The Changing Role of Engineering Education in Industry 4.0 Era

Abstract

The new industry 4.0 era necessities new cross-functional roles with different knowledge and skills that combine IT and production knowledge. The universities and their engineering departments have a vital role in fulfilling this need. There are a number of departments offering these new engineering education requirements, but the characteristics of these departments and how they converge to and diverge from each other are yet to be revealed through objective evaluation. Such evaluation should be based on a precise classification of knowledge and skills areas offered in these departments. Therefore, it is important to understand the characteristics of knowledge and skills provided in these departments to determine the emerging patterns in the delivery of new education requirements of Industry 4.0. The main objectives of this chapter is to define the new education requirements incorporated into Industry 4.0, and reveal the emerging patterns and similarities in engineering education to cover this need. In order to address these issues we study a sample of 124 engineering departments.

Appendix A

Abb.	Department
Berkeley IE	University of California, Berkeley—Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
Bilkent IE	Bilkent University—Industrial Engineering
BOUN IE	Bogazici University—Industrial Engineering
Columbia IE	Columbia University—Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
Cornell IE	Cornell University—Operations Research and Engineering
Eindhoven IE	Eindhoven University of Technology—Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences
Georgia IE	Georgia Institute of Technology—Industrial Engineering
Hong Kong IE	Hong Kong University of Science and Technology—Industrial Engineering and Logistics Management
Koç IE	Koç University of Science and Technology—Industrial Engineering
Lehigh IE	Koç University—Industrial and Systems Engineering
MIT IE	Massachusetts Institute of Technology—Sloan School of Management
Northwestern IE	Northwestern University—Industrial Engineering & Management Sciences
NUS IE	National University of Singapore—Industrial and Systems Engineering
METU IE	Middle East Technical University—Industrial Engineering
Ohio State IE	The Ohio State University—Department of Integrated Systems Engineering
Penn State IE	Penn State University—Department of Industrial Engineering
Princeton IE	Princeton University—Operations Research & Financial Engineering
Purdue IE	Purdue University—School of Industrial Engineering
RWTH IE	RWTH Aachen University—Industrial Engineering
Sabancı IE	Sabancı University—Industrial Engineering
Seoul IE	Seoul National University—Industrial Engineering
Stanford IE	Standford University—Management Science and Engineering Program
Texas A&M IE	Texas A&M University—Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Texas Austin IE	The University of Texas at Austin—Operations Research & Industrial Engineering
Tokyo IE	Tokyo Institute of Technology—Industrial Engineering and Economics
Tsinghua IE	Tsinghua University—Industrial Engineering
UFL IE	University of Florida—Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Illinois IE	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign—Department of Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering
UMICH IE	University of Michigan–Ann Arbor—Industrial and Operations Engineering
USC IE	University of Southern California—Industrial and Systems Engineering
Wisconsin IE	University of Wisconsin-Madison—Industrial & Systems Engineering
VT IE	Virginia Tech—Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Berkeley ME	University of California, Berkeley—Mechanical Engineering
Bilkent ME	Bilkent University—Mechanical Engineering
BOUN ME	Bogazici University—Mechanical Engineering
Columbia ME	Columbia University—Mechanical Engineering
Cornell ME	Cornell University—Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Eindhoven ME	Eindhoven University of Technology—Mechanical Engineering
Georgia ME	Georgia Institute of Technology—Mechanical Engineering
Hong Kong ME	Hong Kong University of Science and Technology—Mechanical Engineering
Koç ME	Koç University of Science and Technology—Mechanical Engineering
Lehigh ME	Koç University—Mechanical Engineering
MIT ME	Massachusetts Institute of Technology—Mechanical Engineering
Northwestern ME	Northwestern University—Mechanical Engineering
NUS ME	National University of Singapore—Mechanical Engineering
METU ME	Middle East Technical University—Mechanical Engineering
Ohio State ME	The Ohio State University—Mechanical Engineering
Penn State ME	Penn State University—Mechanical Engineering
Princeton ME	Princeton University—Mechanical Engineering
Purdue ME	Purdue University—Mechanical Engineering
RWTH ME	RWTH Aachen University—Mechanical Engineering
Sabancı ME	Sabancı University—Mechatronics Engineering
Seoul ME	Seoul National University—Mechanical Engineering
Stanford ME	Standford University—Mechanical Engineering
Texas A&M ME	Texas A&M University—Mechanical Engineering
Texas Austin ME	The University of Texas at Austin—Mechanical Engineering
Tokyo ME	Tokyo Institute of Technology—Mechanical Engineering
Tsinghua ME	Tsinghua University—Mechanical Engineering
UFL ME	University of Florida—Mechanical Engineering
Illinois ME	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign—Mechanical Engineering
UMICH ME	University of Michigan–Ann Arbor—Mechanical Engineering
USC ME	University of Southern California—Mechanical Engineering
Wisconsin ME	University of Wisconsin-Madison—Mechanical Engineering
VT ME	Virginia Tech—Mechanical Engineering
Berkeley EEE	University of California, Berkeley—Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
Bilkent EEE	Bilkent University—Electrical and Electronics Engineering
BOUN EEE	Bogazici University—Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Columbia EEE	Columbia University—Electrical Engineering
Cornell EEE	Cornell University—Electrical and Computer Engineering
Eindhoven EEE	Eindhoven University of Technology—Electrical Engineering
Georgia EEE	Georgia Institute of Technology—Electrical Engineering
Hong Kong EEE	Hong Kong University of Science and Technology—Electronic Engineering
Koç EEE	Koç University of Science and Technology—Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Lehigh EEE	Koç University—Electrical Engineering
MIT EEE	Massachusetts Institute of Technology—Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
Northwestern EEE	Northwestern University—Electrical Engineering
NUS EEE	National University of Singapore—Electrical Engineering
METU EEE	Middle East Technical University—Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Ohio State EEE	The Ohio State University—Electrical and Computer Engineering
Penn State EEE	Penn State University—Electrical Engineering
Princeton EEE	Princeton University—Electrical Engineering
Purdue EEE	Purdue University—Electrical Engineering
RWTH EEE	RWTH Aachen University—Electrical Engineering, Information Technology and Computer Engineering
Sabancı EEE	Sabancı University—Electronics Engineering
Seoul EEE	Seoul National University—Electrical and Computer Engineering
Stanford EEE	Standford University—Electrical Engineering
Texas A&M EEE	Texas A&M University—Electrical and Computer Engineering
Texas Austin EEE	The University of Texas at Austin—Electrical and Computer Engineering
Tokyo EEE	Tokyo Institute of Technology—Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Tsinghua EEE	Tsinghua University—Electrical Engineering
UFL EEE	University of Florida—Electrical Engineering
Illinois EEE	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign—Electrical Engineering
UMICH EEE	University of Michigan–Ann Arbor—Electrical Engineering
USC EEE	University of Southern California—Electrical Engineering
Wisconsin EEE	University of Wisconsin-Madison—Electrical and Computer Engineering
VT EEE	Virginia Tech—Electrical Engineering
Berkeley CE	University of California, Berkeley—Computer Sciences
Bilkent CE	Bilkent University—Computer Engineering
BOUN CE	Bogazici University—Computer Engineering
Columbia CE	Columbia University—Computer Engineering
Cornell CE	Cornell University—Electrical and Computer Engineering
Eindhoven CE	Eindhoven University of Technology—Computer Science and Engineering
Georgia CE	Georgia Institute of Technology—Computer Engineering
Hong Kong CE	Hong Kong University of Science and Technology—Computer Engineering
Koç CE	Koç University of Science and Technology—Computer Engineering
Lehigh CE	Koç University—Computer Engineering
Northwestern CE	Northwestern University—Computer Engineering
NUS CE	National University of Singapore—Computer Engineering
METU CE	Middle East Technical University—Computer Engineering
Ohio State CE	The Ohio State University—Computer Science and Engineering
Penn State CE	Penn State University—Computer Science and Engineering
Princeton CE	Princeton University—Computer Science
Purdue CE	Purdue University—Computer Engineering
Sabancı CE	Sabancı University—Computer Science and Engineering
Seoul CE	Seoul National University—Computer Science and Engineering
Stanford CE	Standford University—Computer Science
Texas A&M CE	Texas A&M University—Computer Engineering
Tokyo CE	Tokyo Institute of Technology—Computer Sciences
UFL CE	University of Florida—Computer Engineering
Illinois CE	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign—Computer Engineering
UMICH CE	University of Michigan–Ann Arbor—Computer Sciences and Engineering
USC CE	University of Southern California—Computer Engineering and Sciences
Wisconsin CE	University of Wisconsin-Madison—Computer Engineering
VT CE	Virginia Tech—Computer Engineering