Class Date, Time, and Location:
Spring 2008
Thursdays, 4:00 - 4:50 pm
University Research Park, Room B185

Description:
The second installation of UNT's Mechanical and Energy Engineering practice course with weekly seminar presentations on topics including: overviews of faculty research, experiences of practicing engineers from local Denton companies, and engineering ethics & professional conduct.

Text Book:
Required: Engineering Ethics: Concepts and Cases, 3rd Edition
Charles E. Harris, Jr., Michael S. Pritchard, and Michael J. Rabins, Wadsworth Publishing, 2005
ISBN: 9780534605797

Instructor:
Dr. Matthew J. Traum
Assistant Professor of Mechanical & Energy Engineering
UNT URL: http://www.mee.unt.edu/public/traum/
Personal URL: http://www.mtraum.com

Office Hours:
Tuesdays, 4 - 5 pm
University Research Park
Room F101E

Conact Coordinates:
E-mail: mtraum{at}unt.edu
Office Phone: (940) 565-3446
AIM: blanks24601
Second Life Identity: Blanks Bristol

Facebook Site:
This Facebook.com Group is intended as an informal discussion community for MEEN 1210. The Facebook.com site has no official connection to or endorsement from UNT.

Course Project
MEEN 1210 students will self-organize into teams of about 4 members, and each team will author an entry to the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) 2008 Milton F. Lunch Ethics Contest (http://nspe.org/ethics/eh01-test.asp). These entries are due in class on April 3, 2008 to be reviewed and graded by Dr. Traum. Each team member will share the same resulting project grade. Dr. Traum’s reviews will be returned to each group in class on April 10, 2008, allowing time to incorporate this feedback into the entries. Student teams must then submit entries to NSPE before the April 18, 2008 contest deadline. The winning entry will receive an award of $1,000 ($500 to the local NSPE chapter and $500 divided among the authors who are NSPE members).

All members of a course project group that wins the NSPE 2008 Milton F. Lunch Ethics Contest will automatically receive an ‘A’ in MEEN 1210.

2008 Milton F. Lunch Ethics Contest Instructions and Problem Statement and NSPE Code of Ethics for Engineers

Midterm Project Reviews
On March 13, 2008 there will be an ethics project review from 6pm to 8pm in UNTRP B185. This review is not mandatory, but participation should substantially improve the quality of the final, graded assignments. Each participating team will be given four minutes to present a single slide outlining the team’s ethical analysis approach. Teams will then field one or two questions from the audience. At the end of the review, each participating team will receive written feedback from their peers in the audience with suggestions on how to improve the final ethical analysis.

Homework
Note that links to assignments have been removed until the class again becomes active to prevent stockpiling of old homework questions.

Week# (Date)	Assignment	Due Date
1 (1/17/2008)	P-Set#1: Quantitative Assignment, Nuclear Powered Balloon Evaluation Students must select ethics contest team members and submit this info to Dr. Traum on 1/24/2007	1/24/2008
2 (1/24/2008)	Read Chapters 1 and 2 in Engineering Ethics: Concepts and Cases, 3rd Edition There is no homework to be turned in next week - Work on Ethics Contest Entry.	N/A
3 (1/31/2008)	Read Chapters 3, 4, and 5 in Engineering Ethics: Concepts and Cases, 3rd Edition There is no homework to be turned in next week- Work on Ethics Contest Entry.	N/A
4 (2/7/2008)	P-Set#2: Reaction to Robert Jackson's presentation (written assignment - maximum 200 words)	2/14/2008
5 (2/14/2008)	P-Set#3: Quantitative Assignment Based on Dr. Plummer's Research Presentation	2/21/2008
6 (2/21/2008)	P-Set#4: Reaction to Mike Trantham's presentation (written assignment - maximum 200 words)	2/28/2008
7 (2/28/2008)	There is no homework to be turned in next week - Work on Ethics Contest Entry.	N/A
8 (3/6/2008)	There is no homework to be turned in next week - Work on Ethics Contest Entry.	N/A
9 (3/13/2008)	There is no homework to be turned in next week - Work on Ethics Contest Entry. NOT mandatory Midterm Project Reviews Today 6pm - 8pm in B185	N/A
## (3/20/2008)	There is no homework to be turned in next week due to Spring Break - Work on Ethics Contest Entry.	N/A
10 (3/27/2008)	P-Set#5: Quantitative Assignment Based on Dr. Traum's Research Presentation Please save the following raw data files to your computer for analysis: Diffusion Cooling Experiment Data [2008-03-27_MEEN1210_DiffusionCoolingData.xls] Water Evaporation Experiment Data [2008-03-27_MEEN1210_WaterEvapData.xls]	4/10/2008
11 (4/3/2008)	P-Set#6: Quantitative Assignment Based on Dr. Nasrazadani's Research Presentation Course Project Due Today	4/17/2008
12 (4/10/2008)	P-Set#7: Reaction to Kevin Baney's presentation (written assignment - maximum 200 words)	4/24/2008
13 (4/17/2008)	Submit Ethics Contest Enties to NSPE by 4/18/2008	4/18/2008
14 (4/24/2008)	No Assignment	N/A
15 (4/24/2008)	No Assignment	N/A

Seminar Presentations

Week# (Date)	Presenter
1 (1/17/2008)	Dr. Traum, Assistant Professor, MEE Department, UNT Course introduction, syllabus review, and entry survey Introduction to Course Project - 2008 Milton F. Lunch Ethics Contest Seminar: "Introduction to Professional Ethics for Engineers" (Chapters 1 & 2)
2 (1/24/2008)	Dr. Traum, Assistant Professor, MEE Department, UNT Seminar: "Introduction to Professional Ethics for Engineers II" (Chapters 3, 4, & 5)
3 (1/31/2008)	No Class - Reading Day
4 (2/7/2008)	Robert W. Jackson, PE, Senior Power Systems Engineer Utility System Efficiencies, Inc. Seminar: "Electric Transmission Planning" Movie Clip: Transformer Fire
5 (2/14/2008)	Dr. Mitty Plummer, Associate Professor, Nuclear Engineering Technology Program, UNT Seminar: "Feasibility of Liquid Nitrogen Powered Vehicles"
6 (2/21/2008)	Mike Trantham, Engineering Project Manager Flow Design, Inc. Seminar: "Hydronic Systems: A Brief Introduction"
7 (2/28/2008)	Dr. Traum, Assistant Professor, MEE Department, UNT Seminar: "Introduction to Professional Ethics for Engineers" (Chapter 6)
8 (3/6/2008)	No Class - UNT Closed Due to Snow
9 (3/13/2008)	Chris Heiden, Associate Director of Academic Services, UNT College of Engineering Chapter 7: Safety, Risk, and Liability - "Brunel's Great Eastern Gamble"
## (3/20/2008)	No Class - UNT Spring Break
10 (3/27/2008)	Dr. Traum, Assistant Professor, MEE Department, UNT Thermal Fluid Sciences Group @ UNT Seminar: "Thermal Fluid Science Essentials: Heat, Phase Change, Contact Angle, Wicking, and Diffusion"
11 (4/3/2008)	Dr. Seifollah Nasrazadani, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Technology Program, UNT Dr. Seifollah Nasrazadani's Research Interests Seminar: "Diamond Film Application For Cutting Tool Inserts"
12 (4/10/2008)	Kevin Baney, Assistant Chief Engineer Peterbilt Motors Company
13 (4/17/2008)	Dr. Traum, Assistant Professor, MEE Department, UNT Chapter 8: Engineers as Employees and Chapter 9: Engineers and the Environment Course Evaluation
14 (4/24/2008)	Dr. Traum, Assistant Professor, MEE Department, UNT Chapter 10: International Engineering Professionalism and Chapter 11: Future Challenges Exit Survey
15 (5/1/2008)	Steven Bratsen, Project Manager, Four Seasons Resort & Club Dallas Exit Survey

Pictures of Presenters

Robert W. Jackson, P.E., Senior Power Systems Engineer of Utility System Efficiencies, Inc. presented on 2/7/2008.	Dr. Mitty Plummer, Associate Professor of Nuclear Engineering Technology at UNT presented on 2/14/2008.	Mike Trantham, Engineering Project Manager of Flow Design presented on 2/21/2007.	Chris Heiden, Associate Director of Academic Services for the UNT College of Engineering presented on 3/13/2008.

Dr. Seifollah Nasrazadani, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Technology at UNT presented on 4/3/2008.	Kevin Baney, Assistant Chief Engineer of Peterbilt Motors Company presented on 4/10/2008.	Steven Bratsen, Project Manager of Four Seasons Resort & Club in Dallas presented on 5/1/2008.