Mani Mina, Iowa State University Remembering Professor William (Bill) Sayle and The Interface I remember the first time that I saw The Interface. I did not recognize its true value and dismissed the fact that I had received it for quite some time. Sometime later, Professor Ed Jones at Iowa State University saw some of […]
Dr. Edwin C. Jones, Jr. – Iowa State University and University of St. Thomas This writer returned recently from the First World Congress on Engineering Education, sponsored by Texas A&M University—Qatar (TAMU Q) and the Maersk Corporation. The conference venue was the Qatar National Convention Center in Doha, a beautiful and very functional new facility. The […]
Dr. John Heywood – Professional Fellow Emeritus of Trinity College Dublin Since 2007 there has been a flurry of papers and books on philosophy and engineering and attempts to develop what some authors call a philosophy of engineering education [1]. Because engineering educators, indeed most educators tend to ignore the philosophical basis of their work […]
Alan Cheville, Bucknell University What is engineering? What does it mean to be an engineer? For those studying engineering these are important questions. College is more than the knowledge gained in a succession of classes. Since for many students college is the first truly independent step in a process of growing and becoming, it is […]