data collected for accreditation.Methodology:ESG 201: “Learning from Engineering Disaster”, a 3 credit asynchronous online undergraduatecourse taught to both engineering and non-engineering majors by the presenter at Stony BrookUniversity for the past 12 years, has proved to be a successful method for teaching ethics as wellas the broader societal implications of engineering processes and technological design (10). Acombination of lectures, case studies, laboratory demonstrations, interviews, video site visits andteam-based collaborative analysis of engineering failures and their implications (societal,environmental, economic, legal, psychological) has proved successful in teaching the role ofengineers and engineering in society, as well as
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
and computer science disciplines. Additionally,ethics is an important part of education in other disciplines, including medicine and law.Movements for teaching ethics across the curriculum emerged in these fields before comparablemovements in engineering that became more common in the early 2000’s.Integration of ethics across the engineering and computer science disciplines remains isolated,with examples most common in biological and biomedical engineering. It is possible that,despite the availability of ethics workshops and other resources, many teachers of engineeringand computer science are limited in their ability to fit ethics into their classes. After all,engineering statics or circuits do not immediately present themselves as easy
to use story as a way to allow students to develop their engineering identity, and a project to improve teaming by teaching psychological safety in engineering education curricula. Michelle also mentors undergraduate researchers to investigate the removal of stormwater pollutants in engineered wetlands, and has a project to improve undergraduate student training for and exposure to research opportunities. Michelle is a current NSF ASCEND Fellow, a current KEEN Fellow, was a 2018 ExCEEd Fellow, and was recognized as the 2019 ASCE Daniel V. Terrell Awardee.Dr. Kenneth W. Lamb P.E., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Kenneth is a Professor of Civil Engineering at Cal Poly Pomona and a licensed
are insights from and methodologies associated with the psychological sciences and digital human- ities. Rockwell is a Research Scientist in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. Before moving to Virginia, he was a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at the Colorado School of Mines, Lecturer in the Department of Values, Technol- ogy, and Innovation, at Delft University of Technology, Associate Teaching Professor at the University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute, and Research Fellow in the Institute of Social Cognition and Decision-making, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Rockwell holds a PhD from Purdue University
is devoid ofresearch that definitively identifies the most effective pedagogical method for introducingstudents to engineering ethics” [4, p. 677]. Perhaps most tellingly, the only clear qualification forteaching engineering ethics is being “enthusiastic about and comfortable with discussing ethicalissues and the social implications of engineering” [4, p. 680]. Barry and Herkert express this lackof clarity when they conclude that “although a background and experience in philosophy andengineering might make an individual well prepared to teach engineering ethics, a well-preparedinstructor from history of science or technology, technical communications, science andtechnology studies, and so forth could be equally qualified” [4, p. 680]. This
;M University. His research interests include semiconductor testing and validation, as well as hardware cybersecurity. Miles is a teaching assistant in the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution, assisting with engineering leadership, semiconductor testing, and semiconductor validation classes. His experience facilitating lab sections for the engineering leadership class has allowed him to gain insights into students’ beliefs about generative artificial intelligence and its future role in engineering leadership and higher education. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Exploration of Career and Ethical Challenges of Analytics and
2national laws and departmental cultures. Coupled to the diversity of specializations within asingle discipline, this landscape is richly complex.Explicit instruction necessarily involves more top-down organization, driven by faculty leaders[9]. Faculty leaders must obtain resources for ERC courses, workshops, and other teaching-vehicles, then assign instructional duties to faculty, and allocate resources to them. Explicitframeworks can be more coordinated, but they may decrease individual instructors' real orperceived sense of responsibility for enculturating students to professional norms. Theeffectiveness of ERC instruction will also be affected by students' perception of its importance.Explicit structures for training may lend gravitas to ERC
Technology Jacqueline Tawney is a Ph.D. candidate in GALCIT (Graduate Aerospace Laboratories of the California Institute of Technology). Jacque is a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow, a leader within the GALCIT Graduate Student Council, and the founder of Women in GALCIT. In the Kornfield group within Caltech’s Chemical Engineering department, Jacque researches associative polymers, their rheological properties, and their potential for agricultural and industrial applications. She is passionate about creating positive change within her communities and being a compassionate scientist and leader. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Compassion and Engineering Ethics