FIGURE 1: Business decisions are made for a variety of reasons, including the cost of construction, energy costs, operating costs, owner preferences, past experiences, and industry trends, just to ...

Many engineering programs are emphasizing ethics in their curriculum to better prepare students for the challenges they will face in their professional careers. (Image credit USC Viterbi School of ...

Any engineering artifact—a bridge, software or something seemingly as simple as an electrical switch—can unintentionally cause harm. So engineering students need to think about the ethical aspects of ...

Engineers face the ethical implications of their work every day. These implications, alongside the crucial nature of civil engineering, are necessary to improving human life around the world. Being ...

In our latest episode of Lexicon, we sat down with Dr. Karen Panetta, IEEE Fellow, Dean of Graduate Education at Tufts University’s School of Engineering, and co-inventor of the first digital twin.

In 1956, as an 18-year-old, I entered UC-Berkeley as a freshman in Civil Engineering. Coming from a chronically poor, dysfunctional family, and being a strong math and science student, engineering was ...

Michael McFarland, SJ, computer scientist and Jesuit priest, talks about why ethics is important for engineers and the impact of his Jesuit education on his interest in the human dimension of ...

No training in ethical theory, applied ethics, or philosophy is required for either the instructor or the students as they tackle these materials.This ethics module for software engineering courses ...

Engineering has evolved beyond the equations, laboratory inventions, and drawings. Engineers now have a significant impact on public safety, data privacy, infrastructure reliability, environmental ...