Educating leaders who engineer for social good
Through our research, teaching, and engagement with multiple communities, the Department of Engineering and Society aims to illuminate the ways in which science, technology, and engineering have social consequences, and to explore and analyze science, technology, and engineering as social endeavors shaped by social conditions. Our research, teaching, and public engagement address sociotechnical challenges and inform the role of engineers and other stakeholders in their research and design practices.One of the few Engineering Schools in the Nation where Ethics and STS are embedded in the curriculum
Through the Department of Engineering and Society in the UVA School of Engineering students take required courses in engineering ethics and STS (Science, Technology and Society). This course work is right here in the engineering school with course material designed specifically for the engineering students, and related to engineering practice and the engineering profession.
This approach sets us apart from most engineering schools.
