Influencing Engineering Education: One (Aerospace) Industry Perspective
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| Audience/Grade: | College Freshman-College Senior |
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Aerospace Engineering General Engineering, Engineering Science Mechanical Engineering |
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Reference - Educational Research Paper |
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Unknown |
| Author(s): |
John McMasters |
| Description: | Paper published in the Int. J. Engng Ed. Vol. 20, No. 3, pp. 353-371, 2004. Abstract: "The purpose of this paper is to discuss some of the steps that we within the broader technical community (industry, government and academe) can and should take to assure an adequate future supply of well-prepared engineering graduates for the full range of employers who have need for such talent. While presented from an aerospace industry perspective, and thus from that of a `mature industry' (at least in some major traditional product areas), it is believed that the issues to be addressed have far wider relevance, because the evolution of engineering (and specifically design) practice in the `airplane business' provides a lens for discerning future trends and requirements for both university and post-employment engineering education programs. Although much has been accomplished in the past decade to enhance engineering education, we, as both educators and practitioners, have much to do to cooperatively create a strong and vivid vision of our future and assure the proper development of a future generation of engineers with the skills and motivation to meet society's needs in our always evolving and ever-volatile enterprise." |
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| Keywords: | John McMasters aircraft design engineering education |
| Is Component of: |
John McMasters Collection |
| Referenced By: |
The Biomechanics of Flight- A More Complete Multidisciplinary Perspective on Airplane Design |
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| Related ABET Criteria: |
(c) Design a system, component, or process |
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Conclusions: "The aerospace industry (in common with many other industrial sectors in our economy) continues to change in massive ways, and probably can be expected to remain volatile and dynamic through the rest of its foreseeable history. The events of 9/11/01 and their aftermath, while horrifying, are only one of the more vivid incidents that have rocked our complacency and reordered our priorities since the beginning of our industry. In a longer-term view, many of the conclusions in our earlier work may still be considered valid. An important conclusion of that work was that, while the aerospace industry of tomorrow may be very different than it was in the Cold War era in which many of us matured professionally, it is incorrect to assert that it will be any less exciting and challenging to those who will choose to be involved in its future. While those future practitioners should be fully cognizant of our past, it is they who will invent our future, and the value judgment regarding the nature and quality of the jobs they will perform should be left to them to decide�not unduly colored by the prejudices and nostalgia of practitioners from an earlier era they cannot have experienced." |
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Medium |
| Interactivity Level: |
Very low |
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| Publication Date: | January 2004 |
| Platform/Format: |
Cross Platform |
| Cost: |
Not free |
| Download URL: | http://www.ijee.dit.ie/ |
| Metadata: |
IEEE LOM Record |
| Collection: |
International Journal of Engineering Education
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