Drawing the Connections Between Engineering Science and Engineering Practice

Abstract

A need has emerged in the curriculum for more teamwork experience, for the development of better communication and critical thinking skills, and for the acquisition of specialized knowledge. A focus on the processes by which problems are solved has served our discipline well and can continue to serve us if in the classroom we make appropriate connections between fundamentals and engineering practice; the change implied need not require a wholesale revamping of the curriculum, nor of individual professors teaching styles.