Learning Modules
In order to integrate professional responsibility and ethics into the curriculum, the College offers a series of lessons in modular format. These flexible instructional materials are for use by students and faculty. Faculty who wish to use the modules can access the "instructor guides" for teaching materials and suggestions.
Stem Cell Research
Engineers are faced with issues that require the ability to use scientific fact to back up an ethical viewpoint. In this module, students will look at stem cell research and the pros and cons regarding stem cell use in order to construct an ethical argument.
Human Subjects
Engineers who work with human subjects as research participants must adhere to appropriate ethical standards, as set out by their Institutional Review Board. In this module, students will be introduced to the process and procedure of the writing and assessing of IRB proposals in order to prepare them for taking part in the process themselves.
Organ Transplant
Engineers are faced with issues that require the ability to use scientific fact to back up an ethical viewpoint. In this module, students will look at animal to human organ transplant and the pros and cons regarding this kind of organ transplant in order to construct an ethical argument.
Ethical Argumentation
While it is important for engineers to think through specific ethical issues pertaining to their field, it is also important for them to practice presenting ethical positions in effective ways. In this module, students will investigate effective ways of presenting ethical arguments in writing and as a verbal presentation.
Genetics
This is a collection of learning modules that address some ethical issues likely to be encountered by biomedical engineers working in the field of genetics or genetic engineering. Although the quantity of ethical issues raised by the recent advances in the genetics field is vast, the four granules comprising this module provide an introduction to several prominent difficulties ranging from genetic testing and discrimination to patient care to genetic modification of foods.
Innovative Product Design
Engineers are faced with issues that require the ability to use scientific fact to back up an ethical viewpoint. In this module, students will look at ethical dilemmas associated with product design and release.
Blood Doping
Biomedical engineers are faced with ethical dilemmas of all kinds, including those pertaining to athletic events. While it is important for engineers to understand the physiological effects associated with blood doping, it is also essential that they include ethical considerations in their analysis. In this module, students will balance a scientific and physiological analysis with ethical considerations when making a decision.