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Interdisciplinary and Social Nature of Engineering Practices

Philosophy, Examples and Approaches

Editors:

  1. Antonio Carlos Zambroni de Souza

    1. Instituto de Sistemas Elétricos e Energia, Universidade Federal de Itajuba, Itajuba, Brazil

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  2. Maarten J. Verkerk

    1. Hoensbroek, The Netherlands

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  3. Paulo Fernando Ribeiro

    1. Instituto de Sistemas Elétricos e Energia, Universidade Federal de Itajuba, Itajuba, Brazil

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  • Covers practical and philosophical aspects of Engineering

  • Describes a social discussion and its implications

  • Case studies from Spain, Portugal, Chile, Argentina, Netherlands and Brazil

Part of the book series: Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics (SAPERE, volume 61)

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Theoretical Considerations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction

      • Paulo Fernando Ribeiro, Rafael S. Salles
      Pages 3-19

    4. Key Concepts for Frameworks: Values, Aspects Normativity and Enkaptic Structures

      • Maarten J. Verkerk, Paulo Fernando Ribeiro, Rafael S. Salles
      Pages 45-55

    5. Toward a Holistic Normative Design

      • Paulo Fernando Ribeiro, Maarten J. Verkerk, Rafael S. Salles
      Pages 57-77

  3. Applications

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 79-79
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    2. The Engineer in the Face of Social Changes: The Cases of Health and Sustainability at Work

      • Paulo César Zamboni-de-Souza, Ivan Bolis, Sandro de Gasparo
      Pages 81-103

    5. Economics, Regulatory Aspects, and Public Policies

      • Héctor Arango, Vinicius Braga Ferreira da Costa, Carolina Cortez, Lucas Gustavo Arango, Lígia Cintra Pereira, Letícia dos Santos Benso Maciel et al.
      Pages 131-172

    6. Statistics and Engineering

      • Pedro Paulo Balestrassi, Estevão Luiz Romão
      Pages 173-193

  4. Technologies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 195-195
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    2. Smart Telecommunications: The Catalyst of a Social Revolution

      • Paulo Coelho, Mário Gomes, Filipe Bandeiras, Antonio Carlos Zambroni de Souza
      Pages 197-233

    5. The Need of Normative Technologies for Smart Living Cities

      • Gabriel C. S. Almeida, Rafael S. Salles, Maise N. S. Silva, Antonio Carlos Zambroni de Souza, Paulo Fernando Ribeiro
      Pages 283-309

  5. Case Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 311-311
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    2. Social and Economic Implications of Electricity Generation Sources

      • Ricardo C. Furtado, Fátima R. G. Furtado, Amaro Pereira, Marciano Morozowski Filho
      Pages 313-337

    3. Amazon Region Power Plants and Social Impacts

      • José Ailton de Lima
      Pages 339-351
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About this book

This book covers practical and philosophical aspects of Engineering, paying special attention to the social impacts of emerging technologies. Some fundamentals of philosophy of technology are introduced followed by social, economic, and environmental discussion and implications in different disciplines. Each chapter provides insights on the responsibilities involved in the design of engineering projects. The examples presented combine concepts about the impacts of Engineering in society at the same time that incorporates new technological models, yielding an innovative approach about the topics.  

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Keywords

  • Social Implications
  • Social Dimensions of Engineering
  • philosophy in engineering
  • Dynamic Systems applied to social modelling
  • Engineering and social welfare
  • Electric Vehicles and storage
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Instituto de Sistemas Elétricos e Energia, Universidade Federal de Itajuba, Itajuba, Brazil

    Antonio Carlos Zambroni de Souza, Paulo Fernando Ribeiro

  • Hoensbroek, The Netherlands

    Maarten J. Verkerk

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About the editors

A . C. Zambroni de Souza  holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from the State University of Rio de Janeiro (1987), a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (1990) and a PhD in Electrical Engineering - University of Waterloo Canada (1995). He is currently a full professor at the Federal University of Itajubá.He was a Visiting Professor (CAPES Scholarship) at the University of Wisconsin - Madison in 2000. In 2008 he was with the University of Strathclyde, Scotland. He acts in the area of stability of electrical systems, with special emphasis on the topic of voltage stability in transmission and distribution systems. As sub-topics, it works on voltage control and reactive power and analysis of electrical losses. Nowadays, his focus is on smart grids and smart cities, which includes the social effects of technologies. He is associate editor of the Journal of Control, Automation & Electrical Systems. Since 2015 he has been an Associate Editor of the Renewable Power Generation (IET-RPG) and of the IET Power Electronics, both under the coordination of The Institution of Engineering and Technology in the United Kingdom. He has served as a reviewer in national and international magazines and conferences. He is Fellow Member of the "IET - The Institution of Engineering and Technology", and has edited a book with Springer on “Microgrids Design”.

P.F. Ribeiro, holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Pernambuco (1975), Diploma in Power Engineering from Power Technologies Inc., (PTI) 1979, Schenectady, New York, USA, PhD in Electrical Engineering - University of Manchester (1985), MBA from Lynchburg College, Virginia, USA (2000). He is currently a Full Professor at the Federal University of Itajubá, Itajubá, MG Brazil and was an Associate Professor at Technical University of Eindhoven, The Netherlands, and also taught at Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, Va., Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Professor Ribeiro was a Faculty Fellow at the NASA Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, worked as a researcher at EPRI, Palo Alto, California, and served as an Erskine Fellow at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. Professor Ribeiro is an IEEE Fellow, IET Fellow and Registered, PE in the State of Iowa, USA. His research interests include power systems, power electronics and power quality engineering, transmission systems, and superconducting magnetic energy storage systems, smart grids, engineering education and philosophy of technology. He is active with CIGRE, IEEE, and IEC Working Groups. He has published over 350 papers, several book chapters and four books.

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Interdisciplinary and Social Nature of Engineering Practices

  • Book Subtitle: Philosophy, Examples and Approaches

  • Editors: Antonio Carlos Zambroni de Souza, Maarten J. Verkerk, Paulo Fernando Ribeiro

  • Series Title: Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-88016-3

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-88015-6Published: 16 January 2022

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-88018-7Published: 17 January 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-88016-3Published: 15 January 2022

  • Series ISSN: 2192-6255

  • Series E-ISSN: 2192-6263

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 443

  • Number of Illustrations: 25 b/w illustrations, 73 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Industrial and Production Engineering, Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics

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