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Engineering: At the centre of society - The IET 

Outline Engineering is at the centre of society. Engineering has shaped the way that we live and the world that we live in. But there is no doubt that ... engineering has contributed to some of the most pressing problems faced by society. The most critical of these is climate change, the result of our use of carbon-based energy in transport, homes and industry. Tackling these problems requires engineering ingenuity and skill. It requires the individual engineer to be at the centre of society, focusing on the practical, pressing problems of today. The challenge for engineer is to find ways of reducing our energy consumption and to produce energy by means that minimise the production of greenhouse gases and limit other negative environmental effects. The engineer of the future will be required to develop a broad set of skills to tackle these issues – both the technical skills to produce engineering solutions and a wider set of skills to understand the issues facing society. In this lecture,   [More...] [Less...]