Explores how we judge engineering education in order to effectively redesign courses and programs that will prepare new engineers for various professional and academic careers * Shows how present approaches to assessment were shaped and what the future holds * Analyzes the validity of teaching and judging engineering education * Shows the integral role that assessment plays in curriculum design and implementation * Examines the sociotechnical system's impact on engineering curricula

John Heywood is a Professorial Fellow Emeritus of Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin. He was awarded the best research publication award of the Division for the Professions of the American Educational Research Association in 2006 for his book "Engineering Education: Research and Development in Curriculum and Instruction" published by Wiley/IEEE. He is co-author of Analysing Jobs- a study of engineers at work. His other publications include three books on Assessment in Higher Education. He is a Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education and a Life Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers.

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