Technics and Future
(WM0908)Readings
Here you will find the readers: An english and a dutch version.
Engineers will have to deal with the following questions:
- What are the main social and technological trends?
- What will be the impact of these trends?
- Can they be steered?
In this subject you will deal with those questions and try to find answers.
Prospects for external sources of vehicle propulsion: results of a Delphi study
External_sources_of_vehicle_propulsion.pdf This article presents the outcome of a Delphistudy carried out between October 1995 and February 1996. The subject of the study is external sources of vehicle propulsion, and its possible role inachieving more sustainable modes of transportation. |
Traditional and modern Technology Assessment. Towards a toolkit.
Traditional_and_modern_Technology_Assessment.pdf Technology Assessment (TA) as a discipline includes rather different approaches and methods. Traditionally,the discipline focused on forecasting, impact assessment and policy studies.Later more process oriented approaches were developed, such as ConstructiveTechnology Assessment (CTA), which aimed explicitly at influencing the shape of new technologies. This paper aims at classifying the approaches and methods of TA into a common framework. |
