What does it mean to be a global engineer?

12/1/2011

This is the question we will explore in our CLE² class over the coming months. We posed the question to our class this week, and are now reading and thinking about this question. Teachers and students, please post your thoughts on what this means to you. Do we all have the same idea?

18 Comments

Bolaji

12/8/2011 11:39:48 am

I tend to think of engineering as working in the lab developing tools, products, or other items. In that sense, a global engineer is someone who thinks about the global market while developing. Some examples that first come to mind are: the application green energy. How to aide in reducing global warming. The ease of understanding/usage in other countries. Possible benefits for both first and 3rd world countries.

Ana

12/12/2011 01:53:12 pm

I tend to think of a global engineer as someone who can work with and for other people. Whether it's your customer or your colleague, a global engineer will have people who come from a different culture and background to interact with, and they need to be able to effectively communicate in order to get the job done. Empathy and understanding for others is one of the major hallmarks of a global engineer.

Satoru

12/14/2011 10:27:35 am

I think global engineer is someone who can think about people or problem in other countries.
And try hard to solve the problems use by a technology and communicate with other country people.

Kenji

12/14/2011 10:29:23 am

I tend to think of a global engineer who can think about other people, other country to keep up evolution. Not your town only.

Taka

12/14/2011 10:30:44 am

I think of a global engineer as somebody who can work with foreign people and help each other.

Kurumi

12/14/2011 10:36:32 am

I think a global engineer as making a useful things and helping our life and solve a problem.

Sarah Forbes

12/14/2011 10:43:19 am

I think a global engineer is an engineer who thinks globally, meaning they think about similarities between peoples and nations in terms of common challenges and human culture, and they also explore and appreciate differences between people and nations, including inequality of access to resources, knowledge and wealth. Global thinking enables engineers to be creative in how they solve problems and sensitive in their interaction with people from different backgrounds and cultures.

Yusuke

12/14/2011 10:43:21 am

I tend to think of a global engineer as someone who use the ability acquired effectively in working and interacting with other people using foreign languages. It is important to know well each other at first, otherwise we cannot make good things.

Yuka

12/14/2011 10:47:07 am

I think a global engineer is someone who makes something for the world. Also they solve a problem for example, global warming, environment and disaster etc.

Kaede

12/14/2011 10:47:09 am

I think a global engineer is someone who works for making our life better. Even if we Japanese work in Japan countryside, if it is for making something for the better world I think that is one of the global engineers, not only someone who work in a big city or overseas.

shogo

12/14/2011 10:47:12 am

I guess global engineers are helping people in other countries and they are always looking to solve global problems.
Also global engineers produce something to help countries by meeting other global engineers.

Kosei

12/14/2011 10:50:10 am

I agree with Ana because before working with other people from different country,they should know about each other.Then we can know about what their thinking. So I think that is the best way to be a global engineering.

Kaito

12/14/2011 10:50:34 am

I think of a global engineer as somebody who can work with foreign people and help each other.And give the technology to help developing another country.

Mami

12/14/2011 10:50:52 am

I think global engineer can help someone who have the big problem in the world
because they can discuss deeply with each other.
For example: How do solve about the problem? What the main problem? What is the biggest problem?....

Junya

12/14/2011 10:57:17 am

I think it means people who can work in a team and share ideas. When engineers are making something, they should help each other. So they need to have communication to have good relationship.

Koki

12/14/2011 10:57:24 am

I think a global engineer is someone who work with other country people to grow up each other and help each other. Also I think we need communication skill to work with them.

Kento

12/14/2011 11:10:49 am

I tend to think of a global engineer as someone who can think about world problems.
for example, global warming or the water crisis.
In japan we don't think about water.
So let's think about it.

shunta

12/14/2011 11:12:06 am

I think global engineers help developing countries because global engineers know that how can make something also they make something easily so they can help the country's economy develop easily. For example, a solar panel.

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