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Publications

Books and Edited Volumes

Clancy, R., Zhu, Q, & Tang, X. (Eds.). (2024). China, engineering, and ethics: A sketch of the landscape. Cham, Switzerland: Springer.

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.

Journal Articles

Guler, B. N., Sun, Y., Shiekh, K., Cao, Y., Ausman, M. C., Sanchez Padilla, V., Asad, T., & Zhu, Q. (2025). Teaching the ethics of AI and robotics to graduate students: A cross-disciplinary and cross-cultural approach. Teaching Ethics, 24(2), 53-68.​

Weichert, J., Zhu, Q., Kim, D., & Eldardiry, H. (2025). Perceptions of AI ethics policies among scientists and engineers in policy-related roles. Digital Society, 4, Article 32. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44206-025-00176-9

Clancy, R., Zhu, Q., Streiner, S., Gammon, A., & Thorpe, R. (2025). Towards a psychologically realist, culturally responsive approach to engineering ethics in global contexts. Science and Engineering Ethics, 31, Article 10. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-025-00536-1

Cao, Y., Zhu, Q., & Case, J. (2024). Cultural aspects of teamwork in engineering education: Comparing Chinese and international literatures. European Journal of Engineering Education. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/03043797.2024.2439296

Love, H., Adamson, G., Albuquerque, P. H., Camarena, S., Chacon-Hertado, D., Havens, J. C., … Zhu, Q. (2024). The future of work in the age of automation. IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society. Advance online publication. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10798994​

Clancy, R., & Zhu, Q. (2024). Exploring the relations between ethical reasoning and moral intuitions among Chinese engineering students in a course on global engineering ethics. European Journal of Engineering Education, 49(6), 1358-1375.​ 

Kim. D., Zhu, Q., & Eldardiry, H. (2024). Toward a policy approach to normative artificial intelligence governance: Implications for AI ethics education. IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society, 5(3), 325-333. 

Zhu, Q., Kim, D., & Snieder, R. (2024). The ethics of engineering ethics education: Curriculum design, ethics pedagogies, and the moral responsibilities of ethics educators. Teaching Ethics, 24(1), 165-177. 

Kim, B., Wen, R., de Visser, E., Tossell, C., Zhu, Q., Williams, T., & Phillips, E. (2024). Can robot advisers encourage honesty? Considering the impact of rule, identity, and role-based moral advice. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 184, Article 103217. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2024.103217​​

Zhu. Q., & Clancy, R. (2023). Constructing a role ethics approach to engineering ethics education. Ethics & Education, 18(2), 216-229.​ 

Martin, D., Clancy, R., Zhu, Q., & Bombaerts, G. (2023). Why do we need norm sensitive design? A WEIRD critique of value sensitive approaches to design. Global Philosophy, 33, Article 40. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10516-023-09689-9​

Zhu, Q. (2023). Just hierarchy and the ethics of artificial intelligence: Two approaches to a relational ethic for artificial intelligence. Ethical Perspectives, 30(1), 59-76.

Clancy, R., & Zhu, Q. (2023). Why should ethical behaviors be the ultimate goal of engineering ethics education? Business and Professional Ethics, 42(1), 33-53. 

Clancy, R., Bode, I, & Zhu, Q. (2023). The need for and nature of a normative, cultural psychology of weaponized AI. Ethics and Information Technology, 25, Article 6. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10676-023-09680-3

Wen, R., Kim, B., Philips, E., Zhu, Q., & Williams, T. (2023). Comparing norm-based and role-based strategies for robot communication of role-grounded moral norms. ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction, 12(3), Article 30. https://doi.org/10.1145/3571719 ​​

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/​

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

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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, 40(3/4), 40-53.​ 

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
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Zhu, Q., & Sun, Y. (2025). Toward a self-cultivation approach to engineering education: A Confucian perspective. In A. Buch & S. H. Christensen (Eds.), Bildung for engineering education and practice: A new agenda (pp. 197-210). Cham, Switzerland: Springer.

Holles, C., Snieder, R., James, C., & Zhu, Q. (2025). Teaching with heart: Pedagogical love in STEM for higher education. In E. Vanderheiden, C. Mayer & A. Barcelos (Eds.), Pedagogical love in adult education (pp. 105-123). Cham, Switzerland: Springer. 

Zhu, Q., Marin, L., Medeiros Ramos, A., & Sethy, S. (2024). The purposes of engineering ethics education. In S. Chance, T. Børsen, D. Martin, R. Tormey, T. Lennerfors & G. Bombaerts (Eds.), The Routledge international handbook of engineering ethics education (pp. 27-43). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.​

Jesiek, B., Zhu, Q., & Vinod, G. (2024). Foundational perspectives on ethics in engineering accreditation. In In S. Chance, T. Børsen, D. Martin, R. Tormey, T. Lennerfors & G. Bombaerts (Eds.), The Routledge international handbook of engineering ethics education (pp. 575-594). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.​

Zhu, Q. (2024). Confucian engineers: Professional identity, engineering practice, and ethical ideals. In R. Clancy, Q. Zhu & X. Tang (Eds.)., China, engineering, and ethics: A sketch of the landscape (pp. 65-73). Cham, Switzerland: Springer.

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., pp. 87-114). 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

Shiekh, S., Geraci, C., Mower, D., Miller, G., & Zhu, Q. (2025). Methodological reflections on designing surveys to explore faculty and administrator perceptions of AI ethics education. Proceedings of the 2025 IEEE International Symposium on Ethics in Engineering, Science, and Technology. Evanston, IL. June 6-8.

Shiekh, S., Sun, Y., & Zhu, Q. (2025). Cross-cultural perspectives on quantum ethics: A comparative analysis of Western and Chinese scholarly discourses. Proceedings of the 2025 IEEE International Symposium on Ethics in Engineering, Science, and Technology. Evanston, IL. June 6-8.

Ali, E., Weichert, J., Sun, Y., Eldardiry, H., Zhu, Q., & Kim, D. (2025). Exploring translational ethical competency (TEC) in AI design: Conceptual analysis and methodological reflections from a pilot study. Proceedings of the 2025 IEEE International Symposium on Ethics in Engineering, Science, and Technology. Evanston, IL. June 6-8.


​Kim, B., Zhu, Q., Phillips, E., & Williams, T. (2025). From intent to accountability: Exploring the role of mental states in robot accountability. Proceedings of the 2025 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Its Social Impacts (ARSO), Osaka, Japan. July 17-19, 2025.​

Weichert, J., Kim, D., Zhu, Q., & Eldardiry, H. (2024). “Do I have to take this class?” A review of ethics requirements in computer science curricula. Proceedings of the Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE TS 2025), Pittsburgh, PA. February 26 – March 1.

Dong, J., Mitchell, J., Yu, S., Harmon, M., Holstein, A., Shim, J., Choi, K., Zhu, Q., & Jeon, M. (2024). Promoting STEAM education and AI/robot ethics in a child-robot theater afterschool program. Proceedings of HRI ’24: ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, Boulder, CO. March 11-15.

Mitchell, J., Dong, J., Yu, S., Harmon, M., Holstein, A., Shim, J., Choi, K., Zhu, Q., & Jeon, M. (2024). Bridging the gap: Early education on robot and AI ethics through the robot theater platform in an informal learning environment. Proceedings of HRI ’24: ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, Boulder, CO. March 11-15.

Zhu, Q., Kim, D., Eldardiry, H., & Ausman, M. (2023). A preliminary investigation of the ethics policy concerns of artificial intelligence: Insights from AI professionals working in policy-related roles. Proceedings of the 2023 Frontiers in Education Conference, College Station, TX. October 18-21.

Shiekh, K, Nieusma, D, Zhu, Q., & Rea, S. (2023). How the hidden curriculum reveals the enculturation experience of underrepresented students in engineering. Proceedings of the 2023 Frontiers in Education Conference, College Station, TX. October 18-21.

Ausman, M., & Zhu, Q. (2023). Disruptions to the “Modeled Minority” in engineering: Why do some Asian American students leave engineering? Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI), Dublin, Ireland. September 11-14.

Kim, B., Wen, R., Zhu, Q., Williams, T., & Phillips, B. (2023). The impact of different ethical frameworks underlying a robot’s advice and charitable donations. Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), Busan, Korea. August 28-31.​

Clancy, R., Streiner, S., Zhu, Q., Wu, X., & Thorpe, R. (2023). Assessing the effects of a short-term global engineering ethics course on the development of engineering students’ moral reasoning and dispositions. Proceedings of the 130th ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore, MD. June 25-28.

Gammon, A., Zhu, Q., Clancy, R., Streiner, S., & Thorpe, R. (2023). Comparing engineering ethics education across institutions using case study: Methodological and conceptual problems. Proceedings of the 130th ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore, MD. June 25-28.

Cao, Y., Zhu, Q., & Case, J. (2023). Comparing approaches to teamwork assessment in engineering education in the US and China: A comparative literature review. Proceedings of the 130th ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore, MD. June 25-28.

Michelle, M., & Zhu, Q. (2023). Mixed in engineering: Introducing critical multiracial theory to engineering education research. Proceedings of the 130th ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore, MD. June 25-28.​


Kim, D., Zhu, Q., & Eldardiry, H. (2023). Exploring approaches to artificial intelligence governance: From ethics to policy. Proceedings of the 2023 IEEE International Symposium on Ethics in Engineering, Science, and Technology. West Lafayette, IN. May 18-20.​

Wen, R., Kim, B., Phillips, E., Zhu, Q., & Williams, T. (2023). On further reflection... Moral reflections enhance robotic moral persuasive capability. In A. Meschtscherjakov, C. Midden, & J. Ham (Eds.), Lecture notes in computer science: Vol. 13832. Persuasive technology (pp. 290-304). Cham, Switzerland: Springer. 

​Kim, B., Phillips, E., Zhu, Q., & Williams, T. (2023). Perspectives on moral agency for HRI: Cognitive construct or ontological state? Proceedings of HRI ’23: ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction. Stockholm, Sweden. March 13-16.​​

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. 
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