” Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 50,no. 18, pp. 9803–9804, Sep. 2016.[4] M. A. Edwards, A. Pruden, S. Roy, and W. J. Rhoads, “Engineers shall hold Paramount thesafety, health and welfare of the public - but not if it threatens our research funding?,” FlintWater Study , 10-Oct-2016
letter in thisacronym stands for a different stage/component of the meeting. These includes (B) bridging in,presenting findings or introducing an activity to pique interest in the topics that will be coveredin the meeting, (O) introducing objectives, informing participants what they will get out of themeeting, (P) pre-assessment, learning what participants know about the topics that will becovered, participatory learning, guiding participants to actively reflect as topics are introduced,and post-assessment, learning what participants understood about the topics covered, and (S)summarize the meeting, reminding participants what the objectives were and how these werefulfilled.Curriculum contentsThe workshop includes contents related to seven
engineering programs, 2022-2023”. ABET. https://www.abet.org/accreditation/accreditation-criteria/criteria-for-accrediting-engineeri ng-programs-2022-2023/ (accessed Jan. 3, 2023).[5] National Society of Professional Engineers. “NSPE Code of Ethics for Engineers.” NSPE.org. https://www.nspe.org/resources/ethics/code-ethics (accessed Jan. 4, 2023).[6] Q. Zhu, C. B. Zoltowski, M. K. Feister, P. M. Buzzanell, W. C. Oakes, and A. D. Mead, “The Development of an Instrument for Assessing Individual Ethical Decisionmaking in Project-based Design Teams: Integrating Quantitative and Qualitative Methods.” Presented at ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Indianapolis, IN, USA, June, 2014
Paper ID #37054Student Use of Artificial Intelligence to Write Technical EngineeringPapers – Cheating or a Tool to Augment LearningDr. Ronald P. Uhlig, National University From 2010-2014, Dr. Ronald P. Uhlig was Dean, School of Business and Management, National Univer- sity, La Jolla, CA. He returned to the engineering faculty in 2014 and is currently Chair, Department of Engineering, School of Technology and Engineering. During 2005-2010 he served in multiple positions including Chair of the Department of Computer Science and Information Systems, and Academic Pro- gram Director for the Master of Science in Wireless
Paper ID #47648Navigating the AI Ethics Frontier: A Cross-national Comparison of AI PolicyDocuments for Developing Responsible AI WorkforceEmad Ali, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Emad Ali is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. His research focuses on the integration of artificial intelligence in engineering education with particular emphasis on its ethical implications. He holds a master’s degree in Electrical Engineering with specialization in Embedded Systems, from the Information Technology University (ITU Lahore), as well as a Bachelor’s degree in Avionics
programs. Washington DC: National Academies Press, 2016.[2] R. F. Clancy and A. Gammon, “The Ultimate Goal of Ethics Education Should Be More Ethical Behaviors,” ASEE Annu. Conf. Expo. Conf. Proc., 2021.[3] P.-H. Wong, “Global Engineering Ethics,” in Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Engineering, D. Michelfelder and N. Doorn, Eds. 2021.[4] Q. Zhu and B. Jesiek, “Engineering Ethics in Global Context: Four Fundamental Approaches,” in ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, 2017, doi: 10.18260/1-2-- 28252.[5] R. F. Clancy and Q. Zhu, “Global Engineering Ethics: What? Why? How? and When?,” J. Int. Eng. Educ., vol. 4, no. 1, 2022, [Online]. Available: https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/jiee/vol4/iss1/4?utm_source