Anu Ramaswami, Professor and Director, IGERT Program in Sustainable Urban Infrastructure, University of Colorado Denver, will give a lunchtime keynote talk on Monday, 10 May 2010 at the 2010 Forum on Philosophy, Engineering & Technology at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, CO. Her talk is entitled Challenges in Sustainability Engineering– Design for Whom, How and Why?.
More information on Professor Ramaswami is available here, more information on the IGERT Program in Sustainable Urban Infrastructure is available here, and a complete abstract of the talk is available here.
Noted philosopher and historian of science and technology, Steven L. Goldman, Lehigh University will give give an invited keynote lecture at the 2010 Forum on Philosophy, Engineering & Technology (fPET-2010) to be held 9-10 May 2010 at the Colorado School of Mines.
His talk is entitled Beyond Satisficing: Design, Trade Offs and the Rationality of Engineering and more information about the talk and the speaker is available on the philengtech.org website here.
The review process is well underway for the 2010 Forum on Philosophy, Engineering, and Technology to be held 9-10 May 2010 (Sunday evening to Monday) at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado. 66 abstracts were submitted across a spectrum of interesting topic areas at the crossroads of engineering and philosophy. The review process is well underway (reviewers are encouraged to complete their reviews by Monday, 15 February 2010) and planning for the intensive one-day session proceeds apace.
More information about the program will be posted as it becomes available. Attendance at the Forum is open to all.
A variety of very interesting abstracts have already been submitted, and the meeting promises to be very stimulating one. There is still time to get yours in and be a part of the 2010 Forum on Philosophy, Engineering & Technology to be held 9-10 May 2010 at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, CO.
The final date to submit an abstract is one week from today, Friday, 15 January 2010. Short text-only abstracts are all that is required. Go to the submissions page and use the Linklings system to submit your abstract today. The extended call for papers is available here.
fPET-2010 steering committee member Domenico Grasso has a new book, Holistic Engineering: Beyond Technology, that may interest followers of this web site. More information is available at the post here for those interested.
A number of potential contributors have inquired regarding the possibility of an extension of the abstract submission deadline (28 December 2009) for the 2010 Forum on Philosophy, Engineering & Technology (to be held 9-10 May 2010, Sunday evening to Monday, at the Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO).
Given the holiday season, and after a careful review of the review process and calendar, the abstract submission deadline has been pushed back until 15 January 2010 (Friday). All abstracts must be received on the submissions site (here) by the close of business on that date.
An extended call for papers is available here or as downloadable PDF file (here). Inquires about fPET-2010 can be sent to co-chairs Diane Michelfelder or Dave Goldberg.
Springer-Verlag announces the publication of the volume resulting from the 2007 Workshop on Philosophy and Engineering (WPE-2007). The volume entitled Philosophy and Engineering: An Emerging Agenda was edited by Ibo van de Poel (TUDelft) and David E. Goldberg (Illinois) and is shipping now from Amazon (here).
The deadline for abstracts for the 2010 Forum on Philosophy, Engineering & Technology is 28 December 2009 or 2 weeks away. The even will be a one-day intensive event 9-10 May 2010 (Sunday evening to Monday) at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, CO. The call for papers is available here and the submissions site may be accessed here. Further information about the forum may be obtained by contacting co-chairs Diane Michelfelder (here) or David E. Goldberg (here)
The 2010 Forum on Philosophy, Engineering & Technology (fPET-2010), 9-10 May 2010 (Sunday evening to Monday), Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, is open for submissions at the submission tab (here) or directly at the secure submissions site (here). The deadline for abstract submission is 28 December 2009.
To submit an abstract, you’ll need to create an account (follow instructions at tab) and submit an abstract using the form provided (see sample submission forms tab). All abstracts are to be submitted in plain text.
For more information about fPET-2010 contact forum co-chairs Diane Michelfelder (here) or David E. Goldberg (here).
The 6th Annual Conference for Engineering, Social Justice, and Peace is set for 4-6 August 2010 in London according to fPET-2010 correspondent Caroline Baillie. The ESJP website may be accessed here, the online call for papers accessed here, and a pdf of the ESJP-2010 call for papers downloaded here. Abstracts are due 1 February 2010.
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