Free ticketed event
In 2004, the National Academy of Engineering published “The Engineer of 2020: Visions of Engineering in the New Century,” which urged the engineering profession to recognize what engineers can build for the future through not just technical jobs but also a wide range of leadership roles in industry, government, and academia.
It’s now 2021. Where do we go from here?
Join us as we explore positioning engineering education in preparing the next generation of engineers – the “Engineers of the 2030s.” The Town Hall Planning Committee has been engaged in a visioning process for systematically developing the “Engineers of the 2030s” framework, and has come up with the following eight discussion topics:
• Being stewards of the profession
• Engineering a more just world
• Engineering as meaningful and purposeful
• Engineers as ethical authorities in a technological society
• Engineers as mentors/instructors/coaches
• Rethinking sustainability
• The engineers of the 2030s versus the engineers of 2020
• The ever-evolving and multifaceted engineer
Additional details regarding these topics can be found in our abstract: https://tinyurl.com/2021ASEETownHall.
This session will open with brief statements pertaining to the chosen topics and proceed directly to a set of hands-on, parallel breakout sessions for sharing suggestions and generating ideas designed to focus the discussions toward generating proposed lists of actionable items. Individuals identified during the Town Hall will be asked to apply their skills, knowledge, and expertise to these action items in crafting deliverables for guiding future efforts in support of the Engineers of the 2030s initiative. These deliverables will be shared with the ASEE membership and also provided to the National Academy of Engineering.
The Interdivisional Town Hall has been an exciting way for us to un-silo our communities and work together across the entire ASEE membership in advancing engineering education. Please join us this year to share your thoughts and ideas!
Interdivisional Town Hall Meeting Planning Committee:
• Mahesh Aggarwal
• Atsushi Akera
• Lynn Albers
• Sharana Basaweshwara Asundi
• Maureen Barcic
• Jenna P. Carpenter
• Alan Cheville
• Jennifer Cole
• Phil Cornwell
• John K. Estell
• Eliza Gallagher
• Jamie R. Gurganus
• Timothy Hinds
• Susannah Howe
• Amardeep Kaur
• Alison Kerr
• Rebecca Komarek
• Micah Lande
• Bala Maheswaran
• Mehrube Mehrubeoglu
• Beshoy Morkos
• Shannon L. Isovitsch Parks
• Sarah Ilkhanipour Rooney
• Blake Stringer
• Joe Tranquillo
• Denise A. Wetzel