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Engineering a Better Future : Interplay Between Engineering, Social Sciences, and Innovation.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Subrahmanian, Eswaran.
Other Authors: Odumosu, Toluwalogo., Tsao, Jeffrey Y.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2018.
Edition:1st ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Preface
  • Acknowlegments
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Background
  • Meeting at the Middle: Challenges to Educating at the Boundaries
  • Engineers Shaping Human Affairs
  • Engineering the Engineers: Thinking about Design in Designing Thinking
  • In Closing
  • References
  • 1 Innovations in Energy-Climate Education: Integrating Engineering and Social Sciences to Strengthen Resilience
  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.2 Advancing Energy and Climate Education in Higher Education
  • 1.3 Beyond Conventional Engineering: Engaged Learning at the Climate-Energy Nexus
  • 1.4 Advancing K-12 Climate-Energy Education
  • 1.5 Energy Democracy for a Changing World
  • 1.6 Conclusions
  • References
  • 2 Technology, Policy and Management: Co-evolving or Converging?
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Socio-Technical Systems
  • 2.3 Socio-Technical Systems in TPM's Education and Research
  • 2.4 Concluding Remarks
  • 3 Reconnecting Engineering with the Social and Political Sphere
  • 3.1 Science Outside the Lab
  • 3.2 Community Engagement Workshops
  • 3.3 Conclusion
  • References
  • 4 Ecole des Mines de Paris: A Few Lessons from a Long History
  • 4.1 Professional Mining School: 1815-1890
  • 4.2 Generalist School: 1890-1967
  • 4.3 School Based on Research: 1967-2014
  • 4.4 What Should We Take Away from This Long History? Contemporary Challenges and New Images of the Engineer
  • 5 Evolving from Single Disciplines to Renaissance Teams
  • 5.1 Origins and Motivation
  • 5.2 A Multidisciplinary Design Course
  • 5.3 Lessons Learned
  • References
  • 6 Designing the Future We Want
  • 6.1 The Dialogues Are Broken
  • 6.2 The Design Hypothesis
  • 6.3 Broken Multidisciplinary Dialogues
  • 6.4 The PSI Matrix for Understanding Design
  • 6.5 Epilog
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
  • 7 Engineering Design and Society
  • Acknowledgements
  • References.
  • 8 The Cult of Innovation: Its Myths and Rituals
  • 8.1 Gadgetology
  • 8.2 Elitism
  • 8.3 Benign Innovation
  • 8.4 Smash and Grab
  • 8.5 Jewel in the Crown
  • 8.6 Expecting Miracles
  • 8.7 Procrastovation
  • 8.8 Homilies
  • References
  • 9 A Generative Perspective on Engineering: Why the Destructive Force of Artifacts Is Immune to Politics
  • 9.1 Labor Value, Ecological Value, and Expressive Value
  • 9.2 Watchmaking
  • 9.3 A Cyborg Path to Generative Justice
  • 9.4 Tuning for Generative Justice
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
  • 10 Does Law Wear Out?
  • 10.1 Extended Action Through Time
  • 10.2 A Legal Bathtub Curve?
  • 10.3 Sketches for an Empirical Test
  • 10.4 Bathtub or Sawtooth or Both?
  • 10.5 Possible Future Directions
  • References
  • 11 The Role of Emotion and Culture in the "Moment of Opening"-An Episode of Creative Collaboration
  • 11.1 Introduction
  • 11.2 Defining Emotion and Culture
  • 11.2.1 Emotion: An Arousal-Valence Perspective
  • 11.2.2 Emotion: An Awareness-Memory Perspective
  • 11.3 Moment of Opening as an Episode of Creative Collaboration
  • 11.4 The Role of Emotion in a "Moment of Opening" Interaction
  • 11.5 The Role of Culture in a "Moment of Opening" Interaction
  • 11.6 Conclusion
  • References
  • 12 Do the Best Design Ideas (Really) Come from Conceptually Distant Sources of Inspiration?
  • 12.1 Background
  • 12.1.1 Research Base
  • 12.1.2 Impetus for the Current Work
  • 12.2 Methods
  • 12.2.1 Overview of Research Context
  • 12.2.2 Sample and Initial Data Collection
  • 12.2.3 Measures
  • 12.2.3.1 Creativity of Concepts
  • 12.2.3.2 Conceptual Distance
  • Measurement Approach
  • Validation
  • Final Distance Measures
  • 12.2.3.3 Control Measures
  • 12.2.4 Analytic Approach
  • 12.3 Results
  • 12.3.1 Descriptive Statistics
  • 12.3.2 Statistical Models
  • 12.3.2.1 Max Distance
  • 12.3.2.2 Mean Distance
  • 12.4 Discussion.
  • 12.4.1 Summary and Interpretation of Findings
  • 12.4.2 Caveats and Limitations
  • 12.4.3 Implications and Future Directions
  • Appendix 1: Topic Model Technical Details
  • Document Preprocessing
  • Model Parameter Selection
  • Appendix 2: Statistical Modeling Technical Details
  • Statistical Modeling Approach
  • Model Selection
  • Robustness and Sensitivity
  • References
  • 13 Integrating is Caring? Or, Caring for Nanotechnology? Being an Integrated Social Scientist
  • 13.1 Introduction
  • 13.2 Why Care?
  • 13.3 Caring for Nanotechnology
  • 13.3.1 Being Integrated or, I Am Outreach
  • 13.3.2 Defining Integration or, 2 + 2 = 4
  • 13.3.3 Doing Integration or, the Problem with Users and Their Proxies
  • 13.3.4 Managing Integration or, What Counts as Knowledge
  • 13.4 Conclusion
  • 13.5 Afterword
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
  • 14 The Art of Research: A Divergent/Convergent Thinking Framework and Opportunities for Science-Based Approaches
  • 14.1 Introduction
  • 14.2 Divergent/Convergent Thinking Framework
  • 14.3 Individual Researchers: Human Cognitive Constraints and Biases
  • 14.3.1 Divergent Thinking: Overcoming Idea Fixation Through Engineered Exposure to New Ideas
  • 14.3.2 Convergent Thinking: Overcoming Sloppy Thinking Through Disciplined Use of Research Narratives
  • 14.3.3 Balancing Divergent and Convergent Thinking
  • 14.4 Research Teams: Social Constraints and Biases
  • 14.4.1 Divergent Thinking: Overcoming Over-Reliance on Strong Links by Exploiting Weak Links
  • 14.4.2 Convergent Thinking: Balancing Impermeable Teams with Permeable Collaborations
  • 14.4.3 Distributing Divergent and Convergent Thinking Between Individuals and Teams
  • 14.5 Research Institutions: Cultural Constraints and Biases
  • 14.5.1 Divergent Thinking: Balancing a Culture of Performance with a Culture of Learning.
  • 14.5.2 Convergent Thinking: Balancing a Culture of Consensus with a Culture of Truth
  • 14.6 A Vision for the Future
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
  • 15 Knowledge, Skill, and Wisdom: Reflections on Integrating the Social Sciences and Engineering
  • 15.1 Knowledge, Skill, and Wisdom
  • 15.2 An Overview of UVA's Program in Science, Technology, and Society
  • 15.3 Key Concepts
  • 15.4 Neither Preach nor Apologize
  • References
  • 16 Dealing with the Future: General Considerations and the Case of "Mobility".

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