Revolution Trend of Undergraduate Engineering Education in the US

The development of the global engineering education has been led by the revolution of undergraduate engineering education in the US. By reviewing the research and practice of US engineering education revolution in the recent three decades, this paper finds that the overall trend of the undergraduate engineering education in the US is to transform from scientific orientation to engineering design orientation. This trend highlights the importance of engineering design and engineering design education, which provides the engineering education in China with fruitful thoughts.