Books and Edited Volumes

Miller, G., Jerónimo, H., & Zhu, Q. (Eds.). (2023). Thinking through science and technology: Philosophy, religion, and politics in an engineered world. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.​

Zhu, Q., Martin, M., & Schinzinger, R. (2022). Ethics in engineering (5th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw Hill.

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 [On the practical effectiveness in engineering ethics]. Beijing, China: Science Press. [Amazon.cn]

Journal Articles

Clancy, R., & Zhu, Q. (in press). Why should ethical behaviors be the ultimate goal of engineering ethics education? Business and Professional Ethics.​

Zhu, Q. (in press). Just hierarchy and the ethics of artificial intelligence: Two approaches to a relational ethic for artificial intelligence. Ethical Perspectives.
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Clancy, R., & Zhu, Q. (2022). Global engineering ethics: What? Why? How? and When? Journal of International Engineering Education, 4(1) Article 4. Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/jiee/vol4/iss1/4/

​Wen, R., Kim, B., Philips, E., Zhu, Q., & Williams, T. (2022). Comparing norm-based and role-based strategies for robot communication of role-grounded moral norms. ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction. Advanced Online Publication : https://doi.org/10.1145/3571719 ​

Lan, L., Zhu, Q., & Liu, Y. (2021). The rule of virtue: A Confucian response to the ethical challenges of technocracy. Science and Engineering Ethics. 27(5), Article 64. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-021-00341-6​

Zhu, Q., Williams, T., & Wen, R. (2021). Role-based morality, ethical pluralism, and morally capable robots. Journal of Contemporary East Asia, 20(1), 167-183.

Smith, N., Zhu, Q., Smith, J., & Mitcham, C. (2021). Enhancing engineering ethics: Role ethics and corporate social responsibility. Science and Engineering Ethics, 27(3), Article 28. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-021-00289-7

​Zhang, H., & Zhu, Q. (2021). Instructor perceptions of engineering ethics education at Chinese engineering universities: A cross-cultural approach. Technology in Society, 65, Article 101585. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techsoc.2021.101585

Rea, S., Kleeman, H., Zhu, Q., Yue, C., & Gilbert, B. (2021). Crowdsourcing as a tool for research: Methodological, fair, and political considerations. Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society.​ Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/02704676211003808

Zhu, Q., & Woodson, S. (2020). Educating self-reflective engineers: Ethics autobiography as a tool for moral pedagogy in engineering. Teaching Ethics, 20(1/2), 31-46.

​​​Zhu, Q. (2020). Ethics, society, and technology: A Confucian role ethics perspective. Technology in Society, 63, Article 101424. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techsoc.2020.101424

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, 26(5), 2511-2526. ​​

​Zhu, Q., & Mitcham, C. (2020). Liu Zeyuan’s philosophy of engineering and technology: An introduction to his Marxist socioeconomic theory. Technology in Society, 63, Article 101351. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techsoc.2020.101351

​Snieder, R., & Zhu, Q. (2020). Connecting to the heart: Teaching value-based professional ethics. Science and Engineering Ethics, 26(4), 2235–2254. 

Zhu, Q., & Jesiek, B. (2020). Practicing engineering ethics in global context: A comparative study of expert and novice approaches to cross-cultural ethical situations. Science and Engineering Ethics, 26(4), 2097-2120.

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

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.

Wang, Q., Zhang, W., & Zhu, Q. (2015). Directing engineering ethics training toward practical effectiveness.Technology in Society, 43, 65-68.

Zhu, Q., Jesiek, B., & Gong, Y. (2015). Past/forward policymaking: Transforming Chinese engineering education since the Reform and Opening-up. History of Education, 44(5), 553-574. 

Zhu, Q., & Jesiek, B. (2014). In pursuit of the Dao in policymaking: Toward a cultural approach to understanding engineering education policy in China. Technology in Society, 38, 169-176. 

Jesiek, B., Zhu, Q., Woo, S., Thompson, J., & Mazzurco, A. (2014). Global engineering competency in context: Situations and behaviors. Online Journal for Global Engineering Education, 8(1). Retrieved from http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/ojgee/vol8/iss1/1/

Mitcham, C., Heller, L., Wang, N., Zhu, Q., Packard, C., Holles, C., Hudson, D., & Rolston, J. (2013). Nanotechnology ethics and policy education: Learning and sharing across boundaries. Journal of Nano Education, 5(2), 180-187. 

Zhu, Q. (2010). Engineering ethics studies in China: Dialogue between traditionalism and modernism. Engineering Studies, 2(2), 85-107. (2017 Editor's Choice Collection)  ​

Book Chapters

D. Martin, Gwynne-Evans, A., A. Kazakova, & Zhu, Q. (2023). Developing a global and culturally inclusive vision of engineering ethics education. In A. Johri et al. (Eds.)., International Handbook of engineering education research (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Routledge.​

Zhu, Q. (2023). Confucian ethics of technology. In G. J. Robson & J. Y. Tsou (Eds.), Technology ethics: A philosophical introduction and readings (pp. 93-101). New York, NY: Routledge.​

Smith, J., Zhu, Q., Smith, N., & Mitcham, C. (2022). Corporate social responsibility and engineering ethics. In D. C. Poff & A. C. Michalos (Eds.)., Encyclopedia of business and professional ethics. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23514-1_1312-1

Zhu, Q. (2022). Technocracy, public optimism, and national progress: Constructing ethical guidelines for responsible nano research and development in China. In E. Hildt, K. Laas & M. Davis (Eds.), Codes of ethics and ethical guidelines: Emerging technologies, changing fields (pp. 161-173). Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer.

​Liu, Y., Lan, L., & Zhu, Q. (2021). Technocracy. In A. Grunwald & R. Hillerbrand (Eds.), Handbuch zur technikethik (2nd ed.) (pp. 119-122). Stuttgart, Germany: J.B. Metzler Verlag.

​Zhu, Q. (2021). Self-cultivation of the Confucian engineer: What engineering ethics education can learn from Confucian moral theory. In X. Wang & P. Wong (Eds.), Harmonious technology: A Confucian ethics of technology (pp. 66-78). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.

Woodson, S. & Zhu, Q. (2018). The Ethics Across Campus Program at the Colorado School of Mines. In E. E. Englehardt & M. S. Pritchard (Eds.), Ethics across the curriculum: Pedagogical perspectives (pp. 373-391). Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer.  

Michelfelder, D., Newberry, B., & Zhu, Q. (2017). Philosophy and engineering: An unconventional work in progress. In D. Michelfelder, B. Newberry, & Q. Zhu (Eds.), Philosophy and engineering: Exploring boundaries, expanding connections (pp. 1-12). Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. 
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Miller, G. & Zhu, Q. (2017). A case study on engineering ethics. In R. A. Perkins, L. S. Green, & J. R. Banas (Eds.),The flipped college classroom: Conceptualized and re-conceptualized (pp. 125-147). New York, NY: Springer. 

Zhu, Q. & Jesiek, B. (2015). Global ethics. In J. B. Holbrook & C. Mitcham (Eds.), Ethics, science, technology, and engineering: A global resource (2nd ed.) (pp. 393-395). New York, NY: MacMillan Library Reference. 

Liu, Z. & Zhu, Q. (2015). Engineering ethics: Chinese perspectives. In J. B. Holbrook & C. Mitcham (Eds.), Ethics, science, technology, and engineering: A global resource (2nd ed.) (pp. 84-87). New York, NY: MacMillan Library Reference. ​

Zhu, Q. & Jesiek, B. (2015). Confucianism, Marxism, and Pragmatism: The intellectual contexts of engineering education in China. In S. Christensen, C. Didier, A. Jameson, & M. Meganck, C. Mitcham, & B. Newberry (Eds.),International perspectives on engineering education: Engineering education and practice in context (pp. 151-170). Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. 

Wang, Q., & Zhu, Q. (2012). The impacts of Chinese traditional thinking patterns on modern engineering and development. In S. Christensen, C. Mitcham, B. Li, & Y. An (Eds.), Engineering, development, and philosophy: American, Chinese, and European perspectives (pp. 37-46). Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer.

Peer-reviewed Conference Papers

Ausman, M., & Zhu, Q. (2023). Illuminating the Asian American experience in engineering education: A critical scoping review. Proceedings of the 5th Annual Conference of the Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity. New Orleans, LA. February 26 – March 1.

Cooreman, H., & Zhu, Q. (2022). Critical reflections on the ethical regulations of AI: Challenges with existing frameworks and alternative regulation approaches. Proceedings of the 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society. Hong Kong, China. November 10-12.

Gammon, A, Zhu, Q., Clancy, R., Streiner, S., & Thrope, R. (2022). Exploring the perceptions of professional values among first-year engineering students: A cross-cultural comparison. Proceedings of the 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society. Hong Kong, China. November 10-12.​

Gammon, A., Zhu, Q., Streiner, S., Clancy, R., & Thrope, R. (2022). Developing conceptual and methodological foundations for a cross-cultural, multi-institutional study of ethical reasoning and moral dispositions of engineering students. Proceedings of the 2022 Frontiers in Education Conference, Uppsala, Sweden. October 8-11.​

Ausman, M., Zhu, Q., Nieusma, D., Rea, S., & Shiekh, K. (2022). The undone science of engineering ethics. Proceedings of the 129th ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. June 26-29.

Clancy, R., Zhu, Q., Martin, D., & Bombaerts, G. (2022). From value- to norm- sensitive design? An empirical and intercultural framework. Proceedings of the 129th ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. June 26-29.

Clancy, R., Zhu, Q., Streiner, S., Gammon, A., & Thorpe, R. (2022). Exploring the relations between ethical reasoning and moral intuitions among first-year engineering students across cultures: Using the Engineering and Science Issues Test (ESIT) and Moral Foundations Questionnaire (MFQ). Proceedings of the 129th ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. June 26-29.

Zhu, Q., Clancy R., Streiner, S., Gammon, A., Thorpe, R., & Angeli, A. (2022). Exploring the ethical perceptions of first-year engineering students: Public welfare beliefs, ethical behavior, and professional values. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of ASEE Zone IV, Vancouver, Canada. May 12-14.

Streiner, S., Zhu, Q., & Clancy, R. (2022). Examining the relations between moral Intuitions and values among first-year engineering students: Implications for culturally responsive ethics education. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of ASEE North Central Section, Pittsburgh, PA. March 18-19.

Rea, S., Zhu, Q., Nieusma, D., Shiekh, K., & Williams, T. (2021). Cultivating ethical engineer in the age of AI and robotics: An educational cultures perspective. Proceedings of the 2021 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (virtual). Waterloo and Ontario, Canada. October 28-31.

Kim, B., Wen, R., de Visser, E., Zhu, Q., Williams, T., & Phillips, E. (2021). Investigating robot moral advice to deter cheating behavior. Proceedings of the RO-MAN 2021 Workshop on Robot Behavior Adaptation to Human Social Norms (TSAR) (virtual). August 12.
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Rea, S., Shiekh, K., Zhu, Q., & Nieusma, D. (2021). The hidden curriculum and the professional formation of responsible engineers: A review of relevant literature in ASEE conference proceedings. Proceedings of the 128th ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Long Beach, CA. June 27-30.

Clancy, R., & Zhu, Q. (2021). Global engineering ethics: What? why? how? when? Proceedings of the 128th ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Long Beach, CA. June 27-30.​

Kim, B., Wen, R., Zhu, Q., Williams, T., & Phillips, E. (2021). Robots as moral advisors: The effects of deontological, virtue, and Confucian ethics on encouraging honest behavior. Proceedings of HRI ’21: ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, Boulder, CO. March 8-11.

Williams, T., Grollman, D., Han, M., Jackson, R., Lockshin, J., Wen, R., Nahman, Z., & Zhu, Q. (2020). “Excuse me, Pepper”: Impact of polite robot wakewords on human-robot politeness. In A. R. Wagner, D. F.-S., K. S. Haring, S. Rossi, T. Williams, H. He, & S. S. Ge (Eds.), Lecture notes in computer science: Vol. 12483. Social robotics (pp. 404-415). Cham, Switzerland: Springer.

​Reddy, B., Rea, S., & Zhu, Q. (2020). Ethics by the dose: Medical treatment metaphor for ethics in engineering. Proceedings of the 125th ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition (virtual). June 20-24.

Williams, T., Zhu, Q., Wen, R., & de Visser, E. (2020). The Confucian matador: Three defenses against the mechanical bull. Proceedings of HRI ’20: ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, Cambridge, UK. March 23-26.   
 
Williams, T., Zhu, Q., & Grollman, D. (2020). An experimental ethics approach to robot ethics education. Proceedings of the 10th Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence, New York, NY. February 8-9.

Zhu, Q., Williams, T., & Wen, R. (2019). Confucian robot ethics. Proceedings of the 2019 Computer Ethics - Philosophical Enquiry (CEPE) Conference, Norfolk, VA. May 28-30.

Zhu, Q. (2019). Toward a globalized engineering education: Comparing dominant images of engineering education in the United States and China. Proceedings of the 126th ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Tampa, FL. June 15-19.

Wen, R., Jackson, R. B., Williams, T., & Zhu, Q. (2019). Towards a role ethics approach to command rejection. Proceedings of the 2019 HRI Workshop on the Dark Side of Human-Robot Interaction: Ethical Considerations and Community Guidelines for the Field of HRI, Daegu, South Korea. March 11.

Jesiek, B., Buswell, N., & Zhu, Q. (2018). Global engineering competency: Assessment tools and training strategies. Proceedings of the 125th ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Salt Lake City, UT. June 24-27.
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Zhu, Q., & Jesiek, B. (2017). Engineering ethics in global context: Four fundamental approaches. Proceedings of the 124th ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Columbus, OH. June 25-28. 

Tang, X., Zhu, Q., & Pang, H. (2016). Toward a cross-cultural conversation: Liberal arts education for engineers in China and the U.S..Proceedings of the 123rd ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, New Orleans, LA. June 26-29. 

​Jesiek, B., Woo, S., Zhu, Q., Ramane, K., & Choudhary, N. (2015). Defining and assessing global engineering competency: Methodological reflections. Proceedings of the 122nd ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, WA. June 14-17.   

Zhu, Q., Feister, M., Zoltowski, C., Buzzanell, P., Oakes, W., & Mead, A. (2014). Examining the role of culture in assessing individual ethical reasoning on multidisciplinary engineering project teams. Proceedings of the 2014 Frontiers in Education Conference, Madrid, Spain. October 22-25.   

Feister, M., Zhu, Q., Zoltowski, C., Buzzanell, P, Oakes, W., & Mead, A. (2014). Exploring institutional climate and engineering ethical reasoning: A cross-institutional study. Proceedings of the 2014 Frontiers in Education Conference, Madrid, Spain. October 22-25.  

Zoltowski, C., Oakes, W., Buzzanell, P, Zhu, Q., & Feister, M., (2014). Defining and assessing engineering ethics in an international context. Proceedings of the 2014 Frontiers in Education Conference, Madrid, Spain. October 22-25.

Wang, Q., Zhu, Q., & Zhang, W. (2014). Engineering ethics studies: From the perspective of practical effectiveness. In T. Matsuda & A. Okubori (Eds.), Proceedings of 4th international conference on applied ethics and applied philosophy in East Asia (pp.42-51). Kobe, Japan.

Zhu, Q., Jesiek, B., & Yuan, J. (2014). Engineering education policymaking in cross-national context: A critical analysis of engineering education accreditation in China. Proceedings of the 121st ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Indianapolis, IN. June 15-18.

Zhu, Q., Zoltowski, C., Feister, M., Buzzanell, P., Oakes, W., & Mead, A. (2014). The development of an instrument for assessing individual ethical decisionmaking in project-based design teams: Integrating quantitative and qualitative methods. Proceedings of the 121st ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Indianapolis, IN. June 15-18. 

Wang, W., Li, M., Jesiek, B., Zhu, Q., Yuan, J., & Lei, Q. (2014). Emergence of engineering as a discipline in modern China: Separation of Confucian liberal learning from technique. Proceedings of the 121st ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Indianapolis, IN. June 15-18.  
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Feister, M., Zoltowski, C., Buzzanell, P., Oakes, W., & Zhu, Q. (2014). Leadership in multidisciplinary project teams: Investigating the emergent nature of leadership in an engineering education context. Proceedings of the 121st ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Indianapolis, IN. June 15-18. 

Feister, M., Zoltowski, C., Buzzanell, P., Oakes, W., & Zhu, Q. (2014). Understanding team ethical climate through interview data. Proceedings of the 121st ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Indianapolis, IN. June 15-18.

Feister, M., Zoltowski, C., Buzzanell, P., Oakes, W., & Zhu, Q. (2014). The discourse of design: Examining students’ perceptions of design in multidisciplinary project teams. Proceedings of the 121st ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Indianapolis, IN. June 15-18. 

Feister, M., Zoltowski, C., Buzzanell, P., Zhu, Q., & Oakes, W. (2014). Making sense of ethics in engineering education: A discursive examination of students' perceptions of work and ethics on multidisciplinary project teams.Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE International Symposium on Ethics in Engineering, Science, and Technology, Chicago, IL. May 23-24. 

Borenstein, J., Jesiek, B., Zoltowski, C., & Zhu, Q. (2014). Assessing science and engineering ethics outcomes: An interactive review of tools. Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE International Symposium on Ethics in Engineering, Science, and Technology, Chicago, IL. May 23-24. 

Mazzurco, A., Zhu, Q., Guo, W., & Zhao, F. (2014). A Comparative study of clay brick and fly ash brick in USA and China: Environmental and sociological perspectives. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technologies, Oakland, CA. May 19-21.    

Jesiek, B., Zhu, Q., Thompson, J. D., Mazzurco, A., & Woo, S. E. (2013). Global engineering competencies and cases.Proceedings of the 2013 ASEE International Forum, Atlanta, GA. June 22, 2013. 

Zhu, Q., Yu, Y., & Fisher, E. (2010). Toward an empirical ethics in technology: Embedded ethicist as a case. In T. Matsuda & H. Inaoka (Eds.), Proceedings of 1st international conference on applied ethics and applied philosophy in East Asia (pp.173-183). Kobe, Japan. 

Review Essays

Zhu, Q. (2017). Review of the book Ethics within engineering: An introduction, by Wade L. Robison. International Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 31(3), 327-330. ​  

Zhu, Q. (2017). Chinese technocracy. Issues in Science and Technology, 33(2). Retrieved from http://issues.org/33-2/forum-33/ [download PDF]

Zhu, Q. (2015). Review of the book Confucianism: A very short introduction, by Daniel K. Gardner. China Report: A Journal of East Asian Studies, 51(3), 270-272. 

Zhu, Q. (2012). Review of the book A companion to the philosophy of technology, by J. Olsen, S. Pedersen & V. Hendricks. Essays in Philosophy, 13(2), 617-622. 

Miller, G., & Zhu, Q. (2011). Review of the book Between Dao and technique: Philosophy of technology against the background of Chinese culture, by Q. Wang. Journal of Chinese Philosophy, 38(2), 317-320.

Zhu, Q. (2009). Review of the book Pragmatism as post-postmodernism: Lessons from John Dewey, by L. Hickman.Techné: Research in Philosophy and Technology, 13(2), 172-174. ​