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Knowledge that is relevant to the practice of engineering can be categorized into three domains. First is the knowledge of the natural world that we fashion into engineering artifacts. This includes knowledge domains such as physics, chemistry, biology, and thermodynamics. Second is the knowledge of processes that we may use to transform the natural world into engineered artifacts. These include various engineering design methods, production processes, and mathematical methods. The third is the knowledge of the humans creating and using the engineering artifacts. This involves understanding and improving how engineers perceive, think, and act individually or collectively, such as in teams or organizations, when they are engaged in the daily practice of engineering; and also understanding how the users of these artifacts perceive and interact with them in the course of their life cycle. This domain uses and synthesizes knowledge from other fields such as psychology, group work, cognitive science, sociology, and anthropology that focus on the human as a subject of study. However, it differs in one key respect from these fields in that its focus on the human is rooted in an engineering value system that seeks to understand in order to re-create artifacts and situations for the better. The study of emotion is an important part of the domain of humans creating and using engineering artifacts.
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Sonalkar, N., Jung, M., Mabogunje, A. (2011). Emotion in Engineering Design Teams. In: Fukuda, S. (eds) Emotional Engineering. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84996-423-4_17
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