Introduction: The Engineering Imperative for Business Leaders
As we celebrate National Engineers Week, we must ask: How can we do more to build the next generation of engineers? The U.S. faces a growing skills gap in STEM, jeopardizing our leadership in technology, innovation, infrastructure, biosecurity, and ultimately national security. U.S. business leaders must act now—investing in STEM education, public-private partnerships, and interdisciplinary engineering training is no longer optional; it is an imperative.
Gatun locks on Atlantic-side of the Panama Canal. The construction of these locks was one of the … [+] great civil engineering feats of the early twentieth century. Constructed by the Philadelphia-based company Day & Zimmermann. (Photo by: Photo12/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
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The Situation
The situation is of grave…