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Workshop Agenda
Engineering Curriculum Workshop: Understanding the Design Space
National Academy of Engineering: March 23rd - 24th, 2009
Day 1:
Plenary Session: (Lecture Room)
8:30 a.m. |
Opening Comments Charles M. Vest: President, National Academy of Engineering |
8:45 |
Comments of Organizing Committee Chair Eli Fromm: Drexel University |
9:00 |
Presentations by invited speakers with moderated discussion |
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Theme: How we arrived at the current curriculum Joseph Bordogna: University of Pennsylvania |
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Theme: A stretch vision for engineering education Woodie C. Flowers: Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
10:15 |
Break |
10:30 |
Theme: Engaging students through grand challenges Geoffrey Orsak: Southern Methodist University |
11:00 |
Panel Discussion: Curricular implications of emerging trends in engineering: 15-minute presentations followed by 30 minutes of moderated discussion |
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Theme: Engineering at the interfaces with other disciplines David Goldberg: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
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Theme: The engineer’s role in a global economy Norman Fortenberry: National Academy of Engineering |
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Theme: The engineer’s role in developing countries Benjamin Linder: Olin College |
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Theme: Teaching leadership within engineering Lesia Crumpton-Young: National Science Foundation |
12:30 p.m. |
LUNCH |
Breakout Sessions:
1:30 |
Overview of breakout sessions and expected outcomes |
1:45 |
Breakout sessions (identifying barriers and enablers to innovation) |
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Led by Barbara Olds, Colorado School of Mines |
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Led by Stan Napper, Louisiana Tech |
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Led by Deborah Hughes Hallett, University of Arizona |
3:45 |
Break |
4:15 |
Report back from Breakout Groups 10 minutes per group to allow for Q &A |
5:00 |
Adjourn Day 1 |
Day 2:
Plenary Session: (Lecture Room)
9:00 a.m. |
Summary of Day 1 |
9:15 |
Presentation by invited speaker with moderated discussion |
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Theme: Using the liberal arts model as a template for engineering education James J. Duderstadt: University of Michigan |
Breakout Session: (Board Room, 180)
10:15 |
Breakout sessions (overcoming barriers to innovation, developing implementation strategies, and identifying information resource needs) |