Engineering practice in a global context : understanding the technical and the social / editors, Bill Williams, Polytechnic Institute of Setubal, Portugal, José Figueiredo, IST, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal, James Trevelyan, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia.
2014
TA157 .E6225 2014
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Engineering practice in a global context : understanding the technical and the social / editors, Bill Williams, Polytechnic Institute of Setubal, Portugal, José Figueiredo, IST, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal, James Trevelyan, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia.
ISBN
9780415636964 (hardback)
9781315879369 (e-book)
9781315879369 (e-book)
Published
Boca Raton : CRC Press, [2014]
Copyright
©2014
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (300 pages) : illustrations.
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TA157 .E6225 2014
Dewey Decimal Classification
338.4/762
Summary
"This book characterizes the technical and social aspects of engineering practice and to look at ways that this characterization can be important in the design of engineering courses in higher education. The principal contours of the work include the study of engineering practice and its relation to knowledge, competences and to cross-disciplinary and identity contexts. Empirical data on the practice of engineering professionals are presented from a range of companies in different national contexts, including engineering design companies and engineering innovation leaders"-- Provided by publisher.
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"A Balkema book."
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Includes bibliographical references.
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