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Holistic Engineering Education: Beyond Technology is a compilation of coordinated and focused essays from world leaders in the engineering profession who are dedicated to a transformation of engineering education and practice. The contributors define a new and holistic approach to education and practice that captures the creativity, interdisciplinarity, complexity, and adaptability required for the profession to grow and truly serve global needs. With few exceptions today, engineering students and professionals continue to receive a traditional, technically-based education and training using curriculum models developed for early 20th century manufacturing and machining. While this educational paradigm has served engineering well, helping engineers create awe-inspiring machines and technologies for society, the coursework and expectations of most engineering programs eschew breadth and intellectual exploration to focus on consistent technological precision and study. Why this dichotomy? While engineering will always need precise technological skill, the 21st century innovation economy demands a new professional perspective that recognizes the value of complex systems thinking, cross-disciplinary collaborations, economic and environmental impacts (sustainability), and effective communication to global and community leaders, thus enabling engineers to consider ""the whole patient"" of society's needs. The goal of this book is to inspire, lead, and guide this critically needed transformation of engineering education. ""Holistic Engineering Education: Beyond Technology points the way to a transformation of engineering education and practice that will be sufficiently robust, flexible, and systems-oriented to meet the grand challenges of the 21st century with their ever-increasing scale, complexity, and transdisciplinary nature."" -- Charles Vest, President, National Academy of Engineering; President Emeritus, MIT ""This collection of essays provides compelling arguments for the need of an engineering education that prepares engineers for the problems of the 21st century. Following the National Academy’s report on the Engineer of 2020, this book brings together experts who make the case for an engineering profession that looks beyond developing just cool technologies and more into creating solutions that can address important problems to benefit real people."" -- Linda Katehi, Chancellor, University of California at Davis ""This superb volume offers a provocative portrait of the exciting future of engineering education…A dramatically new form of engineering education is needed that recognizes this field as a liberal art, as a profession that combines equal parts technical rigor and creative design…The authors challenge the next generation to engineering educators to imagine, think and act in new ways. ""   -- Lee S. Shulman, President Emeritus, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education Emeritus, Stanford University

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Author:   Domenico Grasso ,  Melody Burkins
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   2010 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.498kg
ISBN:  

9781489981981

ISBN 10:   1489981985
Pages:   301
Publication Date:   28 November 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Forewords Jud King Provost and Senior Vice President – Academic Affairs, Emeritus Director, Center for Studies in Higher Education Professor of Chemical Engineering, Emeritus University of California-Berkeley Rick Miller President, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Maria Klawe President, Harvey Mudd College Chapter One Beyond Technology: The Holistic Advantage Domenico Grasso Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate College College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences The University of Vermont Melody Brown Burkins Senior Director for Research and Strategic Initiatives, The University of Vermont Chapter Two Holistic Engineering Domenico Grasso Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate College College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences The University of Vermont David Martinelli Chairman, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering West Virginia University Chapter Three Engineering for a Changing World: A Roadmap to the Future of American Engineering Practice, Research, and Education James J. Duderstadt President Emeritus and University Professor of Science and Engineering The University of Michigan Chapter Four K-12 Engineering; The Missing Core Discipline Ioannis Miaoulis President and Director, Museum of Science, Boston Chapter Five Liberal Arts and Engineering Catherine P. Koshland Vice Provost, Academic Planning & Facilities Wood-Calvert Professor in Engineering University of California-Berkeley Chapter Six What Is Happening In Liberal Education? Carol T. Christ President, Smith College Chapter Seven Holistic Engineering and Educational Reform Domenico Grasso Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate College College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences The University of Vermont Joseph J. Helble Dean and Professor of Engineering Thayer School of Engineering Dartmouth College Chapter Eight Beyond Systems Engineering – Educational Approaches for the 21st Century Priscilla Guthrie Associate Director of National Intelligence and Intelligence Community Chief Information Officer Office of Director of National Intelligence Chapter Nine The Education of an Engineer in a Holistic Age: A Latin American Perspective Hector Gallegos President of the Peruvian College of Engineering Chapter Ten On the Cultivation of Innovative Engineering Talent Pan Yunhe President Emeritus, Zheijiang University Vice President, Chinese Academy of Engineering Chapter Eleven International Education and Holistic Thinking for Engineers Dennis D. Berkey President, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Chapter Twelve Engineering Value Propositions: Professional and Personal Needs Gary E. Wnek, Faculty Director Suzette Williamson, Executive Director The Institute for Management and Engineering (TiME) Case Western Reserve University Chapter Thirteen The Missing Basics & Other Philosophical Reflections for the Transformation of Engineering Education David E. Goldberg Jerry S. Dobrovolny Distinguished Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Co-Director, Illinois Foundry for Innovation in Engineering Education Director, Illinois Genetic Algorithms Laboratory Chapter Fourteen Dispelling the Myths of Holistic Engineering Domenico Grasso Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate College College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences The University of Vermont Melody Brown Burkins Senior Director for Research and Strategic Initiatives, The University of Vermont Joseph J. Helble Dean and Professor of Engineering Thayer School of Engineering Dartmouth College David Martinelli Chairman, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering West Virginia University Chapter Fifteen The Practice of Systems Engineering: A Foundation for Technical Leadership Wanda Austin, President and CEO Marilee Wheaton, Dr. Charles Tang, Mark Goodman The Aerospace Corporation Chapter Sixteen Holistic Systems Integration Alfred Grasso, President & CEO Louis S. Metzger, Richard J. Byrne, Stephen D. Huffman, John M. Kreger, and Marie A. Francesca, MITRE Corporation Chapter Seventeen Engineers of Tomorrow: Holistic-Thinking System Engineers Charla K. Wise Vice President - Program Excellence and Operations Energy and Security Services Lockheed Martin Chapter Eighteen Collaborative Innovation and Service Systems: Implications for Institutions and Disciplines Nicholas Donofrio Executive Vice President, IBM Chapter Nineteen Technology and Policy M. Granger Morgan Head, Department of Engineering and Public Policy Carnegie-Mellon University

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From the reviews: This compilation of 19 essays by different authors (mostly academics and a few from industry) adds to the ever-expanding volume of literature that is critical of the standard technical-intensive engineering education. The work is best suited for those in higher education concerned with the revision of engineering curricula. Summing Up: Recommended. Academic libraries serving researchers and faculty. (R. Darby, Choice, Vol. 47 (10), June, 2010)

From the reviews: This compilation of 19 essays by different authors (mostly academics and a few from industry) adds to the ever-expanding volume of literature that is critical of the standard technical-intensive engineering education. ... The work is best suited for those in higher education concerned with the revision of engineering curricula. Summing Up: Recommended. Academic libraries serving researchers and faculty. (R. Darby, Choice, Vol. 47 (10), June, 2010)

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