ME101 and ME470 classes each split into 8 groups

ME101 and ME470 students form combined groups

Sit in 103 in the order shown below

If group is too large for the discussions, form two discussion groups.

Group 8

Front of 103

Group 7

Group 6

Group 3Group 5

Group 4 Group 2

Group 1

Opening ?:

In surveys of what engineers do,

what is the most often mentioned engineering task?

In surveys of what engineers do,

what is the most often mentioned engineering task?

AnswerInformal coordination of people

[from a study reported at ASEE 2008]

Discussion:

What did you find interesting and/or useful from the Advisory Board panel

discussion?

Any follow-up questions?

Engineering Education for the 21st Century

Charles M. Vest

President, National Academy of Engineering

ASEE Annual Conference

Pittsburgh, PA

June 23, 2008

In this New Century

Engineering is Dynamicwith Exciting Frontiersand Grand Challenges

Engineering is not static.

• 20th century Stovepipes:

– Scientists discovered.

– Engineers created.

– Doctors healed.

Engineering is not static.

• 21st century science, engineering,and medicine are:

– Totally interdependent

– Blending together in new ways

Engineering is about Systems

• From nanobiological devices

• To large scale infrastructure

• To the earth itself

And Engineering Systemsinclude, interact with, and serve:

• People

• Economies

• Business

• Law

• Politics

• Culture …

Grand Challenges for Engineering

• Proposed by a committee of amazingly accomplished and innovative people.

• Extremely challenging and important.

• Deemed to be doable in the next few decades.

Group Activity

Brainstorm, discuss and make a list of what your group thinks are the

“Grand Challenges"

for engineering.

Engineering Grand Challenges

See the NAE website.

EnergyEnvironment

Global WarmingSustainability

Improve Medicine andHealthcare Delivery

Reducing Vulnerability toHuman and Natural Threats

Expand and EnhanceHuman Capability

And Joy

Engineering Grand Challenges

Announced Feb. 15, 2008

• Make Solar Energy Economical• Provide Energy from Fusion• Develop Carbon Sequestration

Methods• Manage the Nitrogen Cycle• Provide Access to Clean Water

• Engineer Better Medicines• Advance Health Informatics

• Secure Cyberspace• Prevent Nuclear Terror• Restore and Improve Urban

Infrastructure

• Reverse Engineer the Brain• Enhance Virtual Reality• Advance Personalized

Learning• Engineer the Tools of Scientific

Discovery

Think about these Challenges

• Some are imperative for human survival.

• Some will make us more secure against natural and human threats.

• All will improve quality of life.

• Most are of global scale.

Subtext of the Challenges

• The public and policy makers need to understand what engineers do and can do.

• And don’t forget why young women and men chose NOT to study engineering … They’d “rather go into a field where they can help people and make the world better”!

Engineering is essential to our health,

happiness, and safety.

More Info From The National Academy of Engineering on the

“Grand Challenges”http://www.engineeringchallenges.org/

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) perspective, from a report of the Global

Summit on the Future of Mechanical Engineering titled: “2028 VISION FOR MECHANICAL

ENGINEERING” http://www.asmeconferences.org/asmeglobalsummit/FinalGlobalSummitReport.pdf

[see page 4]

By Sam Y. Zamrik, Ph.D.ASME President 2007-2008

A Global summit with input from 19 countries created a vision of our profession over the next 20 years. We are inspired by a vision that calls us to:

■ Develop sustainably through new technologies and techniques, and respond to the global environmental pressures brought about by economic growth;■ Be at the forefront of implementing a system design approach across large and small-scale systems;■ Engage in international collaboration around our critical knowledge and competencies;■ Work in the emerging Bio-Nano technologies to provide solutions in such diverse fields as healthcare, energy, water management, the environment and agriculture management, and■ Create engineering solutions for the other 90 percent that live on less than two dollars a day.

The vision and scope of this summit is broad but not unreachable if we draw upon our collective talents, thoughts, ideas, resources and the collaboration and contributions of our global profession. Mechanical engineers must be able to adapt and change in order to produce globally competitive engineers that willcontribute to the growing needs of our profession over the next two decades.