Basic Professional Engineering Concepts

Description

133 pages
Contains Illustrations
$5.75
ISBN 0-920574-18-1

Year

1982

Contributor

Reviewed by J.V. Rahilly

J.V. Rahilly was an engineering librarian in Ontario.

Review

This book, originally published in 1979, has been developed for use in the first-year one-term course “GE 115 — Engineering Concepts” at the University of Waterloo. While it is a textbook for an undergraduate class, it is not a workbook (with questions and answers) and it does serve as a good, introductory text to the engineering profession in Canada. Topics here also deal with the regulation of the practice; technical communication and report writing; basic concepts in measurement and the manipulation of data; design and creativity (plus material about copyright for designs); project planning; and scheduling. The seven appendices cover, among other things, study habits, the “iron ring” ceremony, and the Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario. Certainly, as a description of the engineering profession in Canada, it is a bargain at this price. Libraries should acquire the book.

Citation

Andrews, G.C., A.M. Hale, and G.F. Pearce, “Basic Professional Engineering Concepts,” Canadian Book Review Annual Online, accessed October 11, 2024, https://cbra.library.utoronto.ca/items/show/39074.