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These are two basic pics of the car. The right is when we had a hole in our boiler :( and the left is with a new boiler (thanks to Pete!)
Professor David Lange, Associate Dean Charles Tucker, and Dean Ilesanmi Adesida welcome participants and guest speakers to the September 25 Workshop on the First Year of Engineering.
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Dr. Brian Storey, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, presents on "The Origin and Evolution of Olin College's First Year Engineering Curriculum." September 25, 2008.
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Dr. Stephen Carr, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Engineering, Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science at Northwestern University speaks on "Growing Into a Thinking Engineer: Two Courses for Freshmen at Northwestern University." Thursday, September 25, 2008
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In this iFoundry video, from the Inquiries on Education Seminar Series, Russell Korte talks about the transition from school to workplace for graduate engineers.
Russell Korte is an iFoundry Fellow from Human Resource Education, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
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A recently published Carnegie Foundation study of engineering education describes and analyzes both typical and exemplary approaches to teaching and learning engineering at the outset of the new century. It addresses the major questions of what engineering education looks like and how it prepares practitioners by exploring what lies inside the “black box” of preparation for the engineering profession. These questions are addressed in ways that will assist educators, students, university leaders, and practicing engineers to prepare future engineers more effectively. The study also provides an important point of linkage to foster an exchange of insights and best practices among and between disciplinary fields, and both graduate and undergraduate programs.
Educating Engineers: Designing for the Future of the Field is the final report from the Foundation’s study. As the Senior Scholar at the Foundation and lead author of the report, Professor Sheppard will describe the dominant model of engineering education, outline improvements to better align educational practices with the needs to today’s engineering professionals, and propose an alternate (and fairly radical) model suggested by new understanding of how people learn. Ample time will be allotted in the session for Q&A, and discussion.
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The Department of Physics at the University of Illinois has a long tradition of innovation in undergraduate education. From PLATO (the first computer based learning system) to Tycho (web-based homework employing the Socratic method), to Peer Instruction with i>clickers, we have continually led the development and implementation of the best instructional practices for large-enrollement introductory physics courses. The tradition continues with our most recent innovation— prelectures. These short (
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