Safety engineering

Case I: Code Violation with Safety Implications Adapted from NSPE Board of Ethical Review Case No. 89-7 An engineer determines that there are defects in a building’s structural components and it would break the client’s secrecy if revealed to a third party. An engineer was appointed to affirm the structural integrity of an apartment the client is anticipating to sell. The client notifies the engineer that the building being sold has damages in which he is not intending to renovate. Although…

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 the public takes precedence over personal opinions, issue, and beliefs. Development of the engineering profession’s prestige is also an objective, but that is not as…

1. Introduction Engineering affects all aspects of our lives, for instance, every building, object and machine that we use every day has been designed and built by engineers. Therefore the ethics and values of engineers have an important impact on society. There are many engineering challenges today. It was identified by the national science foundation that there are fourteen main engineering challenges. The challenge which is the focus of this report is access to clean water. We would expect…

City, Missouri on July 17, 1981. This tragedy occurred during a large gathering of people for the annual tea dance (Engineering Ethics:The Kansas city Hyatt Regency Walkways Collapse). According to the filed report the “atrium area was estimated at 1500 to 2000” people at the time of the collapse (Marshall,V). At this instant the 2nd and 4th floor walkways collapsed due to poor engineering design. This disaster had a totaled “113 people dead and 186 injured” (Marshall,V). The people who were…

threatened by the supervisor. 2. An electronic company applies for a permit to start a Nuclear Power Plant. When the licensing authority comes for visit, they enquire the company authorities on the emergency measures that have been established for safety of the surroundings. The engineers inform them about the alarm system and arrangements have been made in local hospitals for the treatment of their employees and they have no plan for the surrounding people. They also inform that it is the…

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'…

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ones too? well, all these are possible because of biomedical engineering. I chose to research Biomedical Engineering(BME) because I would like to help the sick and injured. Before, I wanted to become a surgeon but soon after found out that I can’t handle the sight of blood to well. After a couple weeks of researching this career, I have concluded that being a BME is best for me because it has a lot to do with technological engineering, It helps people, and helps promote lifelong learning. The…

disbursing the forces evenly. They should also use precision in building in order to produce clean connections between members. The bridge design project taught the importance of precision, both in construction and in engineering design accuracy, distribution of total force, and the engineering design method in…

motivated to study biomedical engineering with Ryerson. I have a strong technical aptitude and my own personal health challenges driving me. I originally went to school to become a pilot. I was successful, earned a 3.94 GPA then started my career at a small airline in northern Manitoba. A couple years into the career I became unable to hold a pilot’s medical certificate. A lot of pilots mentally hold a backup for such a scenario. For me; that has always been engineering. Pilots train on their…