Exporting America: First Technologies, Then Engineering Management Skills, What’s Next? A Case Study From An Engineering Education Perspective

This paper presents the results of our research on the process of exportation from an engineering education perspective. Our research uses the Chinese engineering market as an example, focuses on the changes of market demands at various development stages in terms of technologies, engineering personnel, and engineering management skills. From an engineering education standpoint, we view the exportation model as a process of knowledge transfer at different levels. This paper demonstrates our findings based on the statistics we collect through our research. Finally, we attempt to predict what the next market demand is in this exportation model, and try to give our suggestions as to what engineering educators can do to keep our engineering professionals on the competitive edge.