Qin Zhu

Institutional Affiliation 

Daniels Fund Program in Professional Ethics Education

Ethics Across Campus Program

Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences Division

Colorado School of Mines

Education

Ph.D., Engineering Education, Social Policy (Graduate Certificate)
Purdue University, 2017

Ph.D. (with honors), Philosophy of Science and Technology (Engineering Ethics)
Dalian University of Technology, 2011 

B.S., Materials Processing and Control Engineering
Dalian University of Technology, 2005

Regional and Thematic Interests

​My research interests include the cultural foundations (e.g., Confucian moral psychology) of engineering ethics, global engineering education, and ethics and policy of emerging technologies such as nanotechnology, robotics, and cybersecurity.

Profile

I am a Research Assistant Professor in the Ethics Across Campus Program and the Division of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences at Colorado School of Mines, where I am helping with managing the Daniels Fund  Program in Professional Ethics Education that provides scholarly and grant support for faculty to integrate ethics into applied science and engineering curricula. I serve as a graduate faculty member in the Master's Program in Natural Resources and Energy Policy at Mines. I am also serving as Associate Editor for International Perspectives at the National Academy of Engineering's Online Ethics Center for Engineering and Science and Book Review and Digital Platforms Editor for the Journal of Engineering Studies. 

Selected Publication

Zhu, Q., Williams, T., Jackson, B., & Wen, R. (2020). Blame-laden moral rebukes and the morally competent robot: A Confucian ethical perspective. Science and Engineering Ethics. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s11948-020-00246-w

Snieder, R., & Zhu, Q. (2020). Connecting to the Heart: Teaching value-based professional ethics. Science and Engineering Ethics. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s11948-020-00216-2

Zhu, Q. (2020). Confucian moral imagination and ethics education in engineering. Frontiers of Philosophy in China, 15(1), 36-52.

Zhu, Q., & Jesiek, B. (2019). Practicing engineering ethics in global context: A comparative study of expert and novice approaches to cross-cultural ethical situations. Science and Engineering Ethics. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s11948-019-00154-8

Zhu, Q. (2018). Confucian ethics, ethical leadership, and engineering ethics education. International Journal of Ethics Education, 3(2), 169-179.

Zhu, Q., & Jesiek, B. (2017). A Pragmatic approach to ethical decision-making in engineering practice: Characteristics, evaluation criteria, and implications for instruction and assessment. Science and Engineering Ethics, 23(3), 663-679.

​Michelfelder, D., Newberry, B., & Zhu, Q. (Eds.). (2017). Philosophy and engineering: Exploring boundaries, expanding connections. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer.  

​Wang, Q., & Zhu, Q. (2015). Gongcheng lunli de shijian youxiaoxing yanjiu [The practical effectiveness in engineering ethics]. Beijing, China: Science Press. [Amazon.cn]

Frodeman, R., Holbrook, J. B., Mitcham, C., & Hong, X. (Eds.) (2012). Peer review, research integrity, and the governance of science: Practice, theory, and current discussions. (G. Xia & Q. Zhu, Trans.). Beijing, China: People's Press.