Incorporation of Ethics and Societal Impact Issues into Senior Capstone Design Courses: Results of a National Survey

New Innovations in Engineering Education and Naval Engineering

Lima²

2020

Service-learning (SL) is among the pedagogies that can be used to teach students the engineering design process. The similarities and differences of SL as implemented via engineering design are compared to community and civic engagement typical in disciplines such as social sciences. Although engineering design can be conceptualized via a number of paradigms, a human-centered design approach is particularly well-suited to SL projects. SL projects typically engage engineering students and instructors with stakeholders who do not have technical backgrounds. This approach is different than many industrially-sponsored projects that are more typical in capstone design projects and poses unique challenges and opportunities for engineering design education. Best practice recommendations for SL design projects have been distilled, with a particular emphasis on developing reciprocal partnerships and meaningful student reflection. SL design projects can lead to a rich array of knowledge, skills, and attitude outcomes among students, including ethical development, humility and empathy, and creativity and innovation. Enhanced recruiting and retention using this pedagogy has also been reported. Assessment of community partner satisfaction, learning, and outcomes are generally less well documented. SL design projects can be integrated into courses ranging from first-year to senior capstone, providing benefits to communities while enhancing students' skills.

Section: Potential Student Outcomes Of Sl-based Designmentioning

confidence: 99%

Service-Learning and Civic Engagement as the Basis for Engineering Design Education

New Innovations in Engineering Education and Naval Engineering

Lima²

2020

“…This was somewhat unexpected since all had responded to the co-curricular survey invitation. But half taught capstone design and another taught a firstyear introductory engineering course; these course types are common sites for ethics education in engineering [30,31].…”

Section: Rq1 Esi Topics Taught In Coursesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Institutional Variations in Ethics and Societal Impacts Education: Practices and Sufficiency Perceptions Among Engineering Educators

2019 ASEE Annual Conference &Amp; Exposition Proceedings

Polmear²,

Canney³

et al.

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Boulder in the Department of Civil, Environmental, 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 livinglearning community where interdisciplinary students learn about and practice sustainability. Bielefeldt is also a licensed P.E. Professor Bielefeldt's research interests in engineering education include servicelearning, sustainable engineering, social responsibility, ethics, and diversity.

“…Among 37 semi-structured interviews that were conducted, three were with chemical engineering faculty. Interview methods have been published [26]. Information from the interviews is included to provide richness and depth to the results.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ethics and Societal Impacts in the Education of Chemical Engineering Undergraduate and Graduate Students

2018 ASEE Annual Conference &Amp; Exposition Proceedings

Polmear²,

Swan³

et al.

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Her research interests include ethics education and the societal impacts of engineering and technology. Dr. Chris Swan, Tufts UniversityChris Swan is an associate professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering department at Tufts University. He has additional appointments in the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life and the Center for Engineering Education and Outreach at Tufts. His current engineering education research interests focus on community engagement, service-based projects and examining whether an entrepreneurial mindset can be used to further engineering education innovations. He also does research on the development of reuse strategies for waste materials.