Putting the Engineering into Software Engineering Education

Putting the Engineering into Software Engineering Education

I recently read a paper about software engineering research,1 and once again discovered that its author, Lionel Brand, had published “my” ideas before I wrote them. Thankfully, his writing often stimulates further thinking, and this was no exception. His visionary thoughts on software engineering research started me thinking, but in terms of software engineering education rather than research. ...

Putting Engineering into the Enterprise System

Engineering processes at engineering contractors are well supported by a variety of computer applications such as 2D and 3D CAD, finite element analysis tools and other CAE tools. There is however a lack of enterprise systems that enable engineering contractors to control their engineering processes. Enterprise Systems, i.e. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, which are working well in ...

Software Reverse Engineering Education

Professional software Engineering Education

This paper is a speculation about how universities might organize new lines of business in software engineering professional education. Professional education enables practicing professionals to achieve defined levels of competence and to be certified according to standards in their professions. This kind of education is offered at very few universities. This paper proposes a conceptual framewo...

Synthetic biology - putting engineering into biology

Synthetic biology is interpreted as the engineering-driven building of increasingly complex biological entities for novel applications. Encouraged by progress in the design of artificial gene networks, de novo DNA synthesis and protein engineering, we review the case for this emerging discipline. Key aspects of an engineering approach are purpose-orientation, deep insight into the underlying sc...