On 1/18/06, Binand Sethumadhavan <binand@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Engineering education is not about learning by rote. It is about
learning a new way of thinking. As they say, Engineering is where pure
mathematics meet practical realities, and it is all about the
compromises one has to make to meet the objectives of the other. It
doesn't really matter whether one is a mechanical or chemical
engineer, as long as one learns to think like an engineer. Probably
this is where all the engineering colleges in India has failed.
This particular design didn't have anything to do with aerospace
engineering - but everything to do with engineering. Which is why
nobody will trust mission critical systems to a 12th-pass with a
couple of highfalutin certifications, but will rely on trained
engineers instead.
