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Name: What is Engineering??
ID: m13680
Language: English (en)
Summary: What is engineering? What is an engineer?? Although it is a very old activity or trade, engineering is a relatively young academic discipline or profession. Only in recent years has it reached a stage of maturity where some of its defining details and differentiating characteristics can be articulated.
Subject: Science and Technology
Keywords: discipline, Engineer, Engineering, profession, technology
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 2.0
Authors: C. Sidney Burrus (csb@rice.edu)
Copyright Holders: C. Sidney Burrus (csb@rice.edu)
Maintainers: C. Sidney Burrus (csb@rice.edu)
Latest version: 1.2 (history)
First publication date: Jul 2, 2006 6:01 pm -0500
Last revision to module: Jul 2, 2006 9:06 pm -0500

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Version: 1.2 Jul 2, 2006 9:06 pm -0500 by C. Sidney Burrus
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Version: 1.1 Jul 2, 2006 7:49 pm -0500 by C. Sidney Burrus
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