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Educating the Engineer of 2020: Adapting Engineering Education to the New Century
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APPENDIX C 177

ADDENDUM
POSSIBLE QUESTIONS FOR THE BREAKOUT SESSIONS

1. Outcome Goals for Engineering Graduates

a. What technical and professional knowledge should be expected
of an individual called an “engineer” in 2020?

b. Given their likely social and political environments, what addi-
tional knowledge and skills will be required beyond those currently
expected of engineering graduates (e.g., leadership, civic involve-
ment, public policy, etc.)?

c. Will any skills currently assumed of engineering graduates be
superfluous because of changes in technology or society?

d. What knowledge, skills, and abilities will best position domestic
students to compete in a global marketplace?

e. How can formal education be better integrated with informal
and lifelong learning by engineering graduates?

f. How do we attract and engage the broadest range of talent as
future engineers?

g. How do we better provide fluency in operating in diverse intel-
lectual and cultural environments to our graduates?

2. Curricula, Laboratories, and Learning Technologies

a. What experiences can we provide to best prepare our students for
their future working environments?

b. How do we balance disciplinary depth with the interdisciplinary
challenges of real-world problems?

c. How do we best address the technological knowledge needs of
non-majors?

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