Canadian Professional Engineering and Geoscience Practice and Ethics

Canadian Professional Engineering and Geoscience: Practice and Ethics, Fifth Edition, is a comprehensive textbook for engineers and geoscientists, covering every aspect of professional practice. The textbook is a basic reference for practising professionals and is the stipulated text for the practice and ethics part of the Professional Practice Examination (PPE) for licensing. The book is interesting to read, with a positive, logical style and scores of case studies, case histories, examples and photographs. It introduces engineers and geoscientists, in every province or territory, to the structure, practice and ethics of their professions and encourages them to apply ethical concepts in their professional lives. The fifth edition covers all of the practice and ethics topics in the 2012 Engineers Canada exam syllabus. Chapter 16 is devoted to helping readers prepare for the professional practice examination and includes many solved problems and an annotated syllabus to find key topics. The author has completely updated the fifth edition and included many new case studies, new discipline cases, and more geoscience topics. Canadian Professional Engineering and Geoscience: Practice and Ethics is a vital professional resource for study and reference.

Dr. Gordon C. Andrews was a Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Waterloo. In his early years, he served as a construction engineering officer in the Canadian Air Force, and was a stress analyst for the Boeing Airplane Company on the 747 design team. During a 35-year university career, Dr. Andrews taught courses from first year to graduate level, and conducted research in machine design, dynamics, kinematics, projectile dynamics, dynamic simulation, and computer-aided design. He is the author or co-author of over 100 publications. Dr. Andrews was a licensed Professional Engineer in the Province of Ontario, certified to provide engineering advice to the public, and had been actively involved in many engineering projects with private companies, involving machine design (stamping presses, drilling rigs, metal shredders), dynamics (projectiles and vehicles), gear strength analysis, and professional engineering practice. Even after retiring from active teaching, he continued his writing in professional practice and ethics. Over the years, he was engaged as an expert witness in several legal cases involving engineering.