Engineering Education
Magazine
Softening the Curriculum
BY HENRY PETROSKI The real world demands more than technical training. There has long been tension between those who advocate teaching more of the softer side of our profession and…
Category: Refractions
Engineering Trumps Science
Design details and urgent problem-solving, not study, save the day. The day after 33 Chilean miners were brought safely to the surface after being trapped underground for 70 days, a…
Honoring Inca Engineering
15th-century Machu Picchu displays a mastery of design. Last July, I traveled in Peru with a delegation from the American Society of Civil Engineers. Among our objectives was the…