Engineering Success - Softcover

Peter, Schiavone

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0136130534 ISBN 13: 9780136130536

Verlag: Financial Times Prentice Hall, 2007

Inhaltsangabe

This book gives readers an overview of engineering as a profession.  KEY TOPICS: Collects the very best techniques for succeeding in engineering. Explores skills essential to building on previous knowledge and learning independently. Introduces the engineering profession, discussing what to expect as a real-world engineer.  MARKET: For individuals interested in learning more about the engineering profession.

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Reseña del editor

For Freshman or Introductory courses in Engineering. Most engineering students arrive in college without the study and survival skills required to succeed at the university level. This text collects the very best techniques for succeeding in the study of engineering, presented in the context of actual undergraduate engineering courses. Students learn skills essential to building on previous knowledge, learning independently, and taking responsibility for their own learning. It introduces the engineering profession, discussing how universities prepare engineers for the real world and what to expect after graduation. The text not only encourages successful engineering students, it also enables instructors to be more effective engineering educators.

Biografía del autor

"Peter Schiavone" is a professor and student advisor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Alberta, Canada. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Strathclyde, U.K. in 1988. He has authored several books in the area of student academic success as well as numerous papers in international scientific research journals. Dr. Schiavone has worked in private industry in several different areas of engineering including aerospace and systems engineering. He founded the first Mathematics Resource Center at the University of Alberta, a unit designed specifically to teach new students the necessary "survival skills" in mathematics and the physical sciences required far success in first-year engineering. This led to the Students' Union Gold Key Award for outstanding contributions to the university. Dr. Schiavone lectures regularly to freshman engineering students and to new engineering professors on engineering success, in particular about maximizing students' academic performance.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Financial Times Prentice Hall
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0136130534
• ISBN 13: 9780136130536
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 192
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Riccardo Bacigalupo; riccardo.bacigalupo@sanoma.it; ; Sanoma Italia Via Arconati, 1 �; Milano; 20135; Italien