CONVERGENCE $2.99
Engineers360 Mobile Learning Platform
Convergence brings you a selection of content on how the Bio/nano/info/eco technological convergence is creating a paradigm shift in engineering as temporal and spatial boundaries fade.
You’ll get
- A brief synopsis providing a quick overview of technological change, digital, ICT and the Bio/nano /info convergences and their impact on engineering
- Embedded videos, blogs and other digital materials from the world’s leaders on how technological convergence is impacting engineering.
- An understanding of why President Obama is issuing a clarion call to American engineers and scientists to “out-innovate, out-educate, and out-build the rest of the world” while Dr A. P. J. Abdul Kalam is saying “Knowledge platforms” are needed to face current challenges and to create new vibrant and inclusive growth of the 21st century
- Access to videos/blogs of influential new thinkers such as Thomas Friedman who is arguing that under the influence of digital interconnectivity individuals rather than corporations spearhead globalization or Charles M. Vest, President Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NAE member who says relentless technological innovation and convergence is opening up the nano and mega frontiers in engineering.
- Tips on how these developments are giving momentum to an urgent need for engineering education reform and how you can keep on top of this and gain a competitive edge in engineering