Engineering themes
Ethics/Risk/Security
A total of 55 items listed.
‘Thinking thief’ - Designing out misuse, abuse and ‘criminal’ aesthetics
Dr Lorraine Gamman and Ben Hughes
A change in approach to design could help reduce crime - designers need to think like thieves
The threat to infrastructure
Peter Varnish FREng
The threats and challenges presented to engineers have changed dramatically since the events of 11 September 2001
Engineering ethics – Principles and cases
John Uff CBE QC FREng
What are the ethical principles with which engineers must be concerned and what are the relationships between legal and ethical duties?
Revealing the secrets of fluidised beds: Exploiting links between academia and industry
David Newton
How a unique X-ray imaging technique to analyse flows in multiphase systems has developed from close cooperation between academics and industrialists
The World Summit on Sustainable Development: A view from an engineer
Adrian Campbell
The summit was held in South Africa between 26 August and 4 September 2002. What were its implications for engineers?
Risk, adventure and the tyranny of peer review
John O’Reilly FREng
The peer review process for research proposals should not be unduly conservative or risk-averse in its approach, but should include an appropriate proportion of ‘high-risk, high-return’ activities
Global Research Awards
Global Research Awards provide an opportunity for engineers currently engaged in research and development to undertake projects in centres of excellence overseas
Engineering ethics – Some current issues
John Uff CBE QC FREng
What are the issues involved when engineers seek to give warnings of preventable disasters and what actions can Institutions take to support engineers?
The pursuit of trustworthy information systems in the new millennium
Caspar Bowden, Jon Crowcroft and Roger Needham
The Homeland Security Initiative
John Forrest FREng
After the attacks on 11 September, the USA has established a Homeland Security Initiative. Carnegie Mellon University recently held a two-day workshop related to this initiative
Ethics in engineering
Dr Brian Tomkins FREng, Chief Technologist, AEA Technology plc Ian Howard, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Sheffield
Implications for the professional behaviour of engineering arising from the increasingly risk-averse demands of society
