• DocumentCode
    825997
  • Title

    Curriculum for an engineering renaissance

  • Author

    Moore, Daniel J. ; Voltmer, David R.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Rose-Hulman Inst. of Technol., Terre Haute, IN, USA
  • Volume
    46
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2003
  • Firstpage
    452
  • Lastpage
    455
  • Abstract
    Engineering is a serving profession. During the last century, engineering curricula have become technology and process focused to the detriment of the "soft skills" so necessary for a professional. This paper proposes that engineering curricula undergo major revisions to return to the original service mission of the profession. The key elements for a renaissance within engineering education are presented.
  • Keywords
    educational courses; engineering education; professional aspects; collaborative proficiency; critical thinking; engineering curricula; engineering education; engineering profession; ethics; independent learning; professionalism; service mission; systems engineering; Accreditation; Design engineering; Engineering education; Ethics; Extrapolation; Helium; Knowledge engineering; Problem-solving; Process design; Systems engineering and theory;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Education, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9359
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TE.2003.818754
  • Filename
    1245167
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=825997