Haestad Methods Introduces New Course On Civil Engineering Ethics
"This new ethics course is an important and necessary addition to our continuing education curriculum," noted Nicole Beckom, Director of Continuing Education for Haestad Methods.
"We're honored to be offering our clients a course on ethical values and priorities and believe that it will help build an even stronger civil engineering community."
Ethics for the Practicing Civil Engineer will be presented by Dr. Ray W. James, P.E., Director of Student Services at Texas A&M University. Dr. James has more than 23 years of experience teaching civil engineering and engineering ethics courses to university level and senior-level professionals throughout the United States.
The first round of training will be held on March 13, in Charlotte, NC and on April 3, in New Orleans, LA. Future training dates and locations will be announced this spring.
The material is presented using an ideal mix of lecture and group discussions designed to expose attendees to a broad range of concepts dealing with professional ethics and the legal responsibilities of the professional engineer. This course demonstrates a method of identification and classification of ethical conflicts that may arise in the practice of engineering and offers a methodical approach to the analysis and resolution of such ethical conflicts.
Numerous real-world case studies are presented to highlight the principals and methods presented. Design engineers, project managers, reviewers, and engineering managers will find the course to be relevant to issues that affect their routine professional duties.
Course Highlights:
- Overview of the legal responsibilities of engineers
- Laws concerning engineering registration
- Ethical responsibilities of engineers
- Introduction to methods for identifying, analyzing, and resolving ethical conflicts
- Course principles highlighted with case studies.
Each attendee will receive 0.8 Continuing Education Units (CEUs)/8 Professional Development Hours (PDHs), a certification plaque, and a course notebook. Professionals interested in attending Ethics for the Practicing Civil Engineer can view complete course agendas and registration information by visiting www.haestad.com/ced/workshops/ethics, calling 1-800-727-6555 (U.S. or Canada) or +1-203-755-1666 (worldwide), or e-mailing training@haestad.com.
About the Instructor:
Dr. Ray W. James, P.E., is currently the Director of Student Services at Texas A&M University.
For over 20 years, he has taught and conducted research in the field of highway bridges and experimental stress analysis. He has extensive experience in teaching civil engineering and engineering ethics courses to both students and professionals throughout the United States.
Dr. James has published more than sixty peer-reviewed technical papers and research reports.
About Haestad Methods:
Founded in 1979, Haestad Methods provides more than 125,000 civil engineers in over 170 countries with hydrologic and hydraulic computer modeling applications, continuing education workshops, and textbooks. Haestad Methods' complete suite of engineering software products for water, storm, and sanitary sewer modeling includes WaterGEMSTM, WaterCAD®, DarwinTM, WaterSafeTM, SewerCAD®, StormCAD®, PondPack®, FlowMaster®, CulvertMaster®, and HEC-PackTM. Haestad Methods trains thousands of engineers each year. It is duly authorized to award CEUs and PDHs and is licensed by Sandia National Laboratories to conduct RAM-WSM (Risk Assessment Methodology for Water Utilities) Training.