The future of engineering

Abstract

Technology is an increasingly important component of our existence and a determining factor in the evolution of society. Engineers are main drivers of both the development and application of technology, but is the engineering profession reflecting the rate at which both the nature of the work and the requirements on the education required to support it are changing? This article examines a limited aspect of this question in the form of a scenario, and points to some likely consequences for the work identified as engineering in the next couple of decades.