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Lessons amid the Rubble

An Introduction to Post-Disaster Engineering and Ethics

Szerző: Sarah K. A. Pfatteicher

Nyelv:

Kötés: Puha kötésű

Kiadó: Johns Hopkins University Press

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The aftermath of September 11, 2001, brought the subject of engineering-failure forensics to public...

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Szerző

Sarah K. A. Pfatteicher

Nyelv

Angol

Kötés

Könyv - Puha kötésű

Kiadva

2010

oldal

192

EAN

9780801897207

ISBN

0801897203

Enbook ID

04710375

Kiadó

Johns Hopkins University Press

Súly

230

Méretek

142 x 215 x 13

Teljes leírás

The aftermath of September 11, 2001, brought the subject of engineering-failure forensics to public attention as had no previous catastrophe. In keeping with the engineering profession's long tradition of building a positive future out of disasters, Lessons amid the Rubble uses the collapse of the World Trade Center towers to explore the nature and future of engineering education in the United States. Sarah K. A. Pfatteicher draws on historical and current practice in engineering design, construction, and curricula to discuss how engineers should conceive, organize, and execute a search for the reasons behind the failure of man-made structures. Her survey traces the analytical journey engineers take after a disaster and discusses the technical, social, and moral implications of their work. After providing an overview of the investigations into the collapse of the Twin Towers, Pfatteicher explores six related events to reveal deceptively simple lessons about the engineering enterprise, each of which embodies an ethical dilemma at the heart of the profession. In tying these themes together, Pfatteicher highlights issues of professionalism and professional identity infused in engineering education and encourages an explicit, direct conversation about their meaning. Sophisticated and engagingly written, this volume combines history, engineering, ethics, and philosophy to provoke a deep discussion about the symbolic meaning of buildings and other structures and the nature of engineering.