21st Century Engineering: A Roadmap to the Future

该项目将探索工程研究，教育和实践的新范式，以满足21世纪全球知识驱动社会的需求。一个由技术领导者组成的多方利益相关者团队将作为指导小组，通过研讨会和访谈相结合的方式，为工程的未来制定和评估新的愿景。 该项目将评估最近在美国和国外的努力，重新思考工程研究，教育和实践的各个方面，既要为愿景工作提供信息，又要收获那些与美国工程新愿景最清晰的方面。特别是，它将把行动议程与最近的努力联系起来，如NAE的美国工程研究能力评估委员会和2020年工程师研究以及竞争力理事会的国家创新倡议。为实现这些愿景，将制定一个路线图框架，与国家科学院、联邦政府、高等教育和工业等其他团体的平行努力密切协调。 将采取初步措施，在政府、工业和教育部门的领导人中建立必要的认识和支持。将特别注意作出更大胆和更有效的努力，吸引我国人口中更广泛的阶层从事工程职业。 该项目将在最基本的层面上探索工程研究和实践的变化特征，这可能会推动工程教育的革命。 该项目将解决我们国家面临的最关键问题之一：如何产生新的工程知识和人力资源，以维持国家在技术创新方面的领导地位，这对我们未来的繁荣和安全至关重要。

This project will explore new paradigms for engineering research, education, and practice that address the needs of a 21st century global, knowledge-driven society. A multi-stakeholder team of technology leaders will be used as a guidance group in the development and assessment of new visions for the future of engineering, using a combination of workshops and interviews. The project will evaluate recent efforts both in the United States and abroad to rethink various aspects of engineering research, education, and practice, both to inform the visioning effort, and to harvest those aspects that align most clearly with new visions for engineering in America. In particular, it will link an action agenda to recent efforts such as the NAE's Committee to Assess the Capacity of U.S. Engineering Research and the Engineer of 2020 study and the Council on Competitiveness's National Innovation Initiative. A road-mapping framework will be developed for moving toward these visions, coordinating closely with parallel efforts from other groups such as the National Academies, the federal government, higher education, and industry. Initial steps will be taken to build the necessary awareness and support among leaders in government, industry, and education sectors. Particular attention will be paid to developing bolder and more effective efforts to attract broader segments of our population into careers in engineering. This project will explore at the most fundamental level the changing character of engineering research and practice that is likely to drive a revolution in engineering education. This project will address one of the most critical issues facing our nation: how to generate the new engineering knowledge and human resources necessary to sustain the nation's leadership in technological innovation so key to our future prosperity and security.