National Science Foundation:
Revolutionizing Engineering Departments
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Electrical & Computer Engineering
Breaking the Binary
California Polytechnic State University
2023
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This revolutionary project will involve both students and faculty in a process of transforming the Computer Engineering (CPE) department at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, and potentially engineering education as a whole, through rejecting binaries or dualisms commonly used to create hierarchies in engin ...
Reinventing the Instructional and Departmental Enterprise (RIDE) to Advance the Professional Formation of Electrical and Computer Engineers
Iowa State University
2016
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Electrical and computer engineering (ECE) technologies have evolved from simple electronics and computing devices and tools to complex systems that profoundly change the world we live in. Designing these complex systems requires not only technical knowledge and skills but also new ways of thinking a ...
Revolutionizing Roles to Reimagine Integrated Systems of Engineering Formation
Colorado State University
2015
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The current engineering educational system fails in two fundamentally critical ways. First, students who have the desire and aptitude to become accomplished and productive engineers are abandoning the discipline in startling numbers. Second, students who graduate are frequently not prepared for the ...
Enabling Convergence in Undergraduate Engineering through Structural Change
Bucknell University
2020
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Today's world faces emerging economic and environmental challenges. From a historical perspective one of the most effective ways the nation has addressed such challenges is through investing in the development of new technologies. Such investment is not just in machines and methods, but also include ...
Radically Expanding Pathways in the Professional Formation of Engineers
Virginia Tech
2016
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The world is embracing a new type of engineer - a design thinker who is innovative, flexible, and collaborative. This project aims to transform the offerings of a traditional engineering department with a new curriculum model that emphasizes design and innovation approaches, offering students a vari ...