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ENGR 300 - Societal Issues in Technology

Instructor: Dr. Neil R. Quinn Jr.
Graduate Assistants:

Jason Amanatullah

James Borthwick

Sangeeta Raman

Smiti Shah

Neal Tanaka

Steven Phan

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Syllabus Syllabus Engr300
ENGR300 Flyer
Technology Assessment Method
Roster Student Roster
Student Roster Brief
Student Roster Full
Class Presentation Assignments
Projects Research Paper / Link Project
Research Project Directory
TheTech Museum of Innovation Awards Nomination
Research Papers - Background materials for TheTech Awards Nominations
Student Accounts (where to put your Research Papers)
Technology Links
Weekly Technology Assessment Drop Box
Class Notes
Class 1
Introduction
Ethical Decision Making
Class 2
Medicine
TheTech Awards Promotional Video
TheTech Awards Presentation Video
Joseph DeRisi Lab website
Class 3
Microelectronics
Quantum Computing Presentation
Class 4
Transportation
Transportaion Presentation
Class 5
Exploration
Chris Kitts suggested links:

- Article on new NASA administrator's feelings about wanting to cut costs and about wanting to improve nuclear propulsion: http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/space/02/04/nasa.budget/index.html


- Link to the BADGER service which has imagery of the Bay Area - you can get interesting close-ups of your house! http://badger.parl.com


- JPL's video site is at:

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/videos/earth/west_index.html

This has the California flyby video I showed with extra info about the Shuttle mission, etc. There are also links for a new Salt Lake City olympic flyby, and some other great stuff. The Shuttle mission flybys use 30 meter resolution


- For a comparison, check out the following link which has a photos at 1 meter resolution from the Ikonos satellite - this is of the Olympic venue as well: http://space.com/news/olympics_flyover_020208.html


- Some other interesting articles on satellite applications:

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/planetearth/newyork_faults_000321.html

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/planetearth/volcano_monitor_010807-1.html

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/gps_fooled_010822-1.html


Exploration Powerpoint Presentation
Class 6
Databases
Database Technology Issues 2002
Class 7
Energy
Nuclear Presentation
Class 8
Biotech
Geneticaly Engineered Food
Class 9
Communications
Wireless Communication Presentation
Class 10
Military Technology
Smart Weapons
Misc Readings NetFuture 02/01/01