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HOW THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY VIEWS CONTINUING EDUCATION
Pages 20-24

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... If we are concerned with the nature of continuing education in engineering, we are forced to consider how we should continue to learn how to effectively design products that the public needs. One widely accepted definition of the engineering method is the use of engineering heuristics to cause the best change in a poorly understood situation within 20
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... This research has resulted in many invited lectures and publications including the American Society for Engineering Education monograph, Definition of the Engineering Method, now in its fifth printing.2 It has been cited in numerous articles, appeared in anthologies,3 and is quoted in the most popular introductory textbooks in engineering design.4,5 This deflation has three important elements worthy of our consideration today. In it we will consider the engineers notions of best, resources, and heuristic.
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... Then he asked me if I want the ping-pony balls close packed or not! The basic point is that an engineering answer, an absolutely correct engineering answer, depends on the resources we are willing to dedicate to the problem.
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... This is, of course, a simple heuristic, but they can become very complex and sophisticated. In a presentation as keynote speaker at a National Science Foundation Design Theory Workshops, Dr.
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... I certainly could tell you that if you are interested in continuing education you should become associated with the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) division of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
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