Panel Discussion • Universitas Paramadina’s Faculty of Engineering
On March 9, 2026, Deaa Bataineh joined an international panel at Universitas Paramadina’s Faculty of Engineering Curriculum Workshop, contributing as a strategic conversation on the future of engineering education. The workshop brought together academic leaders and industry experts across Indonesia and the international community to rethink how curricula must evolve in response to artificial intelligence, complex systems, and shifting modes of production.
At the center of the discussion was a critical question: What kind of engineers must be formed today—and how should education enable that formation? The Discussion revealed four capabilities of future graduates: visual thinking, computational thinking, design thinking, and critical thinking. Drawing from his work on Strategic Choice-Making©, Deaa positioned design not as a supporting discipline, but as a core capability—one that enables engineers to move beyond optimizing within constraints toward shaping the systems, infrastructures, and futures they operate within.
The workshop reflects a broader shift already embedded in Paramadina’s 2026 curriculum vision—integrating computational, design, and visual thinking as foundational capacities across disciplines (as outlined in the curriculum framework). It also highlights a growing global movement: from Chicago to Jakarta to Jordan, design is increasingly operating at the level of institutions, systems, and education itself—reshaping how knowledge is structured, taught, and applied in complex, interconnected worlds.
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