Basic Professional Engineering Concepts

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

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.