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


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In her book The 21st Century Engineer: A Proposal for Engineering Education Reform, Patricia D. Galloway, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, contends that the existing system for education 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 may engineers unprepared and outlines a proposed master’s degree program, master of professional management. Chapters 7 and 8 are excerpted in this article.


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By Patricia D. Galloway, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, the chief executive officer and chief financial officer of the Nielson-Wurster Group, Inc., and a former president of ASCE.

 

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