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Patrick Feng

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Assistant Professor
(403) 220-6819
SS 308
Research: 
Collaborator, Social Dynamics of Economic Performance, 5 year project (2006-2011) funded by SSHRC to investigate the relationship between innovation and city-regions across Canada.  Local principal investigator: Dr. Cooper Langford.
Education: 
  • B. Arts Sc. (Hon.), McMaster University
  • M.S. (Science and Technology Studies), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • Ph.D. (Science and Technology Studies), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Courses Taught: 
STAS 201: Process of inquiry in the natural sciences
STAS 341: Information, technology, and society
LWSO 401: Law and technology (special topics)
COMS 623: Social and Economic Impacts of Communication and Information Technologies
Chapters in Books: 

Feng, Patrick and Andrew Feenberg.  2008.  "Thinking about Design: Critical Theory of Technology and the Design Process."  Philosophy and Design: From Engineering to Architecture, Pieter Vermaas, Peter Kroes, Andrew Light, and Steven Moore, eds., Springer.

Feng, Patrick.  2007.  "Shaping Technical Standards: Where are the Users?"  Shaping Science & Technology Policy: The Next Generation of Research, David H. Guston and Daniel Sarewitz, eds., University of Wisconsin Press.

Journals: 

Feng, Patrick.  2003.  "Studying Standardization: A Review of the Literature."  Proceedings of the 3rd IEEE conference on Standardization and Innovation in Information Technology, October 22-24, 2003 in Delft, The Netherlands.

Feng, Patrick.  2000.  "Rethinking Technology, Revitalising Ethics: Overcoming Barriers to Ethical Design."  Science and Engineering Ethics, 6(2): 207-20.