Professor Derek O. Northwood is University of Windsor Research Leadership Chair and Professor of Engineering Materials in the Mechanical, Automotive and Materials Engineering Department at the University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada. In his
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Professor Derek O. Northwood is University of Windsor Research Leadership Chair and Professor of Engineering Materials in the Mechanical, Automotive and Materials Engineering Department at the University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada. In his 30+ years in academia, Professor Northwood has conducted extensive research in materials engineering resulting in over 250 publications in refereed international journals and over 200 papers in refereed conference proceedings. In the last ten years, he has been actively working in the Engineering Education field and in 2001 was awarded the UNESCO International Centre for Engineering Education Silver Badge of Honour for “distinguished’ contributions to, and the globalization of, engineering education.” Amongst his present interests is an examination of the role of the Social Sciences and Humanities in Engineering Education:
Engineering = Science + Social Sciences + Humanities?
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