Download PDF Summer issue of The Bridge on Undergraduate Engineering Education June 12, 2013 Volume 43 Issue 2 Articles In This Issue Note from Bridge Editor in Chief Ronald M. Latanision Wednesday, June 12, 2013 AuthorRonald M. Latanision With this issue of the Bridge, the NAE will be in the midst of a leadership transition as Dan Mote succeeds Chuck Vest as president. I have had the opportunity to work a bit with Dan in the context of an Association of American Universities (AAU) initiative on precollege education that I chaired on ... Innovations and Opportunities in Engineering Education Wednesday, June 12, 2013 AuthorDiran Apelian The societal challenges of the 21st century are profound and wide-ranging. Basic needs such as energy, food and water, housing, mobility, and health will become even more acute as the world population exceeds 9 billion. The demands for sustainable development will require redefined and innovative ... The Algebra Challenge Wednesday, June 12, 2013 AuthorEnrique J. Lavernia and Jean S. VanderGheynst On January 30, 2013, PBS’s NewsHour devoted a segment to American schools that have introduced real-world applications to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education while at the same time promoting students’ ability to “get the concepts” over the ... Undergraduate Engineering Curriculum: The Ultimate Design Challenge Wednesday, June 12, 2013 AuthorSusan A. Ambrose Two decades ago I witnessed a dramatic event unfold in engineering education. Believing that “real impact in engineering education will be made only by looking at the curriculum as a whole” (authors’ italics, not mine), an engineering department at a major research university ... Opportunities in Engineering Education: Pathways to Better-Prepared Students Wednesday, June 12, 2013 AuthorDavid B. Spencer and George Mehler Engineering is an integral part of daily life and can provide a strong foundation for almost any career path. Teaching about the wondrously engineered world and drawing on everyday existence for teaching examples can make learning fun and relevant. Yet engineering faces a number of challenges, many ... Aligning Engineering Education and Experience to Meet the Needs of Industry and Society Wednesday, June 12, 2013 AuthorRick Stephens Industry and society depend on engineers for the design and production of goods that meet customer needs and are safe, reliable, efficient, and competitive in the global market. Given the dynamics of the global economy and changing US age demographics (specifically, in this context, the large ... Entrepreneurship: Its Role in Engineering Education Wednesday, June 12, 2013 AuthorTom Byers, Tina Seelig, Sheri Sheppard, and Phil Weilerstein It is an exciting time to be an engineer. In recent decades, the engineering workforce has helped the United States make substantial advances in communications, health, defense, infrastructure, and manufacturing (Blue et al. 2005), and the time between the emergence of new technologies and their ... Opening Education Wednesday, June 12, 2013 AuthorRichard G. Baraniuk The clamor surrounding the high cost, limited access, static nature, and often low quality of the world’s education systems is reaching a crescendo. Many observers claim a serious threat to the future of youth, the training of workforces worldwide, and even the democratic process. In ... State-Level Measures to Close the STEM Skills Gap Wednesday, June 12, 2013 AuthorDennis D. Berkey and Joanne Goldstein The Commonwealth of Massachusetts enjoys a citizenry highly educated in the sciences, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) as well as thriving high-tech and life sciences industries. Yet there is a shortage of workers appropriately trained and educated for what are often referred to as ... The NAE Grand Challenge Scholars Program Wednesday, June 12, 2013 AuthorTom Katsouleas, Richard Miller, and Yannis Yortsos In 2007 the National Academy of Engineering, with support from the National Science Foundation, convened a panel of leading thinkers from academia, policy, and business with the charge of identifying a small number of grand challenges for engineering in the 21st century. Their extraordinary list of ...
Note from Bridge Editor in Chief Ronald M. Latanision Wednesday, June 12, 2013 AuthorRonald M. Latanision With this issue of the Bridge, the NAE will be in the midst of a leadership transition as Dan Mote succeeds Chuck Vest as president. I have had the opportunity to work a bit with Dan in the context of an Association of American Universities (AAU) initiative on precollege education that I chaired on ...
Innovations and Opportunities in Engineering Education Wednesday, June 12, 2013 AuthorDiran Apelian The societal challenges of the 21st century are profound and wide-ranging. Basic needs such as energy, food and water, housing, mobility, and health will become even more acute as the world population exceeds 9 billion. The demands for sustainable development will require redefined and innovative ...
The Algebra Challenge Wednesday, June 12, 2013 AuthorEnrique J. Lavernia and Jean S. VanderGheynst On January 30, 2013, PBS’s NewsHour devoted a segment to American schools that have introduced real-world applications to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education while at the same time promoting students’ ability to “get the concepts” over the ...
Undergraduate Engineering Curriculum: The Ultimate Design Challenge Wednesday, June 12, 2013 AuthorSusan A. Ambrose Two decades ago I witnessed a dramatic event unfold in engineering education. Believing that “real impact in engineering education will be made only by looking at the curriculum as a whole” (authors’ italics, not mine), an engineering department at a major research university ...
Opportunities in Engineering Education: Pathways to Better-Prepared Students Wednesday, June 12, 2013 AuthorDavid B. Spencer and George Mehler Engineering is an integral part of daily life and can provide a strong foundation for almost any career path. Teaching about the wondrously engineered world and drawing on everyday existence for teaching examples can make learning fun and relevant. Yet engineering faces a number of challenges, many ...
Aligning Engineering Education and Experience to Meet the Needs of Industry and Society Wednesday, June 12, 2013 AuthorRick Stephens Industry and society depend on engineers for the design and production of goods that meet customer needs and are safe, reliable, efficient, and competitive in the global market. Given the dynamics of the global economy and changing US age demographics (specifically, in this context, the large ...
Entrepreneurship: Its Role in Engineering Education Wednesday, June 12, 2013 AuthorTom Byers, Tina Seelig, Sheri Sheppard, and Phil Weilerstein It is an exciting time to be an engineer. In recent decades, the engineering workforce has helped the United States make substantial advances in communications, health, defense, infrastructure, and manufacturing (Blue et al. 2005), and the time between the emergence of new technologies and their ...
Opening Education Wednesday, June 12, 2013 AuthorRichard G. Baraniuk The clamor surrounding the high cost, limited access, static nature, and often low quality of the world’s education systems is reaching a crescendo. Many observers claim a serious threat to the future of youth, the training of workforces worldwide, and even the democratic process. In ...
State-Level Measures to Close the STEM Skills Gap Wednesday, June 12, 2013 AuthorDennis D. Berkey and Joanne Goldstein The Commonwealth of Massachusetts enjoys a citizenry highly educated in the sciences, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) as well as thriving high-tech and life sciences industries. Yet there is a shortage of workers appropriately trained and educated for what are often referred to as ...
The NAE Grand Challenge Scholars Program Wednesday, June 12, 2013 AuthorTom Katsouleas, Richard Miller, and Yannis Yortsos In 2007 the National Academy of Engineering, with support from the National Science Foundation, convened a panel of leading thinkers from academia, policy, and business with the charge of identifying a small number of grand challenges for engineering in the 21st century. Their extraordinary list of ...