The Engineer of 2020 report used the phrase _________ to describe a continuing need for robust technical capabilities among engineering graduates, even as graduates were expected to have other professional capabilities.
strong analytical skills
Emphasis on engineering design has primarily increased in the _____ and ______ years of undergraduate curriculum
first, last
In a report from the late 1980s, ______ and ____ were identified as important targets in ongoing efforts to increase the number of engineering graduates
minorities
women
liberal arts students
community college students
Japan continues to be guided by a 100 year plan established by Emperor Meji in _______.
1868
What does the Japanese term, "nemawashi" mean?
Root building, or gaining consensus
What was one of the first and most important engineering schools in Japan?
Imperial College of Engineering
Explain the Chinese figure:
Zhan Tianyou
He was a famous Chinese engineer who played a large role in building up China's railway system. He was educated in the US where he learned about the US railway system. He is the first to be an official engineer in China and sought out to build up China's
Explain the Chinese perspective of:
Dialecticism
Its a perspective to embrace opposition and contrasting in your thinking. While the Greeks used lots of logic in their thinking, the Chinese use more contradiction to understand relationships between objects and events.
(Nisbett Reading)
Explain the Chinese perspective of:
"Class Struggle
Similar roots from Maoism. Its a perspective that views a need for everyone in the nation to be within a part of the same class. Where poor farmers that feed the nation should be treated better. This is a main component to China's communism. A setup of th
Describe "Brain Drain
Skilled people left for better opportunity/pay leaving the unskilled people behind
Describe Accreditation
The result of the MENA and SSA education systems being restricted and not well kept after they used to be under complete control and mimicry of their respected previous colonizers. After the colonizer's left, the education systems did not change and have
Describe Indigenous Innovation
How a lot of the MENA and SSA regions came up with their own engineering solutions that were formed and based on their particular needs. It's highly based on their local knowledge.
Utilitarianism vs. Deontology
In utilitarian ethics, outcomes justify the means or ways to achieve it, whereas in deontological ethics, duties/obligations are of prime importance (i.e., end/outcomes may not justify the means).
Weak vs. Strong Paternalism
In weak paternalism, the paternalist overrides the decision-making powers of the recipient when there is reason to believe the recipient is not exercising his moral agency effectively anyhow. In strong paternalism, the paternalist overrides the decision-m
Economic prosperity vs. Social Equity
Keeping a balance between advancing and growing as an industry and society while also ensuring everyone within the society engages in that growth.
Social Equity aims to ensure that everyone lives with a fair distribution of resources within their lifestyl
Micro Ethics:
Considering individual and internal relations of engineering profession Ex:
Treatment of workers, health and safety in workplace
Intellectual Property, competition, proprietary info
Bribes and gifts
How one person/team/firm interacts with a client
Represe
Macro-Ethics:
Applies to the collective social responsibility of the profession and to social decisions about technology Ex:
Sharing info with the public, transparency accountability
Overall directions / priorities for field
Commitment to considering larger issues of i
Case Analysis Process
DIE Framework:
-Describe: What are the facts of the case? Describe the scenario with only facts and objective terms
-Interpret: What moral or ethical considerations might be relevant for the given case or scenario? What is the full range of possible issue
Which of the following examples was NOT used by Nisbett to help illustrate the importance of individual agency in ancient Greece?
A) Large theaters where plays and poetry readings were performed.
B) How Gods and humans were portrayed in the Odyssey and Il
D
Nisbett says that in place of logic, the Chinese developed a type of:
A) naturalism
B) dialecticism
C) dogmatism
D) irrationality
B
Nisbett argues that the Chinese counterpart to Greek agency was:
A) the Tao
B) dialecticism
C) harmony
D) authority
C
Which of these philosophies is NOT fundamental in Chinese culture?
A) Taoism
B) Buddhism
C) Confucianism
D) Shinto
D
What famous Chinese engineer was mentioned by Jesiek and Shen?
A) Zhan Tianyou
B) Mao Zedong
C) Chang Kai-shek
A
Which of the following is NOT one of the indigenous knowledge examples for Nigerian engineering?
Earthen dam building
Leather tanning
Bronze casting
Aluminum casting
Earthen Dam Building
What year was M-Pesa first piloted (be sure to watch the video!)
2006
Women in MENA regions may go into engineering at a higher rate than women in the US or Europe because they have more curricular choices. T or F?
False
Which of the following is NOT given as a cause of low capacity in Sub-Saharan African engineering culture?
A) Low public investment in engineering projects.
B) "brain drain"
C) lack of qualified students to go into engineering.
D) predominance of foreign
C
Academic development is in tension with the Saudi Arabian regime for which of the following reasons? (select all that apply)
1. International faculty and students at universities like KAUST and their different cultural norms.
2. The regime's enforcement o
All options