Two Penn State undergraduate students placed second place overall at Lockheed Martin's eight annual Ethics in Engineering Competition. Credit: Provided by Paul Mittan/Penn State
Penn State places second in Lockheed Martin’s engineering ethics competition
Mar 31, 2025
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A team of undergraduates and their faculty adviser recently placed second overall in Lockheed Martin's eighth annual Ethics in Engineering Competition. During the competition, students were given a business ethics case study where they were challenged to implement advanced technologies like AI to enhance the accuracy and decision-making of first responders during wildfire management.
Garrett Weber, a third-year finance and economics major, Shayaan Gandhi, a fourth-year industrial engineering major, and their adviser, Paul Mittan, professor of practice and director of the Engineering Leadership Development Program, competed against 66 total teams on Feb. 24-26 in Bethesda, Maryland.
Throughout the event, students had the opportunity to engage with Lockheed Martin engineers, participate in workshops and explore emerging issues in AI. Tours of notable facilities were offered to attendees, alongside a keynote address given by Ben Miller, director of the Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control and a live video call with Suni Williams, an astronaut who was at that time actively working in the International Space Station, according to Lockheed Martin
Weber is an active member of the Smeal College of Business’ Business Ethics Case Competition Team. The team has participated and placed in various other business ethics competitions, including first place at the 2023 and 2024 International Business Ethics Case Competitions.
Gandhi is involved with several student and professional organizations at Penn State, including serving as the VP of Conference for Penn State FinTech Group and as the publicity and outreach chair of the Penn State chapter of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers.
From left to right, Erin Lederman, ethics analysis manager at Lockheed Martin, Shayaan Gandhi, Paul Mittan, Garrett Weber and Jim Byrne, vice president of ethics, compliance and artificial intelligence at Lockheed Martin, pose together after the competition. Credit: Provided by Paul Mittan/Penn State
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