The engineer of 2020: Visions of engineering in the new century

Monday, March 30, 2009

The Engineer of 2020 urges the engineering profession to recognize what engineers can build for the future through a wide range of leadership roles in industry, government, and academia.

The book is available in paperback or pdf here.

How newly hired engineers learn the social systems in a workplace

Monday, March 30, 2009

In this video from the Inquiries on Education Seminar Series, Russell Korte talks about the transition from school to workplace for graduate engineers. 

Transformation Proclamation

Monday, March 30, 2009

The Transformation Proclamation will be presented to attendees at the Summit on the Engineer of the Future 2.0 at Olin College on 1 April 2009.  Read it below

http://www.slideshare.net/ifoundry/apie2-transformation-proclamation

and check back to sign the Transformation Proclamation online following the EotF2.0 event.

Educating the Engineer of 2020: Adapting Engineering Education to the New Century

Monday, March 30, 2009

This book offers recommendations on how to enrich and broaden engineering education so graduates are better prepared to work in a constantly changing global economy.

Educating the Engineer of 2020 available in paperback or pdf here.

Unlocking the clubhouse: Women in computing

Monday, March 30, 2009

Margolis and Fisher document the astonishing gender gap in the field of computing by answering the question of why female interest in technology begins to wane in middle school and all but dies in high school.

A 5 page summary can be found here. For more information or to buy the book check amazon.com (here).