apsc 450 lecture 1 - introduction
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Professional Engineering Practice Course Introduction
Mike C. Stewart, J.D., M.A.Sc., P.Eng Fariborz Taghipour, PhD, P.Eng
APSC 450
[email protected] Tel: 778-986-4818
Course website: https://connect.ubc.ca/
[email protected] Tel: 778-875-7414
Agenda
• About me • About Dr. Taghipour • What to expect over the next 12 weeks • Many many convincing reasons for you to
attend lectures
Introductions
Introductions
[email protected] Tel: 778-986-4818
Call me Mike, Prof Mike, Prof Stewart…just not Mark
Engineering
Designed and built waste gas (flare gas) to power facilities in Alberta, BC, Saskatchewan
Research
• Designed and built fluidized bed reactors for coal (Ottawa) and biomass (UBC)
Lawyering
www.ataclaw.ca ATAC Law Corporation
• Engineering law • Professional liability • Intellectual Property • Administrative Tribunals
Persuasive Communication
how to party
• Lan tournament circa 2004 (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Mike
Why am I here? How to emulate a clown
This class is about three things
• Law • Ethics • Professionalism • And within professionalism:
– Communication – Presentation – Entrepreneurship – Decision Making
Why you think you shouldn’t be here
• “I don’t need to learn ethics. I am ethical!” • I’m not a lawyer nor will I ever become one. • There aren’t any equations. • I would rather watch pikachu vape on insta
Why you want to be here (#1)
• Your brain doesn’t always do what you think it’s doing.
• A simple problem… A ball and a bat.
Why you’re here
• A Ball and a Bat cost $1.10. The Bat costs $1.00 more than the ball. How much is the Ball?
A ball and a bat problem
• A Ball and a Bat cost $1.10. The Bat costs $1.00 more than the ball. How much is the Ball?
The point is: you may think you are doing the right thing, but we are so often deceived by our wonderful brains.
X + (X + 1.00) = 1.10
Why you want to be here #2: It pays to be a Professional
• Credibility • Community • Continuous learning • Satisfaction with job and life
It pays to be a Professional (literally)
https://www.apeg.bc.ca/Careers/Compensation-Survey
Fariborz Taghipour
• Research @ UBC • Industry experience • International experience • Photographer
• Engineer… and not a
lawyer… so, Ethics.
What Veresk Bridge story tell us?
• Fear that the train wouldn’t be able to pass!
• The engineer and his family stood under it when the first train passed!!!
Engineering Ethics & Law…………why needed?
• Obligations by engineers to society, to their clients, & to the profession.
• It is important to know the rules of the game
Engineering related issues • Engineering related accidents:
– The Bhopal disaster……………. + 500,000 were exposed to gas 8,000 died in 2W & +8,000 later
– Canada: • Bridge collapse QC 1907: 75 deaths • Ocean Ranger NF 1982: 84 deaths
• Engineering related concerns: – Global warming, internet & privacy,
pipeline, mining, food engineering
• Technology is not necessarily or always good – Examples: Automobile; cellphone
• There is more to Eng. than technology alone – elements of law, business, safety,
psychology, philosophy, etc.
Engineering…..is it all technology?
Evaluation
Assignments Part 1 and 2
• Part 1: Individual Assignment – Choose a topic, persuade your audience to do what you want them to do
• Part 2: Group assignment – in groups of 5, create a video based on ONE of the 5 individual assignments in the group
Assignments Part 1 and 2
• YOUR FIRST TASK: Find your groups. Submit groups of 5 to TA Caroline Giacomin, [email protected]
• Names and Student numbers for each • Must have 5 group members. • If you do not have 5 group members, you will
be assigned a group on the deadline. • Deadline to submit group: FEB 17 (same day
that Part 1 is due)
Schedule (Tentative) Date Lecturer Affiliation Lecture
Jan 4, Weds. Mike Stewart & Fariborz Taghipour UBC Introduction to APSC 450
Jan 6, Fri Michael Isaacson UBC The Role of APEG BC Jan 11, Weds. Mike Stewart UBC Introduction to the Legal System, Torts Jan 13, Fri. Mike Stewart UBC Communication and Presentation Jan 18, Weds. Fariborz Taghipour UBC Ethics & Engineering Jan 20, Fri. Mike Stewart UBC Negligence Jan 25, Weds. Greg Miller Lindsay Kenney When Things Go Wrong Jan 27, Fri. Mike Stewart UBC The Act and APEGBC Code of Ethics Feb 1, Weds. Fariborz Taghipour UBC Conflict of Interest//Whistle-Blowing Feb 3, Fri. Mike Volker VANTEC/SFU Engineering and Entrepreneurship
Feb 8, Weds. Mike Stewart UBC Introduction to Intellectual Property Law
Feb 10, Fri. Mike Stewart UBC Quiz; Dispute Resolution, Environmental Law, Aboriginal Law
Feb 15, Weds. Mike Stewart UBC Employment Law in BC Feb 17, Fri. Mike Stewart UBC Contracts; Assignment pt. 1 due Feb 22, Weds. Midterm Break Feb 24, Fri. Midterm Break
Mar 1, Weds Amrit Toor Intech Engineeing Engineering in Practice: Forensic Engineering
Mar 3, Fri. Craig Wallace SHK When Things Go Wrong - Part 2
Mar 8, Weds. Mike Stewart UBC Business, Corporate Structures, Legal Issues in Startups
Mar 10, Fri. Mike Stewart UBC Decision Making Mar 15, Weds. Brian Hutchinson National Post SNC Lavalin
Mar 17, Fri. Michael Slater Slater Vecchio Persuasive Communication and Presentation
Mar 22, Weds. Mike Stewart UBC Cognitive Biases
Mar 24, Fri. Ross Beatty Alterra Power Engineering in Practice: Alternative Energy & Assignment pt. 2 Due
Mar 29, Weds. Mike Stewart UBC Presentations
Mar 31, Fri. Mike Stewart & Fariborz Taghipour UBC Review
Assessment
• In-class Quiz (Feb 10) 15% • Assignment Part 1 – Plan 10% • Assignment Part 2 – Presentation 25% • Final Exam* 50% 100%
*You must pass the final exam to pass the course
Quiz on Feb 10
• You must bring your laptop to class • Open book • You must be able to log into CWL and access
the course page • You must be present in class with your laptop
to write the quiz • No exceptions
UBC Connect
Sage advice from an older sister
• Do one: go to class, or do the readings
• Sadly (luckily?) there are not many readings in this class (but there is one next for class!)
• Next Class: Dr. Isaacson on APEGBC – READING: Becoming an EIT.pdf on CONNECT
Why you want to be here #3:
• “Love this course” • “…One of the best I’ve ever had…” • “I don’t want to miss a class”
-Anonymous student’s feedback
Important Details Summary
• Mike Stewart – Email [email protected] • Fariborz Taghipour Email [email protected] • I have no Office! Office hours by appointment – Call
me 778-986-4818. Really, you can call me. • Course website: https://connect.ubc.ca/ • There is a quiz on Feb 10 worth 15% of your mark • You must pass the final exam to pass the course