THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING

Safety and the Environment Essays & Articles

• Disaster Relief: Public Safety and Public Opinion after a Plant Emergency
  A student project that looks at the balance between ensuring safety and managing public opinion in the aftermath of a chemical spill at a manufacturing plant.

• Ethical Issues in the Design of Ultra-Lightweight Vehicles
  A multidisciplinary design team consisting of undergraduate and graduate students from Aerospace Engineering, Applied Earth Sciences, Industrial Design and Mechanical Engineering at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands is designing a lightweight, sustainable car. This unit investigates the ethical concerns that arise with regard to sustainability and safety.

• Ethics in the Machine Shop: A Student's Guide
  A student project that investigates waste disposal practices in a college machine shop.

• Ethics in the Biological Sciences
  Resources for information about ethics in the biological sciences for educators, scientists, and students.

• Ray C. Anderson: An Attempt at Sustainable Development
  The story of a "born-again environmentalist" who went from commercial carpet manufacturer to world-renowned advocate for sustainable industry.

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