Shannon Winnie |
great information to contemplate
H Chang |
Good course with interactive slide deck.
Jean Pierre Beaudouin |
enjoyed to read the recognition moral obligation of the engineer.
John |
Good information but dry. As an engineer, none of us enjoy reading about legal liability.
Alex Petrin |
I think a few more case studies could be helpful in addition to the excavation trench box example cited throughout. Additionally, the course proposes discussion questions at the end. While these do encourage some though on the part of the participant, I don't know if they are as useful in this course setting (eg- more appropriate for group or in person course).
Franklin Rutledge |
Literature was very redundant.
John Longnaker |
Good course on how we as engineers need to think safety first.
Katherine Vavala |
This was interesting and well presented.
Brian Olsen |
Good topic and well explored. Brought up good ideas and sited good references. Would recommend to another.
Glenn Amore |
It's apparent to me that the author has no real-life experience with engineering and is using trenches as a "straw man" for the basis of his position. Contractors have the responsibility of maintaining the safety of their jobsite using OSHA as their basis. For larger projects there are OSHA engineers on a project. The world of engineering and construction is vast. Nobody knows everything about everything and every code. It's not practical or reasonable. There's not enough time or fee on a project to know all issues on a project. It takes a team of professionals to bring a project safely to life. To insinuate the Challenger engineers knew what the problem was before the launch is ridiculous. Space exploration was and is still new. There are hundreds of thousands of details involved in the design of the shuttle. I have a friend that was a shuttle engineer and he will tell you that any engineer would pull the plug on the launch if they had reason to believe a system failure could occur. The Challenger was a horrible accident and I know how horrible these engineers felt after the accident. I am amazed that they could determine the cause of the accident.
