HST318 Spring 2016B
Brittany Wojciehowski
Dr. Peter Van Cleave
HST 318 History of Engineering
4/03/2016
Unit 3 Capstone Assignment Prompt
This assignment will be checked using anti-plagiarism software and returned to your instructor
with an originality re
HST318 Spring 2016B
Unit 2 Discussion Posts
Prompt 1
Layton describes the approaches of the four founder societies of engineering professionals-ASCE, AIME, ASME, and AIEE. In 3-4 sentences, state which of these organizations would be
most appealing to you
Brittany Wojciehowski
Dr. Peter Van Cleave
HST 318 History of Engineering
3/27/2016
Unit 2 Capstone
The American Institute of Electrical Engineers society (AIEE) merged with the Institute of Radio
Engineers (IRE) in 1963 to form the Institute of Electrica
HST318 Spring 2016B
Unit 4 Discussion Posts
Pick 2
Prompt 1
Should providing meaningful work opportunities to subordinates be part of an engineers code of
ethics? Or should an engineers only obligation be to increase the organizations financial
health? Pr
HST318DiscussionPosts
Spring2016B
Unit1:
Prompt:
Please read over the Discussion board guidelines before posting. As a gentle reminder for this
first unit, you are to post two initial responses (to 2 different questions in the prompts) by
Thursday 3/17. T
HST318 Spring 2016B
Brittany Wojciehowski
Dr. Peter Van Cleave
HST 318 History of Engineering
3/20/2016
Unit 1 Capstone
Option 2
The Erie Canal has been called Americas first school of engineering. How successful do you think it
was as a school? What woul
1. One of our course themes is The social prestige of engineering changes across
time and space. Provide three examples of historical developments that shifted
the social prestige of engineering (either favorably or negatively) (2-3 sentences
each).
The f
Edison
COL LA PS E
Besides the carbon-filament light bulb, I think the creation of an electrical
central station was an essential element of Edison's success. It wasn't
enough to create the light bulb; Edison needed a way to generate electricity
to the li
Performance, Command, Modern Methods
COL LA PS E
Though he tries (barely) to even out his argument and come off as objective in
the end, Noble is clearly against the military-industrial-university complex in
his writings. He is saying that the values held
Unit 3 - Basic Science Research and Technological Innovation
COL LA PS E
To be honest, I can't really say that that it was ever impressed upon me that
technological innovation or innovation in general was entirely contributed to
scientific understanding.
Theory vs Experience
COL LA PS E
I agree more with Welch as I think practical experience is essential to put into practice things you have
learned. I find it hard to find relevant placements for items I have been taught without a correlating
experience to
Engineers have a wide range of roles in the modern professional society. Their roles are present
on both spectrums of the private and public sectors. The main role in the public sector is to solve
problems in order to bring a society together. For example
Capstone Assignment 1
Choose ONE of the following prompts for your capstone assignment
Option 1: In the field of engineering in which you work (or are training to work), identify at
least three characteristics of the French and British engineering traditi
QUIZ 6:
Question 1
2 out of 2 points
Which of the following was NOT one of the sources of Islamic science?
Selected Answer:
d.
Chinese
Answers:
a.
Greeks
b.
Persian
c.
Indian
d.
Chinese
Question 2
2 out of 2 points
Why was the acceptance of "Arabic" numer
QUIZ 6:
Question 1
2 out of 2 points
Which of the following was NOT one of the sources of Islamic science?
Selected Answer:
d.
Chinese
Answers:
a.
Greeks
b.
Persian
c.
Indian
d.
Chinese
Question 2
2 out of 2 points
Why was the acceptance of "Arabic" numer
d.
He tricked the Byzantines into opening the chain.
Question 10
2 out of 2 points
Which of the follwoing is NOT one of the downsides of the giant bombard?
Selected Answer:
b.
its psychological effect on ememies
Answers:
a.
difficult to move
b.
its psycho
b.
Rows of stones were placed on top of each other using motar to hold the dome together.
c.
The engineers use lightweight stones to ensure that the dome did not collapse.
d.
The engineers designed the dome with a low pitch and used an oculus to ensure th
The Islamic scholar Avicenna argued that science and religion were incompatible.
Selected Answer:
Answers:
False
True
False
Question 7
2 out of 2 points
The Taj Mahal was a tomb build for Shah Jahan.
Selected Answer:
Answers:
False
True
False
Question 8
2
Layton
COL LA PS E
I believe that the AIEE is the most appealing to me. I believe that it has good
balance in who is a full member of the society and who is at the associate level,
even though it is pretty strict to become a full member. Because of the
so
Overhead and Autonomy
COL LA PS E
One beneficial change as a result of the military-industrial-university complex
in the Cold War is the amount of extra funding universities receive in order to
do research for the military. This extra funding allows the u
Opportunity and Financial Health
COL LA PS E
I do believe that providing meaningful opportunities to subordinates should be
part of an engineers code of ethics. I especially believe that after our readings.
There were excerpts I read in The Engineering Hi
Scientific Management Slide
Frederick Winslow Taylor was a professional in creating efficiency in the work
place. During his research, Taylor created a four principle process to increase
efficiency, called the Scientific Management. The first principle wa
2. Choose one of the course themes and provide three examples of historical developments that
illustrate that course theme (2-3 sentences each). State the course theme you are using at the top of
your answer. Here is your required theme: The relationships
Arthur Carter
Capstone Assignment #2
Part 1
Upon doing some research, I quickly found out that one of the founding four professional societies,
American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE), had merged with the Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE)
in 19
A description of the laboratory research organization of the Bell
system.
Bell Telephone Laboratories.
[New York? 1930]
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Sarah Conway
Dr. Abe Gibson
HST 318
9/7/2016
Capstone Assignment 3
Given the amount of help he received from his team of muckers and the creation of a
workspace at Menlo Park, should Thomas Edison qualify as an independent inventor, an early
example of an
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