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Summary

The course analyses a selection of case studies on selected topics to describe how human agency can respond, prevent or mitigate ethical issues by reframing these as opportunities for innovation. This analysis provides indication on what could be a good practice in engineering research and practice.

Content

The social impact of technological advancement, industrial manufacturing and the misuse of natural resources have led engineers, architects and scientists to reflect on their responsibilities in shaping ethical challenges, and whether they have the knowledge and experience to act upon them.
The discipline of Ethics questions human actions that could generate negative consequences, including those affecting people or the environment. Responding to ethical concerns requires an ability to transform principles, norms and values in targeted, concrete actions, and a successful strategy for mitigating (or preventing) ethical issues depends on critically inquiring engineering problems to discern positive or negative consequences of human actions, including those mediated by technology or materials.
This course examines the human role, responsibility and agency in responding to ethical issues through the analysis of engineering research and practice. Wicked problem mapping is used as a method to understand causeâ€“effect relations defining ethical challenges, to redefine these an opportunity to innovate.

Professor: Laura Ferrarello

ENG-610 How to prepare successful grant proposals?

Do you know how to write a successful fellowship or research grant application? During this course you will learn where to look for appropriate fellowship or research funding opportunities, how to apply, and how to prepare a written application. Additionally you will take part in a practice exercise providing insight into the writing and peer review processes. Course content:

Where to find appropriate research and fellowship funding
How to apply: A-Z of the proposal submission process
Factors which contribute to successful applications
Practice writing of a fellowship or proof-of-concept application
Practical experience of peer reviewing

ENG-616 Communication in science and technology

Professor: Mirko Bischofberger

ENG-624 Science and Engineering Teaching and Learning

Teacher: Ludovic Bonivento
Teacher: Sylvie Bui
Teacher: Roland Tormey

ENG-629 Lecturing and Presenting in Engineering

While research has established that learning is an effortful process, which requires students to process information,
classroom practices in science and engineering have yet to undergo the transformation necessary to make active and
collaborative learning the norm.
This course offers an opportunity to discover and practice effective research-supported strategies for teaching and
presenting in science and engineering. We focus on techniques that enable students to engage in disciplinary thinking,
effectively transfer their skills into practice, address challenges inherent to different audiences and differences within
audiences, make effective use of high tech or low tech presentation tools.
The goals of this course are:
• To present research-informed strategies for teaching and presenting in science and engineering.
• To offer intensive opportunities for students to practice interactive lecturing and to receive feedback.
• To provide a framework for continued progress towards personal goals for teaching science and engineering for
diverse audiences.
This course focuses on lecturing in higher education, and does not lead to a recognized teaching qualification for primary

or post-primary schools.

The course has 4 components:

interactive lectures on discipline-specific teaching practises in Engineering contextualised with recent advances in educational research (15h),
preparatory reading and online actitivites around research evidence on teaching and learning in Engineering (5h independent work),
skills labs in which participants will give practice lessons and get feedback (20h), and
preparation of 5 mini lessons and a project report describing the evidence base you employed (20h independent work).

This course focuses on lecturing in higher education, and does not lead to a recognized teaching qualification for primary or post-primary schools.

Format

Intensive course in runs for 5 full days in Spring 2024: Feb 8, 9, 16, and 23 and March 1. Each day consists of an
interactive morning lecture and afternoon skill labs, preceded by preparatory reading assignment. The final
project report is due on 18.03.2024.

Professor: Joelyn de Lima
Professor: Siara Ruth Isaac

ENG-632 Entrepreneurial Opportunity Identification and Exploitation

This course focuses on the process of linking technology to market opportunities. Students will gain theoretical and practical knowhow on the process of market opportunity identification and evaluation in the context of new technologies, and on the development of a sound market opportunity strategy.

Professor: Sharon Tal Itzkovitch

ENG-633 Supervising Students in Projects and Labs

In this hands-on course, participants will develop evidence-informed skills relevant to supervising and evaluating students working on projects and labs that are characteristic of science and engineering.