How Infrastructure Works - Transforming our shared systems for a changing world

Deb Chachra is a professor at Olin College of Engineering, outside Boston, Massachusetts, and has a technical background in engineering physics, materials science, and bioengineering. She also creates and communicates widely at the intersection of technology and society, including pieces for The Atlantic , the Guardian , and the journal Nature , as well as her own newsletter, Metafoundry. Her research and ideas have been supported by grants from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Autodesk, and the National Science Foundation (US), among others. Prior to joining the faculty of Olin College, she held a postdoctoral fellowship at MIT, and earned her PhD from the University of Toronto.>

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Deb Chachra is a professor at Olin College of Engineering, outside Boston, Massachusetts, and has a technical background in engineering physics, materials science, and bioengineering. She also creates and communicates widely at the intersection of technology and society, including pieces for The Atlantic, the Guardian, and the journal Nature, as well as her own newsletter, Metafoundry. Her research and ideas have been supported by grants from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Autodesk, and the National Science Foundation (US), among others. Prior to joining the faculty of Olin College, she held a postdoctoral fellowship at MIT, and earned her PhD from the University of Toronto.

Product details

• Authors: Deb Chachra
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 06.02.2025
• EAN: 9781804995952
• ISBN: 978-1-80499-595-2
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 21 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > General, dictionaries; Science: general issues, TRANSPORTATION / Public Transportation, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Engineering (General), TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Power Resources / General, SCIENCE / Energy, SCIENCE / Chaotic Behavior in Systems, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects, TRANSPORTATION / Railroads / General, Trains and railways: general interest, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Materials Science / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Systems Engineering