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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Koen, B. V.
Discussion of t he method: conducting the engineer's approach to problem solving
/Billy Vaughn Koen.
p. cm.
Includes index.

1. Methods engineering. 2. Problem solving. I. Title.

T60.6 .K635 2003
620 dc21 2002193018

Printing number: 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

For Deanne, Kent, and Doug

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Billy Vaughn Koen is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin and a fellow of both the American Nuclear Society (ANS)-and the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE). He has received fifteen awards for teaching excellence, including the W. Leighton Collins Award the ASEE's highest honor for pedagogy and the ASEE Centennial Medallion for his lasting impact on the field of engineering education. He is a pioneer in the application of artificial intelligence...