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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|
| 8 | The Minicomputer |
Expert: Frank Field Presenters: KD, DF |
|
| 9 | Supersonic Transport (SST) |
Expert: David Mindell Presenters: KD, SL, AM |
(PDF) |
| 10 | Seldane to Allegra |
Expert: Frank Douglas Presenters: DF, CN |
|
| 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 | |
