Philosophy of Engineering: Volume 1 of the proceedings of a series of seminars held at The Royal Academy of Engineering

21 Oct Philosophy of Engineering: Volume 1 of the proceedings of a series of seminars held at The Royal Academy of Engineering

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Royal Academy of Engineering (UK) (RAEng) 2010 The papers in this volume are from the first three of a series of seminars in the philosophy of engineering organised by The Royal Academy of Engineering. The papers were given by philosophers and engineers with an interest...
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21 Oct Privacy and Prejudice

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Royal Academy of Engineering (UK) (RAEng) 2010 This report presents the findings of the public attitudes research project that was embedded within the wider engagement programme to explore young people’s views on the development of an EPR system in the UK and its use in...
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21 Oct Homage to a notorious scientist and spanish Navy Officer, Jorge Juan y Santacilia

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Real Academia de Ingenieria (Spain) (RAI) 2010 Jorge Juan’s life and work. The Spanish Navy in the 18th Century. Jorge Juan: mathematician and astronomer. Naval engineering and naval engineers. Jorge Juan and naval engineers. « Navigation Compendium » by Jorge Juan and « Secret News of America … »...
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21 Oct Acceptance of Technology and Infrastructures

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National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech) 2011 There is hardly another subject in the context of new technologies that worries the public more than the presumed risks or impact on people’s familiar living surroundings. Whereas the focus of the resistance has been centered on...
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21 Oct Business motivations for engaging the public in science and engineering

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Royal Academy of Engineering (UK) (RAEng) 2011 The results of this study show that the way to build public engagement capacity with business is to focus on purpose rather than process. The idea of framing any discussion around public engagement is likely to be ineffective:...
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21 Oct Engineering the Olympics

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Royal Academy of Engineering (UK) (RAEng) 2011 The 2011 Lloyd’s Register Educational Trust Lecture.  The construction work for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games is a complex job. It has been compared to building two of the Heathrow Terminal 5 in half the time. ...
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21 Oct Achieving excellence in engineering education: the ingredients of successful change

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Royal Academy of Engineering (UK) (RAEng) 2012 France is a major player in nuclear physics and its applications, in particular in the electro-nuclear energy domain. The monograph is a widely accessible synthesis of the nuclear energy sector development in France. It describes the stakes of...
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21 Oct Position paper of the Presidium of PAS of 6 November 2012 concerning the Public Procurement Law

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Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN) 2012 On rising the threshold of required tender procedures for expenses related to research (a commentary to the law in force). Rising the threshold will enable more expeditious scientific research and rise the competitiveness and innovativeness of Polish research institutions.
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21 Oct Professional engineering governance

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Royal Academy of Engineering (UK) (RAEng) A briefing paper that addresses the role engineers play in making strategic high-level decisions in a wide range of organisations from private companies, both big and small, to government agencies.
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21 Oct Innovation Economy 2012

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Royal Academy of Engineering (UK) (RAEng) 2012 Educating engineers to drive the innovation economy – The UK faces a number of challenges as it moves out of recession and towards growth. We are passing through a period of austerity, the like of which we have...
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