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When did formal engineering education begin? Even if we could shine a light into the murky shadows of prehistory, a precise answer would no doubt be impossible. All we know for sure is that engineering has been part of the driving intellectual energy of economic development and social change throughout the world for millennia. Fortunately, we have a much clearer picture of the origins of engineering education in the United States and Canada. In fact, the history of engineering education in North America is closely linked to the history of the ASEE itself—when the Society was founded in 1893, formal education was just becoming universally accepted as the means for entry into engineering pra...
Oxford University Press paperback. Includes bibliographical references and index. pt. 1: Technology as social production. The wedding of science to the useful arts--1: The rise of science-based industry. The wedding of science to the useful arts--2: The development of technical education. The wedding of science to the useful arts--3: The emergence of the professional engineer. Preservation through change: Corporate engineers and social reform -- pt. 2: Corporate reform as conscious social production. Laying the foundation: Scientific and industrial standardization. The corporation as inventor: Patent-law reform and patent monoply. Science for industry: The organization of industrial and university research. Technology as people: The industrial process of higher education --1. Technology as people: The industrial process of higher education--2. A technology of social production: Modern management and the expansion of engineering. * dss 20081210.