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Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 11:04:58 -0700 From: Langdon Winner

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"SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF ENGINEERING DESIGN" MUDD DESIGN WORKSHOP III 17-19 MAY 2001

PROGRAM

Supported by the National Science Foundation, The GE Fund, The Boeing Company, Hughes Electronics, and Harvey Mudd College, this workshop brings together engineers, social scientists, designers, researchers, and educators to articulate social and societal issues in and for engineering design education.

ADVISORY COMMITTEE: Clive L. Dym, Harvey Mudd College, and Langdon Winner, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Harvey Mudd College (co-chairs); L. L. Bucciarelli, Jr., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Todd Cherkasky, Sapient; Sarah Kuhn, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Larry J. Leifer, Stanford University; Patrick Little, Harvey Mudd College; G. B. Olson, Northwestern University; John W. Prados, University of Tennessee; and John W. Wesner, Carnegie Mellon University.

12:00PM, Thursday (Green Room, Platt Center) OPENING LUNCHEON Hosts: Clive L. Dym, Harvey Mudd College Langdon Winner, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Harvey Mudd College Welcoming Remarks: F. Sheldon Wettack, Harvey Mudd College Luncheon Talks: "Perspectives of the Social Dimensions of Engineering Design"; Clive L. Dym with an engineer's perspective, and Langdon Winner with perspectives from the humanities and social sciences.

2:00PM, Thursday SOCIAL ISSUES AND THEMES IN DESIGN (S1) Moderator: Larry J. Leifer, Stanford University T. Cherkasky, Sapient, "Designing Experience." T. Govindaraj, Georgia Institute of Technology, "Social and Environmental Perspectives in the Design of Engineering and Service Systems." T.L. Taylor, North Carolina State University, "The Social Dimensions of Virtual Worlds Software." W. H. Wood, University of Maryland-Baltimore, "Integrating Social Issues into Design Theory."

4:00PM, THURSDAY COLLABORATION IN DESIGN (S2) Moderator: Sarah Kuhn, University of Massachusetts-Lowell B. Corson, Cornell University and Corson Associates, "Leadership by Design-Design by Collaboration." R. Fruchter and A. Townsend, Stanford University, "Multi-Cultural Dimensions and Multi-Modal Communication in Distributed, Cross- Disciplinary Teamwork." J. Gregory, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, "Scandinavian Approaches to Participatory Design." E. Subrahmanian, A. Westerberg, S. Talukdar, J. Garrett and C. Amon, Carnegie Mellon University, and P. Herder and A. Turk, Technical University of Delft (NL), "Integrating Social Aspects and Group Work Aspects in Engineering Design Education." J. R. A. Maier and G. M. Fadel, Clemson University, "Co-Located Versus Distributed Design Teams: Lessons from Systems Intelligence Theory."

6:30PM, THURSDAY (Green Room, Platt center) INFORMAL DINNER & EVENT Hosts: MDW III Organizing Committee Dinner Speaker: L. L. Bucciarelli, Jr., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "The Delta Design Game."

8:00AM, FRIDAY THE MANY MEANINGS OF DESIGN (S3) Moderator: Langdon Winner, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Harvey Mudd College R. Evans, George Mason University, "Design as Discovery-System Design Tenets." C. C. Gordon, Carleton University, "Sociologies for Design." G. B. Olson, Northwestern University, "Spiritual Materialism: An Alchemist's View of the 3rd Millennium." J. Tatum, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, "Junk, Pretty Junk and Other Directed Design."

10:00AM, FRIDAY ENGINEERING DESIGN EDUCATION (S4) Moderator: Patrick Little, Harvey Mudd College P. Hirsch, B. Schwom, J. Anderson, J. E. Colgate, D. Kelso and C. Yarnoff, Northwestern University, and J. Lake, IDEO Product Development, "Collaborating with Industry to Build a Design Course for Freshmen." B. Hyman, University of Washington, "Public Policy and Engineering Design Education." T. R. Kurfess, Georgia Institute of Technology, "Producing the Modern Engineer." E. Woodhouse, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, "Overconsumption as a Challenge for Design Educators."

12:00PM, FRIDAY (Green Room, Platt Center) LUNCHEON Host: John W. Prados, University of Tennessee Luncheon Talk: John H. McMasters, The Boeing Company, "Engineering as a Social Activity: Recent Boeing Experience"

2:00PM, FRIDAY PRODUCT AND PROCESS DESIGN (S5) Moderator: Todd Cherkasky, Sapient S. Ghaemmaghami and L.L. Bucciarelli, Jr., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "Structured Methods in Product Design." O. Eris and L. J. Leifer, Stanford University, "Facilitating Product Development Knowledge Acquisition: Interaction between the Expert and the Team."

2:00PM, FRIDAY (CONTINUED) PRODUCT AND PROCESS DESIGN (S5) J. A. Shaeiwitz and R. Turton, West Virginia University, "Educating Chemical Engineers in Product Design." R. M. Counce and J. M. Holmes, University of Tennessee, "Sustainable Development in Future Process Design Education."

4:00PM, FRIDAY INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES (S6) Moderator: G. B. Olson, Northwestern University J. R. Herkert, North Carolina State University, "Professional Engineering Societies and Engineering Design." G. Downey, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, "Design and the Culture of Engineering." P. K. Hansen, Aalborg University (Denmark), "Does Productivity Apply to PBL Methods in Engineering Education?" F. Bronet, R. Eglash, G. Gabriele, D. Hess, L. Kagan and J. A. Schumacher, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, "Product Design and Innovation: A New Curriculum Combining Architecture, Humanities and Engineering."

6:30PM, FRIDAY (Garrett House) WORKSHOP BANQUET Host: Jon Strauss, President, Harvey Mudd College Dinner Speaker: "Present at the Creation: Why Did the Internet Start? Where is it Going?", Stephen J. Lukasik, Former Director, Advanced Research Projects Agency

8:00AM, SATURDAY DESIGN IN AND FOR A COMPLEX WORLD (S7) Moderator: L. L. ("Larry") Bucciarelli, Jr., Massachusetts Institute of Technology G. Wackers, Maastricht University (NL), and J. Korte, Helicopter Service AS and Stavanger University College (Norway), "The Production of Vulnerability in a Complex Technical System: A Case Study in North Sea Offshore Helicopter Transport." S. J. Lukasik, Georgia Institute of Technology, Vulnerabilities and Failures of Complex Systems." M. Black, San Francisco State University, "Can We Design Ecosystems?: Lessons from the California Rivers."

10:00AM, SATURDAY DID WE HONOR OUR COMMITMENTS? (S8) Moderator: Clive L. Dym, Department of Engineering, Harvey Mudd College A review of commitments made (and commitments kept) from the 1999 MDW II, "Designing Design Education for the 21st Century"

12:00PM, SATURDAY (Green Room, Platt Center) LUNCHEON Hosts: Langdon Winner, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Harvey Mudd College Clive L. Dym, Harvey Mudd College Luncheon Talks: "Reflected Values in the Design Process: What We Have Heard"; S. Kuhn, University of Massachusetts-Lowell, and T. B. A.

2:00PM, SATURDAY WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED? (S9) Moderator: John W. Wesner, Carnegie Mellon University

LOGISTICS

The workshop will be held in the Beckman Auditorium of the F. W. Olin Science Center at Harvey Mudd College. The workshop begins with registration at 11:00AM in front of the Olin Center, on Thursday, 17 May. Lunch follows at noon and the workshop continues through the afternoon of Saturday, 19 May. The registration fee of $250.00 covers two continental breakfasts (Friday, Saturday), three lunches (Thursday, Friday, Saturday), two dinners (Thursday, Friday), and copies of the preliminary and final proceedings.

Harvey Mudd College is located in Claremont, California. Claremont is about 35 miles east of Los Angeles and served primarily by Ontario Airport, but also by LAX, John Wayne, and Burbank Airports.

Arrangements for discounted rooms have been made in two locations. On-campus, single occupancy dorm rooms are available ($30.00 plus tax for a single room). Reservations can be made by contacting the workshop's arrangement organizer, Ms. Holly Hauck, as noted below. Off-campus, rooms are available at The Claremont Inn, in Claremont, about one-half of one mile away from the college (and a pleasant walk, at that). Reservations at The Inn can be made by calling 800-854-5733, but please be sure to mention both the workshop and Harvey Mudd College to obtain the appropriate discount.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE MONDAY, 30 APRIL

To ensure a place at the workshop, please return the form below together with the registration fee (checks payable to Harvey Mudd College) by Monday, 30 April, to:

Ms. Holly Hauck Department of Humanities and Social Sciences HARVEY MUDD COLLEGE 301 East 12th Street Claremont, CA 91711-5990

Name: Department: Institution: Address: Phone: FAX: E-mail:

For logistical/registration inquiries, please contact Holly Hauck at 909-621-8022 or at holly_hauck@hmc.edu. For programmatic/technical inquiries, please contact Clive Dym at 909-621-8853 or at clive_dym@hmc.edu

SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF ENGINEERING DESIGN

TENTATIVE PROGRAM 5 CENTER FOR DESIGN EDUCATION HARVEY MUDD COLLEGE CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA, USA ```

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