Instead, we prepare constantly for pop quizzes that test our knowledge about the most current information, the latest innovations. Another hidden dimension that deserves more visibility is professional ethics. We are citizens of the world and must never forget that human society is the context for engineering, its products and processes. It is our responsibility to produce and invoke technology that will improve the quality of human life and ensure public health, welfare and safety. This dimension can act as a driver, or a constrainer, as we address contemporary issues while simultaneously considering long-term implications.
Constraints can be economic or environmental in nature.
They can involve manufacturability of a product or sustainability of a technology. It has been satisfying to uncover these five hidden dimensions and find them in practice on this campus. Hallmarks are many. I believe that one of the hallmarks of Mines is our Profile of a Graduate with a bachelor's degree, coupled to our educational vehicle, the new undergraduate curriculum. This curriculum is distinctive.