一个由美国国家工程院组建的跨专业委员会,提出了工程界在21世纪将面临的十四大挑战。美国国家科学院出版社于2008年发表了这一重要论断。该委员会由世界各国当代最有成就的18位工程师和科学家组成。他们没有按重要性对这些挑战排序,也没有就如何应对这些挑战进行引导。按这个委员会的判断,他们选择的挑战既是可战胜的,也是可持续的,可助力人类不断向前 A cross-disciplinary committee set up by the U.S. National Academy of Engineering sets forth the fourteen major challenges engineering will face in the 21st century. The National Academy Press published this important assertion in 2008. The council consists of 18 of the most accomplished contemporary engineers and scientists of all countries in the world. They did not rank these challenges by importance, nor did they guide them on how to deal with those challenges. At the committee’s discretion, the challenges they choose are both decisive and sustainable and can help keep humanity moving forward