Engineering Change Lab - USA

A catalyst for change within the engineering community, helping it reach its highest potential on behalf of society

Engineering Change Lab-USA (ECL-USA) is a catalyst for change within the engineering community, helping it reach its highest potential on behalf of society

We are living in a world that is facing an unprecedented combination of technological change…

and rapidly evolving societal needs, driven in large part by environmental imperatives. As this uncertain future unfolds, maintaining the status quo is not an option for the engineering community. The imperative for change and adaptation has driven the formation of ECL-USA.

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Summits

ECL-USA convenes two to three times a year to share perspectives, deepen our understanding of engineering’s emerging future, and to launch experiments and focused initiatives designed both to foster change across the entire engineering system from education to practice to research to licensure.

Upcoming Summits

Our Way Forward

Our way forward is through action inspired by the Engineering Change Lab-USA’s mission. ECL-USA was started in 2017, with the mission of becoming a catalyst for change within the engineering profession, by helping the profession reach its highest potential on behalf of society.

To achieve our mission, we will:

  • Bring together stakeholders, innovative thinkers, and change agents to explore and generate new knowledge about the role of engineering in an emerging future.
  • Self-organize as an independent (non-aligned) entity – complementing existing stakeholder organizations (professional societies and associations), not attempting to duplicate their efforts.
  • Become a communications hub, linking and sharing knowledge between stakeholders engaged in creating the future of the engineering community (profession).
  • Engage in and lead collaborative initiatives designed to transform the engineering community (profession) to help it thrive in an evolving world.

Recent News

ECL-USA Summit 9, The Engineering Ideas Institute

May 11, 2020

Out of respect for the uncertainty around potential health risks (including travel) and the uncertainty of our economy, Engineering Change Lab – USA (ECL-USA) has elected to offer ECL-USA Summit 9, The Engineering Ideas Institute, as a virtual experience. We will return to the in-person format for our future summits when conditions have stabilized. The Engineering Ideas Institute will be presented in four separate, four-hour sessions.
  • Session 1 – Wednesday, July 29, 2020, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM CDT, Technological Driving Forces: Social Impacts of Technology / Building Capacities for Stewardship of Technology
  • Session 2 – Thursday, July 30, 2020, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM CDT, Environmentally Responsible Engineering: Building Capacities for Leading ERE Work / Leading the Change
  • Session 3 – Wednesday, August 5, 2020, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM CDT, Diversity Challenges: Exploring Barriers and Enablers for Women and Under Represented Minorities in Engineering
  • Session 4 – Thursday, August 6, 2020, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM CDT, Public Policy: Enabling Engineering Leadership in the Public Policy Arena
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What Are We Learning?

April 16, 2020

An important development that is evident in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic is that scientists, for the most part, are leading the way in formulating the public policy responses to the pandemic. Scientists are not just in the background advising other leaders. They are in the public eye, serving a major role in communicating to the public the science behind the pandemic; the potential risks of infection; the statistical facts regarding the spread of the virus; the projections regarding the potential future impacts of the virus on people and on the health care system; and the scientific basis for staying home, social distancing, and wearing masks.... Read More
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