How Should Undergraduates Acknowledge Research Aid
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Adapted from a scenario by Earll M. Murman, Professor and Department Head, Aero/Astro, MIT
Two aero/astro undergraduates, Peggy and Sean, have a project to measure the temperature on a simulated turbine blade in Professor Waitz's new shock tube. The object of their experiment is to investigate the effectiveness of Professor Kerrebrock's idea for cooling turbine blades. They are having difficulty figuring out how to measure the temperature.
While eating dinner in the cafeteria, they talk to a graduate student, Dana, from the Plasma Physics Lab (they forget to get her last name), who tells them about a new semiconductor temperature probe she has just read about in the Journal of New Instrumentation.
Several days later, Peggy and Sean find the article and contact the manufacturer to buy a probe. This turns out to be the crux of the success of their project. Later, Peggy and Sean write an AIAA paper, which wins the national competition. They each receive a $1000 award.
What should Peggy and Sean do regarding the help and information they received?
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Adapted from a scenario by Earll M. Murman, Professor and Department Head, Aero/Astro, MIT
"How Should Undergraduates Acknowledge Research Aid"
Online Ethics Center for Engineering
9/11/2006 2:39:14 PM
National Academy of Engineering
Accessed: Sunday, September 07, 2008
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