NSF Workshop
1995 NSF WORKSHOP
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.
Chemical Engineering Cases
| Case |
Level |
For Use In Suggested Courses |
Author |
| Superphosphates |
2, 3 |
Mass and Energy Balances, Fluids |
Carlos Busot |
| Cotton Gin Dust Abatement |
2, 3,4 |
Agricultural Engineering, Environmental Engineering |
John Shumbera |
| Marginal Environmental Returns |
2, 3 |
Thermodynamics |
Jason Swoboda |
| Chateau La Bomb |
2, 3, 4 |
Thermodynamics |
Tim Wick |
| Numerical Problems for Gilbane Gold |
2, 3, 4 |
Environmental Engineering, Mass and Energy Balances, Engineering Ethics |
Mark Holtzapple |
Civil Engineering Cases:
Electrical Engineering Cases:
| Case |
Level |
For Use In Suggested Courses |
Author |
| Computer Encryption |
1, 2, 3, 4 |
Computer Science |
Jeremy Hanzlik |
| Defective Chips |
1 |
Intro to Engr |
Jeremy Hanzlik |
| Control Design |
2, 3 |
Digital Design |
Ottis Barron |
| Calculator Display |
1 |
Intro to Engineering, Computer Science |
Wally Roth |
| Database Discredited |
1, 2, 3, 4 |
Computer Science |
Wally Roth |
| Missile Explosion |
1, 2 |
Physics II, E-M I |
Derek Mahaffey |
| Cellular Phones |
4 |
Antenna Thy/Des |
Michael Hamid |
| High Voltage Lines |
3 |
Antenna Thy/Des |
Michael Hamid |
| Underbidding the Job |
2, 3, 4 |
Intro to Engineering |
Joseph Wujek |
| Software Testing |
3, 4 |
All Design |
Joseph Wujek |
| TV Station Reliability |
3, 4 |
Circuit Design |
Cajetan Akujuobi |
| Toaster Short Circuit |
2 |
Circuits I |
Roy Voshall |
Mechanical Engineering Cases:
| Case |
Level |
For Use In Suggested Courses |
Author |
| Nuclear Plant Heat Exchanger Problems |
3, 4 |
Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer |
Ryan Wilhelmsen |
| To Ship or not to Ship |
2, 3, 4 |
Strength of Materials, Engineering Statistics, Materials Properties |
Michael Latcha and William Jordan |
| Specifications for a Conflict |
2, 3, 4 |
Mechanical Design, Materials Properties, Strength of Materials |
Michael Latcha and William Jordan |
| Light Duty Step Ladder |
2, 3 |
Strength of Materials |
D.Y. Yannitell |
| How far Should the Design Go? |
2, 3, 4 |
Strength of Materials, Mechanical Design |
Jeffrey Layton |
| Hyperbaric & Hypobaric Chambers |
2, 3, 4 |
Mechanical Design, Materials Properties, Strength of Materials |
Alan Letton |
| Mount Dioxin |
3 |
Fluid Mechanics, Statics |
Edmund Tsang |
