• DocumentCode
    2639972
  • Title

    Work in progress - an education module on engineering ethics concentrating on environment-friendly engineering for computer engineers

  • Author

    Lingasubramanian, Karthikeyan ; Bhanja, Sanjukta

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    18-21 Oct. 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    The importance of computer engineers´ ethical responsibility towards the environment has become essential due to the growing concern of environmental hazards due to electronic devices. In this work, we present an education module on engineering ethics concentrating on environment-friendly engineering for design courses in computer engineering. Apart from creating awareness in the mind of future computer engineers about the necessity of environment-friendly engineering, this module will also provide them with information about some popular design techniques employed to achieve environment-friendly devices. This will help the students to understand and also to enact their ethical responsibilities towards the environment as professionals. The evaluation results indicated that the students clearly understood the issues and concepts provided by the education module and around 83.33% of them felt the module to be informative and helpful.
  • Keywords
    engineering education; ethical aspects; low-power electronics; computer engineers; design engineering course; education module; environment-friendly engineering ethics; CMOS digital integrated circuits; Computer science education; Design engineering; Electronic waste; Environmentally friendly manufacturing techniques; Ethics; Hazards; Knowledge engineering; Power engineering and energy; Power engineering computing; E-Waste; Engineering Ethics; Lead-free; Low power design;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Frontiers in Education Conference, 2009. FIE '09. 39th IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    San Antonio, TX
  • ISSN
    0190-5848
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4715-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    0190-5848
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/FIE.2009.5350492
  • Filename
    5350492