Posted: Sunday, October 27, 2013 9:30 pm
The Daily Eastern News
A symposium with a number of remaining sessions will explore technology, its history and its use in modern society.
The Revolutions in Science and Technology Paradigms has a series of upcoming session, running until Nov. 7, that will showcase effects of technology, people who had a major influence on technological development and current implementations of new technology.
Wafeek Wahby, a professor in the School of Technology and one of the symposium coordinators, said technology has such an impact on peoples’ lives and it is important to understand the extent of its impact.
“Classes are different. The part of having teachers stand in front of student is changed by the Internet,” Wahby said. “You name it, any communication is different.”
Wahby said one of the goals of the symposium is to bring the campus and Charleston community together to discuss the effects of technology.
The events will take place over the next two week and the schedule of events is available on the Eastern website.
Booklets about the symposium are also available.
The next session is at 10 a.m. Monday in Room 4440 of Booth Library. The session, titled “A Concrete Advantage: Production of Portland Cement” will discuss how new cement changed landscaping.
The following session at 11 a.m. Monday in Room 2153 of the Physical Sciences Building will feature information about Sir Isaac Newton, an influence on science.
Other studies will talk about female inventors, technology and health and the Internet.
The closing session will take place at 10 a.m. Nov. 13 in the Charleston-Mattoon Room in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.
The session “An Inspiring Look at New Fundamental of Technologies and How to Use Them in Your Future Career,” will focus on how the world uses technology and how it will continue to change to fit the needs of the global community.
The idea behind this symposium came from the idea that communication has changed because of technology.
This year’s symposium was supposed to be on ancient Rome, following the ancient Egypt and ancient Greece symposiums the last two years, but a technology-themed symposium was decided on instead.
Wahby said student should come to the symposium because they will be the ones affecting future technology.
“Look at these guys who did Facebook, Myspace and other social sites, mostly they were young,” Wahby said. “It is interesting to see how young people spark ideas that really influence the world.”
Samantha McDaniel can be reached at 581-2812 or slmcdaniel@eiu.edu.
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