The Current Situation of Engineering as a Profession

The current engineer is expected to interact with themselves, their clients, owners,
customers, constructors, manufacturers and other implementers (Walesh, 2012.) An example of
interactions of Engineering as a profession in during current times would be a client or a
consumer hiring an engineer to conduct research or to design a project.
A survey was conducted by ASME to predict the profession of engineering for the next
ten to twenty years. The predicted cutting edge fields would be Energy, Biomedical and
Nanotechnology (Kosowatz, 2012). This survery was taken after the Fukushia neuclear. The
neuclear disaster might have shifted public opinion towards renewable energy (Kosowatz, 2012).
However it is true that the areas which were identified for increased knowledge enhanceent are
in renewable energy and solar/wind (Kosowatz, 2012).
Whether an engineer is of the previous era or of today comunication is important.
Engineers need to use a combination of written and body language to bring across their point.
There is emphasis in convincing people through writing. The use of mathematics, listening
visuals, writing and speaking makes an effective comunicator (Walesh, 2012). This conincides
with the survey done by ASME which shows one of the increasingly desirable skills to revolve
around communication. However the survey does show that the most important skill as a
engineer is in fact communication (Kosowatz, 2012).
However the most important skill set needed for an engineer of today and the future
would be globalization and managment (Kosowatz, 2012). Tese two skills go together because in
order to maintain a team of engineers that deal with issues globally, both understanding
globalization and management is needed (Kosowatz, 2012).

Kosowatz, J. (Ed.). (2012, August 1). A Look at Engineering as a Profession. Retrieved

September 22, 2015.
https://www.asme.org/engineering-topics/articles/workforce-development/a-look-at-engineeringas-a-profession