Case study: Educating engineers to contribute to a regional goal of net zero carbon emissions by 2030
Educating engineers to contribute to a regional goal of net zero.
Case study: Maximising benefits of regional development funding to companies, academics and students
Maximising benefits of regional development funding
Collaborating with industry for teaching and learning - Case studies
Collaborating with industry for teaching and learning - Case studies
Why communication is a critical tool for any engineer
People rarely choose engineering because of their communication skills, but that doesn't mean they're not a vital part of the tool box. Prof Lucy Rogers explains.
The Crucible Project
There are many ways in which industry and academia can support each other’s success – in research, in building skills, in developing regions – and engineering is at the forefront...
Enterprise Collaboration Toolkit
[toolkit_landing_page_search] Welcome to the EPC's Enterprise Collaboration Toolkit – formerly known as the Crucible Project. Here you will find the EPC’s landmark project supporting university and industry collaboration in engineering...
Case Study: Developing an internet constellation
This case is about an experienced engineer leading a team at a tech start-up.
Case study: Water wars: managing competing water rights
This case involves a situation where environmental damage may be occurring despite the mechanism causing this damage being permissible by law. The engineer at this centre of the case is...
Case study: Solar panels in a desert oil field
This case requires an engineer with strong convictions about sustainable energy to make a decision about whether or not to take a lucrative contract from the oil industry.
Case study: Smart homes for older people with disabilities
This case involves a software engineer who has discovered a potential data breach in a smart home community.
Case study: Power-to-food technologies
This case involves an engineer navigating multiple demands on a work project. The engineer must evaluate trade-offs between social needs, technical specifications, financial limitations, environmental needs, legal requirements, and safety....
Case study: Industrial pollution from an ageing pipeline and its impact on local communities
This case requires an engineer to balance multiple competing factors including: economic pressure, environmental sustainability, and human health. It introduces the perspective of corporate social responsibility (CSR) as a lens...
Case study: Glass safety in a heritage building conversion
This case concerns a construction engineer navigating multiple demands.
Engineering Ethics Toolkit
Welcome to the EPC’s Engineering Ethics toolkit, produced in partnership with the Royal Academy of Engineering. Here you will find our resource designed to help engineering educators integrate ethics content...
