1. ECE362 Principles of Design
Project Personnel
Social Impact Statement
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2. Development Grant = $$$
Product Development
Product Idea
Product
Specifications
Technical
Model
Stage 1 – Product Idea, Product Specifications, &
Technical Model
Stage 2 – Intellectual Property, Mkt Analysis & Business Models
Intellectual
Property
Market
Analysis
Business
Model
Planning &
Scheduling
Test Plan
Project
Management
Stage 3 – Scheduling &
Planning, Test Plan, & Project Management
Stage 4 – Budget,
Social Impact, Person. & Proposal Completion
Budget &
Resources
Social
Impact
Personnel
Qualifications
Development Grant = $$$
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3. Project Personnel
Provide a brief statement (1/2 page or so) of the project team members and show how their skills, experience, and future training combine to meet the needs of the project. Full resumes of 1 page each in appendix.
Who are the members of the team (including technical advisor)
What skills and/or experience do they have that is beneficial to the project
Additional training to be taken by team members
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4. Social Impact A successful advanced E-Team grant proposal:
“Supports the development of technological innovations with commercial potential and/or demonstrable social benefits.”
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5. Social Impact
This craze for more and more and ever greater and wider inventions for economic purposes, coupled with apparent complete indifference as to whether mankind derived any ultimate benefit from them or not, can only be understood by regarding it as one of those strange epidemics of insane excitement which have been know to affect whole populations at certain periods, especially of the middle ages. Rational explanation it has none Edward Bellamy
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6. Social Impact
In addition to being able to identify a need, to develop a conceptual design, and to select the right technical parts, responsible engineering practice requires that engineers consider what impact their product will have on a range of stakeholders and in what contexts.
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7. Social Impact Technology development incorporates value judgments.
Design Decisions: product features, performance, quality, durability, and cost.
Marketing Decisions: appearance, price, promotion, distribution, and after-sales service
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8. Social Impact What counts is the nature of the societal costs,
the extent of the societal benefits, and
the trade-offs between the two.
Costs may be widespread or narrowly focused, and the benefits may be immediate or long-term.
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9. Social Impact Costs and benefit usually result in winners and losers.
Technological change creates vulnerabilities for some, whether of inordinate adjustment or disproportionate risk.
Those who benefit from such change have an obligation to protect the vulnerable
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10. Social Impact
Technological decisions are largely in the hands of engineers and entrepreneurs.
Professional ethics of engineering demand that engineers accept responsibility for making engineering decisions consistent with the safety, health and welfare of the public.
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11. IEEE Canon of Ethics
We, the members of the IEEE, in recognition of the importance of our technologies in affecting the quality of life throughout the world, and in accepting a personal obligation to our profession, its members and the communities we serve, do hereby commit ourselves to the highest ethical and professional conduct and agree:
1. to accept responsibility in making engineering decisions consistent with the safety, health and welfare of the public, and to disclose promptly factors that might endanger the public or the environment;
2. to avoid real or perceived conflicts of interest whenever possible, and to disclose them to affected parties when they do exist;  
3. to be honest and realistic in stating claims or estimates based on available data;  
4. to reject bribery in all its forms;  
5. to improve the understanding of technology, its appropriate application, and potential consequences;  
6. to maintain and improve our technical competence and to undertake technological tasks for others only if qualified by training or experience, or after full disclosure of pertinent limitations;  
7. to seek, accept, and offer honest criticism of technical work, to acknowledge and correct errors, and to credit properly the contributions of others;  
8. to treat fairly all persons regardless of such factors as race, religion, gender, disability, age, or national origin;  
9. to avoid injuring others, their property, reputation, or employment by false or malicious action;  
10. to assist colleagues and co-workers in their professional development and to support them in following this code of ethics.
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12. Principles of Ethical Conduct in Engineering Practice – NAFTA
Engineers shall hold paramount the health, safety and welfare of the public in the practice of their profession.
Engineers shall examine the societal and environmental impact of their actions and projects, including the wise use and conservation of resources and energy, in order to make informed recommendations and decisions.
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13. Social Impact Who are the stakeholders impacted by your product?
Consumers
Competitors
Stockholders
General Population
Governmental Agencies
International Groups
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14. Social Impact In what ways does the product affect the stakeholders?
Health and Safety
Quality of Life
Risk and Reliability
Individual and Property Rights
Privacy Equity and Access
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15. IMPROVING LIVES IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN SELLING PRODUCTS
Social Impact
IMPROVING LIVES IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN SELLING PRODUCTS
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16. Assignments
TEAM ASSIGNMENT – Project Personnel Statement due Monday, January 26.
INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT – CPR Social Impact Statement, CPR Window opens Tuesday, January 27.
TEAM ASSIGNMENT – 1st Draft complete Proposal due Friday, January 30.
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