As yet undecided: Does ‘engineer’ in the title limit acceptance of systems engineers?

Does the word ‘engineering’ limit the acceptance of SE to traditional domains and product-centric efforts, meanwhile excluding soft systems practitioners and applications? The panelists and participants will share perspectives on how systems engineers can be better integrated into the broad spectrum of global challenges. Would a new discipline title better convey our ability to participate and contribute productively to fields of endeavor outside science and technology? How can we communicate the message that engineering and engineers are more flexible than implied by traditional stereotypes? This panel is made up of persons who have been examining the role and attributes of systems engineers and will offer suggestions about how their research and observations lead them to address this question.