Fellows Make Statements of Commitment at National Academy of Engineering, Washington D.C.
Ten University Innovation Fellows flew to DC this week and made a statement of commitment to organize students on their campus to address the Grand Challenges. These statements were delivered at a workshop entitled ‘Educating Engineers to Meet the Grand Challenges’ held at the National Academy of Engineering in Washington D.C. on May 1, 2014 (apologies for the grainy video).
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The meeting was designed to identify best practices for preparing students to address the Grand Challenges. The meeting included a keynote address by Tom Kalil, Deputy Director for Technology and Innovation White House Office of Science & Technology Policy as well as panel discussion and breakout sessions with Academic, Program, Industry and Student Leaders. The intended result was a consortium of engineering schools committed to sharing practices for providing their students/members with an engineering education that includes elements such as learning through service, global perspectives, practical applications, entrepreneurship, and aspects of policy and human behavior.
Convening organizations:
National Academy of Engineering
http://www.engineeringchallenges.org
http://www.grandchallengescholars.org
Engineers Without Borders USA
http://www.ewb-usa.org
Epicenter’s University Innovation Fellows Program
http://epicenter.stanford.edu and
http://www.dreamdesigndeliver.org
EPICS
https://engineering.purdue.edu/EPICS
For more information about this event, visit http://www.nae.edu/102159.aspx
