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Rebalancing Engineering’s Physical and Digital Work
Posted on March 15, 2012 | 2 CommentsSometimes, it’s interesting to sit back and look at how much things have changed. Lots of commonly held perceptions about engineering has changed over time. I’ve written about the evolving... -
Stay Late or Go Home: Do Engineers Have a Choice?
Posted on March 7, 2012 | 2 CommentsI make an effort to read up on what’s going on the engineering world. Obviously, it’s relevant to what I write here at this blog. It helps me gauge what’s... -
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... -
Low Spatial Intelligence as an Impediment to 3D CAD
Posted on October 31, 2011 | 3 CommentsIf you’ve been following the engineering-matters blog for a while, you know I’ve written a good bit about CAD over the past year or so. And why not? It’s been... -
Multiple Intelligences and the Engineer
Posted on September 14, 2011 | 6 CommentsHave you ever heard someone describe intelligence in different ways? I remember while growing up, someone might be called ‘book smart’ if they were good at school studies or ‘street... -
The Best Domestic Talent Pool for Engineering?
Posted on August 30, 2011 | No CommentsIt seems like finding the right engineering talent for your organization is never easy. There’s the STEM shortfall issue where we aren’t graduating enough engineers to fill the roles needed... -
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... -
CIC Management Forum Panel: Empowering Engineering Decision Making
Posted on April 7, 2011 | 3 CommentsAs we inch closer to the kickoff of the 3D Collaboration and Interoperability Conference on May 23rd, I wanted to give all of you more insight into a few of the presentations and panels that will be part of the Management Forum track. The first one I'll talk about here is all about empowering engineering decision making. -
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? -
Learning and the 10,000 Hour Threshold to Become an Expert Engineer?
Posted on February 14, 2011 | 4 CommentsDo you consider yourself an expert at your job? Well, maybe that’s not the best question. Let’s try this instead. All tags and titles aside, do you consider yourself a...