Engineering Systems: Meeting Human Needs in a Complex Technological World

by Christopher L Magee, Daniel Roos, Olivier L. de de Weck, et al.

Book Overview

An overview of engineering systems that describes the new challenges posed for twenty-first-century engineers by today's highly complex sociotechnical systems.

Engineering, for much of the twentieth century, was mainly about artifacts and inventions. Now, it's increasingly about complex systems. As the airplane taxis to the gate, you access the Internet and check email with your PDA, linking the communication and transportation systems...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262529947
• ISBN13: 9780262529945
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher