Holistic Engineering Education Beyond Technology
Holistic Engineering Education: Beyond Technology is a compilation of coordinated and focused essays from world leaders in the engineering profession who are dedicated to a transformation of engineering education and practice. The contributors define
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Domenico Grasso · Melody Brown Burkins Editors
Holistic Engineering Education Beyond Technology
Forewords by C. Judson King, Richard K. Miller and Maria Klawe
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Editors Domenico Grasso Vice President for Research Dean of the Graduate College The University of Vermont Burlington, VT 05405 USA [email protected]
Melody Brown Burkins Senior Director for Research and Strategic Initiatives The University of Vermont Burlington, VT 05405 USA [email protected]
ISBN 978-1-4419-1392-0 e-ISBN 978-1-4419-1393-7 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-1393-7 Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London Library of Congress Control Number: 2009938352 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2010 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
For our spouses, Susan and Derek, and our children – Benjamin, Jacob, Elspeth, Caitlin, Riley, and Porter – who will inherit and live in the world we design today.
Whereof what’s past is prologue; what to come, In yours and my discharge. The Tempest William Shakespeare
Biographical Sketch
Domenico Grasso Dr. Domenico Grasso is Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate College at the University of Vermont. Previously Dean of the College of Engineering and Mathematical at UVM, he holds a B.Sc. from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, an M.S. from Purdue University and a Ph.D. from The University of Michigan. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the states of Connecticut and Texas, and a Diplomate of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers. Prior to joining UVM, Dr. Grasso was Rosemary Bradford Hewlett Professor and Founding Director of the Picker Engineering Program at Smith College, the first engineering program at a women’s college in the United States; and Professor and Head of Department in Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of Connecticut. He has been a Visiting Scholar at UC-Berkeley, a NATO Fellow, and an Invited Technical Expert to the United Nations Industrial Development Organization in Vienna, Austria. He is currently Editor-in-Chief of Environmental Engineering Science, and has served as Vice-Chair of the United States Environmental Protection Agency Science Advisory Board, President of the Association of Environmental Engineering & Science Professors and Associate Edit
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