​Describing STEM Students'
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Patterns of Ethical Concern:

Team members: Leo Qu, Hunter Hollinger, Emma Kang​
Supervisor: Dr. Colin Gray
Location: West Lafayette, IN
Duration: 10 weeks

Purpose: To explore opportunities to enhance the preparation of STEM students by documenting current and emerging areas of ethical concern. 

Methods: Survey Design, Participation Gathering, Semi - Constructed interviews, Transcribing, Pair - coding
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Tools: Dedoose

Project milestones:
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  • Design interview protocol
  • Design Survey to find interviewees
  • Distribute survey through professors and close networks
  • Interview 20+ STEM students
  • Transcribe interviews
  • Do Affinity Diagram to come up with themes
  • Code the interviews into themes
  • Pair-code 
  • Analyze findings



​Findings:
  • Identified different perspectives about ethics education in students’ respective technology fields
  • Came up with 3 different personas: The Cynical, The Naive, The Hopeful
  • Presented results to fellow students and judges at an Undergraduate Research Symposium