Lessons amid the Rubble: An Introduction to Post-Disaster Engineering and Ethics (Johns Hopkins Introductory Studies in the History of Technology)
A valuable addition to the literature and an excellent source for illustrating the shortcomings of conventional engineering problem solving.(John A. Ochsendorf, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)The aim is to blend history, engineering, ethics, and philosophy into the design process with implications for the future curricula of engineering design courses.(Choice)Just the sort of resource that everyong from civil engineers to historians of technology will find helpful in guiding students to appreciate some of the complexities and subtleties of the profession and practice of engineering.(Karl D. StephanIEEE Technology and Society Magazine)Pfatteicher'sretrospective on more than 100 years of engineering history in North America through the lens of the 9/11 experience is a unique contribution to engineering self-understanding. It is a valuable contribution to ongoing reform in engineering education.(Wang NanTechnology and Culture)