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Engineering Education and Engineering Education and Practice for the Global CommunityPractice for the Global Community

Preparing Preparing THETHE Civil Engineer Civil Engineer

of the Future of the Future

Jeffrey S. Russell, Ph.D., P.E. (Chair, CAP^3)

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Vision for Tomorrow

• A better prepared engineer• More agile, flexible, global, and

competitiveA profession that attracts, retains,

and develops a diverse student body where students find relevance, meaning, and significance in the quest to improve the human condition.

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A Profession*A Profession*A Profession*A Profession*

Body of KnowledgeBody of Knowledge

Ethic of Ethic of Professional ServiceProfessional Service

OrganizationOrganization

* Lawson, W.D. (2004). “Professionalism: The Golden Years.”Journal of Professional Issues in Engr (ASCE).

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Body of

Knowledge

Knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to become a licensed professional civil engineer.

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BOK – The BOK – The BIGBIG Picture Picture

1. Fundamentals -- math, science, and engr science.

2. Technical breadth.

3. Breadth in the humanities & social sciences.

4. Professional practice breadth.5. Specialization (Technical

depth).

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Technical core

Life-long learningEngineering tools

Communication

Contemporary issues

Professional & ethical standards

Impact of engineering

Experimentation

Design

Inter-disciplinary teams

Engineering problems

Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge

Specialized area of civilengineering

Project management,construction, and asset mgmt.

Business & public policy

Leadership

TECHNICAL PROFESSIONAL

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BOK Profile

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The Body of Knowledge (BOK) necessary to enter the practice of civil engineering at the professional level in the future is beyond the scope of the traditional 4-year bachelor’s degree

and required experience.

The “Bottom Line”

Problem Statement

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“It is evident that the exploding body of science and engineering knowledge can not be accommodated within the context of the traditional four year baccalaureate degree.”

“The baccalaureate degree should be recognized as the “pre-engineering” degree . . . ”

Educating the Engineer of 2020The National Academy of Engineering, 2005

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Vision of Full Vision of Full Realization of PS 465Realization of PS 465

Body of Specialized Knowledge

Licensure

More Experience

and Lifelong

Learning and Possibly Specialty

Certification

Practice of CE at theProfessional Level

BaccalaureateEducation

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ExperienceExperience

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Information and Knowledgeable Points of Contact

For more information visit the ASCE website

www.asce.org/raisethebar

If you have questions or comments, please contact

Jeff Russell: 608-262-7244 russell@engr.wisc.edu

Stu Walesh: 219-464-1704 stuwalesh@comcast.net

Tom Lenox: 800-548-2723 tlenox@asce.org

www.asce.org/www.asce.org/raisethebarraisethebarwww.asce.org/www.asce.org/raisethebarraisethebar

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Selected Global Trends• Global Economy

– ~50% of the world’s population entered the market economy in the last ~10 years

– Increasingly competitive at all technology levels

• Demographic changes– Aging population, declining birth rates in developed

countries– Will drive pressures for students and workforce

• Technology revolution– Revolutionary innovation is occurring in all scientific

and technological fields– Driven by accelerating exponential growth rate of IT

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IT Future Trends

• Everything will become connected– Devices, systems, machines, business processes, even

networks

• Digital technology is making transactions ‘smarter’– Tiny processors see, listen, and pass messages to one

another in sensor networks

• Digital technology is spawning new technical areas and creating new sub-industries– Molecular-level drug design, genomics – gene diagnostics

and therapies

Implications: continuing culture changes

Source: W. B. Arthur, Fortune, Nov. 2003 “:P. Saffo, Inst. for the Future

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Global Environmental Issues

• Global warming• Energy supplies• Population pressure• Other resource limitationsAll are major engineering challenges

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Role of U.S. Research Universities

• The standard of living and economic growth of a nation is proportional to the education of its population

• R&D investment and economic strength are strongly correlated

• Technology and energy are the industries of the 21st Century

• U.S. research universities have become the basic research labs of the nation

Source: C. R. Barrett, 2004 NAE Annual Meeting

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International Competition in Higher

Ed• International competition in higher education and to U.S. research universities is increasing– Nations want to keep their best and brightest at home

• Countries in the EU created the Bologna Accord– All research universities in countries in the EU, and other countries

in Europe, will offer a three-year B.S., two-year M.S. and a PhD by January 2010

– All courses will be taught in English

• China’s strategic intent: create 10 world-class research universities by 2010– Last year universities in Asia graduated ~six times as many

students with Bachelor’s degrees in engineering as U.S. universities did

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Attributes of Engineers in 2020: NAE View

• Strong analytical skills• Practical ingenuity• Creativity• Good communication skills• Understand business and management• Understand principles of leadership• High ethical standards• Professionalism• Dynamic, agile, resilient, and flexible• Lifelong learners

Source: “The Engineer of 2020” NAE