Knowledge Of Contemporary Issues Held By Engineering Students

The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) has ruled that students should have a knowledge of contemporary issues. Today, engineering is conducted on a global scale and is becoming very important for the US as well as the whole world. Therefore, every student should pursue knowledge of contemporary and past information regarding various engineering issues. This paper presents the level of understanding of typical contemporary issues held by the engineering students. The data may be used to compare and measure the level of contemporary issues held by the students of different engineering schools. This is a detailed study report of an investigation of students at two levels. The findings show quite different perceptions held by graduate and the undergraduate students. Nevertheless, the knowledge of contemporary issues may be less vital for engineers at the beginning of their career than at a later stage of their professional development. This is also mentioned in the analysis section included in the paper.