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

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

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

Engineering and Society: Working Towards Social Justice, Part I

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

Engineering and War

Ethan Blue, Michael Levine, Dean Nieusma

• Paperback | Engels | Synthesis Lectures on Engineers, Technology, & Society
• This book investigates the close connections between engineering and war, broadly understood, and the conceptual and structural barriers that face tho... 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

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

Garbage Crisis

Randika Jayasinghe, Usman Mushtaq, Toni Smythe, Caroline Baillie

• Paperback | Engels | Synthesis Lectures on Engineers, Technology, & Society
• This book will focus on "Waste Management," a serious global issue and engineers' responsibility towards finding better solutions for its sustainable ... 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

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 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

Globalization, Engineering, and Creativity

John Reader

• Paperback | Engels | Synthesis Lectures on Engineers, Technology, & Society
• The text addresses the impact of globalization within engineering, particularly on working practices and prospects for creativity. It suggests that ac... Lees meer

Engineering Ethics

George D Catalano

• Paperback | Engels | Synthesis Lectures on Engineers, Technology, & Society
• A response of the engineering profession to the challenges of security, poverty and underdevelopment, environmental sustainability, and native culture... 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

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

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

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

A Hybrid Imagination

Andrew Jamison, Steen Hyldgaard Christensen, Lars Botin

• Paperback | Engels | Synthesis Lectures on Engineers, Technology, & Society
• This book presents a cultural perspective on scientific and technological development. As opposed to the "story-lines" of economic innovation and soci... Lees meer

Engineers Engaging Community

Carolyn Oldham, Gregory Crebbin, Stephen Dobbs, Andrea Gaynor

• Paperback | Engels | Synthesis Lectures on Engineers, Technology, & Society
• Water and energy are fundamental elements of community well-being and economic development, and a key focus of engineering efforts the world over. As ... 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

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

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

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