Lessons amid the Rubble: An Introduction to Post-Disaster Engineering and Ethics
The aftermath of September 11, 2001, brought the subject of engineering-failure forensics to public attention as had no previous catastrophe. In keeping with the engineering profession's long tradition of building a positive future out of disasters, Lessons amid the Rubble uses the collapse of the World Trade Center towers to explore the nature and future of engineering education in the United States.\ Sarah K. A. Pfatteicher draws on historical and current practice in engineering design,...
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Introduction Why? 1\ 1 "A Very Imperfect Process" Engineering Problem-Solving 101 10\ 2 "Finding Hope in the Ruins" A Short History of Engineering Disasters 36\ 3 "A New Era" The Limits of Engineering Expertise in a Post-9/11 World 62\ 4 "Safe from Every Possible Event" How to Strive for the Impossible 82\ 5 "Architectural Terrorism" Why Moderation Matters 100\ 6 "These Material Things" Passion and Power in Engineering 115\ Conclusion "More Time for the Dreaming": Engineering Curricula for the Twenty-First Century 135\ Acknowledgments 141\ Notes 145\ Recommended Reading 177\ Index 181
\ ChoiceThe aim is to blend history, engineering, ethics, and philosophy into the design process with implications for the future curricula of engineering design courses.\ \ \ \ \ IEEE Technology and Society MagazineJust the sort of resource that everyong from civil engineers to historians of technology will find helpful in guiding students to appreciate some of the complexities and subtleties of the profession and practice of engineering.\ — Karl D. Stephan\ \ \
