Offshoring and the Future of U.S. Engineering: An Overview. U.S. engineers are now in competition with low-wage engineers in developing countries. Engineering as a profession in the United States and other developed nations may soon face a crisis. As a result of sophisticated telecommunications and the digitization of engineering work processes, increasing portions of engineering work can be done without close proximity to particular persons, places, or other processes. In principle at least, this work can be done anywhere in the world that has access to (1) global telecommunications networks and requisite software packages and (2) adequately trained personnel. Undergraduate engineering students in relatively advanced developing nations, such as India and China, follow a curriculum roughly comparable to the one taught in developed nations.
Thus, even as barriers to performing conventional engineering work remotely are eroding, a global pool of conventionally trained engineers is growing. Offshoring Engineering GM is not alone, however. Responses. Welcome To Combined Cycle Journal. Engineering ToolBox. Information Bridge: DOE Scientific and Technical Information - Home Page. Engineers Edge - Design, Engineering & Manufacturing Solutions.
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