Understanding Technological Systems

AvJohn Krupczak, Jr.

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

Del i serien Synthesis Lectures on Engineering, Science, and Technology

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This book is about understanding technology using the perspective of systems. Major topics include the concepts of technological function and the embedding of functional capabilities in physical components, the hierarchical nature of systems, and the clustering of related systems into technological domains.

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Utgivningsdatum:2023-11-28
Mått:168 x 240 x 21 mm
Vikt:751 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Synthesis Lectures on Engineering, Science, and Technology
Antal sidor:267
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783031454400

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John Krupczak, Jr. is a professor of engineering at Hope College in Holland, Michigan. He has been a Senior Fellow of the Center for the Advancement of the Scholarship of Engineering Education (CASEE) of the National Academy of Engineering. Krupczak was founding chair of the Technological and Engineering Literacy Division of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). From 2013–2016 he served as a Program Director in the Division of Undergraduate Education at the National Science Foundation. Krupczak received a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts and a B.A. in Physics from Williams College. He is a contributing author to 30-Second Engineering: 50 key principles, methods, and fields explained in half a minute (Ivy Press 2019) and Philosophy and Engineering Education: New Perspectives, An Introduction (Morgan & Claypool 2022).

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction.- Technology: Form and Function.- Transforming Materials, Energy, and Information.- Components and Subfunctions.- Phenomena and Models.- Diversity of Underlying Principles.- Component Parameterization and Transfer.- Components, Systems, and Sociotechnical System.- System Design.- Technological Domains.- Evolution and Innovation.