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The Engineers of the Future Will Not Resemble the Engineers of the Past

Former Community Member over 5 years ago

https://spectrum.ieee.org/view-from-the-valley/at-work/education/the-engineers-of-the-future-will-not-resemble-the-engineers-of-the-past

This is dated May 2017

I think it's relevant internationally even Engineering education and formation is different between countries.

I thought it would be good to share it in this forum.

Moshe W BEET, MCGI, CEng MBCS, MIET

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0 Andy Millar over 5 years ago

And then of course in safety critical systems it gets even more entertaining - if a device is constantly self-checking for potentially dangerous failures then this can make it more likely to fail, albeit into a safe state. At which point you may have to implement a manual back system until the main system can be restored - which because of the potential for human error can be even more dangerous! We could call this the railway signalling paradox...it's a problem we come across time and again.

Still, it keeps us in a job

Cheers,

Andy
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0 Andy Millar over 5 years ago

And then of course in safety critical systems it gets even more entertaining - if a device is constantly self-checking for potentially dangerous failures then this can make it more likely to fail, albeit into a safe state. At which point you may have to implement a manual back system until the main system can be restored - which because of the potential for human error can be even more dangerous! We could call this the railway signalling paradox...it's a problem we come across time and again.

Still, it keeps us in a job

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