Case study: Implementing the use of homegrown mass timber for residential housing
An early-career consultant engineer working in the area of sustainable construction.
A recipe for creating a case study in engineering ethics
This article sets forth a “recipe” based on recent educational scholarship that can be used to create case studies ideal for classroom use.
Case study: Financially and politically motivated misinformation about STEM research
The case involves an engineering student whose personal choices may affect her future professional experience. It highlights both micro- and macro-ethical issues, dealing with the ways that individual actions and...
Case study: Developing a decarbonisation roadmap
This case involves an engineer who is one of the stakeholders invited by the president of Nigeria to implement an Energy Transition Plan (ETP). It requires the engineer, who is...
Case study: Microplastics in cosmetics
This case study involves a young engineering student on an industrial placement year at a firm that manufactures cosmetics.
Case study: Balancing safety, costs, and the environment in the inspection of wind turbine blades
The case is based on a genuine challenge raised by a multinational energy company that operates an offshore wind farm in the North Sea. It involves three professional engineers responsible...
Case study: Recycled materials and the circular economy
This case involves an engineer responsible for verifying the source of recycled construction material to ensure it is not contaminated.
Case study: Protecting data in an auto parts production facility
This case study involves an engineer hired to develop and install an Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) online machine monitoring system for a manufacturing company. The developments include designing the...
Case study: Balancing risk and benefits when working with offshore contractors
This case study puts students in the shoes of an engineer who is required to select a subcontractor to manufacture systems and parts. There are stipulations around who can be...
EAN Task & Finish Group meeting
There will be a meeting of the EAN Task & Finish Group taking place 5th May at 10am.
Case study: Engineers and public protest
This case study involves an engineer who has to weigh personal values against professional codes of conduct when acting in the wake of the climate crisis. This case study allows...
Case study: Feasibility of installing heat pumps at scale to reach net zero
The environmental impacts of heat pumps & the social and economic impacts on the end user.
Case enhancement: Industrial pollution from an ageing pipeline and its impact on local communities
Prompts to facilitate discussion activities.
Case enhancement: Glass safety in a heritage building conversion
This enhancement is for an activity found in the Dilemma Part two, Point 1 section of the case study Glass safety in a heritage building conversion.
Case study: Debating the adoption of nuclear energy
An early career engineer is tasked with leading the development of plans for the construction of the first nuclear plant in a region.