Description
This volume aims to provide the reader with a broad cross-section of empirical research being carried out into engineers at work. The chapters provide pointers to other relevant studies over recent decades � an important aspect, we believe, because this area has only recently begun to coalesce as a field of study and up to now relevant empirical re
Table of Contents
On the historical nature of engineering practice. Towards a theoretical framework for engineering practice. The practical confrontation of engineers with a new design endeavour: The case of digital humanities. Engineering design teams: Considering the forests and the trees. Working together across disciplines. Engineering problem-solving in social contexts: ‘Collective wisdom’ and ‘ba’. Finding workable solutions: Portuguese engineering experience. Going back to heterogeneous engineering: The case of micro and nanotechnologies. Professional lock-in: Structural engineers, architects and the disconnect between discourse and practice. Observations of South Asian engineering practice. Mathematics in engineering practice: Tacit trumps tangible. Engineers’ professional learning: Through the lens of practice.
