Teaching Engineers To Handle Uncertainty

One of the greatest challenges in engineering education is preparing students to handle the realities of their post-graduate workplace including challenges such as dealing with uncertainty and estimating data. This paper discusses the importance of educating engineering students to handle uncertainty and providing them with the appropriate tools to do so. Ongoing research is being conducted to develop educational materials to educate engineering students about the effects of uncertainty and how to handle uncertain data. The research plan is presented along with a literature review in this area.