1. Louis L. (Larry) Bucciarelli
Engineering and the Liberal Arts: Oil and water, dogs and fleas, or obligate symbiosis?
Louis L. (Larry) Bucciarelli
Professor of Engineering Emeritus, MIT
Sarah Kuhn
Technology, Society & Human Values,
University of Massachusetts Lowell 1

2. Liberal Studies in Engineering - Two Village Pumps
Cultural Anthropology Fluid Mechanics 2.02
“By analyzing the success and failure of this device, its agency and the way in which it shapes new configurations in the Zimbabwean socio-technical landscape, we partake in the current move in science and technology studies to transform what it means to be an actor”
The Zimbabwe Bush Pump: Mechanics ot a Fluid Technology
Marianne de Laet & Annemarie Mol 2000
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Why pumping water is child's play, BBC NEWS 25 April
Given the a cylinder diameter of 50mm, a piston stroke of 65 mm, and two strokes per rotation of the merry-go-round, how much time will it take for the children to fill the liter tank if they are able to rotate the wheel at 16 rpm? 2 2

3. Gender and Science/Engineering - Computer Science CS 171
Liberal Studies in Engineering – Computer Science Exercise
Gender and Science/Engineering Computer Science CS 171
In this exercise you implement a solver for a reducing ordered selection problem.
As an IT engineer in a small company, Mary has just found early that the company plans to lay off one member of her department containing N people every week until only the best is left. In order to find the best logician they are letting everyone choose a position on a list numbered from 1 to N. They will be removing every Kth person, until only one remains. Mary knows she can come up with the best solution to this problem quickly and keep her job, your job is to do likewise.
For example, if N=7 and K=2, then the firing order is , so Mary should choose position 7. Or if N=6 and K=3, then the firing order is , and Mary should stand at position 1.
How would you deal with this exercise? 3 3

4. Liberal Studies in Engineering – Textiles and Culture Technology, Society & Human Values Materials 101
Textile and garment industry working conditions;
economic: political, technical, cultural
& social dimensions
Fashion, style and sustainability: technical,
Aesthetic, and economic considerations
Mechanics of Materials
Shear testing of fabric ' .. 4

5. We would enjoy hearing from you!
Larry Bucciarelli
Sarah Kuhn 5