Free courseware (Transforming Engineering Education)

Keep your approach to teaching engineering topics current with a complete solution for measurements, circuits, and controls education from National Instruments.  Using tools like the NI LabVIEW graphical programming environment,  NI hardware, and the NI Multisim circuits teaching environment extends hands-on-learning from the laboratory to the dorm room and equips students to experiment easier, learn …

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Textbook New Edition: Who Shall Live? Health, Economics, and Social Choice

“In this classic book, Professor Victor Fuchs draws on his deep understanding of the strengths and limitations of economics and his intimate knowledge of health care institutions to help readers understand the problems every nation faces in trying to allocate health resources efficiently and equitably. In a new Introduction to the second expanded edition, Professor …

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REGISTRATION OPEN – LOOK!!

Registration is Open! 4rdAnnual Symposium on Engineering and Liberal Education and Faculty Institute June 3-4th, 2011 Union College, Schenectady, NY www.union.edu/integration   Please join us for an exciting fourth annual symposium on Engineering and Liberal Education. The program includes a keynote talk by Dr. David Ferrucci, Semantic Analysis and Integration Department, IBM Watson Research Center. …

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10th Annual ASEE Global Colloquium on Engineering Education

October 24-27, 2011 Shanghai, China Shanghai International Conference Center The American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) invites you to the annual Global Colloquium, which brings together the world’s leaders in engineering education. This year’s Colloquium will take place in Shanghai, China at the Shanghai International Conference Center. This year, ASEE is partnering with Shanghai Jiao …

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Education in the Age of Smart Machines

Education is arguably society’s most important type of service.  Education is also slow to change in many ways.  However, that was before the age of smart machines. To find out why and how things are about to change, be sure to be on hand, when on June 3 at Union College in Schenectady, New York, David Ferruci, the …

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SRII Conference: Rapid Evolution of Service Capabilities

The SRII Global Conference took place in San Jose, California last week. Below I provide a summary of the conference flow over five days of events, and then some summary comments about the accelerating evolution of service capabilities enabled by the cloud and smart phones. On Tuesday, the SRII SIG and Chapter meetings took place. …

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