Engineering 50 Years From Today, livre ebook

Since opening its doors in 1874, Purdue University’s College of Engineering and its graduates have been at the forefront of technological breakthroughs and are now poised to lead the next generation of engineers in the United States and around the globe. Featuring more than twenty-five essays from former Boilermakers, Engineering 50 Years From Today both celebrates the program’s 150th anniversary and looks ahead, exploring what the field of engineering might look like half a century from now. Leading luminaries from Purdue’s engineering community, including prominent university professors as well as innovators working in the private sector, reveal how technologies related to everything from biotech and nanotechnology to space exploration and AI could be harnessed to create a more sustainable and equitable future for all. The book also features brief essays from elementary school students who foresee a world in which engineering solves issues such as climate change, enables deep-space travel, and even cures certain human diseases. These young voices, along with those of successful Purdue alumni, offer a fascinating glimpse into the potential technological, social, cultural, and political challenges of the twenty-first century and what tools engineers might use to address them.

Preface
1 Superengineers: A Student’s Thought Process, by Kevin Boes
2 The Image Processing Magicians at Purdue and the Future of Visual Engineering, by Al Bovik
3 150 Years of Purdue Engineering—And the Next 50 Years? How Fortunate That I Have Lived the Last 70 Years!, by Weng C. Chew
4 Our Engineered Future, by Ms. Rosa and Her Class 5 An Engineer’s Journey into the Future, by Kara Cunzeman
6 The Next 50 Years, by Juan M. de Bedout
7 Engineering the 2075 Future of Air Transportation: Faster and Cleaner, by Daniel DeLaurentis
8 Engineering 50 Years from Today, by Kenzie*
9 Industrial Engineers Are Poised to Transform America’s Economy, by Sue Ellspermann
10 The Future Engineer: Navigating the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Design and Innovation, by Steven Gattman
11 From Heraclitus to Hypersonics, by Reed Geiger
12 Engineering 50 Years from Today, Eva*
13 Manufacturing the Future: A 50-Year Outlook on Aero/Astro Engineering from a Purdue Grad, by Daniel Gillies
14 Engineering in 50 Years: The Evolution of Innovation and Education, by Yaerid Jacob
15 Engineering 50 Years from Today, by Piper*
16 Educating the Engineer of 2075, by Leah H. Jamieson
17 T2, the Formula for Engineering the Future: A Boilermaker’s Journey from Shop Floor to
Global Stage, by Keith Krach
18 Engineering 50 Years from Today, by Autumn*
19 Preserving Public Trust in Technology, by Ron M. Latanision
20 The Future Is Physical: Engineering Intelligence into the World, by Yang Lei
21 Engineering 50 Years from Today, by Atlas*
22 Engineering 50 Years from Today: A Journey of Curiosity, Teamwork, Risk-Taking, and Lifelong Learning, by Dave Li
23 The Space Rush: A Rush for Resilient and Sustainable Habitation and Industrialization on Earth and in Space, by Ajay P. Malshe
24 Engineering 50 Years from Today, by Kambrie*
25 An Incomplete Story of Engineering Past, Present, and Future, by Kiernan McCullough
26 The Second Law of Geopolitics, by Colin Michael McGonagill
27 Engineering 50 Years from Today, by Brently*
28 The Constants of Purdue Engineering, by Abigail Mizzi
29 Purdue Treasures: Reminders of a Legacy of Excellence, by Becky Mueller
30 Engineering 50 Years from Today, by Ella*
31 Shaping the Future of Engineering, by Maitri Pandya
32 Civil Engineering in 50 Years: Driven by Technology toward a Sustainable Future, by Kumares C. Sinha and Samuel Labi
33 Engineering 50 Years from Today, Nayeli*
34 How the Supply Chain–Trained Industrial Engineer Will Power the Future, by James A. Tompkins
35 Do We Need Software Engineers in 2075?, by Boon-Lock Yeo
36 Engineering in the Next Half Century: Enabling, Human-Centric, and Trustworthy, by Yannis C. Yortsos
About the Editor
*Essays from Mrs. Lehman’s class