Engineers and arts (To Dilwala and Deron)
Engineers and arts (To Dilwala and Deron)
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In the CE in Society thread, Dilwala asked whether it was important for enginers to know about arts,etc. Deron replied that engineers should understand that the arts are important, but leave the art up to architects, etc.
The frequency of highway fatalities in the U.S. has been essentially stagnant for decades now, hovering around 40,000 lives per year. This is despite all the efforts of highway and automotive engineeers. To make further progress, we need to know more about the drivers. Yep. we have to get into those "fuzzy" sciences of human behavior and pscychology. The calculator and physics book aren't going to be enough anymore.
That's really true of any branch of engineering. To be truly successful, we need to understand our clients and their needs. This means knowing something the humanities, since our clients are, after all, human.
Also, we should try to reduce the rifts between engineers and architects. Architect comes from Greek words meaning "chief builder" or "master artisan." Not too different from "engineer-in-charge," is it?
The frequency of highway fatalities in the U.S. has been essentially stagnant for decades now, hovering around 40,000 lives per year. This is despite all the efforts of highway and automotive engineeers. To make further progress, we need to know more about the drivers. Yep. we have to get into those "fuzzy" sciences of human behavior and pscychology. The calculator and physics book aren't going to be enough anymore.
That's really true of any branch of engineering. To be truly successful, we need to understand our clients and their needs. This means knowing something the humanities, since our clients are, after all, human.
Also, we should try to reduce the rifts between engineers and architects. Architect comes from Greek words meaning "chief builder" or "master artisan." Not too different from "engineer-in-charge," is it?





RE: Engineers and arts (To Dilwala and Deron)
RE: Engineers and arts (To Dilwala and Deron)
Understanding people is integral to the success of any product or project. Arts and humanities can give insight into peoples wants, desires, motivations and preferences.
RE: Engineers and arts (To Dilwala and Deron)
RE: Engineers and arts (To Dilwala and Deron)
RE: Engineers and arts (To Dilwala and Deron)
Two of my most pleasantly memorable road trips involved awesome stretches through the mountains and valleys of Montana and the curvy interstate wandering through the rolling Iowa hills. The drive through Montana even got better. I "just had to" test out the spedometer on my new Thunderbird the year that they posted "Safe and Reasonable".
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