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
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