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The changing workforce and technology needs of a global knowledge economy are changing engineering practice demanding far broader skills. Importance of technological innovation to economic competitiveness and national security is driving a new priority for application-driven basic engineering research. Challenges such as out sourcing and off shoring, decline of student interest in STEM careers, inadequate social diversity, and immigration constraints are raising serious questions about the adequacy of current national approach to engineering. This resource is a supplemental presentation to MERE Online resources S0800661 and S0800664.

Disciplines:

• Science and Technology  / Engineering