Illinois Genetic Algorithms Laboratory

Chapter 2, entitled The Joy of Engineering, in my forthcoming book The Entrepreneurial Engineer (see previous posts here and here) covers a variety of topics of interest to engineers and computer scientists.

Chapter 2 The Joy of Engineering
2.1 A Joyous Confession
2.2 Engineering as Liberal Education, Launch Pad & Lifelong Love
2.2.1 Who is getting the real liberal education?
2.2.2 Engineering as launchpad
2.2.3 10 ways to love engineering
2.3 The Fundamental Tug-of-War
2.4 Science and its Little Secret
2.5 Engineers: First Masters of Modern Enterprise
2.6 Economy of Intellection: Separating Science from Engineering
2.7 Four Tensions Facing the Entrepreneurial Engineer
Summary
Exercises

The online short course will be available later this fall (here) and the book should be available in 2006.