Contributions to Higher Engineering Education
The book focuses on teaching knowledge and principles (Higher Education) regarding professional practice of engineering (life and lifelong learning). It covers recent developments in engineering education. This book comprises the select proceedings of the
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Contributions to Higher Engineering Education
Contributions to Higher Engineering Education
Maria M. Nascimento Gustavo R. Alves Eva Virgínia Araújo Morais •
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Editors Maria M. Nascimento Department of Mathematics, School of Science and Technology University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Vila Real Portugal
Eva Virgínia Araújo Morais Departamento de Matemática University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Vila Real Portugal
Gustavo R. Alves Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto Porto Portugal
ISBN 978-981-10-8916-9 ISBN 978-981-10-8917-6 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8917-6
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Preface
Education is the most powerful weapon, which you can use to change the world. Nelson Mandela1
The world is full of new challenges and opportunities. If we look around, energy, climate change, aging population, economic development, and a lot of other issues, we see engineers playing a key role in implementing new solutions. The new approaches required are extremely valuable all through every engineering field, as they enable practical and creative actions in the face of a volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity world. Therefore, the engineers’ education is of a paramount importance. Engineering education is about facilitating the learning of scientific and technical knowledge, as well as learning the principles of the professional practice of engineering. Nowadays, such professional practice requires other skills t
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