What makes a great engineering technologist?

First of all, what is an engineering technologist? For anyone who isn’t familiar, in the engineering world there are three different professions that work together in the engineering design process. First is the engineer, who typically operates at the higher-level theoretical space and come up with design ideas and plans. The engineer’s design gets punted …

## Design thinking: First thoughts on 6 years in engineering

# Good design is innovativeThe best problems are new problems. Your thinking is not constrained or biased by the template you’re copying. The best solutions begin as radical ideas pared down using basic first principles. # Good design makes a product usefulDeep understanding of the problem will reveal the key features for success. Build a …