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By nan, February 4, 2012 5:57 am

2012 Forum on Philosophy, Engineering & Technology

In Cooperation with:

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division of the American Society for Engineering Education (www.asee.org),

International Network for Engineering Studies (www.inesweb.org)

Call for Papers – Deadline: Thursday, 31 May 2012

Background: The Forum on Philosophy, Engineering & Technology (fPET) is an outgrowth of the previous Workshops on Philosophy and Engineering (WPE). The inaugural fPET, fPET-2010 was an intensive day and a half meeting in May 2010 at the Colorado School of Mines. The mission of the Forum is (1) to encourage reflection on engineering, engineers, and technology by philosophers and engineers alike and (2) to build bridges between existing organizations of philosophers and of engineers. fPET-2012 will be held as a three-day meeting on November 2-4, 2012 (Friday-Sunday) and hosted by the Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (GUCAS) in Beijing.

Abstracts (500-750 words) are invited for submission in one of four tracks:

Track One: Philosophy of engineering and technology

Track Two: Engineering ethics

Track Three: Reflections of practitioners

Track Four: Engineering studies and other interdisciplinary topics on engineering

All submissions will be blind-reviewed by the program committee. Those accepted for presentation at fPET-2012 will be scheduled for 30-minute talks (inclusive of Q&A). All abstracts accepted for fPET-2012 will be published online at the Forum website and in a printed volume available at the meeting. We will seek publication of selected papers from fPET-2012 in appropriate related journals.

Instructions: Abstracts may be submitted electronically at https://ssl.linklings.net/conferences/fpet/. Notification of acceptances will be sent by 1 August 2012.

Forum Co-Chairs:

Bocong Li (Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences); Byron Newberry (Baylor University)

Executive Committee

Diane Michelfelder (Macalester College);  Carl Mitcham (Colorado School of Mines); Mike Murphy (Dublin Institute of Technology); Nan Wang (Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)

Steering committee:

Richard Evans (Cornell); Kenneth R. Foster (University of Pennsylvania); David E. Goldberg (ThreeJoy Associates, Inc.); Domenico Grasso (University of Vermont); Rachelle Hollander (U.S. National Academy of Engineering) ; Josephy Pitt (Virginia Tech); Ibo van de Poel (Delft University of Technology); Jon A. Schmidt (Burns & McDonnell) ;Cherrice Traver (Union College); Ruiyu Yin (Central Iron & Steel Research Institute)

Program committee:

Brock Barry (The United States Military Academy at West Point); Russell Korte (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign); Sarah Bell (University College London); Peter Kroes (TU Delft); Larry Bucciarelli (MIT); Bill Lawson (Texas Tech University); Fan Chen (Northeastern University, China); Michael Loui (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign); Philip Chmielewski (Loyola Marymount University); Hans Poser (TU Berlin); Steen Hyldgaard Christensen (Aarhus University); Viola Schiaffonati (Politecnico di Milano); Michael Davis (Illinois Institute of Technology); Jon Schmidt (Burns & McDonnell); Gary Downey (Virginia Tech); John Sullins (Sonoma State University); Dennis Gedge (Consulting Engineer); Herman Tavani (Rivier College); Steve Goldman (Lehigh University); Pieter Vermass (TU Delft); Joe Herkert (Arizona State University); Qian Wang (Dalian University of Technology); Deborah Johnson (University of Virginia); Jianjun Zhao (Party School of the Central Committee of C.P.C)

Local Arrangement:

Xinhe Hu (Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences); Dazhou Wang (Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)

Abstracts (500-750 words) due Thursday, May 31, 2012

Conference Website:  www.fpet2012.org

Abstract Submissions: https://ssl.linklings.net/conferences/fpet/

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By deg, January 29, 2012 12:33 pm

Imagining Techno-Moral Change

From Monday evening July 2 to Wednesday evening July 4 2012 the first international conference of the Centre for the Ethics and Politics of Emerging Technologies (EPET) will be held at Maastricht University, the Netherlands.

Technology is an important driver of change in today’s world, and the desirability of such change is a matter of concern in public debate and policy making. Whereas the influence of morality on technology is well acknowledged, the influence of technology on morality is much less considered. This conference aims to investigate the phenomenon of techno-moral change from a philosophical, historical and sociological perspective. Moreover, it explores how our capacity to imagine, and relate to, techno-moral change may be enhanced by the arts. Lastly, it will consider to what extent and how the phenomenon of techno-moral change should be taken into account in public debate on emerging technologies.

Contributions may focus on one of four themes:

1. Conceptualizing techno-moral change
2. Researching techno-moral change
3. Imagining techno-moral change
4. Governing techno-moral change

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS
Authors should submit an electronic version of an extended abstract (total word count approximately 250-500 words). Final papers (if invited after the conference) must not exceed a total word count of 3500 words and an abstract of not more than 250 words. The submissions should be made electronically, as pdf, rtf or Word format.

Paper submission: epet2012@maastrichtuniversity.nl

Deadline: February 15^th, 2012.

Selected papers will be brought together in an edited volume. EPET-2012 is not affiliated with fPET-2012.  For more information about EPET go to the website

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By deg, January 21, 2012 9:59 am

The 2012 Forum on Philosophy, Engineering & Technology (fPET-2012) will be held in China on 2-4 November 2012 (Friday-Sunday) in Beijing, China as hosted by the Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (GUCAS).  More information about the conference will be posted here at philengtech.org and on the fPET conference website here.

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By deg, February 9, 2011 2:53 am

Union College will host the Fourth Annual Symposium on Engineering and Liberal Education this spring to continue the discussion of the rationale for and methods of integrating engineering, technology, and the traditional liberal arts. Past symposia have focused on how engineering contributes to a liberal education, the importance of a liberal education for engineers, and exploration of the intellectual relationship between engineering and the liberal arts. The 2011 symposium Program Committee will expand the discussion to explore the impact of integration on innovation and entrepreneurship, and invites contributions and participation from all constituents to share challenges, best practices and results.

Abstract Submissions:
We invite the submission of abstracts for presentations, posters, panels, or interactive sessions addressing, in theory or practice, the mutually enriching integration of engineering and liberal arts.  We especially encourage faculty and students already engaged in collaborative cross-disciplinary activities to submit their innovative examples of curricula, courses, and extra-curricular experiences, and practitioners working on multi-disciplinary projects to submit their experiences.

Submissions consist of an abstract (250 word maximum) indicating subject matter, learning outcomes, observations of the benefits and challenges, and other aspects of integration. Administrative, faculty, student and practitioner participation is welcomed.

The submission form will be open starting on January 25.

http://www.union.edu/integration/

The deadline for submissions is February 15.  Proposals will be reviewed by members of the Symposium Program Committee, and submitters will be notified by March 15, 2011.

Integrate to Innovate Faculty Institute:
On the afternoon of Saturday, June 4, a set of workshops will be provided for faculty to learn more about how to enhance their courses and curricula by integrating engineering and the liberal arts. Information about the workshops will be available in March.

Registration
Registration for the Symposium will be open in April. There is no registration fee.

Symposium Co-chairs:
Cherrice Traver, Union College
Doug Klein, Union College

Program Committee:
Ari Epstein, MIT
Atsushi Akera, RPI
Borjana Mikec, Smith College
Cliff Brown, Union College
David Gillette, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Diane Michelfelder, Macalester College
George Catalano, Binghamton University
John Krupczak, Hope College
Linda Head, Rowan University
Mark Somerville, Olin College
Mark Walker, Union College
Mike Toole, Bucknell University
Peter Robbie, Dartmouth College
Sharon Jones, Lafayette College
Stacie Raucci, Union College
Wendy Murphy, IBM

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By deg, November 12, 2010 9:14 pm

The deadline for the Society for Philosophy and Technology 2011 meeting abstracts has been extended to 1 January 2011 (here).  The meeting will be held 26-29 May 2011 (Thursday – Sunday).

Track 16 on Reflective Engineering is still looking for a abstracts at the intersection of philosophy and engineering:

Extended Call for Abstracts

Due January 1, 2011

Reflective Engineering
The Society for Philosophy and Technology Biennial Meeting (www.spt.org)

May 26-29, 2011
University of North Texas

Track 16
Sponsored by The Forum for Philosophy, Engineering, and Technology (fPET)

Track 16: Reflective Engineering

Chairs: Darryl Farber (Penn State University, USA) and Kathryn Jablokow (Penn State University, USA)

The track’s aim is to encourage reflection on engineering, engineers, and technology by both philosophers and engineers. To achieve this, we are seeking abstracts for presentations that address the multiple ways philosophers and engineers reflect upon engineering practice, research, or teaching.

We welcome abstracts on topics such as

• epistemology, metaphysics, ontology, and ethics of engineering products, processes, and systems
• ethnography of engineering practice, research, or teaching and its philosophical implications
• applications of philosophy to policy and engineering practice, for example questions concerning
• the role of broader public engagement in the design, deployment, and decommissioning of technology or engineering systems including issues regarding the interpretation of uncertainty and risk
• historical perspectives on engineering and technology perhaps that illuminate current questions or controversies regarding engineering practice, research, or teaching
• reflection on cognitive aspects of engineering, such as reflection on why and how engineers think the way they do, especially related to creativity, problem-solving, and leadership
• cross-disciplinary reflections involving perspectives from engineering, the social sciences, and the humanities more generally perhaps including the way cultural differences broadly speaking inform engineering.
• philosophical reflections that are related to the above topics and address a specific engineering domain, such as energy, waste, environment, transportation, and security.

Papers will be accepted on the basis of a submitted abstract, which will be refereed. An abstract must be between 500 and 750 words in length (references excluded) and submitted via email (spt2011@unt.edu) as embedded plain text or an attachment in RTF, WORD, or PDF format. It should also contain the name and number of the track to which the abstract is submitted.

Please contact Darryl Farber (dfarber@engr.psu.edu) or Kathryn Jablokow (kwl3@gv.psu.edu) for more information.