Disruptive Architectural Technology in Engineering Education

architectural education in civil engineering challenges and future development

development of the structural form is directly influenced by the architectural concern for aesthetic appeal. the architectural challenge is to create building forms that satisfy the functional requirements, yet are aesthetically and economically successful. the structural challenge is to create structural forms that accommodate the functional requirements while supporting the imposed loads as e...

Disruptive Technology

The term "disruptive technology" as coined by Christensen (1997) refers to a new technology having lower cost and performance measured by traditional criteria, but having higher ancillary performance. Christensen finds that disruptive technologies may enter and expand emerging market niches, improving with time and ultimately attacking established products in their traditional markets. This con...

The Need for Lighting Technology Education in Engineering Technology Curricula

Artificial lighting accounts for approximately twenty to twenty five percent of all electrical energy usage in the United States. This is surpassed only by the energy consumption of electric machinery. Artificial lighting is a requisite for virtually all activities in residential, commercial, and industrial settings. Whether it is in the area of design, manufacture, application, maintenance, or...

Nano-technology: a Disruptive Technology?

Engineering Education for a Rapidly Changing Technology

GALCIT, the Graduate Aeronautical Laboratories at the California Institute of Technology, is a system now 50 years old, with which I have been associated for nearly 40 years. Conceived by R. A. Millikan as part of his general scheme to construct a small, very high level technological school, GALCIT was built up by Theodore von Karman (in the spirit of Felix Klein) to serve as a center for the f...