Grand Challenges for Engineering
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| Audience/Grade: | College Freshman-College Senior |
| Discipline(s): |
Entrepreneurship and Innovation General Engineering, Engineering Science |
| Special Topic(s): |
Technology and Society |
| Learning Resource Type: |
Community - Discussion Forum/Mailing List/Newsletter |
| Media Type: |
Unknown |
| Author(s): |
Organization:National Academy of Engineering |
| Description: | Website from the National Academy of Engineering. "With input from people around the world -- much of it on this website -- an international group of leading technological thinkers were asked to identify the Grand Challenges for Engineering in the 21st Century. Now their conclusions are revealed on this website. From urban centers to remote corners of Earth, the depths of the oceans to space, humanity has always sought to transcend barriers, overcome challenges, and create opportunities that improve life in our part of the universe. In the last century alone, many great engineering achievements became so commonplace that we now take them mostly for granted. Technology allows an abundant supply of food and safe drinking water for much of the world. We rely on electricity for many of our daily activities. We can travel the globe with relative ease, and bring goods and services wherever they are needed. Growing computer and communications technologies are opening up vast stores of knowledge and entertainment. As remarkable as these engineering achievements are, certainly just as many more great challenges and opportunities remain to be realized. While some seem clear, many others are indistinct and many more surely lie beyond most of our imaginations. Today, we begin engineering a path to the future." |
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| Use of Resource: |
I used this website for my freshman engineering class to research and vote as an exercise. |
| Difficulty: |
Medium |
| Interactivity Level: |
Medium |
| Version Info | |
| Publication Date: | March 2008 |
| Platform/Format: |
WWW |
| Cost: |
Free |
| Download URL: | http://www.engineeringchallenges.org/ |
| Metadata: |
IEEE LOM Record |
| Collection: |
NEEDS
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