Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Justin L Hess, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Charles Feldhaus, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Maher E. Rizkalla P.E., Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Mangilal Agarwal, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

, urban school districts with research experiences and shared activities designed to increase their understanding of the challenges and demands of nanotechnology, collaborative research, and college/career opportunities in STEM fields. Lead participants in the creation of 15 hands-on, inquiry-based teaching modules (5 per year) which integrate multiple STEM disciplines, convey scientific-process skills, and align with Indiana State Standards and Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) Introduce teaching modules and classroom assessment strategies into targeted school districts in an effort to cultivate a positive image of, and greater interest in, STEM fields among urban secondary students, many of whom are from underrepresented

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cesar Guerrero, University of South Florida; Miguel Labrador, University of South Florida; Rafael Perez, University of South Florida

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International

fields as well as in activities meant toimprove their writing and oral skills. The third objective is to make these students aware of theopportunities that are available in graduate programs by providing the participants with relevantand timely information about graduate program application procedures, deadlines, requirements,and funding opportunities. The fourth objective is to improve the students’ ability to learnindependently.Social and educational activities play an important role in this program. These activities promotesocial integration and academic discussion among participants as well as cultural exchange andfriendship. Social activities in our program include: pool parties, welcome and closing lunches,visits to recreational parks and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Davishahl, Whatcom Community College; Lee Singleton; Todd Haskell; Kathryn Rupe, Western Washington University; Leslie Glen

a brief introduction tothe curriculum in a series of videoconference meetings and ongoing support via one-to-onecommunication throughout the implementation period. The faculty participants were free to usethe activity worksheets we provided, to modify them, or to develop their own approaches forincorporating the models into their respective courses. Two of the instructors in the study do notcover centroids as an integration application in their respective courses. This difference addsvariability to the data set with respect to the scale of the intervention.Note that the present intervention does not include specific targeted spatial skills traininganalogous to that used in the studies mentioned above. Rather, we hypothesize that access to

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sylvia Alexander

this on-linelearning environment finding it an aid to communication generally and particularlyappreciate feedback from both tutors and peers. Students are motivated by feedbackon their work, and regular formative feedback has been shown to have a markedimprovement on students' overall performance 6Over the next few years, the Faculty plans to integrate further web-based activities andresources in order to more actively engage with students. On-line tutors will supportgroups of students and assess their performance. Such a system provides students whohave a wide variety of different types of placement a more common curriculum, thusenhancing the overall placement experience. Large scale adoption of such a systemwill require centralised

Conference Session

ERM: Student Professional Development: Professional Skills and Moving Beyond the Classroom

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Olewnik, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Bahar Memarian, University of Toronto

Paper ID #37137Critical Review and Refinement of a ProfessionalDevelopment Survey for Engineering Undergraduates,Toward an Integrated Tool for Reflection Across theCurriculumBahar Memarian (Postdoctoral Researcher ) Bahar Memarian is a researcher and educator with research interests in the areas of Engineering Education (Problem- solving, Learning-outcomes Assessment, Experiential Learning, Design, and Creativity) and Human Factors Engineering (Cognitive-systems Engineering, User Experience, Display Design, and Interaction). She obtained her Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and the Collaborative Specialization in

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division: Integrating Design Across the BioE/BME Curriculum

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mostafa Elsaadany, University of Arkansas; Raj Rao, University of Arkansas; Loren Hedgecock; Kaitlin Hall

highereducation provides the opportunity to learn theory and apply it, students can be left with alimited ability to learn through authentic experiences [6]. This proves to be particularlyproblematic in engineering disciplines. The curriculum tends to focus more on theoreticalfoundations and less on the practical application and skills needed in the workforce [6]. Studieshave shown that to enhance the value of engineering graduates in the industry, they must acquireentrepreneurial abilities such as identifying an opportunity, solving problems, thinkingcreatively, and generating societal value [1], [3]. Therefore, engineering institutions have begunto recognize the importance of teaching technical skills coincided with entrepreneurial skills togenerate

Conference Session

Robotics Curriculum

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Michalson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Fred Looft, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

systems.The specific details of the courses have been the topic of several previous papers, however thecore of the program consists of an Introduction to Robotics in the first year, followed by a seriesof four unified robotics courses which are normally taken in the second and third year[1-5]. Thecatalog descriptions of these courses are paraphrased below: RBE 1001, Introduction to Robotics. RBE 1001 is a multidisciplinary introduction to robotics, involving concepts from the fields of electrical engineering, mechanical engineering and computer science. Topics covered include sensor performance and integration, electric and pneumatic actuators, power transmission, materials and static force analysis, controls and programmable embedded

Conference Session

Socio-Technical Issues in Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan Kenny Feister, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Patrice Marie Buzzanell, Purdue University, West Lafayette; David H. Torres, Purdue University

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

engineering design context,2 meaning that ethics is implicit throughout design processes.While recognition of major issues is important in an engineering education context, this view ofethics does not allow for an integrated understanding of the way ethics is implicated in themicro-level everyday decisions and reasoning associated with design.1 This more nuancedunderstanding would “provide a firmer basis for thinking about ethics in the engineering designprocess” (p. 514) and might encourage more incorporation of ethical thinking into the entiredesign process. Nuanced micropolitics are interwoven throughout the technical and otherdecisions that comprise the design process, and all decisions and agreements that emerge throughthis process could result

Conference Session

Integration vs. Compartmentalization

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig Gunn

avisible validation for their sometimes-secretive writing activities.The particulars of the poetry contest, assessment by writers and readers of the submitted works,and an overview of why poetry contests should be instituted in all colleges and schools ofengineering is detailed in the paper. Since the contest now attracts entries from students (bothcollege and high/middle school), faculty, staff, and alumni it is clear that this one simple genre canbe used as a means to get students, especially engineering students, to write with enjoyment as thefocus.'Variety's the spice of life, that gives it its flavor." These lines in "The Task, I" by WilliamCowper (English poet 1731-1800) reflect an attitude that must he fostered in the minds ofengineers. No

Conference Session

Curriculum Exchange

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip S. Schmidt P.E., University of Texas, Austin; Christina Soontornvat, iFLY ; Stuart B Wallock

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Diversity

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Paper ID #11792Teaching STEM Through an Indoor Skydiving Experience (Curriculum Ex-change)Dr. Philip S. Schmidt, University of Texas, Austin Philip Schmidt is the Donald J. Douglass Centennial Professor, Emeritus and University Distinguished Teaching Professor, Emeritus at the University of Texas at Austin, where he recently retired after 43 years on the faculty in Mechanical Engineering. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engi- neers and a registered professional engineer. Dr. Schmidt received a BS in Aeronautics and Astronautics from MIT and MS and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford, the

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexis Powe, Mississippi State University

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International

9544, Mississippi State, MS 39762-9544; telephone: (+1) 662.325.4240; e-mail: apowe@engr.msstate.edu. Page 12.1165.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Practical English: Teaching Technical Communication Abroad Based on a Preexisting Technical Writing Course in Mississippi State University’s Bagley College of EngineeringAbstractThis paper describes a technical communication course offered at Kyungpook NationalUniversity (KNU) in Daegu, Korea, during the summer of 2006. I, an American technicalwriting instructor employed by Mississippi State University’s Bagley College of Engineering

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shamsnaz Virani, University of Texas, El Paso; Iris B. Burnham, Burnham Wood Charter School District; Virgilio Gonzalez, University of Texas, El Paso; Miroslava Barua, University of Texas, El Paso; Elaine Fredericksen, Ph.D., University of Texas, El Paso; Sally J. Andrade, Andrade & Associates, Inc., El Paso, TX

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

educator, curriculum developer and implementer of innovative instructional programs for students of all ages. She has taught English at the University of Texas at El Paso, and in high schools in New York and California public schools. Ms. Burnahm is founder of the School for Educational Enrichment, a private school that is known for customiing instructions for different learning styles. As Founder and Board Memeber of the Texas Alliance of Accredited Private Schools, Ms. Burnham has consulted with and accredited dozens of private schools throughout the Texas. She holds an MA from California State University in Los Angeles and a BA from Hunter College of the City University of New York .Virgilio Gonzalez, The University

Conference Session

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: Electrical and Control Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Yao, East Carolina University; Brent Walter Reed

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

research interests include wearable medical devices, telehealthcare, bioinstrumentation, biosignal processing, and control systems. His educational research interests are laboratory/project-driven learning and integration of research into undergraduate education. Dr. Yao is a member of the American Society of Engineering Education and a senior member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).Mr. Brent Walter Reed c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Facilitating Student Learning with Hands-on Projects in an Electronics Course in a General Engineering CurriculumIn a general engineering program at East Carolina University, an electrical

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 4 – Systems Thinking Integration and Systems Engineering Skills Evaluation

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adedeji B. Badiru P.E., Air Force Institute of Technology; LeeAnn Racz, US Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine

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Systems Engineering

to the attendant problems andchallenges of the profession. Relevant, responsive, and adaptive curriculum development is thebest approach to achieving an integrated delivery of education.In this paper, we suggest the application of a systems approach to curriculum development,particularly where normally dichotomous disciplines are involved, such as engineering andaerospace medicine. A systems-based view of a robust curriculum permits the inclusion of all (ormost) of the facets attendant in each of the collaborating disciplines. Systems thinking is, thus,essential for integrating curriculum elements. Traditionally, a system is defined as the collectionof interrelated elements whose collective output (or result) is higher than the sum of

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Cal Caswell; Mel I. Mendelson

Session 2563 Integrated Product Development in the Classroom Mel Mendelson, Cal Caswell Loyola Marymount UniversityAbstractA course entitled, "New Product Design and Development" was introduced to meet the needs ofindustry and to address reform in engineering education. It was modeled after a similar onetaught at MIT; however, it had distinctly different features. The course used multi-discipinaryteams and product planning to create commercial products. Our course emphasized teambuilding, marketing, design, prototyping, and the business aspects of launching a new product onthe

Conference Session

We Love our MOMs (Mechanics of Materials)

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reihaneh Jamshidi, University of Hartford

in Progress: Sustained Implementation of FEA in an Undergraduate Solid Mechanics CurriculumWhile modeling and simulations are taught in upper-level and elective courses, a typicalengineering undergraduate curriculum does not contain consistent integration of simulations. In aprevious study, the author has advocated for early exposure of mechanical engineering studentsto FEA in a sophomore-level solid mechanics course to improve students’ understanding of thesubject matter. This study reports on the continued implementation of FEA in a junior-levelMachine Design class to leverage the full potential of available advanced tools throughout theundergraduate curriculum. Simulations can be particularly useful where a

Conference Session

SE Curriculum and Course Management

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Francis Lutz, Monmouth University; James McDonald, Monmouth University

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

organization between 1996 and 2007. A preliminary mailing of a test survey was sent to afew employees who were originally interviewed at the beginning of the study. Then the surveyinstrument was revised and e-mailed to all Monmouth University MSSE graduates in thesecategories and to several other employees who were not affiliated with the Monmouth Universityprogram. In total 78 responses were received for a response rate of approximately 32 percent.The questionnaire developed for the survey was executed on an Excel spreadsheet. Respondentscompleted the worksheets which were then integrated into a common workbook and summarizedon a separate worksheet designed to accumulate the responses and to summarize survey results.A summary of survey results was

Conference Session

Manufacturing Curriculum and Course Innovations

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Faisal Aqlan, Penn State Behrend; Qi Dunsworth, Penn State Behrend; Mary L Kahl, The Pennsylvania State University, the Behrend College

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Manufacturing

. This research intends to amend the currentengineering curriculum by integrating the teaching of 21st century skills into manufacturingsimulations. In doing so, soft skills are taught in a manufacturing systems course through twocustom designed workshops. We examine the relationship between improved soft skills andproblem-solving skills in student team activities.2. Description of the Manufacturing CourseThe Manufacturing Systems course discussed in this study is an undergraduate course inIndustrial Engineering at Penn State University, the Behrend College. It introduces to studentsthe modern manufacturing systems and discusses how the systems can be improved.The course is offered during the seventh semester of the program. Students learn

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in E/M ET

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Athula Kulatunga

Session 3150 Integrating the Courses in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Technologies to Fulfill the Need of Energy Professionals Athula Kulatunga, Ph.D., CEM Department of Electrical Engineering Technology Purdue University, West Lafayette, INAbstractThere is an increased demand for graduates who understand how energy is created, used,controlled, and wasted in residential, commercial, and industrial settings. Students in ElectricalEngineering Technology learn electrical power generation, distribution, and control whilestudents from

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer Engineering Technology

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Marvin Needler; Ken Jr. Jannotta; William Lin; Richard Pfile

network. It is our hope that studentswill become aware of the trend of integration and convergence between these twonetworks and inspire themselves to further engage in enhancing their knowledge in amore comprehensive manner.The detailed outlines of this two-week guest lecture and the two laboratory exercises areprovided in the Appendix.IV. Challenges and conclusionAn attempt to cover ongoing computer networking issues in an existing curriculum isalways a challenging task. While members in the industry are still debating issues relatedto networking and slowly realign themselves in a proper direction, academic curriculaneed to be designed with this future industry in mind. The rapid growth of theinformation technology increases the complexity of

Conference Session

ECET Curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gene Harding, Purdue University

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Engineering Technology

tounderstanding each type is its underlying cause(s). Although these topics will be reviewed againlater in the curriculum for the purpose of reinforcement, the Purdue freshman, at this point, Page 11.57.4already has the foundation in place to comprehend DCD, ISI, and PJ.DCD can be caused by an incorrect threshold voltage or asymmetric edge rates. Thresholdvoltages are covered in both the analog and digital sequences. Op amp comparators are analyzedin the first-semester analog course, including trip voltages. Integrated-circuit logic families arecovered in the second-semester digital course (a few weeks before jitter). This includes high-and low-level

Conference Session

ET Curriculum and Programs II

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ilya Y. Grinberg, SUNY Buffalo State

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

addition, incorporatingundergraduate research into the sequence was supported by the Office of UndergraduateResearch through an award from the “Integrating Undergraduate Research into the Curriculum”program. There is considerable overlap between ETAC ABET student outcomes and the desiredstudent learning outcomes from undergraduate research experiences. The two-course sequenceleveraged this overlap [5].The design of the sequence was aligned with the ETAC ABET student outcomes and such a linkwas intentional in the design of the sequence. The mapping of desired skills and current ETACABET student outcomes are summarized in Table 1.Table 1. Relevance Between Course Skills and ETAC ABET Student Outcomes Desired Course Skills

Conference Session

Broad Perspectives on the Chemical Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Watson L. Vargas, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá; Oscar Alvarez P.E., Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá; Jorge Mario Gomez, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá

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Chemical Engineering

the way the subject was presented but that they had indeed put in more hours than for any other subject.Conclusions and perspectivesThe Department of Chemical Engineering at Universidad de los Andes has begun the process ofincorporating an integrated framework for a multi-scale approach to product and process designin the curriculum, in the first exercise of its kind for any program in Colombia. The first stage ofimplementation into our curriculum was introduced in 2013 with the selection of two specificcourses for redesign, one at the undergraduate level (e.g., Mid-Program Project) and other at thegraduate level (e.g., Advanced Transport Phenomena), this process will continue in stages in theupcoming years with the redesign of our

Conference Session

Curriculum and New Course Development in ET

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sunil Mehendale, Michigan Technological University; John L. Irwin, Michigan Technological University; Robert A. Marlor, Northern Michigan University

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Engineering Technology

andqualitative, not quantitative. With the goal of improving the teaching and learning of dynamics,we propose a three-year study incorporating the use of Dynamics simulations as well as physicalmanipulative models.Simulations (e.g., something similar to the “BEST” software described in [7], [8], [9], and [10])will be integrated into the curriculum in the first year to reduce the emphasis on a largelyintuitive understanding of Dynamics. Several different problem simulations, representing aselection of typical kinematics and kinetics problems for both particles and rigid bodies, will becompleted. These problems will be designed to enable the user to vary inputs to view a widevariety of configurations and behavior.In addition to the simulations

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technology Curriculum Innovations.

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aaron K. Ball, Western Carolina University; George D. Ford, Western Carolina University; Frank Miceli, Asheville Bucombe Tech Community College

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Engineering Technology

classroom resources. Sheppard andGallois8 describe a more holistic method of implementing and integrating technology with anentrepreneurial approach to undergraduate engineering education under an umbrella term calledTechnogenesis™ as shown in Table 1. Under this broader curriculum approach, technology andapplied engineering applications are blended with entrepreneurship and integrated through eightsemesters of undergraduate study. Western Carolina University has taken a similar approach ofintegrating PBL both vertically through four years of study and horizontally across three differentengineering and technology programs. These programs included electrical engineering, electricaland computer engineering technology, and engineering technology

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Arunsi Chuku

September of 2001, we had received report from the various preliminary designgroups. In order to enrich the architectural design, the college of Engineering,Architecture and Physical Sciences decided to have an architectural design competition,open to all students in the Department of Architecture with awards for the winning firstthree designs. Some of the design objectives for the competition included: • Strong, suitable, appropriate building materials • Balance between solidity and portability • Integration of special, enclosure, structural and mechanical and electrical systems • Sense of entry and legible path • Clear zoning between public/private areas and between served/service spaces • Comfortable fit between spaces and

Conference Session

Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 17

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Saira Anwar, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Muhsin Menekse, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Siddika Selcen Guzey, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Valarie L. Bogan, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Marla Jane Glover, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Utkuhan Genc, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Lynn A. Bryan, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Pre-College Engineering Education

the Georgia Institute of Technology and her Ph.D. in Science Education from Purdue University.Her research focuses on teachers’ development of knowledge and skills for teaching in instructionallyinnovative settings involving novel curriculum reform and technology enhanced environments. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Role of Engagement in Predicting 6th - Grade Students’ Performance in an Integrated STEM Life Sciences UnitAbstract In this research to practice paper, we have focused on the role of engagement inpredicting students’ performance in an integrated life sciences unit. Prior literature has shown that students’ engagement plays a vital role in developing

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael S. Leonard; Donald E. Beasley; D. Jack Elzinga

, Acceptance Sampling by Variables, Process Control, Life Testing and Reliability, QFD/House ofQuality, Testing, Benchmarking, Just In Time, ISO 9000, Business Process Reengineering.4. Next, knowledge elements and skills can be integrated. For each Level 3 skill, specify the set of Level 3knowledge elements from which that skill is developed.Creating a Knowledge/Skills Matrix After the knowledge elements and skills contained in the curriculum have been agreed upon, the facultywill have an improved understanding of the existing curriculum and how its components interrelate. Thisunderstanding can be developed further by creating knowledge/skills matrices. Using these matrices, faculty candetect both the under- and over-emphasis of knowledge

Conference Session

Engineering Education; An International Perspective

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Melany Ciampi; Claudio Brito

four Countries that are part of it. It isimportant to see the present status and the perspectives for the future of the Economical Bloc andthe targets to make it work for the welfare of future generations.It is also important to discuss is the lately efforts of Universities from Iberia Peninsula Countriesto promote cooperation programs between them and Universities from Latin America Countriesthrough the Engineering Organizations of what is called Iberian America. The Iberian-AmericanAssociation of Engineering Education Institutions (ASIBEI) and the “Rio de JaneiroDeclaration” as a first step for an integration of Engineering Programs curriculum and theimprovement of projects development in joint venture. The relevance of this analysis is

Collection

2006 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Stanley Rolfe, University of Kansas; Francis M. Thomas, University of Kansas

,diverse group of faculty, most of whom are Professional Engineers.A representative case study for CE 562, Structural Steel Design, is presented in the Appendix.Other case studies will be added as developed. V. SummaryIn summary, engineering ethics is an important and vital part of engineering education. Becauseof that fact, engineering ethics is defined, presented, and emphasized in all required coursesacross the civil, environmental, and architectural curriculum by all CEAE faculty members, mostof whom are Professional Engineers. To not emphasize the importance of engineering ethics isunfair to our students, and unethical as well.References1. Burghardt, M. David, “Introduction to Engineering,” Harper Collins Publishers, ISBN 0-06-041046