Since 1988 the Murdough Center has sponsored
seminars dedicated to the study of engineering ethics. Listed
below are the topics discussed at each one.
First Symposium--1988
Robert E. Hogan, P.E.
President, American Consulting
Engineers Council
"Professional Liability"
E. Walter LeFevre, Ph.D., P.E.
President-Elect, National Society of Professional Engineers
"Engineers Are Different"
Glen L. Martin, Ph.D., P.E.
Director, Organizational Development, CH2M-Hill
"Quality in Engineering Education"
Second Symposium
--1989
E. D. "Dave"
Dorchester, P.E.
Vice President, Texas Society of
Professional Engineers
Member, Texas Board of Professional Engineers
"What Do Ethics Really Mean to Engineering?"
Dr. James Schaub, P.E.
Distinguished Service Professor, University of Florida
"Concepts of Professionalism"
Third Symposium
--1990
T. Al Austin, Ph.D., P.E.
Civil Engineering Professor, Iowa
State University
" Role of Ethics in Engineering Education and Practice"
Fu Hua Chen, Ph.D., P.E.
Board Chairman, Chen-Northern, Inc.
"Legal Aspects of Engineering Practice"
Fourth Symposium
--1991
Bill Baker, Symposium Moderator
Manager, College Relations,
Halliburton Services, Inc.
Harry Bovay, Jr., P.E.
President, Mid-South Telecommunications Co., Inc.
"Ethics - A Necessary Foundation of a Professional"
Joe Paul Jones, P.E.
Vice President, Freese and Nichols, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas
"Tomorrow's Engineers - What Do We Really Need?"
Fifth Symposium
--1992
Carl M. Skooglund
Vice President and Ethics
Director
Texas Instruments, Inc. Dallas
"Ethics in Industry"
Steven P. Nichols, Ph.D., P.E.
Director, Center for Energy Studies, UT/Austin
"Ethics in Education"
Sixth Symposium --1993
Robert L. Nichols, P.E.
Pres. Emeritus, Freese and Nichols, Inc., Ft. Worth
"Ethics in Professional Practice"
Joseph J. Beal, P.E.
Senior Vice President, Espey, Houston & Associates, Inc.
"Ethics in Professional Practice"
Seventh Symposium
--1994
Mike W. Martin, Ph.D.
Professor of Philosophy, Chapman
University, Irvine, CA
"Ethics and Excellence in Engineering"
Jack S. McCabe, P.E.
Vice President, Chicago Bridge & Iron Company
"Are We Ready for the Gray Issues?"
Eighth Symposium
--1995
E.D. "Dave" Dorchester, P.E.
Member, NAFTA Forum on
Engineering Practice
"Engineering Practice Related to NAFTA"
E. Walter LeFevre, Ph.D., P.E.
Member, NAFTA Forum on Engineering Practice
"Engineering Practice Related to NAFTA"
Ninth Symposium
—1996
Elinor Pape, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor and Immediate Past
Chair, ABET/EAC
"ABET Criteria 2000"
José Colón, EIT and John N. McAnulty, EIT
Senior Civil Engineering Students, Texas Tech University
"Ethics and the Space Shuttle Challenger"
Tenth Symposium
—1997
C. H. "Herb" Treat,
Ph.D., P.E.
CEO, Principal Engineer,
Precision Forensics, L.L.C.
"Forensic Engineering"
‘Bam! … and the Litigation Begins’
Jimmy H. Smith, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor of Civil Engineering and Center Director
"Professional Ethics - Past, Present and Future"
Eleventh Symposium
—1998
William M. Marcy, Ph.D., P.E.
Dean of Engineering, Texas Tech
University
"Learning Organizations and Engineering Professionalism"
William D. Lawson, P.E.
Deputy Director, Murdough Center
"Professionalism: Then and Now"
Twelfth Symposium
—1999
"Engineering Curriculum -- Starting the Next Millenium"
H. Richard Horn, Ph.D., P.E.
Vice President and National
Program Dir., Facilities Structural Engineering, Carter & Burgess,
Ft. Worth, TX
Kenneth R. White, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor and Chair, Civil Engineering, New
Thirteenth Symposium
- 2000
"Non-Traditional Career Paths"
Harlan R. Heitkamp, P.E.
President/CEO and Chairman of the
Board, ValueBank-Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas
E. Walter LeFevre, Ph.D., P.E.,
Professor Emeritus, University of Arkansas and Past President, NSPE
