EP 20: What If We Rethought Engineering Education?

What if engineering education were designed around what engineers actually need to do in the real world? In this episode of the workforce series, Shon Anderson sits down with Dr. Brian Tande, President of South Dakota Mines, to explore what engineering education could look like if we moved beyond traditional knowledge transfer and focused more on professional formation, experiential learning, and creating real-world value. They discuss why students need opportunities to work on real problems before they graduate, how AI is changing the role of both engineers and universities, why technical knowledge alone is no...