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AAES narrows its scope, gives up unifying role
The American Assn. of Engineering Societies will no longer be the voice of the engineering profession. Instead, it will focus on coordination between the member societies.
By Nicholas Basta, Wilma Price |
The usual argument of engineers—that they don't occupy the same exalted place in U.S. society as, for instance, doctors or lawyers—may from now on be based on something more than personal opinion. This is partly because engineers are in the…