March 12

Discussing Petroski
Some interesting discussion of Petroski as been started. Try to continue that. Also, this is a good time to open up that discussion to the issues of the other essays. For example, the general tenor of the discussion has been that failures are inevitable, but that engineers can learn from them. What about in biotechnology? Is it OK if New Leafs "fail" if we learn from that failure?

Setting Up Peer Revision
I'll be making peer revision assignments on Thursday. I think we'll allow peer revision to extend into Spring Break, to give people more time. What I'd most like to do is allow flexible peer revision. That means I want people to choose their groups and then decide when the group wants the revisions done by. So email me if you want someone in particular in your group.

To Do for Next Class:

1. Discuss Petroski
2. Rough Draft Four