The experiences carried out at the Polytechnic of Turin starting from the 90s of the last century show that even in Italy, albeit late, it was decided to make the training of engineers culturally and socially sustainable. The introduction of human sciences courses in the curricula of future engineers is however only a first step to take, because it is necessary to review the “engineering paradigm” in the light of the new challenges of contemporary society. The digital revolution has changed the scientific and professional profile of the technician. Also, the more traditional industrial engineer, that which deals with machines and mechanisms, must recover new cultural values in order avoid being reduced to a role of subsistence. Mechanical engineering must redesign its epistemological statutes trying to propose above all on the cultural level the importance of the material essence of technological products in a society that tends to become more and more virtual. Future challenges and perplexities about some solutions till today adopted are here analyzed to open a new debate, especially among professionals.
Beyond the Mechanical Engineering Education. New Frontiers for a Sustainable Growth
Mechan. Machine Science
International Workshop IFToMM for Sustainable Development Goals ; 2021 November 25, 2021 - November 26, 2021
2021-10-14
6 pages
Aufsatz/Kapitel (Buch)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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