While engineering will always need precise technological skill, the 21st century innovation economy demands a new professional perspective that recognizes the value of complex systems thinking, cross-disciplinary collaborations, economic and environmental impacts (sustainability), and effective communication to global and community leaders, thus enabling engineers to consider ‘the whole patient’ of society’s needs. The goal of this book is to inspire, lead, and guide this critically needed transformation of engineering education.
‘Holistic Engineering Education: Beyond Technology points the way to a transformation of engineering education and practice that will be sufficiently robust, flexible, and systems-oriented to meet the grand challenges of the 21st century with their ever-increasing scale, complexity, and transdisciplinary nature.’
— Charles Vest, President, National Academy of Engineering; President Emeritus, MIT
st century. Following the National Academy’s report on the Engineer of 2020, this book brings together experts who make the case for an engineering profession that looks beyond developing just cool technologies and more into creating solutions that can address important problems to benefit real people.’
— Linda Katehi, Chancellor, University of California at Davis
‘This superb volume offers a provocative portrait of the exciting future of engineering education…A dramatically new form of engineering education is needed that recognizes this field as a liberal art, as a profession that combines equal parts technical rigor and creative design…The authors challenge the next generation to engineering educators to imagine, think and act in new ways. ‘
— Lee S. Shulman, President Emeritus, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education Emeritus, Stanford University
Table of Content
ForewordsJud King
Provost and Senior Vice President – Academic Affairs, Emeritus
Director, Center for Studies in Higher Education
Professor of Chemical Engineering, Emeritus
University of California-Berkeley
Rick Miller
President, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
Maria Klawe
President, Harvey Mudd College
Chapter One
Beyond Technology: The Holistic Advantage
Domenico Grasso
Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate College
College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences
The University of Vermont
Melody Brown Burkins
Senior Director for Research and Strategic Initiatives,
The University of Vermont
Chapter Two
Holistic Engineering
Domenico Grasso
Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate College
College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences
The University of Vermont
David Martinelli
Chairman, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
West Virginia University
Chapter Three
Engineering for a Changing World: A Roadmap to the Future of American Engineering Practice, Research, and Education
James J. Duderstadt
President Emeritus and University Professor of Science and Engineering
The University of Michigan
Chapter Four
K-12 Engineering; The Missing Core Discipline
Ioannis Miaoulis
President and Director, Museum of Science, Boston
Chapter Five
Liberal Arts and Engineering
Catherine P. Koshland
Vice Provost, Academic Planning & Facilities
Wood-Calvert Professor in Engineering
University of California-Berkeley
Chapter Six
What Is Happening In Liberal Education?
Carol T. Christ
President, Smith College
Chapter Seven
Holistic Engineering and Educational Reform
Domenico Grasso
Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate College
College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences
The University of Vermont
Joseph J. Helble
Dean and Professor of Engineering
Thayer School of Engineering
Dartmouth College
Chapter Eight
Beyond Systems Engineering – Educational Approaches for the 21st Century
Priscilla Guthrie
Associate Director of National Intelligence and Intelligence Community Chief Information Officer
Office of Director of National Intelligence
Chapter Nine
The Education of an Engineer in a Holistic Age: A Latin American Perspective
Hector Gallegos
President of the Peruvian College of Engineering
Chapter Ten
On the Cultivation of Innovative Engineering Talent
Pan Yunhe
President Emeritus, Zheijiang University
Vice President, Chinese Academy of Engineering
Chapter Eleven
International Education and Holistic Thinking for Engineers
Dennis D. Berkey
President, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Chapter Twelve
Engineering Value Propositions: Professional and Personal Needs
Gary E. Wnek, Faculty Director
Suzette Williamson, Executive Director
The Institute for Management and Engineering (Ti ME)
Case Western Reserve University
Chapter Thirteen
The Missing Basics & Other Philosophical Reflections for the Transformation of Engineering Education
David E. Goldberg
Jerry S. Dobrovolny Distinguished Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Co-Director, Illinois Foundry for Innovation in Engineering Education
Director, Illinois Genetic Algorithms Laboratory
Chapter Fourteen
Dispelling the Myths of Holistic Engineering
Domenico Grasso
Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate College
College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences
The University of Vermont
Melody Brown Burkins
Senior Director for Research and Strategic Initiatives,
The University of Vermont
Joseph J. Helble
Dean and Professor of Engineering
Thayer School of Engineering
Dartmouth College
David Martinelli
Chairman, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
West Virginia University
Chapter Fifteen
The Practice of Systems Engineering: A Foundation for Technical Leadership
Wanda Austin, President and CEO
Marilee Wheaton, Dr. Charles Tang, Mark Goodman
The Aerospace Corporation
Chapter Sixteen
Holistic Systems Integration
Alfred Grasso, President & CEO
Louis S. Metzger, Richard J. Byrne, Stephen D. Huffman, John M. Kreger, and Marie A. Francesca, MITRE Corporation
Chapter Seventeen
Engineers of Tomorrow: Holistic-Thinking System Engineers
Charla K. Wise
Vice President – Program Excellence and Operations
Energy and Security Services
Lockheed Martin
Chapter Eighteen
Collaborative Innovation and Service Systems: Implications for Institutions and Disciplines
Nicholas Donofrio
Executive Vice President, IBM
Chapter Nineteen
Technology and Policy
M. Granger Morgan
Head, Department of Engineering and Public Policy
Carnegie-Mellon University
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