Professional Engineer

Q1: Why do engineers follow a code of ethics? (~ 150 Words) It is crucial for engineers to follow a code of ethics in order to manage and maintain the their behaviour towards their profession, employer, employee, society and clients. Engineers follow a code of ethics because it provides them a precise definition of what they are required to do as an engineer in their profession. In addition, it gives them a clear outline of their responsibilities in terms of how they are expected to behave and…

Being an engineer is not an easy thing to reach in the life. It requires a lot of work, study and responsibility. There are many examples of successful engineers in our life. Those engineers are different from the other engineers not only because they are professional, but also the have other skills or features that makes them different than the other. An example of those great engineers is professor Henry Petroski. He is a professor in civil engineering, but also he is an author who uses his…

Engineers have to deal with increasing responsibilities as technology is each day more involved in our daily lives. Hence, it is important that engineers are able to make the correct decisions on which is the right way to act. Engineers can base themselves in the several norms and rules that are outlined by their professional organizations. However, there is a finite amount of things that can be stated as rules. For this reason, and as the Good Engineer reading proposes, it is important that…

regulatory body to assess engineers, there are also bodies for specialized fields of engineering. In 1919, the Institute of Engineers Australia (now Engineers Australia) was formed to amalgamate the existing twelve engineering societies across Australia (Encyclopedia of Australian Science 1919). While the Institute pushed for statutory registration of the profession, only the jurisdiction of Queensland passed a legislation to require registration of practicing engineers (Boyce 2003). In other…

What’s an engineer? That first thing that comes to mind when I’m ask that question is someone “smart,” “solve problems,” or “a lot of math.” The truth is that engineering is all of that and more. To describe what an engineer does can be quite complicated because the field involves many areas. You can have mechanical, chemical, biomedical, electrical, and many others. Even if engineering is such a broad field, all these areas have something in common, solve problems. Engineers are those that use…

and as a representation of the professional society. These codes are extremely important because they keep responsibility within the perimeter or good morals and reveal the importance of the engineers’ responsibility when working on projects considering they can consequently directly and indirectly effect the engineers themselves, clients, firms, communities, and most importantly, human life itself. There are eight essential roles that these codes of ethics for engineers fulfill – they are:…

this report is to communicate the findings of my interview with Burl Finkelstein, a working engineer, through the use of email, and to learn the importance of quality communication throughout the engineering workplace. This report will e II. Background/Experience: Burl Finkelstein is a professional engineer who is currently working at Kason Industries. Mr. Finkelstein has been working as a professional engineer since 1983. He has had various engineering jobs over the past 50 years and is well…

To the ASME, improving the general welfare of society through the utilization of the specialized skills of engineers is highly stressed. One must consider the possible consequences of actions and decide the best course of action to benefit the safety and health of the public. The ASME requires engineers to take responsibility for one’s actions. Falsification of facts, omission of information, and deceitful actions to any employer, coworker, or member of the public is forbidden. The welfare of…

plumbing engineer works on a house, then he or she will be working either at an office building or at home. A plumbing engineer’s responsibility on a house is to design where the hot and cold systems go with help from their assists. The engineer does this job responsibility by using software like Autodesk AutoCAD, Autodesk Revit, and SPIPE by Elite software to effectively design where the pipes in the building are going to be placed. Furthermore, when your house is first built a plumbing…

Engineering work touches on all aspects of everyday life. For this reason engineers are held to a high moral standard. This sense of responsibility and morality should be instilled in engineers from their formation. Gerald McLean focuses on the formative nature of engineering student's ethical instruction in his article, "Integrating Ethics and Design". McLean's purpose for writing this article is to convince the reader that the study of ethics should be integrated in engineering students'…