The Making of an Expert Engineer
eBook - PDF

The Making of an Expert Engineer

  1. 612 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Making of an Expert Engineer

About this book

This book sets out the principles of engineering practice, knowledge that has come to light through more than a decade of research by the author and his students studying engineers at work. Until now, this knowledge has been almost entirely unwritten, passed on invisibly from one generation of engineers to the next, what engineers refer to asexpe

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. Table of contents
  4. Acknowledgements
  5. List of tables
  6. List of figures
  7. Preface: Engineering practice has been invisible
  8. 1. Why engineer?
  9. 2. What type of engineer?
  10. 3. Flying start, no wings, wrong direction
  11. 4. Becoming an expert
  12. 5. What engineers know
  13. 6. Three neglected skills: Listening, seeing and reading
  14. 7. Collaboration in engineering
  15. 8. Informal teaching: More than an interpreter
  16. 9. Technical coordination: Informal leadership
  17. 10 Managing a project
  18. 11. Understanding investment decisions
  19. 12. Negotiating sustainability
  20. 13. Great expectations
  21. 14. Seeking work
  22. 15. Conclusion
  23. Guide to online appendices
  24. References