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Design Thinking Education of Engineers

Engineers are educated to solve well defined problems. A fundamental assumption for this
kind of solution finding is that problems are well defined. While there is a lot of problems
which meet these preconditions, there are a rising of number of problems which are
different: they are complex, wicked, with no obvious solution in sight.
Design Thinking is an approach to tackle this kind of problems. It is quite different from the
well-known engineering methods in many aspects. Teams are typically interdisciplinary,
solution cannot be find by following established engineering rules, the method is described
as a double diamond – the first exploring the problem, the second looking for a solution,
In this talk we present the status of the actual academic „mainstream“ education, the
requirements for future engineers, and the difficulties in changing the current mindset.