Training Engineers for Innovation /

Throughout history, engineers have been defined as those who bring technological innovation to society. However, the concept of innovation and the role of the engineer are now changing as a result of globalization, the digital revolution, growing inequalities and environmental concerns. Training Eng...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Lemaître, Denis (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London, UK : Hoboken, NJ : ISTE, Ltd. ; John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2018.
Series:Innovation, entrepreneurship and management series.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Innovation Design and Expectations toward Training. From Technological Innovation to Situated Innovation: Improving the Adaptation of Engineering Training to the Societal Challenges of the 21st Century / Emmanuel Cardona Gil, Linda Gardelle, Brad Tabas
  • Responding to an Event: Innovation of the Contemporary Engineer? / Frédéric Huet, Hugues Choplin, Isabelle Cailleau, Pierre Steiner
  • Innovation within Companies: Changes and Impacts on Our Student Engineer Training Models / Christiane Gillet, Klara Kövesi
  • Skills and Competencies for Innovators: New Priorities and Requirements for Engineering Graduates / Klara Kövesi, Péter Csizmadia
  • New Skills and Adaptation to Training Systems. The Training of Innovators between Skill Acquisition and Construction of an Individual Socioprofessional Identity / Tiphaine Liu
  • Innovation Training and Entrepreneurship in French Engineering Higher Education Institutions: An Investigation of the Commission des Titres d'Ingénieur / AnneéMarie Jolly, Julie Nolland
  • Determinants of Skill Matching among Young Hungarian Engineers / Péter Csizmadia, Zsuzsanna Veroszta
  • Pedagogies of Innovation. Swimming with Sharks without Being Eaten: How Engineering Students can Learn Creativity, Entrepreneurial Thinking and Innovation / Claudius Terkowsky, Tobias Haertel, Anna-Lena Rose, Liudvika Leisyte, Dominik May
  • Engaging with Heritage to Promote Innovative Thinking in Engineering Management Education / Jane Andrews, Robin Clark
  • How Do Graduate Engineering Schools Train for Innovation? Study of the Curricula of Three French Schools / Denis Lemaître, Christophe Morace
  • Developing Methods and Programs for Teaching Innovation to Engineers: Toward Eco-Innovation? / Catherine Adam, Serge Coco
  • Conclusion: Perspective: Engineering Training, from Yesterday to Tomorrow.