[As] Paul S. Peercy, dean of engineering at the University of Wisconsin and chair of the Engineering Dean?s Council at the American Society for Engineering Education put it:
“I used to say, ‘look around, everything except the plants are engineered.? Now I say, ‘look around, everything and some of the plants are engineered.'”
[This passage is from the article “The Technology Mosaic” in the May 25, 2006 issue of Inside Higher Ed.]
(Thanks to investigator John Dupuis for bringing this to our attention.)