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After studying this chapter, you should be able to:
Understand the field of engineering.
Describe what engineers do.
Gain familiarity with the basic elements of a capstone or project design course.
Explain the capstone or senior project timeline.
Scientists discover the world that exists; engineers create the world that never was.
—Theodore Von Karman, Aerospace engineer
Scientists dream about doing great things. Engineers do them.
—James A. Michener, Novelist
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Hoffman, H.F. (2014). Engineering and the Capstone Course. In: The Engineering Capstone Course. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05897-9_1
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