Two Years Later: A longitudinal look at the impact of engineering ethics education

Dr. Trevor Harding, Ph.D., is a professor and chair of Materials Engineering at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, where he teaches courses in engineering design from a materials perspective. He is currently PI on a multi-university collaborative research study assessing the ethical outcomes associated with the curricular and extra-curricular experiences of engineering undergraduates on a national scale. In addition, Dr. Harding has conducted several investigations on the influence of non-traditional teaching methods (e.g. service learning, project-based learning) on student motivation and self-efficacy. He is also PI on several projects investigating the degradation of biomedical materials in physiological environments. Dr. Harding presently serves as associate editor of the on-line journal Advances in Engineering Education, and served as chair of the Materials Division and vice-chair of the ERM Division of ASEE. Dr. Harding received the 2010 ASEE Pacific Southwest Section Outstanding Teaching Award and the 2008 President’s Service Learning Award for innovations in the use of service learning at Cal Poly. In 2004 he was named a Templeton Research Fellow by the Center for Academic Integrity, Duke University. Dr. Harding received both the 1999 Apprentice Faculty Grant and 2000 New Faculty Fellow Award for his contributions to engineering education.