illustrate how some images of the field of engineeringwere developed at a larger cultural level at these schools. In some cases these images were sodominant that students at a school forced themselves to do reconciling work in order to identifythe aspects of their engineering identities that did not fit within these images. At Suburban Page 13.1113.13Private University the dominant image of engineering fostered a culture of great expectations.Technical Public Institution students found themselves working in strong teams of engineeringstudents and developing a strong sense of ethics. Students at Urban Private University sought todevelop a sense of
between Bowers’suggestions and the complicated, technical lists of strategies to stop academic dishonesty in more modern papers (seeSection V for a discussion of this). A 1998 review of empirical cheating research provides several insights into the factors influencing collegiatecheating [22]. Below are presented some of the findings: • Males generally cheat more, though the difference was reported as diminishing over time • Lower G.P.A. students cheat more • Business major students cheat more than others • Personal moral/ethical guidelines affect cheating propensity and feelings about cheating • More surveillance corresponded with less cheating • Observing others cheating, knowing friends who cheat, and sitting next to
ethics seminars (Hess &Fore, 2018). To better integrate these concepts, some researchers suggest starting at a smallerscale within existing engineering courses, such as engaging students in sociotechnical thinkingthrough class assignments or rubrics (Claussen et al., 2019; Salzman et al., 2019).Although academic institutions are now working to integrate the social, economic, and politicaldimensions of engineering in undergraduate engineering coursework, there remains a lack offundamental research on how to engage students in these sociotechnical topics. This isparticularly true within the scope of traditionally technical courses, such as the engineeringsciences, where students are only expected to demonstrate technical competencies by the
technical engineering courses fail to raise students’ awareness of thesocial and ethical context of engineering design [16, 20], efforts have been made to increasestudents’ understanding of the sociotechnical nature of engineering by integrating engineeringcourses that highlight this relationship into the curriculum [e.g., 1, 21, 22].Emphasizing the societal context of engineering may also help broaden participation amongstudents from underrepresented groups, given previous research suggesting that marginalizedstudents’ attitudes toward engineering and sense of belonging may be positively impacted byintegrating societal relevance into engineering coursework [23-25]. Students’ attitudes (e.g.,sense of belonging, self-confidence, etc.) play a major
analyzed for emergent themes.ResultsProject participation effects on students’ comfort level with engineering fundamentalsIn order to address research questions 1, What, if any, role does participation in a team-basedmulti-disciplinary humanitarian engineering project have on students’ ability to applyengineering fundamentals to the design process to solve engineering problems, we assessed forany changes pre- and post-semester in students’ comfort level with engineering fundamentals,including the engineering design process, fundamental physics, computer programming, teamcollaboration, technical communications, non-technical communications, engineering ethics,data visualization/analysis, and engineering disparities & issues of access/equity
, anda research agenda. We also comment on the implied experiential component required beyond theuniversity.IntroductionSustainability is cited as the top systems integration problem facing engineering today and intothe futurei. This is corroborated by the Joint Charterii among the American Society of Civil Engi-neers (ASCE), the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers (CSCE), and the Institution of Civil En-gineers (ICE), wherein professional responsibility is asserted for realizing sustainable civil soci-ety across all peoples and through time. Codes of Engineering Ethics from ASCE and the Na-tional Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) reinforce this responsibility. Further, the re-cently-announced aspirational vision of the civil engineering
critically, some caringrelationships seem to have a significance in ‘excess’ of the labor they enable” [21, p. 14]. Tounpack this statement, in her book The Ethics of Care, Virginia Held offers a comparison(originally provided in [21]) of the ways in which a parent and a child-care provider may care forone and the same child in that “both can perform the same work of reassuring the child, hugging[them], transferring [them] from [a parent] to worker, and so on. But the character and meaningof the [parent’s] care may be in excess of the work itself. For the [parent], the work is a responseto the relationship, whereas for the day-care worker, the relationship is probably a response tothe work” [21. p. 33]. In other words, for Vanasupa, the “labor” of
. This course enhanced my awareness of professional ethics and responsibility. This course helped me develop my ability to identify and acquire new knowledge as part of the problem. Assistance is available inside and outside lab. Course Support The content of the lectures and skill sessions were relevant to the course. The lab facilities supported my team’s needs.Quantitative evaluation have always focused on specific course/program objective but the specificquestions changed slightly. Table 2 shows the original questions and the percentage of studentsrating the course with an A or B grade for each objective, accumulated over the first 15
identify problems, finding solutions Creativity Creativity, invention, innovation, thinking outside the box, art Communication Communication skills, oral narrative skills Business and Management Decision making, prioritizing, managing people and projects, troubleshooting Leadership Service, leadership High Ethical Standards Ethical standards, religion (faith), values, belief system, morals Professionalism Professionalism, ethics, judgement, care, subject expertise
better solutions. Students must also learn to manage uncertainty, risk, safety factors, and product reliability. There are additional ways of thinking that are important to engineers that include systems thinking, creativity, optimism, perseverance, and innovation. Collaboration (Team), communication (Comm-Engr), and ethics (Ethics) are distinct key indicators so not included here. K-12 students not only need to participate in engineering design processes but they should also come to an understanding of the discipline of engineering and the
of the traditional modus operandi coined "the two solitudes": "soft" courses taught bynon-engineers on one part, and technical courses taught by engineering professors who are ill-equipped to dwelve to any meaningful depth in such topics as ethics, team work, communication,leadership, creativity, critical thinking, engineering management, etc. on the other part. Thisarticle then describes how, after an exhaustive survey of the literature, a grant from theUniversity’s Major Pedagogical Innovations Program is being used to devise ways in which thedevelopment of the interpersonal and intrapersonal competencies of engineering students will beintimately integrated throughout the whole undergraduate programs with that of the scientificand
the ethical considerations inboth designing and performing security lab exercises. As mentioned in the above two sections,each student uses his or her EC2 instance as the platform to perform the tasks in each labexercise independently outside the class hours. After finishing those tasks, each student needs to Page 25.1418.9submit a lab report to answer the questions related to the individual tasks. The link to thecomplete lab manuals designed by the instructor can be accessed at[33].3.1 Lab exercise 1 – Snort Network Intrusion Detection System (Snort NIDS)In this lab exercise, students learn Snort[10,11] architecture and Snort alerts. Snort is
engineering principles that form the basis of civil engineering.Students work individually and in multidisciplinary teams to identify and solve engineeringproblems using their accumulated knowledge and experience along with advanced technologysuch as computers and laboratory equipment.Every CEE course can be characterized as a problem-solving course. Engineering design issuesand experiences are integrated throughout the undergraduate CEE Program, beginning with twosophomore courses in the curriculum sequence, Introduction to Environmental Engineering andStructural Engineering I. Issues related to safety, economics, ethics and social and global impactare discussed and considered in virtually every course. Students are also exposed to a widerange of
experience in thecontext of a broader cultural experience.Methodology and MethodsThis work was determined to be IRB exempt by Brandeis University’s IRB and followed ahuman subjects protection protocol (#23232R-E). Elements of this protocol were designed topromote research quality through the lens of ethical validation [16], described in this section. Weused the quality in qualitative research (Q3) framework to actively promote the validity andreliability of our work through making and handling of data [16], [17]. This work was part of alarger study on both variability and mathematical modeling in engineering student culture;below, we present an episode from this context to illustrate our ongoing consent procedure.Collaborative Autoethnography (CAE
Student Outcomes requirement(elaborated below). As a strong STEM-focused institution, Mines has a long history ofmaintaining high standards surrounding technical engineering coursework, which all DE studentsmust satisfy along with students in traditional disciplinary engineering programs. Alongside thetraditional technical engineering coursework offered by the disciplinary engineering programs,the Design Engineering program weaves our design-spine, providing an avenue for exploring thecontext of engineering design applications, with a strong focus on user experience and social,ethical, and environmental responsibility. Our program has evolved to a place where the designcoursework brings about critical transformations through a deep commitment to
picture' encompasses economic, political, social, and ethical components.It is important, but not enough, that engineers are taught excellence in design to achieve safety, reliability, cost and maintenance objectives. It is important, but not enough, to teach them to create, operate and sustain complex systems. It is important, but not enough, for them to understand and participate in the process of research. It is important, but not enough, for them to develop the intellectual skills for life-long learning.... Engineering is not just about doing things right, but also about doing the r ight things.1 NSF Acting Deputy
inengineering education were made. These include as follows: 1. Provide more resources and training opportunities for students. This can be done by giving some examples in class so that students can understand how AI tools can be wisely used in engineering education. 2. Do not have AI take over the thinking process. Make sure that students understand that when they are using an AI tool, they should double check its accuracy. AI tools may be beneficial in many ways and may give accurate information, however, information given still needs to be double checked. 3. Promote awareness of ethical considerations. In this day of age technology changes and therefore AI will also change the way humans work. Students should be
environment, green law, green design, etc. Professional technical courses: new technologies, new processes, new products, new equipment, the social value and social evaluation of each production process and production technology, and the impact of the technology on the ecological environment, etc. Skill Systematic thinking, life cycle thinking, international perspective Engineering ethical quality, safety awareness, green awareness, social Attitude responsibility awarenessII. Specific Actions1. Integrate Green Engineering Concept into the Curriculum As a kind of "green development" concept gradually formed based on
Kettering University. Dr. Finelli’s current research interests include student resistance to active learning, faculty adoption of evidence-based teaching practices, and the use of technology and innovative pedagogies on student learn- ing and success. She also led a project to develop a taxonomy for the field of engineering education research, and she was part of a team that studied ethical decision-making in engineering students.Prof. Stephen L DesJardins Stephen L. DesJardins teaches courses related to public policy in higher education, economics and fi- nances in postsecondary education, statistical methods, and institutional research and policy analysis. His research interests include student transitions from
- Incubating Student Startups in GhanaAbstractThis paper describes the Palm GreenLab and its first GreenLab Startup Weekend to encourageand support entrepreneurial student teams. Palm Institute is a 10-year-old liberal artsuniversity-college in Ghana, whose mission is to educate ethical and excellent leaders in Africa.The Palm GreenLab is an innovation and incubation lab that seeks to “unearth and supporttalents that solve wicked problems with creative ideas, and to nurture and scale the growth ofambitious entrepreneurial projects”. The GreenLab plans to provide an array of offerings andsupport for student entrepreneurship. In Fall 2022, the GreenLab ran its first Startup Weekend -a two day intensive experience in which students pitched and evaluated
projects and what strategies would be used to pursue theseanticipated projects.The study received behavioural research ethics board approval prior to contacting researchparticipants. Participants were contacted in August through messages delivered by email orsocial media to the executive teams at the twelve target groups. Messages were formatted in sucha way that they could be passed on to other group members. Participation was incentivized witha draw for $20 gift cards with one of these gift cards drawn for every 5 participants.Results and DiscussionOverall 12 complete responses were received. 17 partial responses were also received with manyof these partial responses ending at question 5 corresponding to whether they had been involvedin CEL
Critical Design Review (CDR) – Design for environment, sustainability, safety, reports and fabrication drawings Week 13-15 Final Design Review (FDR) – Final design and models presented and delivered to the industry 11. Course Learning OutcomesThe capstone senior inter-disciplinary course is offered as a two-course sequence culminating theundergraduate engineering education. Under the guidance of a faculty mentor and an industrypartner mentor, students form small interdisciplinary teams to apply engineering design principlesand methods for solving and industry-relevant engineering design problem. The first course in thesequence also covers topics including the engineering ethics, the Fundamentals of Engineeringexam, and
engineering education research culture, and applications of operations research in an education context. 14th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience (FYEE) Conference: University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee Jul 30Workshop 1 – Making Patterns, Breaking Patterns – Ethnographic systems mapping and analysis ofengineering education groupsSystems thinking is an essential skill for engineers in an increasingly complex world. Engineers must beable to see beyond applied science and mathematics to the social, political, economic, ethical,environmental, and even interpersonal forces acting on any problem in order to arrive at optimalsolutions. As we endeavor to “expand student success” by helping
secure financial support fromthe PNC Bank to support minority-owned businesses in the Dayton area. The program’s successhas led to the donor donating an additional $100,000 to sustain the program. Generally, thestudents have enhanced their communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills. Moststudents indicated that the program helped them critically review problems and communicateeffectively in multidisciplinary teams. Additionally, the clients expressed satisfaction with thestudents’ work ethics and the quality of project deliverables. Thus, the program offers studentsan experiential learning opportunity to enhance their entrepreneurial and problem-solving skillswhile providing value for community partners through transdisciplinary
Paper ID #38321Board 203: A Research Study on Assessing Empathic Formation inEngineering DesignDr. Justin L. Hess, Purdue University, West Lafayette Dr. Justin L Hess is an assistant professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Dr. Hess’s research focuses on empathic and ethical formation in engineering education. He received his PhD from Purdue University’s School of Engineering Education, as well as a Master of Science and Bachelor of Science from Purdue University’s School of Civil Engineering. He is the editorial board chair for the Online Ethics Center, deputy director for research for the
regarding computing and artificial intelligence. These market needs influenced howCC students defined their computing interests, relative competence, and need to perform certaintasks to be recognized as computing people.Lessons Learned - CC faculty developed and were approved to offer a 9-credit interdisciplinary AI awareness (college credit certificate) CCC to support students from a diverse set of majors (with no previous experience in coding). Courses include: AI Thinking, AI and Ethics, and AI and Business (the first of the AI interdisciplinary classes). Considerations are being made about the best timing and ways of facilitating these classes, including addressing the need for coding in the AI thinking class
, Mechanics, and Goals. Major engineering failures Week 3: The Engineering Profession: Education, Benefits, Disciplines Week 4: Engineering Research and Library Resources Week 5: Engineering Design Process, Map your Visual Journey Week 6: An EDP Approach to becoming a World Class Engineering Student Week 7: Grand Challenges in Engineering Week 8: Mastering the Learning Process Week 9: Making the Most Out of How You Are Taught Week 10: Informational Interviewing and the WCES Journey Week 11: Academic Honesty Week 12: Engineering Ethics Week 13: WCES ePortfolio assembly and review Week 14: Course Wrap-up, Project, EvaluationsCourse delivery innovations(1) In-class activities: To increase
reliance on cloud computing and big data will continuously increase, andnew data-centric technologies and engineering approaches will be developed. Due to this rapidlydeveloping field, there is a need to track these trends and incorporate the corresponding developments intoour current science and engineering curriculum. Besides data science skills already taught in traditionalengineering curricula, such as mathematical, computational, and statistical foundations, the NationalAcademies guide discusses that key concepts in developing data acumen include domain-specificconsiderations and ethical problem-solving. This work-in-progress (WIP) paper will highlight the foundation of a comprehensive study toexplore data science education in two
opportunity provided bycommunity capstone projects can provide an unquantifiable richness, texture, and ethicalpreparation to uniquely prepare students for responsible and ethical engineering praxis. And yet,we recognize the limitations in our current instructional model that prevent this ideal from fullycoming to fruition (yet).In this work in progress paper, we share preliminary findings from our nascent exploration of thestudent experience working on community capstone design project teams using studentreflections and instructor observations.ContextThe University of San Diego is a private, Catholic university, known for its commitment to theformation of values, community involvement, and preparing leaders dedicated to ethical conductand
Engineering components that synergistically result in solutions for biomedical problems. Design and evaluate a system, component, or process to meet desired needs and standards within realistic constraints such as those based on economic,Design environmental, sustainability, constructability, ethical, health and safety, social, legal, regulatory, and political issues. Apply knowledge of descriptive statistics, measurement concepts, hypothesisStatistics testing, and probability distributions.Computing and Data Apply knowledge of computer programming, numerical