SHOT 2011 Tours and Special Activities The following is a summary of the tours and special activities scheduled during this year’s Annual Meeting in Cleveland. Please click here for complete details (PDF). Because the tours are very popular and sell out quickly, you may want to register as soon as possible in order to avoid…
Read MoreSHOT 2011: SIG Events Albatrosses The Albatrosses, whose interests cover all things related to aviation and aerospace, will have an informal breakfast on Sunday morning followed by a roundtable session highlighting the current research of grad students and young scholars. To join the Albatrosses email list, send a short email Robert Ferguson. SIGCIS The SIG…
Read MoreTechnical Support for Presenters Audio-Visual Support Thanks to Case Western Reserve University, each session room at the meeting will be equipped with a digital projector and screen.� Speakers planning to use PowerPoint should make sure that they (or someone on their panel) will bring a laptop that can connect to the digital projector.� Should you…
Read MoreSession Schedule The program committee (chaired by Eda Kranakis) has put together an outstanding line-up of sessions.�You will not only be able to hear papers on timely topics such as the disaster at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan, but also on topics ranging from superconductivity to technology and the body to the Tao…
Read MoreRegister Now for SHOT 2011 With an outstanding SHOT program of academic sessions and special events, and the co-location of the HSS and 4S meetings, SHOT 2011 offers an unusually rich opportunity for academic and social discourse. We encourage you to register early because SHOT tours are very popular and sell out quickly. Once again…
Read MoreOverview of the Program Once again this year, there is an extensive program of meetings, activities, and social events supplementing the more than fifty academic sessions. There will be meetings to talk about diversity in our organization and field of scholarship (Friday evening), and a special presentation by Paul Edwards on giving effective academic talks…
Read MorePreconference Workshop on Engineering Studies 2 November 2011, Cleveland State University The International Network for Engineering Studies (INES) and the SHOT special interest group, the Prometheans, will hold a one-day workshop on engineering studies and the history of engineering with the theme, “My Current Work and Its Possible Implications.” The workshop is hosted by Peter…
Read MoreSHOT 2011 Conference Hotel We are pleased to announce that you can start reserving rooms at SHOT’s headquarters hotel, the Cleveland Marriott Downtown at Key Center. The Marriott at Key Center was voted the top Hotel in Cleveland by Urban Retreat and is ranked in the top 25 US Hotels by Tripadvisor.com and Insiders Select…
Read MoreA Brief History of Cleveland Cleveland was founded in 1796, when a survey party from the Connecticut Land Company arrived at the mouth of the Cuyahoga to map out the so-called Western Reserve, a 3-million-acre tract to which the company had recently purchased title. The city was named after the leader of the party, Moses…
Read MoreSpecial Events Opening Plenary and Reception Our annual meeting will kick off with a joint three-society plenary session, “Dealing with Disasters: Perspectives on Fukushima from the History and Social Studies of Science and Technology,” on Thursday night ay 6:00 pm in the Marriott Grand Ballroom. Following the plenary, the action moves to the Great Lakes…
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