From Sustainable Engineering Education to Knowledge Transfer: A Preview

Abstract

Science, as discovery, reminds us to praise the Creator for the divine, implausible, magnificent beauty and intricacy of His Creations. Engineering, as invention, helps us to unfold the creations further by developing products using the existing materials and the forces of nature to serve humanity. To do so without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs, sustainable engineering concepts are required. Hence, the engineering education needs to anticipate and adapt itself to the socio-technological ever-evolving challenges in order to contribute towards the sustainability of the globe in an effective manner. A sustainable engineering curriculum would be one that is comprised of a good blend of engineering, scientific, technological knowledge, plus managerial, innovation, economic, communication, and more importantly ethical and moral knowledge and skills. This paper highlights the evolution of engineering education and emphasizes on the significance of ethics and moral values, managerial skills, emotional awareness, training and development, technopreneurship and knowledge transfer in engineering education.

https://doi.org/10.26803/MyRes.2018.13