The Engineering-Business Nexus

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Examines the multilayered relationship between engineering and business and business and engineering Rethinks the engineering-business nexus in a cross-cultural perspective Identifies movements to reshape, reform, or reject the engineering-business nexus historically and presently

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Christensen, Steen Hyldgaard. MA in Danish Language and Literature, and the History of Ideas from Aarhus University. He holds a PhD in Engineering Education Research from Aalborg University. Since 2014 Adjunct associate professor at Aalborg University. He is the initiator, coordinator, lead editor and contributing author of 6 edited volumes on engineering. Besides he has co-authored a book on science and technology together with Andrew Jamison and Lars Botin. In addition he has published a number of articles on engineering epistemology, culture and higher education. Delahousse, Bernard. MA in English Language and Literature, Université de Lille, France. Former lecturer of English for Specific Purposes for Engineering students at Université Lille 1 Sciences et Technologies, France. Co-editor and co-author of four books coordinated by S. H. Christensen. Former Chief Editor of Les Langues Modernes,the journal of the French Association des Professeurs de Langues Vivantes.  Didier, Christelle. BS in Electrochemistry Engineering, MA in Education, She holds a PhD in Sociology from Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) Paris. From 1993 to 2013 Assistant Professor at Catholic University of Lille, France, Ethics Department. Assistant Professor, University of Lille, Education Department, Member of CIREL-Proféor (EA 4354). Co-author of Ethique Industrielle (1998) and International Perspectives on Engineering Education: Engineering Education and Practice in Context (2015), author of Penser léthique des ingénieurs (2008) and Les ingénieurs et léthique. Pour un regard sociologique (2008).   Meganck, Martin. MSc in Chemical Engineering from Ghent University, PhD in Chemical Engineering and MA Moral Theology both from KU Leuven. Lecturer in Philosophy and Ethics in the Faculty of Engineering Technology at KU Leuven in Ghent. Teaching areas: Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Technology, Professional and Business Ethics, Research Integrity.   Murphy, Mike. Mike is currently the Academic Registrar at Dublin Institute of Technology. He is the President (2017-19) of the European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI). Previously he was Dean of the College of Engineering & Built Environment at DIT. Mike holds PhD and MEng degrees in electrical engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology in the United States. He holds an Honours Diploma in Electrical Engineering from Dublin Institute of Technology. He is a Fellow of Engineers Ireland.

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