goal 1: to transform our undergraduate engineering education into an “experience” that creates a...
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Societal Engineering and the
Entrepreneurial MindsetBuilding the First Year Experience
Boston University College of Engineering
Dr. Jonathan RosenMarch 30, 2012
Goal 1: To transform our undergraduate engineering education into an “experience” that creates a “Societal Engineer “ ensuring opportunity, passion, and ambition for innovation, leadership, and life-long impact.BU College of Engineering Strategic
Plan
EK 131 Putting Technology to Work• How to have good ideas• How ideas become
innovations• How innovations impact
society
Curricular
Technology Chronology
Leadership and Team Simulation:Everest
• Imagineering Laboratory• “Clean App Your
Neighborhood”• Innovation Seminar Series • Summer internships
Co-curricul
ar
• Engineers Without Borders• Engineering Design
Competition• $50k Business Plan
Competition
Extra-curricul
ar
Where we go from here…
Modify and add additional EK 131 modules
Online access to BU Grand Challenges Seminar Series for DCN and eventually all KEEN schools .
Shift First Year Curriculum towards design training.
First year training for TISP participation in years 2-4.
Connect EK 131 with SI 480 experience.
Preparation for Concentration in Innovation.
Proud to be part of KEEN!
http://www.bu.edu/eng/
http;//www.cleanappneighborhoods.org
Thank you!