Mechanical Engineering

Authors: Ansari, Ali
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: This article describes an experience that brought together a group of mechanical engineering seniors at the University of Colorado with engineering students in India to discuss qualitative differences between organic and mechanical ...
Year: 2001
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-001-0026-6

Authors: Delatte Jr, Norbert J.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education & Practice
Abstract: Discusses the importance of studying failure case studies in engineering to the structural behavior and the responsibilities of the engineering profession in the United States. Discussion of sample case studies for topics in statics...
Year: 1997
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1052-3928

Authors: Jordan, William ; Latcha, Michael A.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: As the quality control supervisor for a steel mill, you are asked to test each coil for stregnth, and verify that it meets the requirement of having a minimum yield strength of 60,000 psi. You must decide which of these coils to sh...
Year: 1995
URL: http://ethics.tamu.edu/Nsfcases/meen/2/mech02.htm

Authors: Latcha, Michael A. ; Jordan, William
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Neal is a metallurgical engineer for Diamond Steel Inc. who negotiating a contract with a consumer appliance company to make the cores for a new design of a basic electronic motor used in appliances manufactured by the company. Whe...
Year: 1995
URL: http://ethics.tamu.edu/Nsfcases/meen/3/mech03.htm

Authors: Letton, Alan
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Jim Anderson, a materials engineer specializing in polymeric materials, has been asked to evaluate the cost associated with the replacement of hyperbaric and hypobaric windows (or windows used in hyperbaric chambers and submersible...
Year: 1995
URL: http://ethics.tamu.edu/Nsfcases/meen/7/mech07.htm

Authors: Reis, John C ; Wilhelmsen, August R ; Stormer, James D
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Alison Turner is a department manager at a commercial nuclear generating plant. She is also a member of the Plant Nuclear Safety Review Committee (PNSRC). A problem has come up with the heat exchangers, and she has been asked to vot...
Year: 1995
URL: http://ethics.tamu.edu/Nsfcases/meen/1/mech01.htm

Authors: Dukhan, N. ; Schumack, M. R. ; Daniels, J. J.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education
Abstract: Describes a service-learning project in which undergraduate engineering students visited low-income households in their community and installed insulation materials on doors and windows, thereby reducing heating costs. The students ...
Year: 2009

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Authors: Harris Jr, Charles E.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science & Engineering Ethics
Abstract: Using the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME International) Code of Ethics as an example, this article discusses how professional societies are working to try and make their codes applicable to engineers working througho...
Year: 2004
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-004-0008-6

Authors: Ciliberti, Francesco ; Pontrandolfo, Pierpaolo ; Scozzi, Barbara
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Journal of Cleaner Production
Abstract: This paper analyzes the practices adopted and difficulties experienced by Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) to transfer socially responsible behaviors to suppliers that operate in developing countries. In particular, a multi...
Year: 2008
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2008.04.016

Authors: Reis, John C ; Tsang, Edmund
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: This case study about the cleanup of an EPA Superfund Site asks students to take the role of the contractor and EPA site manager and to determine how the local community should be protected from exposure to the contaminated soil. In...
Year: 1995
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/Resources/Cases/mtdioxin.aspx

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: This web-based case study presents the major safety and sustainability points in the ethical debate over ultra-lightweight vehicles and then asks the reader to consider a series of thought-provoking questions for both topics....
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/Resources/Cases/ULV.aspx

Authors: Nagenborg, Michael ; Capurro, Rafael
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: "Ethics and robotics are two academic disciplines, one dealing with the moral norms and values underlying implicitly or explicitly human behavior and the other aiming at the production of artificial agents, mostly as physical device...
Year: 2009

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Authors: Samuel Reich, Eugenie
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Nature
Abstract: The article reports on the controversy involved by Professor Reginald Smith of Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario due to the discovery of plagiarism in some of his works. It states that the incident triggered the Natural Scienc...
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.1038/468745a

Authors: Borenstein, Jason
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Communications of the ACM
Abstract: The author reflects on the ethical implications of advances in robot technology. He notes that labor-saving devices are often promoted as freeing people from drudgery, but they also eradicate job sectors. Automating time-consuming t...
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.1145/1785414.1785428

Authors: Harris, Charles E. ; Pritchard, Michael S. ; Rabins, Michael J.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Sid Fisher, the manager for mechanical engineering research at a company is worried about the wasted efforts and money from unproductive research. In at least two recent instances, inadequate research by engineers working on a proje...
Year: 2000
URL: http://www.bsyse.wsu.edu/pitts/be120/Handouts/cases/case53.htm

Authors: Rabins, Michael J. ; Pritchard, Michael S. ; Harris, Charles E.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Fred is a mechanical engineer who works for Super Mulcher Corporation. This company is currently debating hwo to reduce the legal liability of one of their products, the Model 1 Pulverizer which grinds yard waste into small particle...
Year: 2000
URL: http://wadsworth.com/philosophy_d/templates/student_resources/0534605796_harris/cases/Cases/case47.htm

Authors: Letton, Alan ; Yannitell, Daniel ; Layton, Jeff ; Latcha, Michael A. ; Wilhelmsen, August R
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: On May 5, 1989 Mr. Bill Brands, owner and CEO for Acme Industries, an asphalt manufacturer, was involved in an industrial accident, resulting in the loss of a worker's life. During routine plant maintenance, Mr. Brands decided to re...
Year: 1995
URL: http://ethics.tamu.edu/Nsfcases/meen/5/mech05.htm

Authors: National Academy of Engineering, Online Ethics Center
Publication Type: Web Article
Secondary Title: Employment and Legal Issues
Abstract: A student project using interviews with several aerospace firms, this essay explores how ethical concerns are managed within these organizations....
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/Topics/LegalIssues/LegalEssays/aero_intro.aspx

Authors: Goddard, Donald L.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Journal of Engineering Education
Abstract: The teaching of ethics in engineering is a topic of much concern in engineering education. The purpose of this paper is to present an innovation in teaching ethics combined with accuracy of computation and clarity of documentation i...
Year: 2001
URL: http://www.jee.org/2001/january/354.pdf

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: An overview of the historical B. F. Goodrich Air Force A7D Brake Problem. In this case, the B.F. Goodrich Wheel and Brake plant received a contract to supply wheels and brakes for the new Air Force light attack aircraft. Following a...
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/cms/4572.aspx

Authors: Wetmore, Jameson M. ; Posner, Jonathan ; Bennett, Ira M.
Publication Type: Syllabi
Abstract: Syllabus for the team-taught course, Science Policy for Scientists and Engineers. The course was developed and taught by Dr. Ira M. Bennett, Dr. Jonathan Posner, and Dr. Jameson M. Wetmore of Arizona State University in the fall of...
Year: 2009
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/SPSE%20Syllabus%202009.pdf

Authors: Bennett, Ira M. ; Posner, Jonathan ; Wetmore, Jameson M. ; Arizona State University, Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes
Publication Type: Syllabi
Abstract: Syllabus of Science Policy for Scientists and Engineers, a team-taught course developed by Dr. Ira M. Bennett, Jonathan Posner, and Jameson M. Wetmore of Arizona State University....
Year: 2009
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/File.aspx?id=21282

Authors: Yannitell, D. Y.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: As a newly licensed engineering with a company who manufactures consumer products, you are asked to evaluate the design of a light-duty step ladder. The relevant government standards you find seems to be not comprehensive Enough. D...
Year: 1995
URL: http://ethics.tamu.edu/Nsfcases/meen/4/mech04.htm