Earth in Crisis

George Catalano

• Paperback | Engels | Synthesis Lectures on Engineers, Technology, & Society | nr. 26
• This book examines the ethical responsibilities of engineers and scientists in light of new advances in science with a distinct reflection on quantum ... Lees meer

Engineering and Society: Working Towards Social Justice, Part III

Caroline Baillie, George Catalano

• Paperback | Engels | Synthesis Lectures on Engineers, Technology, & Society
• Engineers work in an increasingly complex entanglement of ideas, people, cultures, technology, systems and environments. Today, decisions made by engi... Lees meer

Engineers, Society, and Sustainability

Sarah Bell

• Paperback | Engels | Synthesis Lectures on Engineers, Technology, & Society
• Sustainable development is one of the key challenges of the twenty-first century. The engineering profession is central to achieving sustainable devel... Lees meer

Engineering and Social Justice

Donna Riley

• Paperback | Engels | Synthesis Lectures on Engineers, Technology, & Society
• The profession of engineering in the United States has historically served the status quo, feeding an ever-expanding materialistic and militaristic cu... Lees meer

Drones for Good

Gordon D Hoople, Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick

• Paperback | Engels | Synthesis Lectures on Engineers, Technology, & Society
• 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 ... Lees meer

Bridging the Gap Between Engineering and the Global World

Shobha K Bhatia, Jennifer L Smith

• Paperback | Engels | Synthesis Lectures on Engineers, Technology, & Society
• Over the last two decades, globalization has had a profound impact on how we view the world and its sustainability. One group of professionals that li... Lees meer

Engineering and Society: Working Towards Social Justice, Part II

Caroline Baillie, George Catalano

• Paperback | Engels | Synthesis Lectures on Engineers, Technology, & Society
• Part II: Engineering Decisions in the 21st Century Engineers work in an increasingly complex entanglement of ideas, people, cultures, technology, syst... Lees meer

Consilience

• Hardcover | Engels | Synthesis Lectures on Engineers, Technology, & Society
• This series of essays, written by scholars and practitioners of engineering and music after visits to indigenous communities in Bolivia and Sierra Leo... Lees meer

Because Technology Discriminates

Logan D a Williams

• Hardcover | Engels | Synthesis Lectures on Engineers, Technology, & Society | nr. 27
• Engineers designing technologies and systems produce problems when they do not account for existing biases in society. Designers have a mandate to mak... Lees meer

Handbook of Digital 3D Reconstruction of Historical Architecture

Sander Münster, Fabrizio Ivan Apollonio, Ina Bluemel, Federico Fallavollita, Riccardo Foschi, Marc Grellert, Marinos Ioannides, Peter Heinrich Jahn, Richard Kurdiovsky, Piotr Kuroczyński, Jan-Eric Lutteroth, Heike Messemer, Georg Schelbert

• Paperback | Engels | Synthesis Lectures on Engineers, Technology, & Society | nr. 28
• This open access book is a handbook for students, experts and interested parties who want to learn more about digital 3D reconstruction of historical ... Lees meer

Engineering

Corri Zoli, Shobha Bhatia, Valerie Davidson, Kelly Rusch

• Paperback | Engels | Synthesis Lectures on Engineers, Technology, & Society
• In this book we explore a sea change occurring in leadership for academic women in the sciences and engineering. Our approach is a two-pronged one: On... Lees meer

China, Engineering, and Ethics: A Sketch of the Landscape

• Hardcover | Engels | Synthesis Lectures on Engineers, Technology, & Society
• China is a leading engineering country, fueling unprecedented global development. Technology and educational exchanges bring Chinese organizations, pr... Lees meer

Mining and Communities

Rita Armstrong, Caroline Baillie, Wendy Cumming-Potvin

• Paperback | Engels | Synthesis Lectures on Engineers, Technology, & Society
• Mining has been entangled with the development of communities in all continents since the beginning of large-scale resource extraction. It has brought... Lees meer

Earth in Crisis

George Catalano

• Hardcover | Engels | Synthesis Lectures on Engineers, Technology, & Society | nr. 26
• This book examines the ethical responsibilities of engineers and scientists in light of new advances in science with a distinct reflection on quantum ... Lees meer

Socially Just Mining

Jordan Aitken, Rita Armstrong, Vicki Bilro, Andy Fourie, Kylie MacPherson

• Paperback | Engels | Synthesis Lectures on Engineers, Technology, & Society
• In this book we consider ways in which mining companies do and can/should respect the human rights of communities affected by mining operations. We ex... Lees meer

Untangling Complexity--Peace Building Engineering

Camilo Andrés Navarro Forero

• Paperback | Engels | Synthesis Lectures on Engineers, Technology, & Society | nr. 29
• This book examines how the rapid acceleration and interconnection of globalization comes with the need for more flexible and adaptable solutions to co... Lees meer

Engineers Within a Local and Global Society

Caroline Baillie

• Paperback | Engels | Synthesis Lectures on Engineers, Technology, & Society
• Engineers, Technology and Society presents topics intended to aid the practicing engineer in reflecting upon the nature and purpose of their own pract... Lees meer

Engineering and Sustainable Community Development

Juan Lucena, Jen Schneider, Jon a Leydens

• Paperback | Engels | Synthesis Lectures on Engineers, Technology, & Society
• This book, Engineering and Sustainable Community Development, presents an overview of engineering as it relates to humanitarian engineering, service l... Lees meer

A Philosophy of Technology

Peter Vermaas, Peter Kroes, Ibo Van de Poel, Maarten Franssen, Wybo Houkes

• Paperback | Engels | Synthesis Lectures on Engineers, Technology, & Society
• In A Philosophy of Technology: From Technical Artefacts to Sociotechnical Systems, technology is analysed from a series of different perspectives. The... Lees meer

Untangling Complexity--Peace Building Engineering

Camilo Andrés Navarro Forero

• Hardcover | Engels | Synthesis Lectures on Engineers, Technology, & Society | nr. 29
• This book examines how the rapid acceleration and interconnection of globalization comes with the need for more flexible and adaptable solutions to co... Lees meer

Tragedy in the Gulf

George Catalano

• Paperback | Engels | Synthesis Lectures on Engineers, Technology, & Society
• The recent tragedy in the Gulf of Mexico and resultant ethical consequences for the engineering profession are introduced and discussed. The need for ... Lees meer

Needs and Feasibility

Caroline Baillie, Eric Feinblatt, Thimothy Thamae, Emily Berrington

• Paperback | Engels | Synthesis Lectures on Engineers, Technology, & Society
• 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-fo... Lees meer

Adapting Engineering Education to a Rapidly Changing World

Roger V Gonzalez

• Hardcover | Engels | Synthesis Lectures on Engineers, Technology, & Society
• Rapid technological advancements, globalization, and environmental concerns impact the role of engineers in today's society. The book emphasizes the r... Lees meer

Humanitarian Engineering

Carl Mitcham, David Munoz

• Paperback | Engels | Synthesis Lectures on Engineers, Technology, & Society
• Humanitarian Engineering reviews the development of engineering as a distinct profession and of the humanitarian movement as a special socio-political... Lees meer