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January 22, 2007
Educating Engineers for 2020 and Beyond

Educating Engineers for 2020 and Beyond by Charles M. Vest, President Emeritus, MIT Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering (nominated to become the President of the National Academy of Engineering, with a term starting in July 2007). A 70 minute videocast:

To prepare this new generation, engineering schools should focus on creating an environment that provides inspiration. In the long run, offering “exciting, creative adventures, rigorous, demanding and empowering milieus is more important than specifying details of the curriculum,” says Vest. Students are “driven by passion, curiosity, engagement and dreams.” Give them opportunities to discover and do – to participate in research teams, perform challenging work in industry, gain professional experience in other countries. Vest says, “We must ensure the best and brightest become engineers of 2020 and beyond. We can’t afford to fail.”

Related: Science and Engineering Webcast Directory - Engineering Education and Innovation - Olin Engineering Education Experiment - Global Engineering Education Study - Reforming Engineering Education by NAE - k-12 Engineering Education (podcast by Ioannis Miaoulis) - Google Tech Talks

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