Introduced and Edited by Bernard M. Gordon, BS, MS, H PhD,recipient of the National Medal of Technology
Introduction and Overview
Now, more than ever, the rebirth of American industry and the global economy
depend on the talents of engineers. Yet for many years, critics have decried the changing emphasis in engineering education
and declining quality of engineers on the job. A few, including Bernard M. Gordon, the editor of the proposed
book, have raised the alarm and proposed solutions. This book provides, for the first time, a forum for
these views - and a context – and lays out the directions that educators and society need to take to rejuvenate the
engineering profession.
About the General Editor
Bernard M. Gordon
Considered the “father of analog to digital conversion” for his
inventions and contributions to signal translation, medical tomography and other high-precision instrumentation, Bernard M.
Gordon has more than 200 patents worldwide. Mr. Gordon is a founder of NeuroLogica Corporation, a neuroscience-based medical
imaging company in Danvers, MA that focuses on conceiving, developing, manufacturing and marketing advanced medical imaging
equipment. He founded Analogic Corporation and retired as Chairman of the Board. Prior to Analogic, he was the President and
co-founder of Epsco, Incorporated.
In 1984, he founded the Gordon Institute, a graduate-level program for career engineers.
In 1992, Gordon allied his Gordon Institute with the Tufts University College of Engineering in 1992. It
has graduated more than 120 engineering "enterprise leaders."
In
1986, he received the National Medal of Technology from President Reagan, and in 1991, he was elected a member of the National
Academy of Engineering. Mr. Gordon has been the recipient of several honorary engineering doctoral degrees.
Since retiring from active management of Analogic Corporation, Gordon has led NeuroLogica Corporation,
a neuroscience-based medical imaging company focused on conceiving, developing, manufacturing and marketing advanced medical
imaging equipment.
The National Academy of Engineering presents the Bernard
M. Gordon Prize for engineering annually during National Engineers Week in February. The Gordon Prize carries a cash award
of $500,000, half granted to the recipient and the remainder granted to the recipient's institution to support the continued
development, refinement, and dissemination of the recognized innovation.
Mr. Gordon’s leadership and substantial philanthropy have also benefited,
MIT, Northeastern University, Technion (located in Israel), University of California San Diego, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
and the Museum of Science, Boston.
About the Project Manager
Alan R. Earls
Alan R. Earls, an
experience business journalist, is assisting Mr. Gordon in all phases of editing, organizing and publishing Toward a New
Engineering Consensus. Earls has more than two decades of experience involved in the management and
operation of business periodicals and as a writer with credits ranging from leading daily newspapers to highly specialized
technical and business journals. He has written several books about technology history including Route
128 and the Birth of the Age of High Tech (2003). Digital Equipment Corporation
(2004), US Army Natick Lab (2005), Raytheon, the First 60 Years (2005),.
Polaroid (2005), and Watertown Arsenal (2007), all from Arcadia Publishing.
The Market
Toward a New
Engineering Consensus is aimed at two primary audiences: academics, especially those involved in engineering, and senior
engineers and engineering managers. However, it will be accessible to and of interest to a broader section
of the public as well.
