Research Catalog

Title

Engineering tomorrow : today's technology experts envision the next century / Janie Fouke, editor ; Trudy E. Bell and Dave Dooling, writers.

Author

Bell, Trudy E.

Publication

• Piscataway, NJ : IEEE Press, [2000]
• ©2000

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Details

Additional Authors

• Fouke, Janie McLawhorn.
• Dooling, David.

Description

xiv, 308 pages : color illustrations, portraits (some color); 29 cm

Summary

The rush of technology in the 20th century has brought more advances than the 11th through the 19th combined. From automobiles to the leap of humans beyond Earth's atmosphere, were born of the creative spark and labor of scientists and engineers. In this book, 50 experts in various disciplines of science and technology explore a host of questions. Such as: How can we ensure that technology is humane and not inane? Can nations mount an effective defense without having to shoot? When computer intelligence exceeds human intelligence, what will it mean to be human? If you could 'uninvent' one technology, which would you choose - and why? How can we prevent ourselves from drowning in high-tech waste? Why should engineers take the long view? These questions should concern anyone with an interest in engineering, and it's effect on the world.

Alternative Title

Today's technology experts envision the next century

Subject

• Technological forecasting
• Twenty-first century > Forecasts
• Engineering > Forecasting
• Technological forecasting
• Twenty-first century
• Prognose
• Technischer Fortschritt
• Technikbewertung
• Zukunftserwartung
• Technik
• TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING
• TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
• ENGINEERING
• FORECASTING

Genre/Form

• Forecasts
• Forecasts.

Note

• Includes index.

Contents

• Threshold of the new millennium ; What are key policy and social issues facing the Internet? / Vinton G. Cerf -- What is the secret of happiness in a career? / Wilson Greatbatch -- What are some of technology's unanticipated consequences? / Jack S. Kilby -- What constitutes a good scientific theory? / Arno A. Penzias -- How can we be wiser about decisions of what to pursue in science and technology? / Charles H. Townes -- Part I. Technologies for society's infrastructure ; Structures and devices ; How soon can we free ourselves from fossil fuels? / John G. Kassakian -- If you could 'uninvent' a technology, which would it be? / Roger D. Pollard -- How will information technology transform global culture? / Donald R. Scifres -- Are we prepared for the nanotechnology revolution? / Ralph C. Merkle -- Systems and management ; When will society recognize that nuclear reactors are environmentally safer than fossil-fuel power plants? / Robert A. Bell -- How can effective communication help engineers develop the best products? / Samuel J. Keene -- Can engineers abdicate leadership forever? / Wade H. Shaw, Jr. -- How can we accurately evaluate creativity and diversity? / Rui de Figueredo -- Computers and software ; Can we make society smarter? / Douglas C. Engelbart -- How can we separate the Internet's wheat from its chaff? / Alan Kay -- Are computers really the tide that will float all boats? / Gordon E. Moore -- How can we prevent ourselves from drowning in high-tech waste? / Rao R. Tummala
• Part II. Human application technologies ; Communications ; Are we eating our seed corn? / Tingye Li -- When is unlimited information effectively no information at all? / Rod C. Alferness -- The electromagnetic spectrum : public trust or pork barrel? / Bennett Z. Kobb -- What is the role of industrial research laboratories in the twenty-first century? / A. Robert Calderbank -- Entertainment ; What is the most environmentally sound way to dispose of consumer electronics products? / Wayne C. Luplow -- How will the Internet affect social relationships? / Stephen B. Weinstein -- What is the future of the U.S.'s universities and corporate research laboratories? / S. Joseph Campanella -- Why can't we better predict which technologies will succeed? / Robert W. Lucky -- Medicine and biology ; How can mentoring overcome racial discrimination? / Cato T. Laurencin -- What practical advice can encourage women engineers? / Thelma Estrin -- How can we ensure that technology is humane and not inane? / George S. Moschytz -- When computer intelligence exceeds human intelligence, what will it mean to be human? / Ray Kurzweil -- Transportation ; How much will we pay for freedom of movement? / Victor Wouk -- What is the potential of computer intelligence in mass transit? / Linda Sue Boehmer -- Will cars ever have jet fighter controls? / William F. Powers -- Can we overcome our fear of flying? / George L. Donahue -- Exploration ; How can we further explore the 'microverse'? / Freeman J. Dyson -- Why are humans driven to explore? / Burt Rutan -- Do we really need an armada to explore Mars? / Robert Zubrin -- Will humans live in cities floating on the oceans? / Joseph R. Vadus
• Part III. Engineering our priorities ; The environment ; Why should engineers take the long view? / Stewart Brand -- How can we best invest in the next generation of scientists and engineers? / Ghassem Asrar -- What does it take for people to realize that technology-induced climate change is jeopardizing our very lives? / Sylvia A. Earle -- Why is it urgent now to investigate low-carbon sources of energy? / M. Granger Morgan -- War and peace ; How can we watch out for a weapon that hasn't been invented? / Norman R. Augustine -- Can we mount an effective defense without having to shoot? / Richard L. Garwin -- How much privacy will we trade for safety? / David A. Kay -- How do we reduce the body count? / Myron Kayton -- Preparing engineers for tomorrow ; How can students experience the impact of engineering on society? / Edward Alton Parrish -- Engineering ethics : who cares? / Donald Christiansen -- Why is diversity essential to sustaining creativity? / Donna Shirley -- How can people learn to get along better? / John B. Slaughter -- How can more young people be attracted to engineering? / Eleanor Baum -- Appendix. The fifty technology experts.

ISBN

• 0780353609
• 9780780353602
• 0780353617
• 9780780353619
• 0780353625
• 9780780353626

OCLC

• ocm42950421
• 42950421
• SCSB-9127613

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library