Responsible Use of Generative AI in the Context of a Capstone Electrical Engineering Project

EasyChair Preprint 16016

Abstract

When ChatGPT became openly available in November 2022, higher education actors grappled with managing student use of GAI. For instructors seeking guidance on how to manage student use of GAI, there were precious few policy resources on which to draw. Higher education actors were forced to be reactionary, responding, more often than not, independently of other stakeholders. And while faculty waited on the formulation of larger GAI policy frameworks to inform their everyday teaching practice, some implemented localized policies of their own, at the levels of programs and courses. This paper presents the case of course-level policy. It reports on how student use of GAI, effective academic year 2023-2024, is managed in the capstone course of an undergraduate degree program in Electrical and Computer Engineering. The paper outlines the course policy and procedure on student use of GAI; defines responsible use of GAI in the context of the capstone project; and shares the teaching scaffolds used to support responsible use of GAI.

Keyphrases: Artificial Intelligence, Electrical Engineering, Generative AI, academic integrity

@booklet{EasyChair:16016,
  author    = {Crista Mohammed and Sean Rocke},
  title     = {Responsible Use of Generative AI in the Context of a Capstone Electrical Engineering Project},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint 16016},
  year      = {EasyChair, 2026}}