Redefining Engineering for the Year 2020
By David R. Butcher
Engineering, through its role in the creation and implementation of technology, has been critical to the improvement and vitality of our national economic well-being, health and quality of life.
Engineering has been called the "stealth profession," because so many people remain clueless as to what engineers do — which is unfortunate, because engineering is linked to everything in society.
But it needs to change, according to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE).
The NAE aspires for engineers of 2020 to be more than just competent or admirable technicians — the forthcoming years will require ingenious leaders — ingenious engineers. The globally interconnected world that is shaped in nearly every way by accelerated, seamless and indispensable technological innovation will need Renaissance Engineers: analytical, business-savvy leaders who are effective communicators, creative and inventive, inquisitive, detail oriented and possessing of practical ingenuity.
Of course, this well-rounded Renaissance Engineer must learn early.
Credit to: http://news.thomasnet.com/IMT/archives/2006/07/redefining_engineering_for_year_2020_national_academy_of.html
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