“What will or should engineering education be like today, or in the near future, to prepare the next generation of students for effective engagement in the engineering profession in 2020?”
This report asks how to enrich and broaden engineering education so that technically grounded graduates will be better prepared to work in a constantly changing global economy.
Recommendations include:
* The BS degree should be considered as a pre-engineering or "engineer in training" degree.
Engineering needs to develop iconic images that the public immediately recognize and respond to in a positive way.
MIT President Charles Vest: "This is the most exciting period in human history for science and engineering. The explosive advances in knowledge, instrumentation, communication, and computational capabilities create a mind-boggling playing field for the next generation.
Georgia Tech's Wayne Clough is the chair of the committee that produced this report.
