Essays about: "engineering in society"

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1. 1. Holistic Assessment of Critical Infrastructure Resilience during Disasters (HACIRD) - A case study of the 2023 Kahramanmaras earthquakes

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Riskhantering (CI); Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

   Author : Erik Kimblad; [2024]
   Keywords : Critical infrastructure; Lifeline; Resilience; Interdependencies; Earthquake; Natural hazards; Turkey; Holistic; Disaster; Framework; Assessment; Empirical; Case study; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : On February 6, 2023, two earthquakes (7.8MW and 7.7MW) struck Turkey within nine hours, resulting in over 50,000 fatalities and significant damage to critical infrastructures (CI) which provide services essential for the functioning of society. READ MORE

3. 2. I sökandet efter en grundton : en reflekterande berättelse om konceptuellt tänkande inom landskapsarkitektur

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Emelie Lenning; [2024]
   Keywords : Konceptuell landskapsarkitektur; konceptutveckling; abstraktion; mening; storytelling; estetik; designmetod; designverktyg;

   Abstract : Landskapsarkitekter skulpterar, regisserar och komponerar våra livsmiljöer. Det är ett hantverk som kräver sin penna, sitt öra och ett känsligt sinne. Samtidigt befinner sig landskapsarkitekter i en kontext där en samhällelig utveckling knuffar regin in i stela processer och effektiviserade system (Bornemark 2018). READ MORE

4. 3. Risk & Policy: The relevance and influence of Aaron Wildavsky’s book Searching for Safety in the safety discourse.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

   Author : Hans Nagtegaal; [2024]
   Keywords : Wildavsky; Resilience; Anticipation; Cultural Theory; Global Safety; Political Science; Safety Discourse; Social Power; Economy of Safety; Net Benefit; FLMU06; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : The main finding of this thesis is that the relevance and influence of Aaron Wildavsky’s book Searching for Safety in today’s safety discourse is limited although Wildavsky may be considered to be the linking pin between RE, HRO and NAT. The safety discourse may benefit from Wildavsky’s work in political science: I.e. READ MORE

5. 4. Adaptive Tactics in Software Operations: How People Manage Complexity by Asking for Help

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

   Author : Michael Vincent Wettick; [2024]
   Keywords : Recruitment; Software Operations; Anomaly Response; Incident Response; Escalation; Adaptive Capacity; Decision Making; Tacit Knowledge; Complexity; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : Society relies on the continued operation of software systems, from healthcare to social media platforms. These systems can be engineered to be highly reliable, but complexity assures surprise. People have the ability to manage this complexity, filling gaps in design by recognizing, diagnosing and correcting anomalies. READ MORE

6. 5. To Deploy, or Not to Deploy, That is the Question A qualitative study of the decision-making experiences of engineers deploying software changes in production

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

   Author : Jessica Ann DeVita; [2024]
   Keywords : Automation; Common ground; Complexity; Coordination; COVID19 pandemic; Deployment decision; Incident response; Mental model; Naturalistic decision-making; Phenomenology; Resilience; Risk; Software engineering; SRE; Strategy; Temporal reasoning; Uncertainty; Web operations; FLMU06; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : The web services that millions of people count on require large-scale computer resources (servers, nodes, networking) and an intricate set of interdependent software services. Under pressure to continually improve these services, code and configuration changes are deployed hundreds or thousands of times every day. READ MORE