Framework for Integrating Project-Based Learning, Experience and Practicein Professional Graduate Education for Engineering Leaders in IndustryLeading to the Professional Engineering Doctorate and Fellow Levels

摘要

This is the third of four papers prepared for a special panel session of the National Collaborative TaskForce on Engineering Graduate Education Reform. The paper formulates a very creative approach andframework for postgraduate professional education that fosters the continuous development of the U.S.Engineering workforce in industry concurrently with engineering practice for technological innovation.The framework integrates innovative project-based learning, progressive experience, self-directedlearning, and graduate studies concurrently with engineering practice. The framework is specificallydesigned to foster growth beyond the professional master’s level, leading to the professional Doctor ofEngineering and Engineering Fellow for senior career development of engineering leaders. The intent isto build clusters of postgraduate professional education across the country in partnership with industrythat strengthens U.S. innovative capability for continuous technology development and competitiveness.