Panel Discussion: Innovation in Civil Engineering Education for Future Ready Civil Engineers

As AI and other advanced technologies promise to redefine the practice of civil engineering, so must education redefine itself for the profession. The 2021 Civil Engineering Education Summit Action Plan outlined several priority actions to align education with the future needs of the profession, including holding regular forums for exchange and dissemination of plans for change. Promoting innovation from the grassroots level is critical to address challenges facing civil engineers to create a more sustainable, resilient, and equitable world.
This session will explore how ASCE and EWRI are working to attain the objectives put forward at the 2019 Civil Engineering Education Summit:
• Elevating professional skills to the same level as technical skills
• Reimagining the domain of civil engineering
• Attracting more diverse individuals to the profession through inclusive and equitable practices
• Fostering an ongoing dialog between academia and industry
Learning Objectives
Participants will be able to:
• Describe the Civil Engineering Education Summit Action Plan and actions that can be taken by groups and individuals to advance these objectives across the profession;
• Give examples of innovations taking place now in classrooms and in extra-curricular activities to engage students in envisioning the built environment of the future through tools such as ASCE’s Future World Vision; and
• Recognize actions from the Action Plan already in progress and results they have demonstrated.