Engineering & Technology

Open Courseware and Resources (general)

- Engineering: discipline of acquiring and applying scientific and technical knowledge to the design, analysis, and/or construction of works for practical purposes
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- Technology: a broad concept that deals with a species' usage and knowledge of tools and crafts and how it affects a species' ability to control and adapt to its environment
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Engineering and Technology (general) - Resource Page

Engineers - can they lead a normal life?

Prime Sites

  • Applied Math and Science Education Repository (AMSER) (US) - educational resources and services built specifically for use by those in Community and Technical Colleges but free for anyone to use: resources (Arts, Educational Technology, Foreign Languages, Health, Language Arts, Maths, Philosophy, Physical Education, Religion, Science, Social studies, Vocational Education
  • Engineering Pathway (US) - portal to teaching and learning resources in engineering, applied science and math, computer science/information technology and engineering technology, for K-12 and university educators and students: Higher Education Community, Disciplinary Communities, Broadening Participation, Premier Award, Submit Resources
  • Intute: Science, Engineering and Technology (UK), Engineering - free online service, resources for education and research: general, Aerospace and defence, Bioengineering, Chemical, Civil, design, Environmental, Manufacturing, Materials science, Mechanical and related industries, Mining and mineral processing, Nanotechnology, Occupational safety and health, Petroleum and offshore engineering, Sustainable development
  • MERLOT Engineering Portal (US) - educational resource for teaching and learning: Teaching Engineering Today, People, Learning materials (Engineering collection includes hundreds of learning materials organized into categories, ready for classroom use, Many with peer reviews, user comments, and assignments attached), educator resources, showcase

Other Sites

Game Theory with Engineering Applications

fundamentals of game theory and mechanism design, Motivations drawn from engineered/networked systems, emphasizes theoretical foundations, mathematical tools, modeling, and equilibrium notions in different environments

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'Scientists investigate that which already is; Engineers create that which has never been.' - Albert Einstein

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Manufacturing

designs turned into products, resources, materials and methods used, introducing manufacturing as a system, some of the many different ways of making products, how the required properties of the materials in a product influence the choice of manufacturing process used

Introduction to Modeling and Simulation

basic concepts of computer modeling and simulation in science and engineering: techniques and software for simulation, data analysis and visualization, Continuum, mesoscale, atomistic and quantum methods, Examples used to understand or characterize complex structures and materials & complement experimental observations

New Global Agenda: Exploring 21st Century Challenges through Innovations in Information Technologies

different perspectives on international politics in the 21st century, how advances in information technology are changing international relations and global governance through opening new channels of communication, creating new methods of education and new potentials for democratization, positive and negative externalities associated with applications of such technologies

Technology in a Dangerous World

analyzes important current events for what they reveal about the nature and working of our technological world, connection between technology and terrorism, how a human-built world can foster insecurity and danger and how human beings respond, invited guests, technological risk and remediation, sociotechnical systems, imagination of disaster, technology and identity, technology and religion, technology and education, technology and trust
 

Managing complexity: a systems approach

develop skills of thinking systematically and creatively about issues of complexity, appreciate and manage these issues in ways that can lead to improvement, recent and innovative advances in systems thinking applied to topical areas of concern

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