Christian Worldview and the Engineering Context
Baylor University’s recent commitment to “Vision 2012” has created implied imperatives for the faculty to seek ways of using Christian…
Resource Tag: Christian Engineering
Electronic Portfolio for Assessment of a Christian Engineering Program
In an effort to continuously improve the quality of education in the general engineering program at OralRoberts University, a new…
Bias in Technology: From Creation or Fall?
Technology is not ethically neutral. It is biased towards certain uses, persuades the user towards particular actions, and has built-in…
An Engineering Student Perspective on Ethics
As engineering educators we have a responsibility to promote the competent and ethical practice of engineering by our students as…
Teaching Values in Engineering Ethics
The opportunity to teach ethics in an engineering curriculum offers an exceptional opportunity for Christian professors to introduce students to…
Beyond design norms – Engineering as a serving profession
This paper argues that engineering should be viewed as a serving profession, beyond technical design norms. It explores how Christian…
A Strategy to Provide a Sustainable Supply of Safe Water to a Typical Rural Ugandan Community: An Engineering Case Study
Most populations in the developed world have massive and far-reaching drinking water systems, which grew from an essential item in…
Responding to Academic Culture: From Research Focused to Teaching Focused Culture
Moving from one institution to another, particularly from a university to a college and vice versa in different geographical locations…
Observations upon Entering the Kettle
An oft told parable relates how a frog, when dropped in a kettle of hot water, will instantly jump out.…
Service-Learning Approaches to International Humanitarian Design Projects: Assessment of Spiritual Impact
Christians are called to be both globally aware (Mt. 28:19-20) and sensitive to humanitarian needs (Mt. 25:38-40). This calling leads…
Integrating Christian Faith with Academic Administration
Not only in the “public square” but especially in secular colleges and universities, evangelical Christians have tended to surrender leadership…
Incorporating Christian Worldview into an Engr. Program and Its Assessment at Baylor University
ABET EC 2000 has changed the way that engineering programs are evaluated for accreditation. As a result, each program must…
Faith-Based and Secular Experience on Rebuilding Engineering and Computer Science Higher Education in Iraq
In December 2003, twenty Baylor University faculty members conducted a two-day on-site workshop for four different groups of Kurdish faculty…
Faith in Christ and His Attributes – A Basis for Ethical Behavior
Ethical dilemmas are among the toughest problems with which we deal. Since they often require “heat of the moment” decisions,…
Understanding Technological Failure: Finitude, Fallen-ness, and Sinfulness in Engineering Disasters
It is important to know why engineering designs sometimes fail catastrophically. Not only does blame need to be assigned justly…