Task Force Members

1. Vision 2030 Mechanical Engineering Practice and EducationTask Force Progress Report2009 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Education ConferenceHilton Head Island, South CarolinaMarch 28, 2009

2. Robert Warrington, Chair Michigan Tech Allan Kirkpatrick Colorado State Scott Danielson Arizona State Bob Laurenson Boeing (ret) Frank Kulacki University of Minnesota Bill Wepfer Georgia Tech Cynthia Stong Boeing Richard Smith RPI Pat McGuire 3M Steve Wendel Sinclair Community College Alice Agogino UC Berkeley Roxanne Engelstad University of Wisconsin Karen Thole Penn State Joe Sussman Deloitte & Touche Larry Wolf Oregon Institute of Technology Sonia Moin ASME Tom Perry ASME Task Force Members

3. Draft Report Outline • Introduction – mission, goals, guiding principles and assumptions • Background – the significant work done in the past • The ME Profession –what ME’s should know and be able to do • 4. Challenges and Opportunities –the needs of the 21st century • 5. Current Assessment of ME education - what our constituents are doing • 6. Teaching and Learning Methodologies – how we are teaching our students • 7.Curricula and Outcomes for the 21st Century – task force recommendations

4. 1. Introduction - Goals • Defining core capabilities - what are the knowledge, skills and abilities that mechanical engineering graduates should have to be globally competitive in the 21st century ? • Promising curricular models - How can mechanical engineering education curricula provide graduates with the needed expertise for successful professional practice ?

5. NSF, 2007, The 5XME Workshop: Transforming ME Education and Research ASME, 2008 Global Summit on the Future of Mechanical Engineering Duderstadt, 2008, Engineering for a Changing World NAE, 2008, Changing the Conversation Crawley, 2007, Rethinking Engineering Education: The CDIO Approach. ASCE, 2008, Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge for the 21st Century 2. Background – Recent leading reports and books

6. 3. The Mechanical Engineering Profession • What should mechanical engineers know and be able to do? • - The characteristics of the ME profession that differentiate it from other engineering professions • - Mechanical engineering practice today and in the future Energy, mechanisms Nano, bio, …

7. 4. Challenges andopportunities • – What are the needs and grand challenges of the 21st century? • - What is the mechanical engineer’s role in meeting these grand challenges ?

8. Challenges and Opportunities Engineering Skills for Collaboration and Global Competitiveness Energy Environment Human Health Leveraging Computational Power and Simulation Multi-scale Systems Security and Risk Reduction Sustainable Urban Infrastructures Clean Water

9. 5. Assessment of ME Education • - What are our constituents doing ? • Input from ME Dept Heads, faculty, Deans, ASME early career engineers, government agencies, employers • - Some preliminary results

12. 6. Teaching and learning methodologies - Examination of traditional and innovative engineering education practices - Undergraduate and graduate education: similarities and differences - Differences between technical knowledge (what) and procedural knowledge (how) - Case studies of successful educational strategies and programs

13. 7. Recommendations – curricula and outcomes for the 21st century • The features and characteristics of an ME education to provide needed knowledge, skills, and practice • Using new technologies in engineering curricula--design, computing, communication, • Best practices for incorporating innovation, creativity, globalization, sustainability, systems integration, leadership, and management. • Outreach to students, public, accreditation and governmental agencies