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

Volume

1

fYear

1999

fDate

10-13 Nov. 1999

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education Conference, 1999. FIE '99. 29th Annual

Conference_Location

San Juan, Puerto Rico

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5643-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.1999.839113

Filename

839113