Published Resources Details
Conference Paper
- Title
- Engineering Education and the Heritage of Knowledge
- In
- Second National Conference on Engineering Heritage ‘The Value of Engineering Heritage': Preprints of Papers
- Imprint
- Institution of Engineers, Australia, Barton, Australian Capital Territory, 1985, pp. 31-34
- ISBN/ISSN
- 0858252503
- Url
- https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.724281632524996
- Abstract
Our engineering heritage extends beyond physical artifacts, and includes engineering knowledge and ideas. While these reside in the minds of experts or in libraries, the problem is one of making this heritage available, particularly to undergraduates. Given the rapidly expanding knowledge base it is important that engineering education retains a historical perspective on new developments. Classic failures such as the Liberty ships, the early Comets, and the Tacoma Narrows bridge have provided a leavening, particularly to design courses, in the past. However the impact of these case studies in failure is diminishing. This is, in part, a reflection of the trend to more rationalist, mathematically based subjects in engineering curricula. Developments in knowledge engineering offer a new perspective on empirical knowledge. This offshoot of artificial intelligence provides a non-algorithmic means of extracting, organizing and computerizing the knowledge base of an "expert". As educational institutions become more computer based, expert systems provide a timely method of incorporating past and present engineering expertise into curricula.
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- Second National Conference on Engineering Heritage 'The Value of Engineering Heritage': Preprints of Papers. (Barton, Australian Capital Territory: Institution of Engineers, Australia, 1985), 110 pp. https://search.informit.org/doi/book/10.3316/informit.0858252503. Details