While the demand for a strong STEM workforce continues to grow, there are challenges that
threaten our ability to recruit, train, and retain such a workforce in a way that is effective and …

This short paper comments upon a concern repeatedly voiced by would-be engineering
education reformers, namely what to do about the profound instrumentalist orientation to …

This paper uses the metaphor of engineering bait-and-switch to characterize the
misalignment between educational approaches of major K-12 engineering initiatives and …

This chapter describes and analyzes one model of engineering education reform aimed at
enhancing students' ability to engage wide-ranging contexts of engineering work …

Sociotechnical integration is an innovative, yet arguably elusive, approach to engineering
education. It acknowledges how the bounds of technical and nontechnical knowledge are …

Human-centered design methods and design thinking are increasingly promoted beyond
the traditional creative design disciplines. These approaches are touted as tools for …

There is growing urgency to graduate more innovative engineers. This paper explores ways
to foster the innovative capacity of undergraduate engineering students by challenging them …

Ensuring that engineering education leads to engineering professionals worldwide who are
technically skilled, globally oriented, and socially responsible–the whole engineer–requires …

Educators have recommended the integration of engineering and the liberal arts as a
promising educational model to prepare young engineers for global economic …

Autodesk CEO Carl Bass, upon the 2011 release of Autodesk's free “123D” CAD-to-3D
printing software, claimed that the future of design innovation would be found not within the …