Just Technology: The Quest for Cultural, Economic, Environmental, and Technical Sustainability: Synthesis Lectures on Sustainable Development
Autor Thomas J. Siller, Gearold Johnsonen Limba Engleză Paperback – 19 iun 2018
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9783031794995
ISBN-10: 3031794990
Ilustrații: XII, 81 p.
Dimensiuni: 191 x 235 mm
Greutate: 0.18 kg
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Springer
Seria Synthesis Lectures on Sustainable Development
Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland
ISBN-10: 3031794990
Ilustrații: XII, 81 p.
Dimensiuni: 191 x 235 mm
Greutate: 0.18 kg
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Springer
Seria Synthesis Lectures on Sustainable Development
Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland
Cuprins
Preface.- Introduction.- Justice.- Sustainability.- Gatekeeping.- Question 1.- Question 2.- Question 3.- Question 4.- The Engineering Design Process.- Conclusions.- References.- Authors' Biographies .
Notă biografică
Thomas J. Siller is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Colorado State University (CSU) in Fort Collins, CO. He spent 13 years as the Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs for the CSU College of Engineering. He earned a B.S. in Civil Engineering from SUNY at Buffalo, a M.S. in Civil Engineering at UMASS Amherst, and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. Dr. Siller has published in geotechnical earthquake engineering, international engineering education, and more recently on the topic of sustainable development. He is the author of a book through the American Society of Civil Engineers on the practice of civil engineering in the 21st century. He teaches introductory courses for first-year civil and environmental engineering students along with a graduate course in foundation engineering. Gearold Johnson is Senior Research Scientist/Scholar, the Emeritus George T. Abell Endowed Chair, and Professor Emeritus inthe Department of Mechanical Engineering at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, CO. He was Academic Vice-President of the National Technological University. He earned degrees from Purdue University: a B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering, a M.S. in Engineering, and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering. He was a NATO Post-doctoral Fellow at the von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics in Brussels, Belgium. He was a Visiting Professor at the University of Kent in Canterbury, England, and at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California. He also taught on four Semester at Sea voyages. Dr. Johnson has published in fluid mechanics; solar energy; atmospheric science; propulsion; optimal control theory; embedded control systems; modeling, simulation and computer assisted engineering; design of programming languages and computer graphics; and curriculum development in engineering education.