Fostering Flexibility in the Engineering Work Force

Committee on Skill Transferability in Engineering Labor Markets

• 1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 1. Background; 4 2. Workshop on National Needs and Technological Change: Fostering Flexibility in the Engineering Work Force; 5 3. Findings; 6 4. Conclusions; 7 5. Next Steps; 8 Commissioned Papers; 9 National Needs and Technological Change: A Background Paper; 10 The Relevance of Career-Long Education to Creating and Maintaining an Adaptable Work Force; 11 Evidence of Adaptability in the Labor Market for Engineers: A Review of Recent Studies; 12 Adaptability of the Engineering Work Force: Information Available from the Bureau of labor Statistics; 13 Adaptability in Chemical Engineering; 14 Nuclear Engineering Case Study; 15 Adapting to Computer Science