Engineers as LEDs

About Engineers as LEDs

Abstract

Light plays a significant role in our everyday life and is crucial to our existence on this planet Earth. The applications of light have revolutionized society, and the effect is far reaching. As Christians, we are the light, bearing the light inside that must be reflected as a part of our great calling to place the lamp atop the mountain so that the lost can be drawn by our light to our Savior. This paper focuses on the spiritualistic comparison between the artificial illuminating agents, primarily LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) and God’s wonderful creation – that’s us. The paper furthermore explores and categorizes the paradigm of light and darkness, which accordingto the authors, has a profound spiritual implication on our purpose and obligations, capable of informing and illuminating engineering practice. A major goal of this study is to exhort the engineers that while they are involved in designing and building the best technologies to serve the human family, the works of light must be demonstrated through their work and their lives. The authors believe that the understanding of the nature and properties of light expressed through a Biblical worldview can provide a significant stimulus to develop an understanding of God’s plan for us as engineers.