ENGR436

036277

Many small advances often create major technological breakthroughs that are commercial successes: integrated circuits, DNA sequencing, and charge-coupled devices are some examples. This course will examine engineering innovation in three stages by 1) dissecting past breakthroughs to show how they work and how they came into existence at a particular time and place, 2) preparing a case study on a current technology to build a framework of what to look for, and 3) applying this framework to a technology on the horizon to determine what its potential might be. The course will be of interest to students from all of the engineering and science disciplines as well as students in the humanities who have some science background and a strong interest in how technological innovation happens.

GRD - Regular Grades A, B, C, D, E

Undergraduate

CE - CL (Cross Listed)

015063