Qin Zhu

  • Research Assistant Professor
  • HUMANITIES
  • ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES DIVISION

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)
, 2017

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

B.S., Materials Processing and Control Engineering
, 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  and the  at , where I am helping with managing the  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  at Mines. I am also serving as  at the National Academy of Engineering's  and Book Review and Digital Platforms Editor for the 

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.

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

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.