Teaching creativity in engineering

Creativity education in engineering is an ongoing critical issue for universities, in the sense that it helps meet the expectations for professional engineers, as well as completes the intellectual development of individuals. However, the importance of implementing creativity education in the classroom has not been fully recognized. In this paper we reviewed recent publications in this regard, attempting to dissect what creativity means to engineers, and how they can overcome the blocks to creativity. Having comprehensively explored the creative process, we suggested an operable tool based on Treffinger's creative learning model that can be implemented in a classroom setting to facilitate creativity.