Sub : IV/II Engineering Professional Practice

Sub : IV/II Engineering Professional Practice
Code : EG 766 CE
Sem : IV/II

Assmnt : 10
Final : 40
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Total : 50

Syllabus:
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1. Background Perspective:
-Impacts and consequences of technology on society; effects of major technological development such as printing, gunpowders, mechanization, computer, organic chemistry, communication satellites.
-Cultural motivations and limitations, eastern Vs western philosophy of change and development.
-Political and social limitations
-Individual freedom Vs societal goal.
-Exponential growth
-Alternatives use of scarce resources, cause of international tensions
-Risk and overall cost/benefit ration analysis in engineering decision making
-Education and Traning of Technologists, scientists and engineers

2. Ethics and Professionalism
-Perspective on Morals, ethics and professionalism
-Codes of ethics and guidelines for professional engineering practice
-Relaionship of the engineering profession to basic science and technology; relations to other profession

3. Roles of Professional Associations
-Relugation of the practice of the profession, licensing, guidence for traning new etrrants into the profession, advice and assiatance to engineering colleges, upgrading and maintaining the professional and technical competetance of members, providing technical expertise as requested for the guidance and assistance of legislators, seeing to the matter of safety and general welfare of the public in engineering works.

4. Legal Aspects of Professional Engineering in Nepal
-The Nepalese legal System as it affects the practice of engineering
-Provision for private practice and employee engineers
-Contract law
-Tendering
-Contract Documents
-Liability and Negligence
-Relationships to foreign firms working in Nepal

5. The Role and Practice of Professional Engineering in other Countries:
-Other Asia Countries
-The USSR and Estern europr
-Western Europe
-North America

6. Case Studies Involving Professional Ethical Issues Chhosen from a wide range of Topics:
-Intellectual property rights: copyrights and patent protection
-Personal Privacy and large computerized data bases
-Industrialization Vs protection of the environment
-Risk/Benefit consideration in public transportation
-Engineers and the military
-Science and technology for medicine
-Engineers in international development

Books:
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Tak bahadur galami, "Engineering Professional Practice"

Syllabus Typed By:
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Bhupal Sapkota
http://www.bhupalsapkota.com.np