What Every Engineer Should Know
About the Book Series
What every engineer should know amounts to a bewildering array of knowledge, as engineering intersects with all fields of modern enterprise. This series of concise, easy-to-understand volumes provides engineers with a compact set of primers on practical subjects such as patents, contracts, software, business communication, management science, and risk analysis, as well as more specific topics like embedded systems design. The books in this series address important problems encountered in the line of daily practice—problems concerning new technology, business, law, and related technical fields.
Technical Writing: A Practical Guide for Engineers, Scientists, and Nontechnical Professionals
3rd Edition
By Phillip A. Laplante, Chris Laplante
November 25, 2025
Technical Writing: A Practical Guide for Engineers, Scientists, and Nontechnical Professionals enables readers to write, edit, and publish materials of a technical nature, including books, articles, reports, and electronic media. Written by experienced practicing engineers, this guide complements ...
Diversity in STEM: Analyzing Inequities and Improving Opportunities in Education and the Workplace
1st Edition
By Benjamin Blocker II
September 04, 2025
Diversity in STEM: Analyzing Inequities and Improving Opportunities in Education and the Workplace offers a survey of diversity in the broad field of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) and provides potential solutions to improve outcomes in education, industry, and society. ...
Ethics for Engineers: Toward Ethical Behavior within Engineering Organizations
1st Edition
By Seppo J. Ovaska, Andrew T. Brei
August 21, 2025
Ethics for Engineers: Toward Ethical Behavior within Engineering Organizations offers a multilevel perspective on engineering ethics with considerable breadth and depth, making it a valuable resource for students, educators, and professionals alike. This pragmatic book contains case studies of ...
What Every Engineer Should Know About Python
1st Edition
By Raymond J. Madachy
May 26, 2025
Engineers across all disciplines can benefit from learning Python. This powerful programming language enables engineers to enhance their skill sets and perform more sophisticated work in less time, whether in engineering analysis, system design and development, integration and testing, machine ...
What Every Engineer Should Know About Digital Accessibility
1st Edition
By Sarah Horton, David Sloan
April 30, 2024
Accessibility is a core quality of digital products to be deliberately addressed throughout the development lifecycle. What Every Engineer Should Know About Digital Accessibility will prepare readers to integrate digital accessibility into their engineering practices. Readers will learn how to ...
What Every Engineer Should Know About Smart Cities
1st Edition
By Valdemar Vicente Graciano Neto, Mohamad Kassab
October 03, 2023
Get ready to be at the forefront of the future of urban development! As cities continue to rapidly grow, the demand for sustainable and efficient infrastructure becomes more urgent. That’s where What Every Engineer Should Know About Smart Cities comes in, offering a comprehensive guide to the ...
What Every Engineer Should Know About Risk Engineering and Management
2nd Edition
By John X. Wang
July 31, 2023
Completely updated, this new edition uniquely explains how to assess and handle technical risk, schedule risk, and cost risk efficiently and effectively for complex systems that include Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning. It enables engineering professionals to anticipate ...
Reliability and Risk Analysis
2nd Edition
By Mohammad Modarres, Katrina Groth
April 26, 2023
Completely updated for a new edition, this book introduces reliability and risks analysis, for both practicing engineers and engineering students at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Since reliability analysis is a multidisciplinary subject, this book draws together a wide range of topics and ...
What Every Engineer Should Know About Data-Driven Analytics
1st Edition
By Satish Mahadevan Srinivasan, Phillip A. Laplante
April 13, 2023
What Every Engineer Should Know About Data-Driven Analytics provides a comprehensive introduction to the theoretical concepts and approaches of machine learning that are used in predictive data analytics. By introducing the theory and by providing practical applications, this text can be understood...
Ethical Engineering: A Practical Guide with Case Studies
1st Edition
By Eugene Schlossberger
March 29, 2023
Ethical Engineering: A Practical Guide with Case Studies provides detailed and practical guidance in making decisions about the many ethical issues practicing engineers may face in their professional lives. It outlines a decision-making procedure and helps engineers construct an ethics toolkit ...
What Every Engineer Should Know About Cyber Security and Digital Forensics
2nd Edition
By Joanna F. DeFranco, Bob Maley
December 01, 2022
Most organizations place a high priority on keeping data secure, but not every organization invests in training its engineers or employees in understanding the security risks involved when using or developing technology. Designed for the non-security professional, What Every Engineer Should Know ...
What Every Engineer Should Know about Software Engineering
2nd Edition
By Phillip A. Laplante, Mohamad Kassab
November 03, 2022
This book offers a practical approach to understanding, designing, and building sound software based on solid principles. Using a unique Q&A format, this book addresses the issues that engineers need to understand in order to successfully work with software engineers, develop specifications for...