Engineering activities are based on the development of new
Knowledge (scientia), new ''''made things'''' (techné) and/or new
ways of working and doing (praxis). Scientia, Techné
and Praxis are three important dimensions of a comprehensive
conception of Engineering as a whole. Engineering, as Scientia, is
mostly developed in academia; as Techné is practiced in industry
generating technological innovations; and as Praxis is carried out in
technical and non-technical organizations, supporting managerial activities and
technical procedures, via methodical and methodological design and
implementation. This is why Engineering provides one of the most solid academic
and professional substrata for bridging among universities, industries, and
governments.
Publications and conferences related to Engineering are usually oriented to one
of its three dimensions. While this is an adequate thing to do when
disciplinary focus is sought, it does not represent Engineering as a whole and
it misses the very important synergic relationships among the three kinds of
engineering activities mentioned above. This is why a group of scholars,
professionals and consultants, in the field of engineering, considered the
possibility of initiating a publishing process and organizing a conference
where presentations will not be reduced to one of the Engineering''''s dimensions,
but to foster the participation of academics, practitioners and managers in the
three dimensions of Engineering, in the same conference, or in the same
publication, so they can synergistically interact with each other.