http://philengtech.org 2010 Forum on Philosophy, Engineering & Technology (fPET-2010) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:20:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://philengtech.org/2009/11/04/fpet-2010-open-for-abstract-submissions/ 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 ... http://philengtech.org/2009/11/03/6th-engineering-social-justice-and-peace-conference-set-for-2010/ Yesterday, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) National Convention in Kansas City hosted a panel session on Philosophy & Civil Engineering. The session was organized by fPET-2010 steering committee member Jon A. Schmidt and featured noted structural engineer Erik Nelson and fPET co-chair David E. Goldberg.  More information about ... http://philengtech.org/2009/10/31/asce-convention-hosts-panel-on-philosophy-civil-engineering/ The Forum on Philosophy, Engineering & Technology (fPET-2010) is pleased to welcome Dr. Rachelle Hollander, Director of the Center for Engineering, Ethics, and Society (CEES) to the steering committee.  A portion of her biography is excerpted below: Rachelle Hollander directs the Center for Engineering, Ethics, and Society (CEES) at the National ... http://philengtech.org/2009/10/28/264/ The 2010 Forum on Philosophy, Engineering & Technology (fPET-2010) has issued its second call for papers (pdf here).  fPET-2010 will be held 9-10 May 2010 (Sunday evening - Monday) at the Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Co.  Organized by the Committee on Philosophy, Engineering & Technology, the event is held ... http://philengtech.org/2009/10/21/philosophy-engineering-forum-issues-2nd-call-for-papers/ A good way for engineers to get their philosophical feet wet is to watch or listen to Teaching Company courses (here).  Most of the courses are worth the time and effort, but two come to mind immediately: Great Minds of the Western Intellectual Tradition (here) Philosophy of Science (here) Two courses that aren't ... http://philengtech.org/2009/10/09/teaching-company-philosophy-for-engineers-made-cheap-and-easy/ Kenneth R. Foster of the University of Pennsylvania and Richard Evans of Cornell University have joined the fPET-2010 steering committee.  Foster, co-author of Judging Science, joins the committee as the representative of IEEE's Society on the Social Implications of Technology and Evans, Director, Engineering Communications at Cornell, joins the committee ... http://philengtech.org/2009/10/09/foster-and-evans-join-fpet-2010-steering-committee/ Zachary Pirtle has passed along information about a meeting called "Engineering towards a More Just and Sustainable World" to be held as an Association for Practical and Professional Ethics Mini-Conference on March 6-7, 2010 in Cincinnati, Ohio: Engineers and engineering shape our social, physical, and built environments in profound ways.  As ... http://philengtech.org/2009/10/08/engineering-towards-a-more-just-and-sustainable-world-6-7-march-2010/ From the cartoon Non Sequitur: Why philosophy and engineering aren't always a good mix http://philengtech.org/2009/09/22/why-philosophy-and-engineering-arent-always-a-good-mix/ fPET-2010 has just learned that the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology (www.ieeessit.org), the Liberal Education Division of the American Society for Engineering Education (here), and the International Network for Engineering Studies (www.inesweb.org) have all agreed to cooperate with the Forum for 2010 Philosophy, Engineering & Technology (fPET-2010) to ... http://philengtech.org/2009/09/14/3-more-organizations-cooperate-with-fpet-2010/