Instructors
DH = Prof. Daniel Hastings
LM = Dr. Lawrence McCray
JB = Dr. Jason Black
Students
KD = Kieran Downes
DF = Dietrich Falkenthal
AH = Angela Ho
SH = Shirley Hung
SL = Spencer Lewis
AM = Aleksandra Mozdzanowska
CN = Christine Ng
For lectures 6-11, files are presented courtesy of the student authors and used with permission.
Lec # | TOPICS | INSTRUCTORS | LECTURE NOTES |
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Phase One | |||
1 | Uncertainty The Engineer's View On the Power and the Limits of Analysis |
DH, LM | (PDF) |
2 | On Handling Messy Complexity | DH | (PDF) |
3 | The Engineering Mindset Analysis of the Columbia Disaster |
DH | |
4 | Bureaucratic Politics Some Powerful Dumb Ideas about Politics and Policymaking |
LM | |
5 | Technological Forecasting Methods for Forecasting; Predictions for the Future; How have they Actually Worked? |
JB with Prof. Chris Magee | Technology Assessment (PDF) Technological Forecasting (PDF) (Courtesy of Prof. Chris Magee. Used with permission.) |
Phase Two: Structured Case Presentations | |||
6 | GPS for Selected Applications | Expert: DH Presenters: AH, AM, CN |
(PDF) |
7 | Packet Switching for Data Communication | Expert: Dave Clark Presenters: SH, SL |
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8 | The Minicomputer | Expert: Frank Field Presenters: KD, DF |
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9 | Supersonic Transport (SST) | Expert: David Mindell Presenters: KD, SL, AM |
(PDF) |
10 | Seldane to Allegra | Expert: Frank Douglas Presenters: DF, CN |
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11 | The National Airspace System | Expert: Dava Newman Presenters: AH, SH |
(PDF - 2.2 MB) |
Phase Three | |||
12 | Ubiquitous Computing: Analysis and Review of Collected Material from the Last Year | Frank Field |