The Three Axes of Engineering Education
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| Abstract | The goal of this paper is to encourage educators to recognize that engineering education is now comprised of three key axes: technical, professional and global skills. Just as research has shown that the incorporation of professional skills can strengthen students’ technical skills, the expectation is that global skills can similarly enhance overall engineering curriculum outcomes. This paper makes two recommendations: (1) That proven methods used to incorporate professional skills into the curriculum be adapted to provide a baseline global education for all engineering students; and (2) That team-based study abroad programs be employed to provide internationally minded students with advanced global competency skills. |
| Contributor | Edwin Daniel Hirleman
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| Credits | The authors acknowledge valuable conversations with Chuck Krousgrill, Peter Meckl, Eric Nauman, Mary Nauman, and Aman Yadav at Purdue as well as and faculty and staff at alliance universities. |
| Sponsored By | The authors gratefully acknowledge support of: the Thomas J. and Sandra Malott International Opportunities Fund for Mechanical Engineering at Purdue; as well as GEARE partner firms including Cummins, Ford, GM, John Deere, Shell, Siemens, and United Technologies. |
| Cite this work | Researchers should cite this work as follows: E. D. Hirleman, E. Groll, and D. Atkinson, “The Three Axes of Engineering Education”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Education, 8 pages, ICEE, Coimbra, Portugal, 2007. Available at https://globalhub.org/resources/73. |
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