APPLIED SCIENCE 450 Professional Engineering Practice

Course Introduction

Fariborz Taghipour & P. Dawn Mills

Spring 2014

Course Outline

What is a profession?

Ethical issues in engineering practice

Legal aspects of engineering practice

How engineering professionals work

Lectures can be roughly divided into these four categories.

Some lectures will be given by practicing Professional Engineers, or by Professionals who work with

Engineers, who themselves may be Professional Engineers

What Veresk Bridge story tell us?

Fear that the train wouldnt be able to pass!

The engineer and his family stood under it when the first train passed!!!

Engineering Ethicswhy needed?

Obligations by engineers to society, to their clients, & to the profession.

It is important to know the rules of the game

Engineering related issues

Engineering related accidents:

The Bhopal disaster. + 500,000 were exposed to gas 8,000 died in 2W & +8,000 later

Canada: Bridge collapse QC 1907: 75 deaths

Ocean Ranger NF 1982: 84 deaths

Engineering related concerns: Global warming, internet & privacy,

pipeline, mining, food engineering

Technology is not necessarily or always good Examples: Automobile; cellphone

There is more to Eng. than technology alone elements of law, business, safety,

psychology, philosophy, etc.

Engineering..is it all technology?

Expected Outcomes

An understanding of the principles of law as it applies to engineering practice

Just the principles details are for lawyers

Some ideas about how to recognize ethical issues and how to deal with them

One never solves an ethical problem.

What it means to be a professional and to work in a profession

Engineers are the youngest professionals graduated from this university.

The Rules

Arrive on time

If you must leave before the lecture ends, do it quietly

Sit near the exits if you plan to leave early

Be careful not to bang the outside doors

Whispering allowed during lectures, but not conversations

Sleep at home, not here

Be prepared to answer questions

The Most Important Rule

TURN OFF CELL PHONES OR ANY OTHER DEVICE OR A TOY THAT COULD MAKE A NOISE DURING A LECTURE!

They have a lovely No cell phone policy here

Schedule Winter 2014

January 8 Overview of Course: Fariborz Taghipour/Dawn Mills 10 Michael Isaacson: Overview & Engineering as a Professionalism 15 Dawn Mills: Introduction to Law 17 Sarah Pivnick: Enforcement and Discipline 22 Scott Dunbar: Choice Ethics 24 Dawn Mills: Dispute Resolution 29 Claudio Arato: Professional Engineering Practice 31 Greg Miller: Torts

Schedule Winter 2014

February 5 Dawn Mills: Contracts 7 Dawn Mills: Corporate Structures 12 Dawn Mills: Employment Law in BC 12 Assignment One Due 14 Mario Kasapi: Intellectual Property Law Feb 17 to 12: Spring Break 26 Greg Miller: How Things Go Wrong 28 Sharroz Nabavi and Tarqi Ahmed, Gaming Lecture: Corporate, Employment & Intellectual Property

Schedule Winter 2014

March/April 5 Closed Book Quiz #1 7 Dawn Mills: Environmental and Aboriginal Law 12 Scott Dunbar: More on Ethics 14 DVD: Amazay Lake : A Film about Water 19 John Grace: Ethics and Engineering 17, 18 & 19 Group Presentations and Assignment #2 Due 21 John Grace: Conflicts of Interest, Environmental Ethics 26 John Grace: Whistle-Blowing, Working outside of Canada 28 Closed Book Quiz #2 Apr. 2 Brian Hutchinson: Ethics, Bribery and Engineering Apr. 4 Fariborz Taghipour & Dawn Mills: Course Review

Final Exam: During Examination Period

Final Grade Expectations

Assignment One: Group Mark 15 points

Assignment Two: Group Mark 15 points

Closed Book Quizzes:

Quiz No. One: 10 points (Closed Book)

Quiz No. Two: 10 points (Closed Book)

Final Exam:

Five Essay Questions each worth 10 points

One Take Home Question

During the Final Exam Period (Open Book)

50 points

Two Non-negotiable Conditions

You write the final exam to pass the course.

Marks will be deducted for late Assignment.

Exceptions made for Documented Medical Conditions

Documented Family Emergencies

Please familiarize yourself with the Fire Exists and act accordingly in case of this type of emergency

Be aware of the your surrounding (ceilings etc. in case of an earthquake)

In the event of a Lock-down Emergency you will be required to follow University Protocol as outlined in

the video at this link: www.emergency.ubc.ca

Lockdown Procedures Aug, 2010.pdf(209KB)

Student and Faculty Safety

Cheating in a Law and Ethics Course

Is the height of irony

Is unethical

Could have legal implications

See the following UBC web calendar links:

Academic Misconduct

http://www.students.ubc.ca/calendar/index.cfm?tree=3,54,111,959

Disciplinary Measures

http://www.students.ubc.ca/calendar/index.cfm?tree=3,54,111,960

TAs and Contact Information

Marzieh Ebrahimi

mebrahimi@chbe.ubc.ca 827 3413 CHBE 619

Joyleene YU

joyleeneyu@chbe.ubc.ca 827-3238 CHBE 509

Yiughui Zhang

yhzhang@chbe.ubc.ca 827-3194 CHBE 603

Web Site and Office Hours

All course material can be obtained via www.connect.ubc.ca

Click on login link if you have a CWL id and password Your Course: APSC 450 Any email correspondence will be through Faculty Service Centre - FSC After Class both Drs Taghipour and Mills are available for questions. We will make appointments at that time if necessary.