The 21st-Century Engineer: A Proposal for Engineering Education Reform

Abstract

This month the ASCE Press will publish The 21st-Century Engineer: A Proposal for Engineering Education Reform, by Patricia D. Galloway, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, the chief executive officer and chief financial officer of the Nielsen-Wurster Group, Inc., and a former president of ASCE. In her book Galloway contends that the existing system for educating engineers must change, and she proposes a new master’s degree in professional engineering management. In this groundbreaking manifesto Galloway explains the global changes that are leaving many engineers unprepared and outlines a proposed master’s program—a master of professional management. Chapters 7 and 8 are excerpted here.