Lean engineering education : driving content and competency mastery / Shannon Flumerfelt, Franz-Josef Kahlen, Anabela Alves, Anna Bella Siriban-Manalang.

Recent studies by professional organizations devoted to engineering education, such as Vision 2030 (ASME) and Vision 2025 (ASCE), highlight the need for the restructuring of engineering education. Deficiencies of many engineering graduates include poor systems thinking and systems analysis skills, l...

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Main Authors: Flumerfelt, Shannon (Author), Kahlen, Franz-Josef (Author), Alves, Anabela (Author), Siriban-Manalang, Anna Bella (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : ASME Press, [2015]
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Summary:Recent studies by professional organizations devoted to engineering education, such as Vision 2030 (ASME) and Vision 2025 (ASCE), highlight the need for the restructuring of engineering education. Deficiencies of many engineering graduates include poor systems thinking and systems analysis skills, lack of sensitivity for sustainability issues, poorly developed problem solving skills and lack of training to work in (multi- disciplinary) teams, as well as a lack of leadership, entrepreneurship, innovation, and project management skills. The book's contents include an analysis of current sh.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 126 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781606508268
1606508261
9780791861356
079186135X
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.