Educating the Engineer for the 21st Century: Proceedings of the 3rd Workshop on Global Engineering Education (Hardcover, 2001)

Part I: Role of the Global Engineer in Meeting the Challenges of Society in the 21st Century. Review of the visions for the Global Engineering Education Workshops; F.W. Stephenson. The role of the Global Engineer - A European view; T. Hedberg. The Asian view on the role of the Global Engineer; V.S. Raju. An American viewpoint on engineering education; P. Kurstedt. Part II: Internationality and Interdisciplinarity. New demands on engineers - Paths in education leading to professional qualifications; M. Reuber, F. Klocke. Developing leaders for technology intensive companies - The UNITECH International story; P. Bascherma, N. Rickert. Challenges of a Virtual University Campus: University policy as a consistent system; M. Polke. Interdisciplinary training of engineers - A challenge between superficiality and overspecialization; Y.J.M. Brechet. Part III: Engineering Education in Emerging Economies. Present engineering education in India - an emerging economy - and a glimpse of scenario in the 21st century; R.N. Bhargawa. Lebanon as an engineering educational center in the Middle East; S.M. Chehade. Part IV: European Bachelor and Master Programmes. The new engineering bachelor programmes in Italy and at Politecnico di Milano; R. Negrini. Restructuring a University level engineering curriculum - A possible response to the Bologna declaration; A. Kundig. An American opinion of the European adaptation of the B.S./M.S. degrees; S.S. Melsheimer. Part V: Developing Personal Skills to be a Global Engineer. The young entrepreneur's experience or: `What can universities do to make of a student a successful Global Engineer?'B. Richerzhagen. Students' international perspective; M. Puttner. Part VI: Successful Practice in Engineering Education &endash; Programmes, Curricula and Evaluation. Engineering the future of civil engineering in the United States; S.G. Walesh. Three years of experience with an international graduate program at TU Munchen; J. Hagenauer, et al. Future developments of the European Mineral Programs. Teaching control engineering to mechanical engineering students by a combination of traditional and modern methods; H. Rake. Biomedical engineering education: A case study; M.M. Rao. Quality management &endash; How to manage education and research in a research institute; T. Pfeifer, L. Sommerhauser. Attracting the next generation of students; D. Brandon. Part VII: Successful Practice in Engineering Education &endash; Educational Concepts. Learning inventive thinking in the formation of engineer-architects; J. Depuydt. Acquiring the tools to become a successful engineer in the 21st century: Aptitudes and attitudes; E. Esposito, E. Sigler. Interdisciplinary curriculum for development of a global engineer; V. Sinha. A multi-university engineering summer study abroad program; R.L. King, et al. INTEGRAL &endash; a web-based tool to support learning in interdisciplinary teams; M. Rotting. An international collaborative networked venture for mobile communication studies; V. Sinha, B.H. Walke. A virtual classroom and more for global education; V. Sinha. Part VIII: Successful Practice in Engineering Education &endash; University-Industry Partnership, Design Projects. Northern Arizona University's Design4Practice sequence &endash; Interdisciplinary Trainin