Students have chosen their topics for research, discussion, and presentation in the 2022 spring semester of CMCE 4403 Professional Practice and Ethics. I expect great conversations on the following topics-
- Abandoned Olympics Stadiums and Wasted Venues; Relevant Date Range: 1936-present
- Henri Pézerat and the Amisol asbestos factory; Relevant Date Range: 1974-1999
- Replacing Rikers Island with “Humane” Borough-based jails: The NYC DDC plan; Relevant Date Range: 2017-present
- Boston construction double fatality and subsequent penalties; Relevant date range 2021-2022
- Concrete Testing Lab Fraud in NYC; Relevant date range: 2005-2019
- How Did Insurance Ethics Incentivize Behavior in a Post-Hurricane Katrina World?; Relevant Date Range: 2005-2010
- The Ethical Challenges of Micro Apartments in NYC; 2000-present
- Katowice Trade Hall Collapse; Relevant Date Range: 2006
- Bloomberg Pay-to-Play Scheme; Relevant date range: 2015-2020
- Boston’s John Hancock Tower design failures; Relevant date range: 1970-1977
- RaPower-3 LLC and International Automated Systems, Inc. Fraudulent Solar; Relevant date range: 2015-2016
- Japan’s Architect, Hidetsugu Aneha, and the Fraudulent Earthquake Data; Relevant date range: 2005-2008
- Collusion and Bid Rigging Delay Denver Convention Center Project; Relevant date range: 2018-present
- Pemberton Mill Collapse; Relevant Date Range: 1860
- HOLC (Home Owners’ Loan Corporation) maps and redlining in NYC; Relevant Date Range: 1930s-1940s
- El Hoyo Club Fire; Relevant Date Range: 1988-1989
- Facebook’s Discriminating Ad-serving Algorithm; Relevant Date Range: 2019-present
- The Knickerbocker Theater Collapse; Relevant Date Range: 1922
- Displacement, Robert Moses, and the Cross-Bronx Expressway; Relevant Date Range: 1940-1972
- Andrew Siemaszko, Davis-Besse’s Lead Nuclear Engineer; Relevant Date Range: 1999-2008
- Five Women, Richard Meier, and Architecture’s #MeToo Moment; Relevant Date Range: 2018-present
- Sales of Racist and Flawed Data Recognition Software by Amazon to Police; Relevant Date Range: 2019-present
- Consumer Privacy vs. Data Mining in Smart Buildings Relevant Date Range: current
Good luck!
