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Filippo, My experience is also quite different from Klaus's. I think Klaus may have an image of engineers that includes narrow focus, hard edged, numbers-only, individuals who largely sit in cubicles solving differential equations most of their time. There is and always will be a need for that type of engineer. But stemming from perceived needs in industry, and starting at least a decade ago, the engineering professions have understood the need for much more when you think of engineering fields. Having a look (or a re-look) at the old NAE white paper "Engineer of 2020" might help. ---jon--- _______________________________________________ Jon Sticklen Director, Applied Engineering Sciences Director, Center for Engineering Education Research @ MSU College of Engineering Michigan State University Engineering Building 428 S. Shaw Lane, Rm 1410 East Lansing, MI 48824 USA voice: 517-353-3711 Assistant: Kathy Dehshiri, 517.353.9844, Rm 1415 EB On Sep 9, 2013, at 6:49 AM, Filippo Salustri <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > On 8 September 2013 23:00, Klaus Krippendorff > <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > >> in my experiences, engineers solve individual and social problems by >> proposing technological solutions. most of the time they either don't work >> out or once implemented, they soon set in motion other problems in need of >> a solution. left to engineers, such problems tend to create never ending >> chains of solutions and problems -- unless a sensible person realizes that >> these are not engineering problems, crying for solutions that allow people >> to live with them. >> > > Funny. My experience is very different. > > /fas > \V/_ > Prof. Filippo A. Salustri, Ph.D., P.Eng. > Email: [log in to unmask] > http://deseng.ryerson.ca/~fil/ > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > PhD-Design mailing list <[log in to unmask]> > Discussion of PhD studies and related research in Design > Subscribe or Unsubscribe at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/phd-design > ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- PhD-Design mailing list <[log in to unmask]> Discussion of PhD studies and related research in Design Subscribe or Unsubscribe at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/phd-design -----------------------------------------------------------------