Research Presentations: Design Organization And Technology Change

Theme: EPP’s Contributions to DOT Change
Technology change has been associated with contributing 87.5% to increases in productivity (Solow), with 50% of growth in Total Factor Productivity in the 1990s being traceable to advances in microprocessors alone (Jorsenson). Technology change likewise has dramatic effects for social welfare and national security - from communications to the environment to sensing and the role of forms of production and technological superiority in war. This session looks at the Department of Engineering and Public Policy’s unique contributions to getting inside the black box of technology change, and the deep interactions between design, organizations, and technology change, and the critical role of policy in influencing the technological frontier and the consequences thereof.
Panel Discussion:
Katie Whitefoot, Assistant Professor of Engineering and Public Policy
Erica Fuchs, Professor, Engineering and Public Policy
Daniel Armanios, Assistant Professor, Engineering and Public Policy
John Helveston, EPP Alumni
Ed Rubin, Professor, Engineering and Public Policy
David Hounshell, Professor, Engineering and Public Policy
Francisco Veloso, Adjunct Professor, Engineering and Public Policy