| Michael E. Gorman | | Professor, Science Technology�and Society | | Ph.D., University of New Hampshire | | | | Dr. Gorman has served on the faculty since 1989. He has published three books and more than 50 articles and reports, and has created a web site for Invention, Design and Discovery. He is a member of the American Society for Engineering Education and served on the governing council of the Society for the Social Studies of Science. | | | | Research Interests | | Michael Gorman, a cognitive psychologist, is interested in the experimental simulation of science and in case studies of invention and discovery. In collaboration with business and engineering colleagues, he is currently collecting and composing cases that illustrate the role of ethics in design. | | |
Sponsored Research
Moral Imagination, Invention & Design (with G.L. & P. Werhane) (funded by: National Science Foundation)
Putting Ethics at the Heart of Environmental Design (funded by: National Science Foundation)
Workshop on Cognitive Studies of Science & Technology (funded by: National Science Foundation)
Inventing for a Better Global Environment: A Comparative Analysis of Two Networks (with M. Mehalik) (funded by: National Science Foundation)
Mapping the Innovation Process: An Integration of Cognitive and Social Approaches to the Invention of the Telephone, 1870-1880 (with W. B. Carlson) (funded by: National Science Foundation)
The Social Construction of Technological Knowledge: A Network Analysis of the Invention of the Telephone, 1870-1880 (with W. B. Carlson) (funded by: Spencer Foundation)
Technological Innovation as a Cognitive Process: A Comparative Study of Telephone Inventors, 1870-1880 (with W. B. Carlson) (funded by: National Science Foundation)
The Cognitive Style of American Inventors: A Comparative Study of the Electric Light and the Telephone, 1870-1885 (with W. B. Carlson) (funded by: National Science Foundation)
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