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I have read two articles describing the future of engineering. The former one introduced the grand challenges for engineering, while the latter one explained how the world is expanding for engineers. I prefer the latter one, which told us the world is offering more chances to our engineers.
Engineers are trained to systematically analyse complex sets of information and to apply systems and critical thinking in designing solutions. With these kind of positive attributes, engineers are able to meet the need of various careers. As the world economy diversifies, careers choices for engineers are also widen. Engineers are around every corner of our society. from manufacturing sectors to associated sectors, then to service sectors, we can see the scope of engineers has been broadened. The reason why engineers are so widely employed is engineers represent a kind of workforce that do not afraid of new technology but embrace and thrive on it. It is just the quality which most factories, companies, organisations and even nations require.
Challenge are always together with chances. 14 grand challenges such as global warming, the increasing need of clean water, energy, food, information security, are introduced in the first article. All the challenges above are global and extremely important. However, they are jobs left for engineers to solve. The great challenges await for engineers reflects indirectly the importance of engineers. As our society improves, engineers are going to play a more important role in the world.