Work in Progress: Engineering Economy Taught Across Engineering Disciplines

Abstract

He completed his PhD in Chemical Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. His areas of expertise are in advanced control, design, and modeling of biomedical, chemical, and biological processes. He has consulted for both medical device and biotechnology companies. He was sole engineer and QC supervisor of a 40MM lb/yr custom extrusion company. He has over 15 years of experience in education developing over 25 new courses. He has supervised over 35 Industrial Design Projects. He is a returned Peace Corps Volunteer. He is dedicated in helping his students to succeed.

Ethics Case Study Project: Broadening STEM Participation by Normalizing Immersion of Diverse Groups in Peer to Near Peer Collaborations

“…Hybrid Ethics Class Collaboration Between PWI and HBCU Ethics guides all aspects of an engineer's job from proper safety, process and product design and quality management 22 . Products and their contents, uses, and potential hazards must be properly disclosed and labeled 9 . Engineers also have an ethical responsibility to credit intellectual property both within and without the company 9 .…”

“…Products and their contents, uses, and potential hazards must be properly disclosed and labeled 9 . Engineers also have an ethical responsibility to credit intellectual property both within and without the company 9 . A growing number of corporations have an Ethics Officer 23,24 .…”

“…The MBA provides a series of normalizing immersions from K-12 up through the PhD in deliberately diverse STEM environments. The concept is from Garrick Louis who has brought together high school teachers, mentors from non-governmental organizations (NGO), and faculty from a Historically Black College or University (HBCU) 9 . The collaboration allows students to engage in a diversified classroom environment online, while remaining physically at their respective institutions.…”

“…The collaboration allows students to engage in a diversified classroom environment online, while remaining physically at their respective institutions. The intent is to build relationships between faculty and students at the respective institutions that could lead to other forms of collaboration, including joint research projects and opportunities for graduate study at the PWI for students from the HBCU, where there is no graduate program 9 .…”

“…Our hypothesis is that gradual and continuous immersion in STEM education in learning environments with diverse groups of students, educators, and mentors can normalize STEM education as a diverse endeavor. We arrived at this hypothesis after two years of observing classes of predominantly White students from PWI, the University of Virginia (UVA) and predominantly Black students from HBCU, Hampton University, work together in an Engineering/Research Ethics class taught jointly by the co-authors 9 .…”