Engineering Your Future: A Comprehensive Introduction to Engineering
Language: English
Published by Oxford University Press, 2014
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Engineering Your Future: A Comprehensive Introduction to Engineering, Eighth Edition, is an authoritative guide to the academic expectations and professional opportunities that help direct students down the path to a rewarding career in the engineering field. It features a brand-new full-length index featuring "Nine Data Skills Every Engineering Students Should Know"; updated statistics on engineering enrollment, degree rates, and salary; and a revised chapter on effective communication skills for engineering students.
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- Title
- Engineering Your Future: A Comprehensive Introduction to Engineering
- Author
- William C Oakes Ph
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Publication year
- 2014
- Condition
- Fair
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0199348014
- ISBN 13
- 9780199348015
A companion website for the book, containing PowerPoint-based lecture notes and images from the book for professors, is available online at www.oup.com/us/oakes.
Engineering Your Future is also available in a brief edition containing the most popular chapters from this comprehensive edition. For more information on that title, please visit its website at http://global.oup.com/ushe/product/engineering-your-future-9780199348053?q=oakes%20engineering&lang=en&cc=us.
Key Features
� Introduces students to the broad spectrum of engineering disciplines, with up-to-date data on degrees granted, employment opportunities, and salaries
� Highlights the ethical responsibilities of engineers
� Focuses on developing problem-solving and communication skills that are critical to success both in the classroom and in the working world
� Introduces a design methodology that can be used immediately and in subsequent design courses
� Provides a handy review of units and conversions, mathematics, and engineering fundamentals
New to this Edition
� A new Appendix A features "Nine Excel Skills Every Engineering Student Should Know"
� Chapter 13 on technical communication skills has been completely revised and updated
� Updated statistics for the job market provide critical data to help inform students' career decisions
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About the Author
William C. Oakes, P.E., is Professor of Engineering Education and Director of the EPICS Program at Purdue University.
Les L. Leone is Assistant Dean Emeritus at the College of Engineering, Michigan State University.
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