The purpose of engineering education is to provide the learning required by students to become successful engineers—technical expertise, social awareness, and a bias toward innovation. This combined set of knowledge, skills, and attitudes is essential to strengthening productivity, entrepreneurship, and excellence in an environment that is increasingly based on technologically complex and sustainable products, processes, and systems. It is imperative that we improve the quality and nature of undergraduate engineering education.
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(2007). Introduction. In: Rethinking Engineering Education. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-38290-6_1
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