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Engineering, Development and Philosophy

American, Chinese and European Perspectives

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  • © 2012

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Editors:
  1. Steen Hyldgaard Christensen

    1. , Institute of Business and Technology, Aarhus University, Herning, Denmark

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  2. Carl Mitcham

    1. , Dept of Liberal Arts & Int'l Studies, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, USA

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  3. Bocong Li

    1. , Department of Social Sciences, Graduate University of Chinese Academy o, Beijing, China, People's Republic

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  4. Yanming An

    1. , Department of Languages, Clemson University, Clemson, USA

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  • Worldwide in scope, cross-cultural in approach
  • The first volume to integrate Chinese, European, and American scholarly perspectives on issues at the nexus of engineering, development, and culture
  • Covers a vast range of aspects from nanotechnology to intercontinental modalities in educating engineers ?
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Philosophy of Engineering and Technology (POET, volume 11)

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvii
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  3. Rethinking Engineering Education

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 103-107
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    2. The Challenge of Educating Engineers for a Close, Crowded and Creative World

      • Ela Krawczyk, Mike Murphy
      Pages 109-122

    3. Educating Chinese Engineers: The Case of Shanghai Jiao Tong University During 1896–1949

      • Brent K. Jesiek, Yi Shen
      Pages 123-143

    4. Academic Drift in European Professional Engineering Education: The End of Alternatives to the University?

      • Steen Hyldgaard Christensen
      Pages 145-167

    5. Governing Engineering

      • Anders Buch
      Pages 169-182

    6. Historical Tensions in Engineering Education: European Perspectives

      • Andrew Jamison, Matthias Heymann
      Pages 183-196

    7. Socio-technical Integration in Engineering Education: A Never-Ending Story

      • Steen Hyldgaard Christensen, Erik Ernø-Kjølhede
      Pages 197-213

    8. Tensions in Developing Engineering Design Competencies

      • Ulrik Jørgensen
      Pages 215-231

    9. The Local Engineer: Normative Holism in Engineering Formation

      • Gary Lee Downey
      Pages 233-251

    10. Eyes Wide Shut? Loyalty and Practical Morality in Engineering Education

      • Martine Buser, Christian Koch
      Pages 253-267

  4. Rethinking Perspectives on Engineering, Nature, and Society

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 269-274
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    2. Ex-students Engaged in “Engineers Without Borders”: What Have They Become?

      • Christelle Didier
      Pages 275-289
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This inclusive, cross-cultural study rethinks the nexus between engineering, development, and culture. It offers diverse commentary from a range of disciplinary perspectives on how the philosophies of today’s cultural triumvirate—American, European and Chinese—are shaped and given nuance by the cross-fertilization of engineering and development. Scholars from the humanities and social sciences as well as engineers themselves reflect on key questions that arise in this relational context, such as how international development work affects the professional views, identities, practice and ethics of engineers.   The first volume to offer a systematic and collaborative study that cuts across continental boundaries, the book delineates the kinds of skills and competences that tomorrow’s engineering success stories will require, and analyzes fascinating aspects of the interplay between engineering and philosophy, such as how traditionally Chinese ways of thinking can influence modern engineering practice in the world’s most populous country. China’s problematic mix of engineering woes and wonders, from the high-profile crash on its high-profile rail network to its ‘bird’s nest’ Olympic stadium, adds to the urgency for reform, while Europe’s Enlightenment-informed legal frameworks are contrasted with Chinese mechanisms in their governance of the field of nanotechnology, a crucial element of future technical evolution. Fascinating and compelling in equal measure, this volume addresses one of the topics at the leading edge of humanity’s quest to survive, and to thrive.​

Editors and Affiliations

  • , Institute of Business and Technology, Aarhus University, Herning, Denmark

    Steen Hyldgaard Christensen

  • , Dept of Liberal Arts & Int'l Studies, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, USA

    Carl Mitcham

  • , Department of Social Sciences, Graduate University of Chinese Academy o, Beijing, China, People's Republic

    Bocong Li

  • , Department of Languages, Clemson University, Clemson, USA

    Yanming An

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