Enabling A Strong U.S. Engineering Workforce For Leadership Of Technology Development And Innovation In Industry: Critical Skill Sets For Early Career Development Leading To The Professional Master Of Engineering
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Chicago, Illinois
- Publication Date
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June 18, 2006
- Start Date
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June 18, 2006
- End Date
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June 21, 2006
- ISSN
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2153-5965
- Conference Session
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Professional Graduate Education & Industry Duplicate Session
- Page Count
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33
- Page Numbers
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11.535.1 - 11.535.33
- DOI
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10.18260/1-2--768
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https://peer.asee.org/768
- Download Count
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621
Paper Authors
Duane Dunlap Western Carolina University
DUANE D. DUNLAP is professor, director, Kimmel School of Construction Management, Engineering and Technology, and associate dean for the college of applied sciences at Western Carolina University, and program chair of the Graduate Studies Division of the American Society for Engineering Education.
John Bardo Western Carolina University
Donald Keating University of South Carolina
DONALD A. KEATING is associate professor of mechanical engineering, University of South Carolina, and chair Graduate Studies Division, ex-officio member of the Corporate Members Council, and a director of the College Industry Partnership Division of the American Society for Engineering Education.
Thomas Stanford University of South Carolina
THOMAS G. STANFORD is assistant professor of chemical engineering, University of South Carolina.
Eugene DeLoatch Morgan State University
EUGENE M. DeLOATCH is dean, school of engineering, Morgan State University, and a past president of the American Society of Engineering Education.
Albert McHenry Arizona State University
ALBERT L. McHENRY is dean of the college of technology and applied sciences at Arizona State University Polytechnic, and vice president of public affairs of the American Society for Engineering Education.
Joseph Tidwell Arizona State University
JOSEPH P. TIDWELL is director, of the joint alliance of companies managing education for technology JACMET, and community liaison, college of technology and applied sciences at Arizona State University Polytechnic, and chair-elect College Industry Partnership Division, ex-officio member of the Corporate Members Council of the American Society for Engineering Education.
Niaz Latif Purdue University
NIAZ LATIF is professor and department head, department of industrial technology, college of technology at Purdue University.
Mark Schuver Purdue University
MARK SCHUVER is coordinator of the weekend Master's Degree Program, college of technology, Purdue University.
Dennis Depew Purdue University
DENNIS R. DEPEW is dean of the college of technology, Purdue University.
Roger Olson Rolls-Royce
ROGER N. OLSON is lead stress analysis engineer, Rolls-Royce Corporation, and a director of the College Industry Partnership Division of the American Society for Engineering Education.
David Quick
DAVID H. QUICK is manager, R&D customer requirements, R&T Strategy, Liberty Works, Rolls-Royce North American Technologies, and past chair Corporate Members Council, and immediate past chair of the College Industry Partnership Division of the American Society for Engineering Education.
Stephen Tricamo New Jersey Institute of Technology
STEPHEN J. TRICAMO is professor of industrial and manufacturing engineering, and former dean of engineering and technology, New Jersey Institute of Technology.
Samuel Truesdale Rolls-Royce
SAMUEL L. TRUESDALE is manager of employee development, engineering business improvement organization, Rolls-Royce Corporation
Jay Snellenberger Rolls-Royce
JAY M. SNELLENBERGER is senior manager, aftermarket support, control systems, Rolls-Royce Corporation, and past vice chair, Corporate Members Council and past chair College Industry Partnership Division of the American Society for Engineering Education.
Harvey Palmer Rochester Institute of Technology
HARVEY PALMER is dean of the Kate Gleason College of engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology.
Mohammad Noori North Carolina State University
MOHAMAD NOORI is dean of the college of engineering, California State Polytechnic University.
Kathleen Gonzalez Landis University of Arizona
KATHLEEN GONZALEZ-LANDIS is executive director, master of engineering partnership-Arizona, and a director of the College Industry Partnership Division of the American Society for Engineering Education.
Ronald Bennett University of St. Thomas
RONALD J. BENNETT is dean of the school of engineering, University of St. Thomas, and immediate past chair and director of the Graduate Studies Division of the American Society for Engineering Education
Abstract
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Enabling a Strong U.S. Engineering Workforce for Leadership of Technology Development and Innovation in Industry: Critical Skill-Sets for Early Career Development Leading to the Professional Master of Engineering
1. Introduction
This is the second of four papers prepared for a special panel session of the National Collaborative Task Force on Engineering Graduate Education Reform that is focusing on the deliberate advancement of professional engineering graduate education to enhance the innovative capacity of the U.S. engineering workforce in industry for global competitiveness. Founded in 2000, the National Collaborative Task Force is an initiative of the ASEE-Graduate Studies Division, Corporate Members Council, and College Industry Partnership Division. The National Collaborative is comprised of leaders from industry, academia, and government all coming together to advance engineering education for the practice of engineering in the national interest. This paper describes the critical skills identified by industry as essential for early career development of engineers at the project management level and formulates an integrative educational approach leading to the professional Master of Engineering for responsible engineering leadership of systematic technology development & innovation.
2. Professional Education for Engineers – The New Challenge for Industrial Innovation
While the U.S. system of graduate education continues to set the world standard and sustains the preeminence of the U.S. scientific workforce for basic research at the universities, the National Collaborative Task Force is leading a major reform in professionally oriented engineering graduate education to enhance the innovative capacity of the U.S. engineering workforce in industry to retain U.S. preeminence in engineering practice for technology development & innovation to enhance competitiveness.
2.1 The Modern Practice of Engineering for Leadership of the Continuous Technology Development & Innovation Process in Industry
A new paradigm of the practice of engineering for the creation (invention), design, development, and innovation of new / improved / breakthrough technology has emerged for economic prosperity and the nation’s defense which is substantially different from that portrayed by science policy of 1945 for the development of technology. The reform of professional engineering graduate education is mandated by the new paradigm that has occurred in the practice of engineering for creating, developing, and innovating new, improved, and breakthrough technology as a systematic practice of engineering (See Appendix A). Contrary to popular belief, engineers do not simply apply existing technology to contemporary problems or sequentially transfer results from basic research into development as the primary driver for creative engineering practice. What engineers apply is their use of the engineering
Dunlap, D., & Bardo, J., & Keating, D., & Stanford, T., & DeLoatch, E., & McHenry, A., & Tidwell, J., & Latif, N., & Schuver, M., & Depew, D., & Olson, R., & Quick, D., & Tricamo, S., & Truesdale, S., & Snellenberger, J., & Palmer, H., & Noori, M., & Gonzalez Landis, K., & Bennett, R. (2006, June), Enabling A Strong U.S. Engineering Workforce For Leadership Of Technology Development And Innovation In Industry: Critical Skill Sets For Early Career Development Leading To The Professional Master Of Engineering Paper presented at 2006 Annual Conference & Exposition, Chicago, Illinois. 10.18260/1-2--768
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