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Mixed, patched, and meta-models

deg — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:18:18 +0000

Module 14 from Creative Modeling for Tech Vision covers more on little models.

New handbook on Philosophy of Technology & Engineering Science

deg — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:17:24 +0000

The powerpoint below was presented at the 2009 meeting of the Society for Philosophy and Technology in a plenary panel session on the forthcoming handbook, Anthonie Meijers (Ed.) (in press). Handbook of the Philosophy of Science, Volume 9: Philosophy of Technology & Engineering Sciences, Elsevier.

The handbook is in press and more information is available on the Elsevier link above or the Amazon link here.

Engineering rigor and its discontents: The powerpoint

deg — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:50:46 +0000

The presentation Engineering Rigor and Its Discontents: Philosophical Reflection as Curative to Math-Physics Envy is available in the viewer below:

This talk was presented Wednesday at SPT 2009, the 2009 meeting of the Society for Philosophy and Technology. The abstract is available here.

Is engineering philosophically weak?

deg — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:23:38 +0000

iFoundry co-director David E. Goldberg just presented a talk at SPT 2009, the 2009 Conference of the Society for Philosophy of Technology at the University of Twente, The Netherlands. The powerpoint stack from that talk is available in the viewer below:

Qual to quant: Start with little models

deg — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:27:45 +0000

In moving from qualitative models to quantitative models, it pays to start small. In module 11 of Creative Modeling for Tech Vision, the topic of little quantitative models is explored with applications to evolutionary computation and organziational theory:

See more presentations here.

Crossing the qual-quant divide

deg — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:54:41 +0000

One of iFoundry’s themes is the importance of both qualitative and quantitative thinking skills, a theme emphasized in the powerpoint presentation shown in the viewer below:

or in on the Slideshare page here.

Jim Leake looks to the future at ASEE with Autodesk

deg — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 22:15:20 +0000

iFoundry fellow Jim Leake gave a talk at Autodesk’s Global Colloquium at the ASEE Conference in Austin, TX last week. The presentation is available in the viewer below

or on the iFoundry Slideshare page here. Autodesk is sponsoring an iFoundry project that brings industrial design and engineering students and faculty together in and outside the classroom.

UPDATE:

See examples of student work from the above presentation in the video below:

or on the iFoundry Youtube channel here.

microCreativity: History, processes, & practices

deg — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:59:37 +0000

A companion to the presentation “What is Creativity” by iFoundry co-director David E. Goldberg (original post here) appears below

or on his slideshare website (here).

Advice on engineering career success

thyago — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:56:29 +0000

Incoming iFoundry student, Abi Noda, has shared a great post from Bruce Eckel which makes the case that career success, in software and all engineering fields, is not simply a matter of technical expertise, but depends on being open to lifelong learning, taking risks, learning from experiences outside the classroom, and broad learning outside your specialty.

The post sounds the themes of what kind of education is needed for the Creative Engineers of the Future.

Playing well with others in Faro, Portugal

deg — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:18:32 +0000

iFoundry co-director David E. Goldberg presented the lecture, Playing Well with Others in a Creative Era at the University of Algarve in Faro, Portugal. It was picked up in the local press here.