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
Course calendar
| Lec # |
TOPICS |
INSTRUCTORS |
KEY DATES |
| Phase One |
| 1 |
Uncertainty
The Engineer's View
On the Power and the Limits of Analysis |
DH, LM |
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| 2 |
On Handling Messy Complexity |
DH |
Paper 1 due |
| 3 |
The Engineering Mindset
Analysis of the Columbia Disaster |
DH |
Paper 2 due |
| 4 |
Bureaucratic Politics
Some Powerful Dumb Ideas about Politics and Policymaking |
LM |
Paper 3 due |
| 5 |
Technological Forecasting
Methods for Forecasting; Predictions for the Future; How have they Actually Worked? |
JB with Prof. Chris Magee |
Paper 4 due |
| Phase Two: Structured Case Presentations |
| 6 |
GPS for Selected Applications |
Expert: DH
Presenters: AH, AM, CN
|
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| 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
|
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| 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
|
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| Phase Three |
| 12 |
Ubiquitous Computing: Analysis and Review of Collected Material from the Last Year |
Frank Field |
Final paper due |