Overview
- 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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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.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
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.
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, Engineering Ethics