15  Ethics, Sustainability, and the Future of IME

Week 15 Planned, awaiting draft

ImportantLearning objectives (tentative)

By the end of this week you should be able to:

1. Analyze an engineering decision using an ethics framework.
2. Describe trends that will shape IME careers.

NoteComing soon

These lecture notes will be written from the instructor’s Week 15 draft. The topics below are a working outline.

15.1 Planned topics

• Engineering ethics and codes of conduct
• Sustainability and the circular economy
• Industry 4.0, the Internet of Things, and AI
• Engineering economics for responsible decisions

NoteKey terms in this chapter

• Engineering economics — The analysis of costs, benefits, and the time value of money to compare engineering alternatives.
• Industry 4.0 — The fourth industrial revolution, in which connected sensors, data analytics, and automation create smart, adaptive production systems.
• Internet of Things — Networks of physical devices with sensors and connectivity that collect and exchange data; often abbreviated IoT.