The Engineering Mindset

Prominent articles from Computer create an interesting portrait of how engineers think and approach problems. A revealing example comes two early that explained the new phenomenon social networking to IEEE Society members. The engineering mindset is not well understood. Engineers are regularly mocked as being out touch with greater society, even though society relies on their very skills for vital services: food, shelter, energy, communications, transportation, name more prominent. Yet, in this column—including discussed issue—have revealed, do really build a wall between themselves society. Instead, they try balance interests its institutions against things can control.