Course Materials

Winter 2023 ENGR 190W Course Materials

• Syllabus

• Tentative Outline sections C and D

Readings:

• • NSPE Code of Ethics (pdf)  NSPE Study Guide (pdf) or the Code of Ethics on the NSPE website

    • Thinking Ethically  Manuel Velasquez, Claire Andre, Thomas Shanks, S.J., and Michael J. Meyer

    • NSPE Ethics Reference Guide (pdf)

    • ASCE code 2020 analysis and Language of Equity and Inclusion

  • Against Intellectual Property, Stephan Kinsella

    • Intellectual Property: A First Principles Debate [POLICY brief]

  • On the Duty of Civil Disobedience, Henry David Thoreau

  • What is Intellectual Property, World Intellectual Property Organization PDF 2020

    • Patent Cooperation Treaty

    • The Madrid System

    • WIPO - IP Handbook (webpage with longer handbook)

    • WIPO Standards

    • The Artificial Inventor Project (WIPO 2019)

AI and Intelectual Property

• Patents and AI inventions: Recent court rulings and broader policy questions

• Who Ultimately Owns Content Generated By ChatGPT And Other AI Platforms? Forbes

Resources:

• • General Rubric for 190W

  • UCI Upper Division Rubric 

  • Climate Change Report

  • Codes of Conduct and Codes of Ethics - Links

  • Recent article about elevator pitches (Ed Gandia)

  • ChatGPT Blog

  • IEEE Manual pdf

    • IEEE Dataport Citation Guide (PDF)

    • IEEE Reference Guide (PDF)

    • Transactions Word Template (one of many templates)

  • E-mail Salutations 

  • UCI Class Library Guide

    • Winter 2023 Guide for 190W 

    • Presentation Tips

    • Mendeley Reference Mangement

    • Bibliographic Management Software

    • Patent, Trademarks, and Copyrights (UCI access only)

      • Finding Patents

    • Standards (example)

    • Academic Phrasebank

    • UCI Rubric For Upper Division Writing (adapted for 190W)

Spring 2023 Assignments

• Sample Writing (see Canvas)

• Summary and Response  ( see Canvas)

• Pesky Professor

• Ethics Essay

• Project 1 (2023)

  • Rubric for Project

  • Proposal Worksheet (2023)

  • Early Feedback Form (2021)

  • Peer Feedback Form (2023)

  • Revision Plan (2021)

• Speaking Rubric

• Presentation Feedback Form Plan to make a copy for others to fill in for you.

• Security

• Standards

• IP

• Project 2

  • Peer Feedback Worksheet

  • Team Feedback Questions

  • Executive Summary Worksheet

  • Rubric for Project

  • Oral Speaking Rubric

• Impromptu Speaking Guidance (See Canvas Files)