Title :
Turning students into inventors and entrepreneurs: the continuing evolution of a course on Invention and Design
Author :
Mehalik, Matthew M. ; Richards, Larry G. ; Gorman, Michael E.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng. & Appl. Sci., Virginia Univ., Charlottesville, VA, USA
Abstract :
In 1994, a multi-disciplinary faculty team developed a course on Invention and Design at the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Virginia. This course has been taught every year since, and has undergone significant changes in that time. In this paper, we focus on the new projects and opportunities resulting from our association with the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA). We also discuss the challenges we have faced in trying to maintain an interdisciplinary, team-taught project based course in an era of limited resources and often conflicting demands.
Keywords :
design engineering; educational courses; engineering education; Invention and Design course; National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance; University of Virginia; continuing evolution; entrepreneurs; interdisciplinary team-taught project based course; inventors; students; Aerospace engineering; Communications technology; Design engineering; Education; Educational institutions; Product design; Psychology; Switches; Technological innovation; Turning;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education Conference, 1999. FIE '99. 29th Annual
Conference_Location :
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5643-8
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.1999.839113
