DocumentCode
914656
Title
Resources: From Nerd to Wonk
Author
Patel-Predd, P.
Volume
44
Issue
10
fYear
2007
Firstpage
57
Lastpage
60
Abstract
The paper describes education programs which deal with engineering and policies that originated in United States. The programs train engineers to solve problems that lie at the junction of technology, society, and Politics. In addition to technical courses, the curriculum covers the methodologies of policy, economics, decision analysis, risk analysis and assessment, and management. Students learn to take big, messy, unstructured problems and then identify the most important pieces and ask the right questions.
Keywords
educational courses; educational technology; engineering education; risk analysis; training; decision analysis; engineering education programs; risk analysis; technical courses; training; Educational institutions; Ethanol; Liquefied natural gas; Milling machines; Petroleum; Pipelines; Power engineering and energy; Rail transportation; Risk analysis; Security;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Spectrum, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9235
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MSPEC.2007.4337667
Filename
4337667
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