Kline, Ronald R

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Kline, Ronald R

Bovay Professor in the History and Ethics of Professional Engineering

research

research and scholarship focus

History of Technology
Social History of "Urbanizing" Technologies in Rural Life
Historical Relationship Between Science and Technology
History of the Engineering Profession and Industrial Research in the United States

co investigator of

NIRT: NANOSCALE ENGINEERING OF INORGANIC-ORGANIC INTERFACES: APPLICATIONS TO MOLECULAR SCALE ELECTRONICS | Research Grant

affiliations

faculty appointment in

Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) | Cornell department
Science and Technology Studies (S&TS) | Cornell department

member of graduate field

American Studies | minor graduate field
History | graduate field
Science and Technology Studies | graduate field

other Cornell affiliations

American Studies Program | academic program office

teaching

teaching focus

Seminar in the History of Technology | S&TS 626
Inventing an Information Society | S&TS 292
Technology in Society | S&TS 250
Special Topics, Topic 3: Issues in the Cultural | S&TS 700

teaches

BSOC 3751 - Independent Study (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
ECE 2500 - Technology in Society (MWF 10:10:AM-11:00:AM) | fall 2009 class
ECE 4910 - Senior Electrical and Computer Independent Engineering Project (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
ECE 6930 - Master of Engineering Design I (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
ECE 6970 - Master of Engineering Research (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
ECE 7910 - Thesis Research (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
ENGRG 1050 - Engineering Seminar (M 03:35:PM-04:25:PM) | fall 2009 class
ENGRG 2500 - Technology in Society (MWF 10:10:AM-11:00:AM) | fall 2009 class
HIST 2500 - Technology in Society (MWF 10:10:AM-11:00:AM) | fall 2009 class
HIST 8004 - Supervised Reading (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
HIST 8005 - Supervised Reading (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
HIST 8006 - Supervised Reading (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
HIST 8007 - Supervised Reading (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
STS 2501 - Technology in Society (MWF 10:10:AM-11:00:AM) | fall 2009 class
STS 3991 - Undergraduate Independent Study (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
STS 6991 - Graduate Independent Study (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
AMST 2980 - Inventing an Information Society (MWF 10:10:AM-11:00:AM) | spring 2009 class
ECE 2980 - Inventing an Information Society (MWF 10:10:AM-11:00:AM) | spring 2009 class
ECE 3920 - Junior Electrical & Computer Engineering Independent Project (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
ECE 4920 - Senior Electrical and Computer Independent Engineering Project (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
ECE 6931 - Master of Engineering Design II (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
ECE 6980 - Master of Engineering Research (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
ECE 7920 - Thesis Research (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
ENGRG 2980 - Inventing an Information Society (MWF 10:10:AM-11:00:AM) | spring 2009 class
HIST 2920 - Inventing an Information Society (MWF 10:10:AM-11:00:AM) | spring 2009 class
HIST 6190 - History of Technology (M 02:30:PM-04:25:PM) | spring 2009 class
INFO 2921 - Inventing an Information Society (MWF 10:10:AM-11:00:AM) | spring 2009 class
STS 2921 - Inventing an Information Society (MWF 10:10:AM-11:00:AM) | spring 2009 class
STS 6261 - History of Technology (M 02:30:PM-04:25:PM) | spring 2009 class
ECE 2500 - Technology in Society (MWF 02:30:PM-03:20:PM) | fall 2008 class
ENGRG 2500 - Technology in Society (MWF 02:30:PM-03:20:PM) | fall 2008 class
HIST 2500 - Technology in Society (MWF 02:30:PM-03:20:PM) | fall 2008 class
STS 2501 - Technology in Society (MWF 02:30:PM-03:20:PM) | fall 2008 class

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