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Volume 18 Number 3
Fall 1999
Fall 1999 Issue

Special Feature

    8  A Scientist Joins the U.S. Congress
    U.S. Representative Rush Holt says he "takes the charge" on science and technology issues in Congress.
    Interview by Terri Bookman

Features

    12  Conflict on Collaborative Design Teams: Understanding the Role of Social Identities*
    Incompatible viewpoints among design team members can result in ineffective, frustrating, and failed projects. How self-perceptions can inhibit collaboration in technology design.
    Julian Kilker

    * Refereed Article

Departments

    3  Call for Papers - ISTAS`00: Rome, Italy

    4  Policy Perspectives - An Engineer, Accountant, and EHS Manager Went out in a Boat...

    22  Classics Review - Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

    24  Letters

    25  Review - Technology as Savior: Two Memoirs

    27  Call for Papers
    Special Issue on the Social Implications of Systems Concepts and Technology

    28  Conference Report - 1999 IEEE ISEE:
    Design for the Environment