Maintenance: The Civics of Engineering and the Engineering of Civics

Madhavan, Guru

doi:10.5325/goodsociety.30.1-2.0071

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Research Article| December 01 2021

Maintenance: The Civics of Engineering and the Engineering of Civics

Guru Madhavan

Guru Madhavan is the Norman R. Augustine Senior Scholar and Senior Director of Programs at the National Academy of Engineering. He is author of Applied Minds: How Engineers Think (2015).

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The Good Society (2021) 30 (1-2): 71–75.

https://doi.org/10.5325/goodsociety.30.1-2.0071

Abstract

The author’s purpose in this brief discussion piece is to suggest and describe a new ethos for engineering education and practice based on the themes of maintenance. Appreciating maintenance—the essential act and responsibility of repairing, restoring, renewing, refurbishing, and caring—can strengthen the link between engineering and civic goals in society, and could ultimately help boost the civic competencies of engineering.

engineering profession, engineering education, civic renewal, civic competencies, maintenance

2022

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