Numerical Problems Associated with Ethics Cases for Use in Required Undergraduate Engineering Courses

From a National Science Foundation/Bovay Fund Sponsored Workshop at

Texas A&M University

Background:

In August of 1995 thirty-five faculty from around the nation, supported by the National Science Foundation, joined eight undergraduate fellows, supported by the Harry E. Bovay, Jr. Ethics Endowment, for a one-week workshop on the campus of Texas A&M University to achieve an innovative goal. That goal was to develop engineering ethics resource material that could be easily introduced at all levels of the engineering curriculum and in all engineering disciplines. To accomplish this task, it was decided that the development of a new set of engineering ethics cases which would include numerical problems would be the best course of action. The numerical and ethical problems based on these new cases could then find a niche in many required undergraduate engineering courses as home-work problems, quiz problems or lecture demonstration problems. There were thirty-six faculty participants (including a visitor from Mexico). All of the participants from this workshop are dedicated to helping you use these cases as effectively as possible.

Numerical Ethics Cases:

Cases are available for the following disciplines:

• Chemical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering