Development of Educational Materials for and a Pilot Graduate Course in Engineering Ethics

工程研究生通常不接受，但需要正规教育，如何追求工程解决方案，占道德影响的技术问题，他们被训练来处理。他们的本科课程没有充分解决研究生教育的独特需求，例如，工程学研究生课程包括更多的国际学生，他们可能对作为学生和工程师的适当行为标准有非常不同的概念;研究生面临与研究和教学有关的道德问题，而大多数本科生则没有;此外，拥有硕士或博士学位的研究生通常有资格在工业或学术界担任更有权威的职位，责任？向同行客户和公众公开吗和决策权。该项目有望满足开发教育材料和专门为工程研究生设计的工程伦理学研究生课程的迫切需要。 拟议项目的总体目标是确定应该教什么工程专业的研究生伦理学。这项研究有一个理论组成部分，将确定应该教什么，以及一个实际的组成部分，开发一个试点研究生课程，工程伦理。 其他活动包括工程道德研讨会系列（EESS）和评估试点课程和教材的有效性。该项目的研究和管理结构以及研究团队的跨学科构成解决了EESE为工程，社会科学和人文学科之间的跨学科伙伴关系提供支持的兴趣。 这项研究有望提高我们对当今道德问题的理解。的研究生面临的和可能遇到的。特别是，正在编写目前没有的厚案例研究。将开发的课程材料编入研究生课程将有助于工程师的教育。最后，该项目中用于开发厚案例的方法将为其他科学领域提供一个模型，如化学或生物学，这些领域也需要职业道德课程和教育材料。该项目是基于教学和研究的一体化。研究生是跨学科研究的关键参与者，以确定道德问题并构建解决这些问题的教育材料。通过他们的评价和参与试点课程，学生正在塑造未来的研究生水平的工程道德的方向。在学术场所正式传播已开发的研究案例研究，包括期刊和德克萨斯州A M大学的工程伦理网站，将影响更大的教育界。

Engineering graduate students typically do not receive but need formal education on how to pursue an engineering solution that accounts for the ethical implications of the technical problems they are trained to deal with. Their undergraduate curriculum does not adequately address the unique needs of graduate education, e.g., graduate programs in engineering include many more international students, who may have very different conceptions of appropriate standards of behavior both as students and as engineers; graduate students face moral questions related to research and teaching that most undergraduate students do not; and, in addition, with a master or doctoral degree, graduate students typically qualify for positions within industry or academia that carry greater authority, responsibility ? to peers, clients, and the public ? and decision-making power. This project promises to fill a critical need to develop educational materials and a graduate course on engineering ethics that are designed specifically for engineering graduate students. The overall goal for the proposed project is to determine what should be taught to graduate engineering students about ethics. The research has a theoretical component that will identify what should be taught, as well as a practical component to develop a pilot graduate course in engineering ethics. Other activities include an Engineering Ethics Seminar Series (EESS) and evaluation of the effectiveness of the pilot course and the educational materials. The research and management structure of the project and the interdisciplinary makeup of the research team address the EESE interest in providing support for interdisciplinary partnerships among the engineering, social sciences, and humanities. The research promises to improve our understanding of the ethical problems that today?s graduate students are facing and are likely to encounter. In particular, thick case studies, not currently available, are being developed. Incorporating the developed course materials into a graduate course will contribute to the education of engineers. Finally, the methodology used in this project to develop thick cases will provide a model for other scientific fields, such as chemistry or biology, that also need professional ethics courses and educational materials. The project is based on the integration of teaching and research. Graduate students are key participants in the interdisciplinary research to identify the ethical issues and construct educational materials that address such issues. Through their evaluations and participation in the pilot course, students are shaping the direction of future graduate level engineering ethics. Disseminating the developed research case studies formally in academic venues, including journals and the engineering ethics website at Texas A&M University, will impact the larger educational community.