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Elementary Lessons: Acquiring Knowledge and Nurturing Creativity
Posted on February 23, 2012 | No CommentsA few weeks ago, I wrote about a small revelation I had about the lack of acknowledgement in engineering creativity at AU. In that post, I rattled on about the fact... -
Turning a Blind Eye to the Creativity in Engineering
Posted on January 20, 2012 | No CommentsA few months ago, I wrote a post here at engineering-matters that talked to multiple intelligences and how they relate to the engineering field. That topic struck me as important... -
Apprenticeship as the Future of Engineering Education
Posted on May 31, 2011 | 2 CommentsWhere’s the next generation of engineers going to come from? Longstanding question. Right? At the rate we’re going, we won’t have enough graduating engineers to fulfill the employment needs of... -
The Biggest Loser of the STEM Shortfall?
Posted on April 26, 2011 | 3 CommentsIt’s now been over a week since I got back from Arizona, and COFES is still on my mind. To get an idea of what it is and what it... -
The Fading Prestige of Engineering
Posted on March 23, 2011 | 29 CommentsThinking back, I distinctly remember my original impression of engineers. Mainly it came from TV shows about NASA engineers working on the space program. They were designing and developing amazing technology to let the astronauts survive the radiation, vacuum and coldness of space. I remember simply being in awe of their work. At that time, being an engineer was highly prestigious. Those that went into the profession were kind of put on a pedestal. -
People Skills in Engineering Education
Posted on March 7, 2011 | 3 CommentsA few weeks ago, I wrote about The Importance of People Skills for Engineers. The basic premise is that because engineers work with people from all sorts of roles from different functional departments to resolve product issues, they need people skills more than anyone else in the company. While writing those points, I have to admit that one major question kept running through my head. Why didn't I learn anything like this in engineering school?