A Curriculum for Engineering Systems

The role of the engineer in society is rapidly changing. Advances in such areas as manufacturing, transportation, infrastructure systems, materials, communications, and high performance computing have introduced new demands, opportunities, and challenges for engineers. What was a solitary endeavor at a computer, a drafting table, or a work site, has become a team activity. Today’s industry requires engineers with diverse interdisciplinary skills, a total systems viewpoint, entrepreneurial acumen, and an understanding of global forces in the marketplace. Above all, today’s engineers are expected to support and enhance our way of life by synthesizing increasingly complex engineering systems using methods that are socially, economically, and environmentally responsible.