Engineering Design Tools: A Look Back (.PDF Download)

July 20, 2020

The job of an engineer hasn’t changed in the 90 years since Machine Design first published. The role is still to improve the performance and lower the cost of problem-solving devices, as well as the machines that make those devices. Over those decades, however, engineers have also played critical roles in changing the tools they use to do their jobs.

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