Alsayyed, B. (2023, March), New Approach for Engineering Education  Paper presented at ASEE Southeast Section Conference, Arlington, Virginia. 10.18260/1-2--45029

\bibitem{asee_peer_45029}
  Alsayyed, B. (2023, March), \emph{New Approach for Engineering Education}
  Paper presented at ASEE Southeast Section Conference, Arlington, Virginia.
  10.18260/1-2--45029

Basel Alsayyed.  "New Approach for Engineering Education".  ASEE Southeast Section Conference, Arlington, Virginia, 2023, March.  ASEE Conferences, 2023.  https://peer.asee.org/45029 Internet.  05 May, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_45029}
  Basel Alsayyed.
  "New Approach for Engineering Education".
  \emph{ASEE Southeast Section Conference, Arlington, Virginia, 2023, March}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2023.
  https://peer.asee.org/45029 Internet.  05 May, 2024

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author = "Basel Alsayyed"
title = "New Approach for Engineering Education"
booktitle = "ASEE Southeast Section Conference"
year = "2023"
month = "March"
address = "Arlington, Virginia"
publisher = "ASEE Conferences"
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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - As the google era is taking over many aspects in our life, the author believes that education is affected most. Traditional engineering education, is hit hard by the so much information available on the internet. The environment we have for our future engineers have three dimensions (pillars): degree, career, success. Getting a degree remains the main most important pillar to acknowledge that an engineer is ready to get a job, and build his/her career and be a successful engineer. Any engineering degree has requirements, once they are met, a degree is conferred upon the graduate. However, any first degree in engineering will give the “engineer” a permit to be able to practice engineering, but never can claim that he/she got all the knowledge to make him/her an expert in the field. In this paper, the author is proposing a shift on how engineering education is carried out. Literally any subject can be searched over the internet and can be “learned”, including design of different parts. If you need to design a gear, one of the most complicated components, you can find multiple ways of help on the internet including videos and detailed steps. The research question is: do we really still need to take students through the 4-5 years programs to get the degree that will enable students to practice engineering? Definitely new generations can find the needed info over the internet, however, does that enable them to get the skill of that they learned. The author argument is that mentoring is still needed to build the confidence and ability of the future engineers, however, we should rethink the approach and the time we spend to prepare our future engineers. The proposed change in this paper is based on restructuring curriculum and learning outcomes to focus more on the verification of the ability to apply skills in real life rather than spending the time on teaching the knowledge which is already available in abundance at the tip of our students’ fingers.
Keywords
Traditional educations, technology in education, engineering curriculum

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