Exploring the Social Processes of Ethics in Student Engineering Design Teams

Abstract

Megan is a fourth year doctoral candidate in the Brian Lamb School of Communication at Purdue University pursuing a Ph.D. in Organizational Communication with a minor in mixed methods. Her research focuses on engineering education, design, organizational identity, identification and socialization, team communication, innovation, and technology. She is currently working on an NSF grant examining ethical reasoning and decision-making in engineering project teams, and examining the relationship between teams and individuals in engineering design from a social constructionist and social network perspective.

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