The Practice of Engineering

MacIntyre uses the term practice to describe a certain type of coherent and complex form of socially established cooperative human activity . He gives a very specific definition of what he means by a practice  

Among his examples of practices are games such as chess and football artistic endeavours such as portrait painting and music intellectual enquiries such as the sciences and history and activities such as farming, commercial fishing and architecture [2]. Consideration of this diverse list has led Miller to propose a very 

Engineering Ethics, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-04096-7 2, Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014 

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The Fundamental Principle. The engineer as a professional is dedicated to improving competence, service, fairness, and the exercise of well-founded judgment in the practice of engineering for the public, employers, and clients with fundamental concern for the public health and safety in the pursuit of this practice. 

Engineers act in accordance with all applicable laws and the canons of ethics as applicable to the practice of engineering as stated in the laws and regulations governing the practice of engineering in their country, territory, or state, and lend support to others who strive to do likewise. 

The research community of chemical engineering has a responsibility to address and to solve problems that bolster the health of the chemical and petroleum industries, as well as that of many emerging high-tech and environmental industries. Advances in Chemical Engineering has a responsibility to publish articles that would shorten the gap between research results found in primary journals on the one hand, and the stimulation of new research, the teaching of graduate courses, and the practice of engineering on the other hand. 

Dimensionless numbers help in convection heat transfer engineering Used to compare relative values in the practice of engineering In convection, there is the Eckert number and the Prandtl number, There is also the Reynolds number, Peclet number and Nusselt number. 

This journal is a copublication of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and the American Chemical Society. Its focus is the impact of the revolutions in biological sciences and their current and future impact on the practices of engineering and industry. Current papers describe the applica-... 

Descriptions of the practice of engineering often convey the idea that all engineers are technologists - that is, people who practice the art of applying technology to create machines or structures. A typical description of engineering is as follows ... 

The ideas and opinions presented in this book provide a call for change, and also provide a clear direction for the change that is needed. I believe the message is important, timely, and compelling, and I am grateful to the authors for their vision, passion, and dedication to this important cause. The focus on developing holistic and systems approaches to the practice of engineering is exactly what is needed, in my opinion. 

Tan, B.K. 2004a. The practice of engineering geology in Malaysia. Special Lecture, Proc. Malaysian Geotech. Conf 2004, March 2004, Subang Jaya, 131-148. 

Section III.8.a.— Code rfEthics Engneers shall conform with state regstration laws in the practice of engineering. 

For MacIntyre, no practice can survive for an extended period of time unless it is sustained by institutions, of which he gives clubs, laboratories and universities as examples. Institutions provide an historic dimension, sustaining the continuity and coherence of a practice. Among the important institutions of the practice of engineering are regulatory authorities, university departments, professional associations and commercial enterprises. 

Systematic extension—Development of all of the key features of this part of the practice of engineering continues. An important current priority is the development of low cost systems for impoverished communities. 

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