16.A47
The Engineer of 2020
Fall 2009
Topics
- The world is changing and becoming more global
- Another view of globalization: even in a spiky world there are issues
- Engineering education needs to change
- While there is demand and U.S. is still leading there are also serious troubles (K-12, growing competition)
- Some of our key competitors seem to be moving in our direction with more of a science emphasis
- MIT has thought hard about the integration of life and learning and tried to improve and MIT has thought hard about a modern curriculum and is trying to change
- Other ways to think about engineering education
- More on engineering education: change is hard especially when it is cultural
- Student presentations and discussion
Readings
- Friedman, Thomas L. “It’s a Flat World, After All.” The New York Times Magazine , April 3, 2005.
- Gereffi, Gary, and Vivek Wadhwa. “Framing the Engineering Outsourcing Debate: Placing the United States on a Level Playing Field with China and India.” Duke University, December 2005.
- “The World is Spiky.” The Atlantic Monthly , October 2005, 48-51.
- Alvarez, Michael. “Follow the Money.” Nature 446 (2007): 230.
- Spinks, Nigel, Nick Silburn, and David Birchall. “Educating Engineers for the 21st Century: The Industry View.” Oxfordshire, UK: Henley Management College, March 8, 2006.
- Clough, W., et al. “The Engineer of 2020: Phase I.” Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 2003.
- ———. “The Engineer of 2020: Phase II.” Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 2005.
- Grasso, Domenico, Melody Brown Burkins, Joseph Helble, and David Martinelli. “Dispelling the Myths of Holistic Engineering.” The Magazine for Professional Engineers , August-September 2008, 26-29.
- Sturtevant, Daniel. “Modeling America’s Technical Capability Crisis.” Cambridge, MA: MIT Engineering Systems Division, 2008.
- Hira, Ron. “STEM Workforce Discussion Needs More Data, Analysis.” APS News (August-September 2008): 8-12.
- National Science Board. “Science and Engineering Indicators, Vol. I.” Arlington, VA: National Science Foundation, 2006.
- ———. “Science and Engineering Indicators, Vol. II.” Arlington, VA: National Science Foundation, 2006.
- Jones, Marilee. “Reading the Tea Leaves: Admissions Trends 2007-2017.” Cambridge, MA: MIT Admissions, February 3, 2006.
- BankBoston. “MIT: The Impact of Innovation.” Boston, MA: BankBoston, 1997.
- “World University Rankings.” The Times Higher Education Supplement , October 28, 2005.
- ABET. “2007-2008 Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs.” Baltimore, MD: ABET, 2007.
- Magee, Christopher L. “Needs and Possibilities for Engineering Education: One Industrial/Academic Perspective.” Cambridge, MA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009.
- Hastings, Daniel. “The Future of Engineering Systems: Development of Engineering Leaders.” Cambridge, MA: MIT Engineering Systems Division, 2004.
- Sheffi, Yossi. “Geeks and Chiefs: Thoughts on Engineering Education at MIT.” 6th Annual Charles L. Miller Lecture, Cambridge, MA, April 5, 2007.
- Vest, Charles. “The Future of Engineering Education: Context and Musings.” ABET Annual Meeting, Incline Village, NV, November 2, 2007.
- “Creating a Culture for Systematic and Scholarly Engineering Educational Innovation.” Washington, DC: American Society for Engineering Education, 2009.
- Silbey, Susan, and Carroll Seron. “The Dialectic between Expertise Knowledge and Professional Discretion: Accreditation, Social Control and the Limits of Instrumental Logic.” Engineering Studies 1, no. 2 (2009): 101-127.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗Historical OpenCourseWare
- MIT OCW readings ↗
- MIT OCW calendar ↗
- MIT OCW syllabus ↗
- Historical MIT OpenCourseWare offering. Named reading entries and schedule topics are automatically extracted from the linked source pages.