 When Guy McBride began his academic career, only a few engineering educators had begun to address how to broaden their students' school experiences.Constraints of budget and time left little room for flexibility in expanding the curriculum beyond courses that were intimately connected to his specialty.McBride's exposure to industry caused him to see that the engineers' jobs were changing at a more rapid pace, forcing him or her to make decisions based on factors that were not even addressed by his college curriculum.