The Future Trend of the Electronics Engineering Technology ProgramsOver The Next Decade

摘要

Presently, the dynamic nature of the electronic industry is posing challenges toelectronics engineering technology (EET) programs to keep pace with the explosive anddisruptive changes in the electronics field. The urgency to establish new directions forET education becomes more critical each day as industry and society processes becomemore mediated by electronics devices and systems. During the past century electronicshas evolved from the basic methodology of electrical signal modification, transmission,and re-conversion for useful human sensory perception to a mediating technology that isat the core of most human activity. The fuzzy disciplinary boundaries, the ubiquitous andcovert nature of electronics technology’s influence on human processes create greatdifficulty for EET educators in identifying the future directions of the program of study.Today, these boundaries are dissolving rapidly and therefore confusion is rampant in theability of educators to layout sustainable EET curriculum directions that confidentlyaddress the future workforce needs of industry and society. The focus of this paper is toillustrate the whole process of road mapping to create new program focus areas in thefield of electronics and closely related fields that yield employment to our graduates intothe new emerging technological disciplines.