Resources

General

National Academy of Engineering. 2004. The Engineer of 2020: Visions of Engineering in the New Century. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: https://doi.org/10.17226/10999.

Remodeling science education, David Hestenes, European Journal of Science and Mathematics Education Vol. 1, No. 1, 2013. http://scimath.net/articles/11/112.pdf

 2012 Talent Shortage Survey Research Results, Manpower Group, 2012.

http://www.manpowergroup.us/campaigns/talent-shortage-2012/pdf/2012_talent_shortage_survey_results_us_finalfinal.pdf

 

Mathematical modeling

http://www.causascientia.org/math_stat/Tutorial.pdf

http://proxy.furb.br/ojs/index.php/modelling

http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/manish.nandi-569200-mathematical-modeling-and-its-application/

Mechatronics

https://www.asme.org/engineering-topics/articles/mechatronics/mechatronics-and-the-role-of-engineers

http://www.me.utexas.edu/~longoria/me340/leks/notes/WhoOwnsMechatronics_MEMag_June2008.pdf

http://forecasting.tstc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Mechatronics-TSTC_Forecast-2007.pdf

Online education

S. Badjou and R. Dahmani, "Current Status of Online Science and Engineering Education," Journal of Online Engineering Education, Vol. 4, June 2013. http://www.onlineengineeringeducation.com/joee_v4n1a3.pdf

S. Badjou, "Development and Implementation of a Hybrid Model for Integrating Online Learning in Interdisciplinary Engineering Design Courses," Journal of Online Engineering Education, Vol. 2, December 2011. http://www.onlineengineeringeducation.com/joee_v2n2a3.pdf

U.S. Department of Education, Office of Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development, "Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning: A Meta-Analysis and Review of Online Learning Studies," Washington, D.C., 2010. http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/ED505824.pdf

 
I. E. Allen and J. Seaman, “Changing course: ten years of tracking online education in the United States, Babson Survey Research Group, January 2013. http://www.onlinelearningsurvey.com/reports/changingcourse.pdf

J. Bourne, D. Harris, and F. Mayadas, “Online engineering education: Learning anywhere, anytime,” Journal of Online Education, January 2005. www.jee.org/2005/january/253.pdf

I. E. Allen and J. Seaman, "Going the Distance Online Education in the United States," Babson Survey Research Group, Babson College, November 2011. http://www.babson.edu/Academics/centers/blank-center/global-research/Documents/going-the-distance.pdf

A Mayadas et al., “Online education today,” Science 323, pp. 85–89, January 2009. http://www.sciencemag.org/content/323/5910/85.abstract