{"id":218,"date":"2020-01-06T12:33:16","date_gmt":"2020-01-06T18:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/aculibraryacquisitions\/?p=218"},"modified":"2020-01-07T10:57:35","modified_gmt":"2020-01-07T16:57:35","slug":"a-comprehensive-introduction-to-engineering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/aculibraryacquisitions\/2020\/01\/06\/a-comprehensive-introduction-to-engineering\/","title":{"rendered":"A Comprehensive Introduction to Engineering"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-219 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/aculibraryacquisitions\/files\/2020\/01\/IMG_3971-368x490.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"368\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/aculibraryacquisitions\/files\/2020\/01\/IMG_3971-368x490.jpg 368w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/aculibraryacquisitions\/files\/2020\/01\/IMG_3971-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/aculibraryacquisitions\/files\/2020\/01\/IMG_3971-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/aculibraryacquisitions\/files\/2020\/01\/IMG_3971-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/aculibraryacquisitions\/files\/2020\/01\/IMG_3971-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/aculibraryacquisitions\/files\/2020\/01\/IMG_3971-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/aculibraryacquisitions\/files\/2020\/01\/IMG_3971-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 368px) 100vw, 368px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A balanced and accessible overview of engineering for beginning students. This ninth edition is an authoritative guide to the academic expectations and professional opportunities in engineering, a field that is both academically rigorous and creatively demanding. Today&#8217;s engineering students are faced with endless career opportunities. <em>Engineering Your Future<\/em> clarifies those options and directs students down the path to a rewarding career in the engineering field. Featuring exceptionally broad coverage, it offers instructors unparalleled flexibility for any introductory course.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>New to this edition:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>A rewritten Chapter 1, &#8220;The Heritage of Engineering,&#8221; encourages students to appreciate the rich and inclusive heritage of engineering and to think about how much our daily lives are impacted by engineering<\/li>\n<li>Chapter 2, &#8220;Engineering Majors,&#8221; reflects current technological advances, including mobile computing and nanotechnology<\/li>\n<li>Chapter 3, &#8220;A Statistical Profile of the Engineering Profession,&#8221; provides the latest available data on the job market, college enrollment trends, and diversity within the profession<\/li>\n<li>A completely updated Chapter 10, &#8220;Teamwork,&#8221; includes new examples from today&#8217;s leading companies including Netflix, Tesla Motors, and Google<\/li>\n<li>A significantly expanded section on programming in &#8220;Appendix C: An Introduction to MATLAB&#8221; serves as a starting point for students learning code<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A balanced and accessible overview of engineering for beginning students. This ninth edition is an authoritative guide to the academic expectations and professional opportunities in engineering, a field that is both academically rigorous and creatively demanding. 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