Engineering a Better Future : Interplay Between Engineering, Social Sciences, and Innovation.
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Intro -- Preface -- Acknowlegments -- Contents -- Introduction -- Background -- Meeting at the Middle: Challenges to Educating at the Boundaries -- Engineers Shaping Human Affairs -- Engineering the Engineers: Thinking about Design in Designing Thinking -- In Closing -- References -- 1 Innovations in Energy-Climate Education: Integrating Engineering and Social Sciences to Strengthen Resilience -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Advancing Energy and Climate Education in Higher Education -- 1.3 Beyond Conventional Engineering: Engaged Learning at the Climate-Energy Nexus -- 1.4 Advancing K-12 Climate-Energy Education -- 1.5 Energy Democracy for a Changing World -- 1.6 Conclusions -- References -- 2 Technology, Policy and Management: Co-evolving or Converging? -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Socio-Technical Systems -- 2.3 Socio-Technical Systems in TPM's Education and Research -- 2.4 Concluding Remarks -- 3 Reconnecting Engineering with the Social and Political Sphere -- 3.1 Science Outside the Lab -- 3.2 Community Engagement Workshops -- 3.3 Conclusion -- References -- 4 Ecole des Mines de Paris: A Few Lessons from a Long History -- 4.1 Professional Mining School: 1815-1890 -- 4.2 Generalist School: 1890-1967 -- 4.3 School Based on Research: 1967-2014 -- 4.4 What Should We Take Away from This Long History? Contemporary Challenges and New Images of the Engineer -- 5 Evolving from Single Disciplines to Renaissance Teams -- 5.1 Origins and Motivation -- 5.2 A Multidisciplinary Design Course -- 5.3 Lessons Learned -- References -- 6 Designing the Future We Want -- 6.1 The Dialogues Are Broken -- 6.2 The Design Hypothesis -- 6.3 Broken Multidisciplinary Dialogues -- 6.4 The PSI Matrix for Understanding Design -- 6.5 Epilog -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 7 Engineering Design and Society -- Acknowledgements -- References. 8 The Cult of Innovation: Its Myths and Rituals -- 8.1 Gadgetology -- 8.2 Elitism -- 8.3 Benign Innovation -- 8.4 Smash and Grab -- 8.5 Jewel in the Crown -- 8.6 Expecting Miracles -- 8.7 Procrastovation -- 8.8 Homilies -- References -- 9 A Generative Perspective on Engineering: Why the Destructive Force of Artifacts Is Immune to Politics -- 9.1 Labor Value, Ecological Value, and Expressive Value -- 9.2 Watchmaking -- 9.3 A Cyborg Path to Generative Justice -- 9.4 Tuning for Generative Justice -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 10 Does Law Wear Out? -- 10.1 Extended Action Through Time -- 10.2 A Legal Bathtub Curve? -- 10.3 Sketches for an Empirical Test -- 10.4 Bathtub or Sawtooth or Both? -- 10.5 Possible Future Directions -- References -- 11 The Role of Emotion and Culture in the "Moment of Opening"-An Episode of Creative Collaboration -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Defining Emotion and Culture -- 11.2.1 Emotion: An Arousal-Valence Perspective -- 11.2.2 Emotion: An Awareness-Memory Perspective -- 11.3 Moment of Opening as an Episode of Creative Collaboration -- 11.4 The Role of Emotion in a "Moment of Opening" Interaction -- 11.5 The Role of Culture in a "Moment of Opening" Interaction -- 11.6 Conclusion -- References -- 12 Do the Best Design Ideas (Really) Come from Conceptually Distant Sources of Inspiration? -- 12.1 Background -- 12.1.1 Research Base -- 12.1.2 Impetus for the Current Work -- 12.2 Methods -- 12.2.1 Overview of Research Context -- 12.2.2 Sample and Initial Data Collection -- 12.2.3 Measures -- 12.2.3.1 Creativity of Concepts -- 12.2.3.2 Conceptual Distance -- Measurement Approach -- Validation -- Final Distance Measures -- 12.2.3.3 Control Measures -- 12.2.4 Analytic Approach -- 12.3 Results -- 12.3.1 Descriptive Statistics -- 12.3.2 Statistical Models -- 12.3.2.1 Max Distance -- 12.3.2.2 Mean Distance -- 12.4 Discussion. 12.4.1 Summary and Interpretation of Findings -- 12.4.2 Caveats and Limitations -- 12.4.3 Implications and Future Directions -- Appendix 1: Topic Model Technical Details -- Document Preprocessing -- Model Parameter Selection -- Appendix 2: Statistical Modeling Technical Details -- Statistical Modeling Approach -- Model Selection -- Robustness and Sensitivity -- References -- 13 Integrating is Caring? Or, Caring for Nanotechnology? Being an Integrated Social Scientist -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Why Care? -- 13.3 Caring for Nanotechnology -- 13.3.1 Being Integrated or, I Am Outreach -- 13.3.2 Defining Integration or, 2 + 2 = 4 -- 13.3.3 Doing Integration or, the Problem with Users and Their Proxies -- 13.3.4 Managing Integration or, What Counts as Knowledge -- 13.4 Conclusion -- 13.5 Afterword -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 14 The Art of Research: A Divergent/Convergent Thinking Framework and Opportunities for Science-Based Approaches -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Divergent/Convergent Thinking Framework -- 14.3 Individual Researchers: Human Cognitive Constraints and Biases -- 14.3.1 Divergent Thinking: Overcoming Idea Fixation Through Engineered Exposure to New Ideas -- 14.3.2 Convergent Thinking: Overcoming Sloppy Thinking Through Disciplined Use of Research Narratives -- 14.3.3 Balancing Divergent and Convergent Thinking -- 14.4 Research Teams: Social Constraints and Biases -- 14.4.1 Divergent Thinking: Overcoming Over-Reliance on Strong Links by Exploiting Weak Links -- 14.4.2 Convergent Thinking: Balancing Impermeable Teams with Permeable Collaborations -- 14.4.3 Distributing Divergent and Convergent Thinking Between Individuals and Teams -- 14.5 Research Institutions: Cultural Constraints and Biases -- 14.5.1 Divergent Thinking: Balancing a Culture of Performance with a Culture of Learning. 14.5.2 Convergent Thinking: Balancing a Culture of Consensus with a Culture of Truth -- 14.6 A Vision for the Future -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 15 Knowledge, Skill, and Wisdom: Reflections on Integrating the Social Sciences and Engineering -- 15.1 Knowledge, Skill, and Wisdom -- 15.2 An Overview of UVA's Program in Science, Technology, and Society -- 15.3 Key Concepts -- 15.4 Neither Preach nor Apologize -- References -- 16 Dealing with the Future: General Considerations and the Case of "Mobility".