Proposal to Design a Program in Engineering Ethics for Doctoral Engineering Students

为了发挥领导力，科学和工程教育者需要为学生提供识别和适当应对道德层面的专业问题的工具。 该项目涉及四到八名本科工程专业学生，以确定道德问题和问题的有希望的来源，这些问题可以为研究生工程道德课程提供基础。 在首席研究员的监督下，学生将与一组合作教师一起收集有关当前论文主题的信息，这些主题是有希望的来源。 他们将与研究这些主题的教师和学生会面，以获取有关如何处理道德问题的信息。 他们还将更广泛地考虑工程中出现的道德问题。 随着他们的研究和采访结果的形成，他们将被纳入麻省理工学院春季教授的工程伦理学研究生课程中并进行测试。 研究将在夏季和秋季继续进行，以发现新问题并更深入地研究之前发现的问题。 结果将被纳入麻省理工学院的研究生工程和其他项目，并在会议和工程出版物上广泛报道。 该提案重点关注伦理和价值观研究的一个重要领域。 调查人员资质非常好；计划周密、可行；大学的支持很好。 结果可能会改善该校园和全国研究生课程的工程伦理学教学。 强烈建议支持。

To exercise leadership, science and engineering educators need to provide their students with the tools to identify and respond appropriately to professional problems with ethical dimensions. This project involves four to eight undergraduate engineering students in the identification of promising sources of ethical questions and problems that can provide the basis for a curriculum in engineering ethics for graduate students. Under the supervision of the principal investigator, in association with a group of collaborating faculty, the students will gather information about current dissertation topics that are promising sources. They will meet with the faculty and students working on these topics to obtain information about how the ethical issues are being handled. They will also consider ethical issues that arise in engineering more generally. As the results from their research and interviews are developed, they will be incorporated and tested in a graduate course in engineering ethics to be taught at MIT in the spring. Research will continue over the summer and fall, to identify new issues and examine those previously identified more deeply. Results will be incorporated into graduate engineering as well as other programs at MIT, and be reported on widely at meetings and in engineering publications. This proposal focuses on an important area in Ethics and Values Studies. The investigators are very well qualified; the plan is thoughtful and feasible; university support is good. Results are likely to improve the teaching of engineering ethics on this campus and in graduate curricula nationwide. Support is highly recommended.