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... It draws on historical studies presented at a conference sponsored by the National Research Council: Engineering Interactions With Society: Issues, Challenges, and Responses in the History of Professional Engineering and Engineering Education, held in Washington, D.C., July 19-21, 1983. The report begins by characterizing engineering in three ways: as a distinctive type of knowledge, as a profession, and as a social practice.
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  • social practice
  • engineering manpower
  • professional engineer
  • engineering interactions
  • conference sponsored

  • manpower supply


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