TY - CHAP
T1 - Conversations on Engineering Challenges
AU - Grimson, William
AU - Buch, Anders
AU - Larkin, Charles
AU - McCarthy, Natasha
AU - Michelfelder, Diane
PY - 2023/2/17
Y1 - 2023/2/17
N2 - Conversations between engineers and non-engineers occur all the time. This chapter presents a structured conversation between one engineer and four non-engineers. It begins with the address of the then President of Engineers Ireland, the professional body for engineering in Ireland. The address was eclectic and wide-ranging, and its intended audience was mostly engineers. Subsequently, and for the purposes of this book on conversations between engineering, social sciences and the humanities, the address was shared with non-engineers with the requested purpose to respond to the address. The address and the responses are provided in full, together with a final reflection written by the now past President of Engineers Ireland. This chapter is a record of how an engineer frames what are considered to be some of the most significant challenges facing the engineering community, how these challenges can be addressed, and how agreement with society can be approached. The responses by non-engineers broaden the context and question some of the underlying assumptions. Taken as a whole, the chapter provides a balanced perspective to complex and challenging issues that engineers and non-engineers, and society as a whole, face in the 21st century.
AB - Conversations between engineers and non-engineers occur all the time. This chapter presents a structured conversation between one engineer and four non-engineers. It begins with the address of the then President of Engineers Ireland, the professional body for engineering in Ireland. The address was eclectic and wide-ranging, and its intended audience was mostly engineers. Subsequently, and for the purposes of this book on conversations between engineering, social sciences and the humanities, the address was shared with non-engineers with the requested purpose to respond to the address. The address and the responses are provided in full, together with a final reflection written by the now past President of Engineers Ireland. This chapter is a record of how an engineer frames what are considered to be some of the most significant challenges facing the engineering community, how these challenges can be addressed, and how agreement with society can be approached. The responses by non-engineers broaden the context and question some of the underlying assumptions. Taken as a whole, the chapter provides a balanced perspective to complex and challenging issues that engineers and non-engineers, and society as a whole, face in the 21st century.
KW - Engineering challenges
KW - Engineering education
KW - Engineering practice
KW - Engineering profession
KW - Formation
KW - Grand challenges
KW - Professional bodies
KW - Society
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85147427580&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-031-11601-8_2
DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-11601-8_2
M3 - Chapter or section
AN - SCOPUS:85147427580
SN - 9783031116001
T3 - Philosophy of Engineering and Technology
SP - 15
EP - 32
BT - Engineering, Social Sciences, and the Humanities
A2 - Christensen, S. H.
A2 - Buch, A.
A2 - Conlon, E.
A2 - Didier, C.
A2 - Mitcham, C.
A2 - Murphy, M.
PB - Springer
CY - Cham, Switzerland
ER -