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ENG101/ HUM200, Autumn 2005
Engineering and Society

Lecture Notes

Dowload the powerpoint slides for the following lectures:

9/29/05.  Inventions that Changed the World.   

10/4/05.  What is Engineering, Anyway? What Impact Does Engineering Have on the World?

10/5/05.  Speculative Fiction (aka sci fi!), Possible Futures, and the People Who Build Stuff

10/6/05.  Designing the World

10/10/05.  Introduction to Major Transportation Systems, Part 1.  Guest lecturer: Prof. Joe Mahoney

10/11/05.   Introduction to Major Transportation Systems, Part 1 cont.  Guest lecturer: Prof. Joe Mahoney

10/12/05.  Introduction to Major Transportation Systems, Part 2Guest lecturer: Prof. Joe Mahoney

10/13/05.  Transportation Systems, cont.  Guest lecturer: Prof. Joe Mahoney

10/17/05How Transportation Vehicles Have Affected Society.  Guest lecturer Prof. Steve Muench

10/18/05The Public Policy Importance of Transportation DecisionsGuest lecturer Prof. Scott Rutherford.

10/19/05.  Designing the World (Again)

10/20/05.  A Traffic Pandemic (While We Await Teleportation…)

10/25/05The Hydrogen Economy and “Alternative" Energy.

10/26/05Energy Technologies.  Guest Lecture: Professor John Kramlich.

11/01/05.  Nuclear Power

11/02/05Meeting Energy Needs off the Beaten Track

11/03/05.  Review of Amory Lovins video

11/07/05.  Overview of Location Systems (pdf, also covers 11/9/05). Guest Lecture:   Professor Gaetano Boriello.

11/9/05.  Applications of Location Systems and Social Implications (see 11/7/05 pdf).  Guest Lecture:  Professor Gaetano Borriello.

11/10/05.  "Would you chip your pet?  Would you chip your child?  Would you chip yourself?"

11/14/05.  Overview of RFID Technology (pdf, also covers 11/16/05).  Guest Lecture:   Professor Gaetano Boriello.

11/15/05.  Prototyping for DesignGuest lecture:  Emma Rose.

11/16/05.  Applications of RFID Technology (see pdf for 11/14/05).  Guest Lecture:   Professor Gaetano Boriello.

11/17/05.  Computer-Supported Coordinated CareGuest Lecture:  Sunny Consolvo.

11/28/05.  P2P Technologies, Copyright, Copyleft

11/29/05.  Legal Perspectives on Technology Use

11/30/05.  Designing the World Collaboratively: The Story of Open Source

12/01/05.  When Is a Game Not Play?