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02/18/2004 Entry: "Proceedings of the 3rd Christian Engineering Education Conference"

I figured the Proceedings of the 3rd Christian Engineering Education Conference would be chock full of kookiness, but some of the articles are oddly compelling, especially if you run them through a 's/Christian//' filter first.

Christian Engineers as Faithful Witnesses to God’s Redemptive Purposes for Creation has this bit:

If I were developing such service internship experiences, I would focus on addressing the needs of the poorest and most marginalized peoples of the world.

This internship should be a credit-bearing experience which includes major reflective components, such as reading, writing papers and journaling, in addition to hands-on experience.

In my idealized engineering curriculum, this would be a requirement for all engineering majors, so that they get first hand exposure to pressing needs of the world prior to making career choices. A portion of my proposed junior level ethics course could be devoted to preparation for this service internship.

There's also a good "What Would Jesus Design" bit earlier in the article.

The The Impact of Worldview on the Engineering Design Process article attempts to show that engineering is has some biblical justification, which is a bit of a hoot.