Conference Session

Integrating Liberal Education and Engineering

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mehmet Vurkac, Oregon Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

of technologists downstream from the designer. (Further relevant aspects,primarily trade-offs, of this are discussed in the section on concurrent development.)Perseverance, likewise, is also an essential characteristic of engineers as well as artists. Forartists, the very process of nurturing a vision from conception to execution is often a matter ofperseverance. Obstacles include the financial difficulty of obtaining materials. This may rangefrom the metal sculptor’s purchase of raw materials and tools to the musician’s purchase ofappropriate gear or rental of studio space. Once those resources are present, for the lone artist,there is the challenge of mastering all the techniques and tools necessary to realize a vision, andfor the artist