Infusing Real World Experiences into Engineering Education (2012)

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Suggested Citation: "Infusin g Real World Experiences into Engineering Education - List of Nominated Programs." National Academy of Engineering. 2012. Infusing Real World Experiences into Engineering Education. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18184.

Infusing Real World Experiences into Engineering Education—List of Nominated Programs

Quality programs that infuse real world experience into engineering education can be found throughout the United States. Following are the programs nominated but not selected as models for this report, and who provided permission to be listed.

Lead Institution: Project Name, Website (if available)

Baylor University: A Multi-Faceted Strategy at Baylor University to Produce Entrepreneurial Engineers

Boston University: Societal Engineer, http://www.bu.edu/eng/about-us/societalengineer/education/

Brigham Young University: Integrated Product and Process Design, http://capstone.byu.edu

California State University, Los Angeles: Professional Practice Program, http://www.calstatela.edu/academic/ecst/professional_practice/

California State University, Sacramento: The California Smart Grid Center – Helping make Smart Grid a reality, www.ecs.csus.edu/CASmartGrid

Colorado School of Mines: YouTube Fridays, http://rheology.mines.edu/Teaching.html

Columbia University: Senior Design Course in Biomedical Engineering,

http://www.bme.columbia.edu/pages/academics/undergrad/senior_design.html

Columbia University: Engineering Better Human Health in Africa, http://www.cuewb.org/projects/ghana/about

Cornell University: Integration of Simulation Technology into Engineering Curricula, http://confluence.cornell.edu/display/simulation

Dartmouth College: ENGS 89/90 Engineering Design Methodology and Project Initiation/Completion, http://engineering.dartmouth.edu/academics/courses/engs89/

Drexel University: weServe Program, www.drexel.edu/weServe

Drexel University: PIRE: A 3-tier Infrastructure to Advance Humanoid Research, http://dasl.mem.drexel.edu/pire/

Duke University: Engineers for International Development and the Duke Chapter of Engineers Without Borders, http://ewb.pratt.duke.edu/ and http://deid.pratt.duke.edu/

Duke University: Devices for People with Disabilities, http://bme260.pratt.duke.edu/

Duke University: Engineering World Health Summer Institute, http://ewh.org/index.php/programs/institutes

Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering: SCOPE (Senior Capstone Program in Engineering), http://scope.olin.edu

Gannon University: Scholars of Excellence in Engineering and Computer Science (SEECS), www.gannon.edu/seecs

Georgia Institute of Technology: The InVenture Prize, https://inventureprize.gatech.edu/

Georgia Institute of Technology: Industry Focused Senior Design at Georgia Tech ISyE, www.isye.gatech.edu/seniordesign

Johns Hopkins University: Longitudinal Design Teams, http://eng.jhu.edu/wse/cbid/page/cbid_undergraduate

Louisiana Tech University: Living with the Lab, www.livingwiththelab.com

Michigan State University: Cornerstone Engineering / Residential Experience (CoRe), http://www.egr.msu.edu/residential

Middle Tennessee State University: Industry projects to facilitate classroom learning, http://www.mtsu.edu/et/

Massachusetts Institute of Technology: The Beaverworks Program – Collaboration and Innovation in Real World Design–Build Capstone Projects

New Jersey Institute of Technology: Concrete Industry Management (CIM), http://engineeringtech.njit.edu/academics/cim/

New York Institute of Technology: NYIT-Intrepid Design Competition, http://www.nyit.edu/intrepid

Northeastern University: The Gordon Undergraduate Engineering Leadership Program, www.northeastern.edu/gordonleadership

Northwestern University: Global Health Technologies, http://www.cight.northwestern.edu/education/index.html

Ohio Northern University: Incorporation of Poverty Alleviation in Third World Countries in a First-Year Engineering Capstone Course, http://www2.onu.edu/~k-reid/

Ohio University: Designing to Make a Difference, http://www.ohio.edu/mechanical/design/

Ohio University: Global Consulting Project-Argentina, http://cob.ohio.edu/gcp

Penn State University - Wilkes-Barre Campus: Developing a High Altitude Balloon program at Penn State Wilkes-Barre, http://www.personal.psu.edu/axl17/HAB.htm

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology: Back in Black: Multifaceted Curriculum Development, http://sdmines.sdsmt.edu/sdsmt

St. Ambrose University: Program for Assistive Technologies for the Underprivileged, www.engineeringpatu.blogspot.com

Temple University: Senior Project I and II, http://vader.eng.temple.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/ENGR-4296-Syllabus-.pdf

The Ohio State University: Multidisciplinary Engineering Capstone Design Program, http://eeic.osu.edu/capstone

Suggested Citation: "Infusin g Real World Experiences into Engineering Education - List of Nominated Programs." National Academy of Engineering. 2012. Infusing Real World Experiences into Engineering Education. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18184.
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