Through our scientific and technological genius, we've made of this world a neighborhood. And now through our moral and ethical commitment, we must make of it a brotherhood.
Background
Taft Broome, Jr. is a professor of civil engineering at Howard University. Broome holds a BS in civil engineering from Howard University, and an MS and ScD in structural mechanics from the George Washington University. He also earned an MS in science, technology, and society/engineering ethics from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Interests
Broome pursues research in the fields of structural systems and mechanics, dynamics of rigid bodies, engineering dynamics, engineering ethics and education, philosophy of engineering literatures. As a civil engineer, Broome also mentors others in how to map their personal narratives to achieve their destinies. While at MIT, he taught Engineering Ethics (ESD.932).
Sample Work
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Broadening the Horizons of Students: An Elective Seminar Course on Ethics and the Philosophy of Appropriate Technology
Broadening the Horizons of Students: An Elective Seminar Course on Ethics and the Philosophy of Appropriate Technology. Global Journal of Engineering Education 9, No.2 (2005): 111-119. J. Tharakan*, M. Castro**, J. Trimble*, D. Schwartzman*, B. Stephenson, T. Broome*
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Are the university computer services helping HU faculty? A Summary of Faculty Senate’s Survey of Customer Satisfaction for ISAS
Are the university computer services helping HU faculty? A Summary of Faculty Senate’s Survey of Customer Satisfaction for ISAS. The Senator Communicator (Nov 2005): 22-25. So, D.W., *Burge, L., *Middendorf III, G.A., *Bayne, R., *Broome, T.H. Jr., *Garuba, M., *Lawson, T., & *Sola, P.A
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Broadening Horizons for our Students: An Elective Seminar Course on Ethics and Philosophy of Appropriate Technology
“Broadening Horizons for our Students: An Elective Seminar Course on Ethics and Philosophy of Appropriate Technology,” 8th UICEE Annual Conference on Engineering Education Conference Proceedings, Z. Pudlowski (ed), pp. 353 – 357, UICEE Press, Melbourne, Australia (2004). J. Tharakan, M. Castro, J. Trimble, D. Schwartzman, B. Stephenson, T. Broome, and C. Verharen.
Publication
Of Snow and Smith. Commentary on 'Notes on a pilgrimage to science: a fly on the wall'
Of Snow and Smith. Commentary on ‘Notes on a pilgrimage to science: a fly on the wall’. (David Smith). Sci Eng Ethics. 2001 Jul;7(4):635-8. Broome TH Jr.