#Leonhard center series#

The first is a series of summer workshops, titled “Learning and Teaching Ethics in Engineering,” that were offered from 2002 to 2010. Litzinger outlined three key initiatives that have made the partnership between the Leonhard Center and the Rock Ethics Institute a success. “These activities, designed by an interdisciplinary team of philosophers and engineers, serve the specific needs of teaching and learning in engineering and successfully promote faculty and students’ awareness of ethics in the engineering profession,” said Tom Litzinger, assistant dean for educational innovation and accreditation in the College of Engineering and director of the Leonhard Center. Since 2002, the Leonhard Center for Enhancement of Engineering Education and the Rock Ethics Institute have collaborated to create a series of pedagogical activities and tools that engage and support engineering faculty members as they integrate ethics into their teaching. Programs considered for the honor were those that aim to prepare students for ethical practice, research or leadership in engineering, and that have at least one clearly articulated attribute that makes them exemplary. “Ethical standards in engineering, from practice to solutions, are critical to trust in the profession,” said NAE President C. Penn State’s program was one of only 25 recognized across the country.

18) that its Center for Engineering Ethics and Society has selected the pioneering efforts to create a community of ethics educators in Penn State’s College of Engineering as an Exemplar in Engineering Ethics Education. The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) announced today (Feb.

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