[INES Announce] [External] Seeking a very specific type of paper, please/thanks.

[James Trevelyan]

Hi Julie

The following might be relevant for you.

Magarian, J. N., & Seering, W. P. (2021). Characterizing engineering work in a changing world: Synthesis of a typology for engineering students' occupational outcomes. In JEE Vol. 110, pp. 458-500.

Regards

James T



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Jessica,



Thank you.  You pointed me in a good path, but, knowing me, I need some "guide rails" to narrow down my search/reading.



Here's a little bit of background information that might help to clarify what I'm seeking or, if not found, identify as a need:



As a structural/forensic engineer, I am interested in recurring structural failures from and across structural, mechanical, aerospace, and related engineering fields.  These failures are taking lives, imposing financial burdens on taxpayers, and disrupting daily activities.



As an historian of engineering design, I am interested in how design engineers are being studied (by others… and me), what we can learn and should from these studies, and what impacts these studies might have on society.



Most often, I treat successful engineered artifacts as subsets of failed engineered artifacts.  I have learned quite a bit from doing this seemingly upside-down assumption.

Also, doing this requires a different approach to ethnographic studies (i.e., visiting design engineers' offices and perhaps interviewing these engineers).  I have no intention of turning engineering studies researchers into structural peer reviewers.  However, there are a number of simple questions that ethnographers can ask that go to the heart of engineering design decision-making, directed knowledge flow (if it exists), and cognitive errors.





Yesterday, I received one response via private e-mail.  I owe the gentleman a "thank you."  I just read Zachary Pirtle's comments.  I appreciate both very much, thank you!





Please don't hesitate to share your thoughts.  I would be grateful.



Sincerely,

Julie





Julie Mark Cohen, PhD, PE

Consulting Structural and Forensic Engineer /

Historian of Engineering Design /

Research Affiliate, Program in Science, Technology, and Society, MIT

7 Starlight Road

Latham, NY 12110-4727

Tel  (518) 782-5235

Cell (518) 364-0260

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Hi Julie,



I think with deeper digging you’ll find that Engineering Studies scholars pose and answer your question with and through their research. It may require reading their work for how they position themselves as researchers with public accountabilities, how they motivate their research in relation to big societal challenges or specific community needs, etc. This was also one of the central questions we asked during our virtual workshop during Summer 2021, so there are answers to the question there as well.  I could see a state-of-the-field paper on this question being very valuable, especially for scholars who are new to the field.



All the best,

Jessica







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Hello.



Licensed engineers have ethical responsibilities for the health, safety, and welfare of the public.  Often, these ethical responsibilities cross borders into legal obligations to society.

(I am one of these licensed engineers.  My research stems from my ethical responsibilities to the public.)



What are the ethical responsibilities of Engineering Studies researchers to the public (i.e., society)?  I am looking for published papers, preferably peer-reviewed papers, preferably (for now) in English.



I am asking, because I have found no papers that address this topic.  I am hoping that I missed finding them.  If there truly are no papers, then I need to identify this as a research need.

(These papers will be cited in my very-soon-to-be-submitted critical participation manuscript," Thoughts on Increasing the Relevance of Engineering Studies for Realities in Engineering Practice," for Engineering Studies.)



As for a discussion on this topic, if enough people are interested, maybe it could be a topic for a 2022-2023 webinar for the Engineering Studies Working Group of the CHSTM?



Thank you.



Sincerely,

Julie



Julie Mark Cohen, PhD, PE

Consulting Structural and Forensic Engineer /

Historian of Engineering Design /

Research Affiliate, Program in Science, Technology, and Society, MIT

7 Starlight Road

Latham, NY 12110-4727

Tel  (518) 782-5235

Cell (518) 364-0260

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