College of Engineering Calendar
Event: BCoE Distinguished Lecture Series: Dr. Petroski

• Start Time:

  Thursday, December 3, 2009 11:00 am 

• Event Website:

  View Event Website 

• Event Type:

  Lecture 

• Location:

  33.454900,-88.788930Lee Hall Bettersworth Auditorium 

• Cost:

  Free  

• Sponsor:

  Bagley College of Engineering 

• Contact:

  Brenda Grebner at 662-325-7183 

• Info:

  Lecture Topic: The Essential Engineer. Dr. Henry Petroski is an Aleksandar S. Vesic civil engineering professor at Duke University, where he specializes in failure analysis. He is a prolific author, having written a dozen books most notably, "To Engineer is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design," (1985) including a number of titles detailing the industrial design history of common, everyday objects, such as pencils, paper clips, and silverware. He is a frequent lecturer and a columnist for the magazines American Scientist and Prism. Professor Petroski is a Distinguished Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the Institution of Engineers of Ire-land, and is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, and the U.S. National Academy of Engineering.  

• Last Modified:

  11/6/2009 1:18 pm