Conference Session

Educating Graduates in Engineering for a Flat World

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Mariasingam, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Thomas Smith, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Sandra Courter, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Tagged Divisions

International

the current global businessenvironment. In order to give engineers the global mindset, engineering education must haveappropriate curriculum that will impart an enlarged set of skills. Many institutions haveattempted to give students this global perspective through a number of programs. But aninternational team of scholars from eight universities in six countries on four continents says in areport 4 on a study on globalization and the educational reform needed, Incorporating such preparation into engineering curricula, however, has proven to be a major challenge because of the highly sequenced and content-demanding nature of the curriculum. Consequently, international preparation is often addressed by “add-ons” such as