Fall 2005
TECH 208 – SURVEY OF ELECTRICITY
HOMEWORK #2
Department of Engineering & Design at Eastern Washington University
Assigned: October 11, 2005
Due: October 24, 2005
We have discussed several issues regarding electricity in the last few days. In preparation for the rest of the
class, which will complete the survey of these issues, some research and reading is to be done. This
assignment will ask you to choose a topic that is (at least vaguely) related to whatever we have discussed in
class, or is in the syllabus, or that you would simply like to be addressed at some point in the remaining of
the quarter. You are to research current literature (newspapers, magazines, technical publications, journals,
etc.) and find at least 3 and not more than 6 articles that deal with the topic your previously chose. You are
to turn in a 2 page (double spaced, 1 inch margin everywhere, 11pt Times Roman font, thoroughly
proofread) essay describing the issue you are discussing, its relation to the class, the viewpoints of the
articles you chose, and your own opinions about it. Include a paragraph on how the topic you chose is
related to an engineer’s professional, ethical and social responsibilities, within the context of contemporary
societal and global perspectives. You must attach photocopies of all articles you researched.
This assignment, of course, is to be done in groups of at least 2 people, but no more than 5.