Rethinking engineering education

Braden Allenby

doi:10.1109/ISSST.2011.5936869

Rethinking engineering education

Braden Allenby

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Abstract

The necessity of restructuring engineering education has been recognized for many years, but for a number of reasons reform is becoming increasingly urgent. It is not just that current engineering education methods are increasingly obsolete; student cognitive patterns are changing in unpredictable ways, and the complexity of the environment within which engineering is practiced is also increasing dramatically. Half measures that might have been seen as adequate a decade ago are no longer sufficient. What is required is a thorough rethinking of the engineering education framework, centered around a division of engineering students into technical, single expertise, and design capable cohorts.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology, ISSST 2011
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ISSST.2011.5936869
State	Published - Jul 29 2011
Event	2011 IEEE International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology, ISSST 2011 - Chicago, IL, United States Duration: May 16 2011 → May 18 2011

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Name	Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology, ISSST 2011

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Other	2011 IEEE International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology, ISSST 2011
Country/Territory	United States
City	Chicago, IL
Period	5/16/11 → 5/18/11

Keywords

digital natives
educational innovation
engineering education
sustainable engineering

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Management of Technology and Innovation
Control and Systems Engineering

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Allenby, B 2011, Rethinking engineering education. in Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology, ISSST 2011., 5936869, Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology, ISSST 2011, 2011 IEEE International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology, ISSST 2011, Chicago, IL, United States, 5/16/11. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISSST.2011.5936869

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