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Henry Petroski to Speak at FAU Engineering and Computer Science Distinguished Lecture Series(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) BOCA RATON, Fla., March 17 -- Florida Atlantic University, a component of the state university system in Florida, issued the following news release: Florida Atlantic University will host the following event: ' Success and Failure in Engineering: A Paradoxical Relationship,' a distinguished lecture by guest speaker Henry Petroski, Ph.D., the Aleksandar S. Vesic professor of civil engineering and professor of history at Duke University The free lecture will take place on Friday, March 28, from 11 a.m. to noon, at the College of Engineering and Computer Science Engineering East building, Alumni Hall, room 106, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton campus. For more information, call 561-297-1399 or visit public.eng.fau.edu/d-lecture/petroski . Henry Petroski, Ph.D., will cover why failures continue to occur, even as technology advances. Petroski has written broadly on the topics of design, success and failure, and the history of engineering and technology. His 18 books on these subjects include "To Engineer Is Human and To Forgive Design." His "An Engineer's Alphabet" is a collection of observations, reflections, and speculations relating to the engineering profession. TNS 30TagarumaMar-140318-4670981 30TagarumaMar (c) 2014 Targeted News Service [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ] |