Philip Chmielewski, S.J.
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Sir Thomas More Chair of Engineering Ethics Loyola Marymount University
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Biography
Phone: 310.338.5216
Email: Philip.Chmielewski@lmu.edu
Office: Doolan Hall 202
Professor Philip Chmielewski, S.J. is the Sir Thomas More Chair of Engineering Ethics. He joined the LMU faculty in 2002. Previously, he taught at Boston College, the University of Detroit, and Loyola University Chicago. Frequently he has lectured and offered courses in mainland China as well as in Hong Kong. He was the co founder of the Heartland Center for Justice Research. His research currently focuses on developing elements of a framework for international engineering ethics.
Education
Loyola University Chicago
A.B.
Hon. English Literature
1971
Boston College
M.A.
British and American Literature
1976
Philosophisch-Theologische Hochschule Sankt Georgen Frankfurt am Main
Diplome
Theologie and S.T.B
1981
Yale University
Ph.D.
Social Ethics
1987
Areas of Expertise
Affiliations
- American Anthropological Association
- American Institute of Steel Construction
- American Society of Civil Engineers, Affiliate Member
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Affiliate Member
- American Society for Engineering Education
- Association for Asian Studies
- Association for Computing Machinery
- Engineers without Borders
- Forum on Philosophy, Engineering, and Technology
- Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, Affiliate
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers – Computer Society
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers – Society for the Study of the Social Impact of Technology
Sample Talks
Engineering and Ethics: the Contemporary Exchange
Department of Philosophy, Tsinghua University, 16. June, 2014
CSR, Engineering Ethics, and Excellence
session for business leaders, The Mansion, Shanghai, 8. June, 2012.
Metropolitan Development in Today’s China: Have the Chinese Engineered Cities that are Good
Seaver College Colloquium, 20. November, 2015
Engineering Ethics Learns from Chinese Thought: Ritual Performance in Engineering Practice
Centre for Chinese Studies, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 18. January, 2017
Autonomous Weapons: Impacts beyond Combat -- Conscience beyond Poker
IEEE ISTAS, Sydney, Australia, 11. August, 2017
Articles
Techno-ethics: Upon Shifting Selves and Translocal Networks Constructing the Metropolis
IEEE Ethics Vancouver Conference ProceedingsMay, 2016
Implementing Dignity and Sustainability in a Cancer Hospital
in Humankind and Nature: An Endangered System of Interdependence in Today's Globalizing World pp.33-47Stephan Rothlin, Albert Wong and Artur K. Wardega S.J., eds
2014
Robotics, Ethics, and China
IEEE SSIT ISTAS Conference ProceedingsOctober, 2013.
Case Analysis and Engineering Ethics: A Traditional Resource for Contemporary International Professional Practice
in 应用伦理学的新视野Wang Qian and An Yangming, eds.
Dalian University of Technology, Peoples Publishing House
2009
Global Engineering Ethics as Skilled Performance
Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology (Social Science Edition)21(2007):101-105
The Contribution of Cultural Anthropology to Professional Ethics: Clifford Geertz Considered
Engineering and PhilosophyBeijing Institute of Technology Press, (June, 2007):281-290
Engineers: Ethical Education and World Making
in Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference for Modern Industrial Training2006, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
A Method of Value Assessment for Social Technologies
IEEE Technology and Society Magazine25 (Fall,2006):5-7.
Classical Engineering and Global Ethics: Vitruvius and Discourse
Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference of the American Society of Engineering Educationat Tsinghua University, Beijing, China,September, 2004.
