University 113 Spring 2005

ML 251 Tu-Th: 2:30-3:50 PM

Technological Disasters and Catastrophes

"If anything can go wrong, it will."

Murphy's Law

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In the schedule, the reading for a particular day should be done before class that day.

January 2005

February 2005

March 2005

April 2005

March 1

(Reading Packet 13,18)

Human error

Can accidents be prevented?

 

Final version of individual paper due 11:59 PM March 2

March 3

Economics and future projections

Mid-Term Recess March 7-11

March 15

The Fall of Enron

 

March 17

Interim Team Oral Reports

 

March 22

Review of Interim Team Oral Reports

March 24 (Reading packet 20)

Tsunami

 

March 29 (Reading packet 21,22)

The decay of antibiotic effectiveness

First draft of team paper due at 8 AM today. Email to Brito, Curl, Dubreuil, and the rest of the class.

March 31 (Read Commons handout)

The tragedy of the commons