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Koen, Billy Vaughn – 1985
In an effort to more clearly define the engineering method, this document attempts to draw distinctions between engineering and science. Part I, "Some Thoughts on Engineering," discusses strategies that engineers employ to solve problems, and the characteristics of the types of engineering problems. Part II, "The Principal Rule of the Engineering…
Descriptors: Definitions, Engineering Education, Engineering Technology, Engineers
Koen, Billy Vaughn – Engineering Education, 1987
Proposes that there is a universal method for all realms of knowledge. Reviews Descartes's definition of the universal method, the engineering definition, and the philosophical basis for the universal method. Contends that the engineering method best represents the universal method. (ML)
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, College Science, Engineering, Engineering Education