Opportunity at the Bottom of the Pyramid: A Faculty Development Program to Prepare the Global Engineer

工程学--其他(59)越来越多的工程学课程开发了创新的教育课程，为学生创造和部署低成本、对环境和社会有益的解决方案做好准备。通常，这些项目使用体验式方法为学生提供开发技术的机会，以满足地理、文化和经济上不同客户的需求。该项目将为致力于这一领域工作的教职员工提供培训和支持，但需要获得更多资源和拥有相似愿景的人的网络。该项目将开发并提供一个研讨会，为教师提供关键信息和资源，以开发、实施和增强专注于设计突破性技术并将其商业化的项目，这些突破性技术以经济和环境可持续的方式满足人类的基本需求并缓解环境问题。该项目解决了工程教育这一新兴领域的几个重要需求：1)为教员提供了一种分享和学习教育创新最佳实践的机制；2)根据经验丰富的同事的信息和反馈，提供了实际机会来制定课程和实施战略；以及3)评估了这些活动对教学和课程的影响，包括在大学和外地实施教育创新的成功和挑战。

Engineering-Other (59)A growing number of engineering programs have developed innovative educational programs to prepare students to create and deploy low-cost, environmentally and socially beneficial solutions. Often, these programs use experiential approaches to provide students with opportunities to develop technologies that will meet the needs of geographically, culturally and economically diverse customers. This project will provide training and support to faculty who are committed to doing work in this area, but need access to additional resources and a network of people who share a similar vision. The project will develop and offer a workshop to provide faculty with key information and resources to develop, implement, and enhance programs that focus on designing and commercializing breakthrough technologies that address basic human needs and alleviate environmental problems in an economically and environmentally sustainable way. The project addresses several significant needs in this emerging area of engineering education: 1) a mechanism for faculty to share and learn about best practices in educational innovations; 2) a hands-on opportunity to develop curricula and strategies for implementation based on information and feedback from experienced colleagues; and 3) an evaluation of the impact these activities have on teaching and curriculum, including the successes and challenges of implementing educational innovations in the university and in the field.