Year: 2025
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: Recently, congress passed the America COMPETES Act.Among other things, this law mandates that the National Science Foundation (NSF) require responsible conduct of research (RCR) training for all trainees (undergraduate students, graduate students, and post-doctoral researchers) funded on NSF grants.The National Institutes of Health (NIH) have similar requirements for all trainees on training grants.To address these new requirements, universities across the nation are implementing RCR courses, online training tools, and other educational programs.However, the RCR materials and courses that exist have been primarily created for trainees in the biomedical sciences.For engineering students, the materials may not be fully appropriate as they do not address the full scope of engineering research work or the possible career pathways of engineering students.Courses and materials designed for engineering students need to be created to be able to engage and educate these students.In this paper, a course created in Fall 2007 for graduate students in engineering at the University of Kansas will be described.This course attempts to address the RCR training needs of engineering students by incorporating responsible conduct of research issues in research areas such as computational modeling and design and in career paths such as industry and government.
Source: ASEE Midwest Section Conference
Author: Sara E. Wilson
Institution: University of Kansas
Language: English
Subfield: Safety Research
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2183701557