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College of Engineering expects
new curriculum for Fall 199
□ Next year incoming
engineering students
will be required to take
classes in engineering
ethics. Current students
will not be affected.
By javier Hinojosa
The Batt alion
Preliminary steps, such as
doubling class enrollment, will
begin this fall to prepare for the
future requirement.
Enrollment for the fall
ethics class is at 250, up from
100 last spring.
Dr. Charles Harris, associate
professor and assistant depart
ment head of philosophy and
humanities, and Dr. Michael
neers should be licensed. "
“There are professions pgcc
gineers that have a licenssR
you don’t need a licensetl
most types of engineer
Harris said. , De
Rabins said students ar
en the concepts and metks^t, p.
solve ethical problems, were h
“Engineoring students Housto
to become sensitive to the: his P a
and be a Biswas -
Texas A&M’s College of Engi
neering is expanding its courses
in engineering ethics in light of
new requirements from the Ac
creditation Board for Engineer
ing and Technologies.
Dr. Dan Turner, associate
dean of the College of Engineer
ing, said the board is requiring
schools to offer curriculum in
professional ethics.
The board has not yet in
formed A&M of how to integrate
the course into the curriculum,
Turner said, but engineering stu
dents may be required to take
one to three courses of ethics.
A&M’s class (Philosophy
482), which discusses problems
in professional engineering
ethics, currently counts as a hu
manities elective and is not a
required part of the engineering
curriculum. Any change in the
curriculum will not go into ef
fect until Fall 1996.
"Engineering students need to be
come sensitive to the issues and be
able to recognize them."
— Dr. Michael Rabins es, they Runnin
professor of mechanical enguieering know
begin C
r , e c °F lurv
them, l ur /
said, “p trial
posing
real worlil Jury
Rabins, a professor in mechani
cal engineering, teach the class
that began five years ago.
Harris said the classes reflect
a real need in the professional
engineering world.
“A lot of the professions are
getting serious about training
students so that they can recog
nize ethical and professional
problems that come up and so
that they have some resources
for dealing with them,” he said.
Some of the subjects dis
cussed are conflicts of interest,
honesty, managing risk and
safety, product liability, the re
sponsibilities of engineering so
cieties and whether all engi-
was
past
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t ions and be able to usetk|pvern
formation to their ownaalp disgi
tage.” ysH H>d, d
Turner said the CollfL The
Engineering’s administ: S in Au!
,1 for two
strongly encourages eng® The
ing students to signupfefc urt j
course and hope that by>Distric
most engineering sMf§ourth<
would have taken the class.I
“It is an excellent clas'New
said. “Dr. Harris andn
bins have done a great;*
organizing it.
The
“We are one of the ns f ac j|j t y
leaders in engineering; onWes
and have been widely;: The
nized. It is exciting to not ser
the forefront.” The ca
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wreck hunter said Tuesdsi
was “99 percent” certain be
found the long-lost wreckage
Republic of Texas warships
what searchers describede re
“graveyard of shipwrecks.' ...
Best-selling author Clk , . V
sler, who hunts shipwreck; .
hobby:' said betWeen%ft :.
eight wooden ship hulk,buf mam<
in‘Sand,' Vvteffe' found in’lhe i"® ra £ e
of Mexico about two mile; le ^ e a
Galveston during an expedi ne ^, 1
early this month. n '
One of them is “almost cerrf’f ®^
ly” the Invincible, the flagsb
the first Texas navy, Cussler;. e vc
Scores of ships were believe ei ?'P 0
have run aground and sank®!
while
old shoal, or sand bar, offGf. Un ^ a
ston before a jetty was built at
The
turn of the century. The i
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cation of the shoal long hast °Y®Tl
debated by historians.
In 1837, a year afterGf^hin
Houston won Texas indepenfc Com bii
by defeating Mexican Gen. k ^ he
nio Lopez de Santa Annaatt^bal
Jacinto, the Invincible play; *994 t
pivotal role in preventing ant 8cores
Mexican conquest. . Tm
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superior navy to blockade J* 16 h
shipping routes between Gt ° er °f
ston and New Orleans, thf °rS ( Cu
vincible and a sister Texas b "Tl
ship called the Brutus were ^at t
on a daring three-month ofifpigh
sive. Before it was over, the Tor sl
vincible captured or destroy 8 &id.
dozen Mexican vessels f ^ an t
Texas to the Yucatan. fhgh
The Invincible sank offGe cc
ston on Aug. 28, 1837. A a nec(
fighting off two enemy ship; _ Th
ran aground on the shoal, Texas
cording to historical accot^C) or
from those aboard. The crew' honor
rescued before the schoo; a K e vi
broke up and sank in a stop averf
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stmeted at Baltimore in 183’ Va nce
a slave ship. According to av era
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chased for $12,613 and refill Bol
with a 9-pound swivel gun dents
six cannons before its com; Score
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has hunted for the sand score
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