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Professors Clark, Luegenbiehl Named KIT Visiting Fellows
January 29, 2009
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| Scott Clark |
Heinz Luegenbiehl |
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Humanities and Social Sciences professors Scott Clark and Heinz
Luegenbiehl have been named Visiting Fellows of the Applied Ethics
Center for Engineering Education at Japan's Kanazawa Institute of
Technology. The fellowships are sponsored by a three-year grant
from the Japanese government's Research Institute of Science and
Technology for Society.
The educational fellowship program
will allow Clark and Luegenbiehl to participate in two workshops
annually in Tokyo and a number of teleconference workshops.
Clark, associate professor of
anthropology, specializes in Japan and East Asian studies, cultural
anthropology and social organization. He has served as a consultant
and presented seminars on Japanese management and production
techniques, and cultural training for business professional and
engineers in Japan. He also wrote "Japan: A View From the
Bath."
Luegenbiehl, professor of philosophy
and technology studies, has taught courses in engineering and
professional ethics at KIT, and specializes in Asian philosophy. He
has written research papers on international codes of engineering
ethics, ethical issues in the Japanese nuclear industry and
cross-cultural engineering ethics.