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Dispelling the Myths of Holistic Engineering

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Holistic Engineering Education

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Over the past year, articles by Grasso and others – including Holistic Engineering and Holistic Engineering and Educational Reform – have followed former IEEE President Joe Bordogna in adopting the term “holistic engineering” to describe a more cross-disciplinary, whole-systems approach to engineering education. It is an approach that emphasizes contextualized problem formulation and encourages innovative changes to traditional engineering training.

Originally published as an invited article in PE Magazine August/September 2008.

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  1. College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA

    Domenico Grasso (Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate College) & Melody Brown Burkins (Senior Director for Research and Strategic Initiatives)

  2. Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, North Hampshire, USA

    Joseph J. Helble (Dean and Professor of Engineering)

  3. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA

    David Martinelli (Chairman)

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  1. The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, 05405, USA

    Domenico Grasso (Vice President for Research Dean of the Graduate College) & Melody Brown Burkins (Senior Director for Research and Strategic Initiatives) (Vice President for Research Dean of the Graduate College) &  (Senior Director for Research and Strategic Initiatives)

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Grasso, D., Burkins, M.B., Helble, J.J., Martinelli, D. (2010). Dispelling the Myths of Holistic Engineering. In: Grasso, D., Burkins, M.B. (eds) Holistic Engineering Education. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1393-7_14

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