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Preface
This book aims to be the rst formal presentation of the central ideas that
constitute decision based design (DBD). Engineering education aims to pre-
pare us to solve challenging problems that confront our everyday lives. The
connection between curriculum and practice, however, is not always obvious.
There are concerted efforts all around the world to bridge this gap and enable
the resulting integrated thinking in students, researchers, and practitioners.
Through the work of many researchers and educators, DBD has evolved into
a discipline in its own right that promises to accomplish this. It views the
engineering design process as ...