Science, Technologies, Innovations №1(25) 2023, 30-36 p

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http://doi.org/10.35668/2520-6524-2023-1-04

Kiryukhin M. M. — PhD in Physics and Mathematics, Senior Researcher, President of Union of scientific and engineering societies of Ukraine, 21, Sichovykh Striltsiv Str., Kyiv, Ukraine, 04053; +38 (044) 272-42-85; info@snio.org.ua; ORCID: 0000-0001-6017-4043

ENGINEERING LITERACY

Abstract. The UN project “17 Sustainable Development Goals” pursues the goal of a guaranteed solution to the problem of hunger, providing clean water and the like for the entire population of the Earth. The brief terms of this project (only 15 years) reinforce the responsibility of the main team, namely engineers. The qualification of any engineer will increase if he/she acquires additional knowledge in other technical areas in addition to the main profession. A compulsory educational program called “Engineering Literacy” (EL) is offered. It is planned that the EL will describe the main sectors of modern engineering. The same format is provided for the description of each technical sector under the heading, for example, the Space Industry Section, or the Nuclear Energy Section, or the Construction Sector Section, etc. The difficulty of each of the sections should be at the level of a high school graduate. Other requirements for each section are discussed in more detail in the article. As a demonstration, the article presents a preliminary short version of the Section “Nuclear Energy. Lessons from the past to avoid mistakes in the future”.

Keywords: UN SDG, Engineering Literacy, Science Literacy, Space Industry, Construction Sector, Brief description of the Section.

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