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Engineering Ethics - Peace, Justice, And The Earth

by George D. Catalano

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 In the original two editions of Engineering Ethics: Peace, Justice, and the Earth, a response of the engineering profession to the challenges of security, poverty and underdevelopment, environmental sustainability, and native cultures was described.
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A Hybrid Imagination - Technology In Historical Perspective

by Andrew Jamison, Lars Botin e Steen Hyldgaard Christensen

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 / Science, Technology and Industrialization / Science, Technology and Modernization / Science, Technology and Globalization / The Greening of Science and Technology
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Adapting Engineering Education To A Rapidly Changing World

by Roger V. Gonzalez

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 Rapid technological advancements, globalization, and environmental concerns impact the role of engineers in today’s society. The book emphasizes the role and contribution of engineers to society, and the importance of engineering education. However, to better prepare engineers, for the challenges and opportunities of their profession, engineering education must change.This book begins by comparing the systems of engineering education in the United States and the United Kingdom, in terms of program structure, students, academics/faculty, and external factors. This comparison provides context to the discussion of the leadership role engineers should play and how engineering education should prepare students for leadership.The focus of the second part of the book is on the important role of professional development in engineering education and on broadening access to and participation in these programs. The author explains that engineering education programs must be redesigned to meet industry needs and to allow future engineers to achieve career success. To do so, in addition to traditional topics in science and engineering, programs should help students develop professional and managerial skills including communication, project management, analytical, and problem-solving skills. The final part of the book is dedicated to exploring how accelerated technological developments including artificial intelligence, require that engineering programs adapt, in order to remain relevant.
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Consilience - Learning About Ourselves By Applying Indigenous Traditions To Western Music And Technology

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 This series of essays, written by scholars and practitioners of engineering and music after visits to indigenous communities in Bolivia and Sierra Leone, illustrate the experiences, conversations, and insights that arose from consilient research.
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China, Engineering, And Ethics: A Sketch Of The Landscape

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 It includes perspectives from experts in engineering and technology ethics with first-hand China experience. This volume seeks to promote understandings of Chinese cultural and social contexts that are central to ethical engineering.
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China, Engineering, And Ethics: A Sketch Of The Landscape

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 It includes perspectives from experts in engineering and technology ethics with first-hand China experience. This volume seeks to promote understandings of Chinese cultural and social contexts that are central to ethical engineering.
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Engineering And Sustainable Community Development

by Jen Schneider, Jon A. Leydens, Juan Lucena e Samantha Temple

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 This book presents an overview of engineering as it relates to humanitarian engineering, service-learning engineering, peace engineering, or engineering for community-led development, programs that are often grouped under Engineering for Good or Engineering for Change.
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Untangling Complexity-Peace Building Engineering - Systems Thinking & Complexity Management To Support Community Development

by Camilo Andres Navarro Forero

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 This book examines how the rapid acceleration and interconnection of globalization comes with the need for more flexible and adaptable solutions to complex problems and solutions. It describes and demonstrates possible combinations of methods and methodologies to address the complex problems that the world offers us today.
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Because Technology Discriminates - Anti-Racist Counter-Expertise

by Logan D. A. Williams

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 Engineers designing technologies and systems produce problems when they do not account for existing biases in society. This textbook is written for both students and practicing designers, engineers, researchers, or artists who want to create more ethical designs;
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Earth In Crisis - A Call For A New Engineering Ethic

by George Catalano

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 This book compares new ideas in engineering that extend ethical boundaries beyond our present understanding in which Engineering ethics is locked in the world view of the 18th and 19th centuries.
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Globalization, Engineering, And Creativity

by John Reader

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 The text addresses the impact of globalization within engineering, particularly on working practices and prospects for creativity.
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Humanitarian Engineering

by Carl Mitcham e David Munoz

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 Humanitarian Engineering reviews the development of engineering as a distinct profession and of the humanitarian movement as a special socio-political practice.Table of Contents: Engineering / Humanitarianism / Humanitarian Engineering / Humanitarian Engineering Education / Challenges / Conclusion: Humanizing Technology
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Tragedy In The Gulf - A Call For A New Engineering Ethic

by George Catalano

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 The recent tragedy in the Gulf of Mexico and resultant ethical consequences for the engineering profession are introduced and discussed.Table of Contents: Tragedy in the Gulf / Tragedy Unfolding / Engineering Ethics / Complex Systems / Quantum Mechanics / Evolving Principles of the Universe / A New Engineering Ethic / Epilogue
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Garbage Crisis - A Global Challenge For Engineers

by Caroline Baillie, Randika Jayasinghe, Toni Smythe e Usman Mushtaq

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 Table of Contents: Introduction / Towards a Just Politics of Waste Management / Expertise, Indigenous People, and the Site 41 Landfill / Waste Management in the Global North / Waste Management in the Global South: A Sri Lankan Case Study / Assessing the Feasibility of Waste for Life in the Western Province of Sri Lanka
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Engineering, Justice, And Animals - A Call For A New Engineering Ethic

by George D. Catalano

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Adapting Engineering Education To A Rapidly Changing World

by Roger V. Gonzalez

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Engineering, Poverty, And The Earth

by George D. Catalano

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 In the present work, the growing awareness in engineering of the professionâ€™s responsibility towards the environment and the poor is considered. A new paradigm for engineering based on the works of Leonardo Boff and Thomas Berry, one that places an important emphasis upon a community, is explored.
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A Philosophy Of Technology - From Technical Artefacts To Sociotechnical Systems

by Ibo Van De Poel, Maarten Franssen, Peter Kroes, Peter Vermaas e Wybo Houkes

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 Table of Contents: Technical Artefacts / Technical Designing / Ethics and Designing / Technological Knowledge / Sociotechnical Systems / The Role of Social Factors in Technological Development / Ethics and Unintended Consequences of Technology
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Engineers Engaging Community - Water And Energy

by Andrea Gaynor, Carolyn Oldham, Gregory Crebbin e Stephen Dobbs

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 Water and energy are fundamental elements of community well-being and economic development, and a key focus of engineering efforts the world over. As such, they offer outstanding opportunities for the development of socially just engineering practices. This work examines the engineering of water and energy systems with a focus on issues of social justice and sustainability. A key theme running through the work is engaging community on water and energy engineering projects: How is this achieved in diverse contexts? And, what can we learn from past failures and successes in water and energy engineering? The book includes a detailed case study of issues involved in the provision of water and energy, among other needs, in a developing and newly independent nation, East Timor.
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Engineering And Society: Working Towards Social Justice, Part I - Engineering And Society

by Caroline Baillie e George Catalano

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 In Part 2 Catalano frames the thinking processes necessary to create ethical and just decisions in engineering, to understand the implications of our current decision making processes and think about ways in which we might adapt these to become more socially just in the future.
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Needs And Feasibility - A Guide For Engineers In Community Projects

by Caroline Baillie, Emily Berrington, Eric Feinblatt e Thimothy Thamae

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 Needs and Feasibility: A Guide for Engineers in Community Projects -- The Case of Waste for Life is the story of Waste for Life (WFL). WFL is a not-for-profit organization that works to promote poverty-reducing solutions to environmental problems, and its educational branch is an international consortium of universities in six countries, involving students in support of community development projects. WFL currently works in Lesotho and Argentina. We present the story of the development of WFL in each country as a case-based guide to engineers, professors and students interested in community development work, particularly in contexts very different from their own. We focus mainly on the set-up stages, framing the projects to ensure that community needs are adequately articulated and acted upon. We begin with needs assessment, what is it that needs to be done -- for whom and why? How feasible is this, technically, economically, and can we guarantee sustainability? Before we can decide any of this, we need to understand and map the territory -- who are the key players, who have the most influence, and who will be most impacted by what we are doing? What is the role of the local government? If the groups are working as cooperatives, what does this mean, and what are these groups looking for? What is the technical solution going to look like? If it is a product, how will it be marketed? What other social, environmental, and economic impacts will it have and on whom? Once these have all been negotiated, and it is clear that all parties are working towards a mutually acceptable goal, how do we move forward so that any dependence on external partners is removed? When do we bring students into the work? What role can they play? Should they stay at home and support the project from there or is it better to do work in the field? This guide will be useful for the student engineer or the experienced engineer or professor who is interested in moving towards socially just engineering development work but has no idea where to begin. The real difficulties and on the ground issues encountered by the Waste for Life team are presented honestly and with the knowledge that we must learn from our mistakes. Only then can we hope to gain a better understanding of our potential role in supporting community development and move towards a better future. Table of Contents: An Introduction / Assessing the Need in Lesotho / Feasibility of WFL Lesotho / Mapping the Territory in Buenos Aires / Stakeholder Focus: The Local Government / Stakeholder Focus: Cooperatives / Sustainability: Economic, Environmental, and Social / Student Involvement / Summary Thoughts
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Engineering And War - Militarism, Ethics, Institutions, Alternatives

by Dean Nieusma, Ethan Blue e Michael Levine

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 This book investigates the close connections between engineering and war, broadly understood, and the conceptual and structural barriers that face those who would seek to loosen those connections.
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Engineers, Society, And Sustainability

by Sarah Bell

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 Table of Contents: The Origins of Sustainability / Ecological Modernisation / Environmental Ethics / Society and Technology / Engineering Consumption / Sustainable Urban Water Systems / Engineering, Technology and Ethics / Conclusion
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Drones For Good - How To Bring Sociotechnical Thinking Into The Classroom

by Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick e Gordon D. Hoople

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 What in the world is a social scientist doing collaborating with an engineer, and an engineer with a sociologist, and together on a book about drones and sociotechnical thinking in the classroom? This book emerges from a frustration that disciplinary silos create few opportunities for students to engage with others beyond their chosen major. In this volume, Hoople and Choi-Fitzpatrick introduce a sociotechnical approach to truly interdisciplinary education around the exciting topic of drones. The text, geared primarily at university faculty, provides a hands-on approach for engaging students in challenging conversations at the intersection of technology and society. Choi-Fitzpatrick and Hoople provide a turnkey solution complete with detailed lesson plans, course assignments, and drone-based case studies. They present a modular framework, describing how faculty might adopt their approach for any number of technologies and class configurations.
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