[Che-student-staff-list] FW: Reminder: Special Program - Professional Responsibility in Engineering Practice; Dec 2 at 5:30 p.m.

[Nagy, Gabriela]

Hello Everyone,

Please see below the details of a special event scheduled for today afternoon. Please share this information with people who might be interested in this.
Thank you to Prof. Fabio Ribeiro, who brought to my attention this event.

Best regards,
Gabriela
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Gabriela Nagy, PhD
Industrial Education Director
ChE Safety Committee Chair
School of Chemical Engineering
Room FRNY G051
Purdue University
Tel: (765)-496-1710
E-mail: nagyg at purdue.edu<mailto:nagyg at purdue.edu>

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Reminder:  A special program on professional responsibility..........please share with your colleagues/students this once in a lifetime opportunity to hear from engineers who were involved in serious incidents.

What:  A Special Presentation/Discussion open to interested students, faculty and staff entitled "Professional Responsibility in Engineering Practice"

1.     Hear from and question engineers who were "on the ground" for the following disasters:

a.     Challenger Shuttle (1986 - 7 dead)

b.     Kansas City Skywalk Collapse (1981 - 114 dead)

c.     Refinery Explosion and Fire  (2005 - 15 dead)

2.     Become more familiar with how interdisciplinary issues in engineering, business, ethics and communications contribute to fatal incidents.

Date:            December 2, 2013

Time:   5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Place:  Civil Engineering - HAMP 1141; Purdue University

Who:    Open to all Engineering, all Science, all Business and all Ethics and Psychology students, faculty and staff.   Please share with colleagues/friends.

Sponsored by:  The United Engineering Foundation of the USA, Purdue University College of Engineering, and Purdue's School of Civil Engineering

Flyer with speaker information:



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Thank you!


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