About two years ago, Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s Engineering , Sc카지노 게임 컬렉션88, MASc카지노 게임 컬렉션90, PhD카지노 게임 컬렉션98, sat down for a conversation with Stephen Smith, Sc카지노 게임 컬렉션72, LLD카지노 게임 컬렉션17, the co-founder and executive chairman of and namesake of the at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s.
It was one of several meetings Mr. Smith had had with leadership at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s. But it was at this meeting that something pivotal happened 카지노 게임 컬렉션 something that would set in motion a series of events that would culminate in a seismic shift for the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science.
Dr. Deluzio had been thinking big about what the future of engineering education at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s might look like, and he wanted to share his thoughts with Mr. Smith.
Looking back, Mr. Smith remembers how compelling Dr. Deluzio카지노 게임 컬렉션s vision was. Mr. Smith was already considering a significant donation to Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s Engineering, but by the end of that first meeting, he was beginning to think it wasn카지노 게임 컬렉션t enough. 카지노 게임 컬렉션It was clear that the Dean had put a lot of work into what he thought was required to take engineering education not only to just a top Canadian standard, but to a top global standard. He was very convincing.카지노 게임 컬렉션
Dr. Deluzio remembers that first meeting as quite open and frank. Along with chatting about his vision, he and Mr. Smith talked about everything from their similar humble upbringings to the opportunities that their Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s Engineering educations opened for them.
카지노 게임 컬렉션I remember both of us saying that when we went into engineering, we weren카지노 게임 컬렉션t sure exactly what it was or where it would lead,카지노 게임 컬렉션 says Dr. Deluzio with a laugh. 카지노 게임 컬렉션But it turned out to have a profound effect on both of us.카지노 게임 컬렉션
For Mr. Smith, it was both the technical and problem-solving skills that he picked up as an electrical engineering student that were huge. Especially, he told Dr. Deluzio, when he went to start First National, now one of Canada카지노 게임 컬렉션s largest non-bank mortgage lenders. Not only did that education help him develop the mortgage software that would underpin First National카지노 게임 컬렉션s early success, but it also taught him the power of perseverance.
카지노 게임 컬렉션Problem-solving is a big aspect of engineering,카지노 게임 컬렉션 he said, 카지노 게임 컬렉션and engineers are good problem-solvers.카지노 게임 컬렉션
There카지노 게임 컬렉션s no nonsense with engineers, he added. No drama. You give an engineer a tough challenge, and they카지노 게임 컬렉션ll work as hard as they can to solve it.
Dr. Deluzio leaned forward. It was exactly those problem-solving and perseverance skills that he wanted to focus on helping Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s engineering students build. As he told Mr. Smith that day, the world is rapidly changing, and the problems engineers tackle are increasingly complex ones 카지노 게임 컬렉션 think about questions of climate change and energy alone. Dealing with these issues still requires the technical know-how central to any engineering program, but they also demand empathy, leadership, and the ability to work across disciplines and cultural boundaries.
카지노 게임 컬렉션We need to graduate engineers who understand the social implications of their work,카지노 게임 컬렉션 he said.
This wasn카지노 게임 컬렉션t an idea Dr. Deluzio had arrived at all on his own. Over the past few decades, there has been a growing recognition that engineering education needs to incorporate more socially relevant material, more independent and multidisciplinary thinking, and more experiential, real-world learning. And indeed, the schools now widely thought of as the world leaders in engineering education 카지노 게임 컬렉션 places like the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Olin College of Engineering, Aalborg 카지노게임사이트, Delft 카지노게임사이트 of Technology, and 카지노게임사이트 College London 카지노 게임 컬렉션 have been expanding these elements into their engineering programs.
Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s Engineering itself has integrated aspects of these elements across the Faculty, most notably in its expanded internship program., and through a call to enhance multi-disciplinary learning in the Faculty카지노 게임 컬렉션s Strategic Plan. But as Dr. Deluzio told Mr. Smith in that early conversation, and others that would follow, there was a desire to do much more: they wanted to truly re-imagine engineering education at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s and become one of those pre-eminent engineering schools that puts the human at the centre of it all.
Mr. Smith카지노 게임 컬렉션s response: 카지노 게임 컬렉션Well, what would a true transformation look like, and what would it take to get there?카지노 게임 컬렉션
Over the next two years, Dr. Deluzio worked with a small internal team to build a vision, keeping Mr. Smith updated along the way. In February of this year, Mr. Smith called Dr. Deluzio to give him the good news: he was ready to make a precedent-setting gift to Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s Engineering.
카지노 게임 컬렉션You카지노 게임 컬렉션re very persuasive,카지노 게임 컬렉션 he told Dr. Deluzio. 카지노 게임 컬렉션And I believe in this vision and your leadership to pull this off.카지노 게임 컬렉션
카지노 게임 컬렉션A big part of this transformation is going to be about making sure students understand that engineering isn카지노 게임 컬렉션t just about building widgets; it카지노 게임 컬렉션s also about understanding the social implications of their work.카지노 게임 컬렉션
His gift: $100 million. It is the the largest gift given to engineering education in Canada by a factor of four. In recognition of that generosity, Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s Engineering became the , or Smith Engineering for short.
Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor , Sc카지노 게임 컬렉션97, MASc카지노 게임 컬렉션99, PhD카지노 게임 컬렉션02, was part of the small team at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s who helped answer Mr. Smith카지노 게임 컬렉션s questions and build the framework for what this re-imagined engineering education might look like. He is also the DuPont Canada Chair in Engineering Education Research and Development. It카지노 게임 컬렉션s tough to articulate just how transformational this gift will be, he says. 카지노 게임 컬렉션This gives us a chance to really rethink what an engineering program is about and best prepare our students to tackle these complex, open-ended challenges the world is facing.카지노 게임 컬렉션
Dr. Frank is quick to point out, however, that this rethink won카지노 게임 컬렉션t be done by a small group of people at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s. There will be implementation teams to guide the process, he says, and the input of faculty, students, staff, alumni and the wider Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s community will be key.
카지노 게임 컬렉션That카지노 게임 컬렉션s the only way this is going to work,카지노 게임 컬렉션 he says.
So where do they all start? Dr. Frank says the Smith Engineering community will collectively build a vision for implementing the four pillars of this transformation: problem-based learning, competency-based learning, experiential learning, and human-centred learning. Each will be incorporated at the course, program, and Faculty-wide levels over the next 10 years.
Problem-based learning (PBL) is all about giving students the chance to focus on real-world problems throughout their four years, says Dr. Frank. As he and the academic implementation team saw on a recent visit to Denmark카지노 게임 컬렉션s Aalborg 카지노게임사이트 카지노 게임 컬렉션 one of the leading PBL schools in the world 카지노 게임 컬렉션 integrating realistic problems from Year 1 not only helps students develop the skills to actually solve them, but also boosts motivation. Like at many engineering schools, the first-year engineering program at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s is front-end loaded with a lot of math and science fundamentals before students understand why that knowledge is important, says Dr. Frank. 카지노 게임 컬렉션That can be tough for that student who comes in wanting to make a real difference in that world.카지노 게임 컬렉션
카지노 게임 컬렉션This is a great opportunity to engage women카지노 게임 컬렉션, says Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s Mechanical and Materials Engineering Professor , Sc카지노 게임 컬렉션88, MASc카지노 게임 컬렉션91, PhD카지노 게임 컬렉션00. She is also on the academic implementation team. 카지노 게임 컬렉션One thing we know from the literature and experience is that presenting engineering as an application, as a problem to be solved, is much more attractive to women than presenting it as a tool,카지노 게임 컬렉션 she says. 카지노 게임 컬렉션So, as the , I카지노 게임 컬렉션m really hoping that by taking this problem-based approach, we are also helping to recruit and retain women in engineering.카지노 게임 컬렉션
The second pillar, competency-based learning, is about re-thinking how program goals are communicated and assessed. Right now, as in most Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s programs, engineering students usually need 50 per cent in each course to pass. But students don카지노 게임 컬렉션t receive feedback on how they are progressing in developing key skills, and sometimes struggle to articulate those skills to employers. 카지노 게임 컬렉션It카지노 게임 컬렉션s entirely possible for an engineering student to pass their courses and still have skills gaps by the time they graduate,카지노 게임 컬렉션 says Dr. Frank. 카지노 게임 컬렉션A competency-based approach would minimize those gaps and ensure students graduate with all the skills we believe they need to thrive as an engineer in the 21st century.카지노 게임 컬렉션
Experiential learning is the third pillar and will focus on giving students opportunities for deeper engagement and experience with industry. This will mean more internships, summer jobs, and exchange opportunities outside of Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s, but it will also mean bringing more industry-relevant projects into the classroom. 카지노 게임 컬렉션We do all of this to some extent now, but I think we can do it a lot more and a lot more deliberately across Smith Engineering,카지노 게임 컬렉션 says , Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s Mechanical and Materials Engineering Professor and Department Head. He is another member of the academic implementation team.
As Dr. Pilkey saw during the team카지노 게임 컬렉션s visit to Delft 카지노게임사이트 of Technology in the Netherlands recently, engaging the local community can be especially helpful in engaging students.
카지노 게임 컬렉션There are so many opportunities in Kingston for partnership 카지노 게임 컬렉션 the business community, the municipality, Utilities Kingston, beyond 카지노 게임 컬렉션 and we could bring this right into the new curriculum,카지노 게임 컬렉션 he says.
The fourth pillar, human-centered learning, makes explicit what카지노 게임 컬렉션s at the core of this entire transformation and the other three pillars: a human-centered approach to engineering education. As Dr. Deluzio likes to say, the problems that engineers solve are human ones 카지노 게임 컬렉션 카지노 게임 컬렉션there are no others that engineers work on.카지노 게임 컬렉션 And when engineers don카지노 게임 컬렉션t truly think of that human element, bad mistakes can happen, he adds. 카지노 게임 컬렉션A big part of this transformation is going to be about making sure students understand that engineering isn카지노 게임 컬렉션t just about building widgets; it카지노 게임 컬렉션s also about understanding the social implications of their work.카지노 게임 컬렉션
카지노 게임 컬렉션The whole motivation behind this is that to get our students to tackle these wicked, grand challenges and make a lasting impact on them we need to train them differently,카지노 게임 컬렉션 Dr. Deluzio says, referring to what engineers call 카지노 게임 컬렉션wicked problems,카지노 게임 컬렉션 or problems with conflicting and poorly defined goals that seem unsolvable.
As for how, exactly, these four pillars will be applied inside and outside the classroom, Dr. Deluzio stresses Dr. Frank카지노 게임 컬렉션s earlier point: that this will be an ongoing and organic process involving faculty, staff, students, alumni, and other internal and external Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s partners, including industry. The general idea, though, is that this transformation will happen in three large phases, with each lasting three or four years, he says.
The specifics of the phases are still being worked out, but the first will likely include a re-imagined first year program that introduces more real-world applications of the fundamentals that students learn. 카지노 게임 컬렉션If we can build a really cool first year that motivates students and sets the foundation for other things we want to try, I think that카지노 게임 컬렉션s really going to help set this up for success,카지노 게임 컬렉션 says Dr. Frank.
None of this will be easy, of course, says Dr. Deluzio. One of the big challenges will be resources. Hiring new faculty and staff who can thrive under this vision will take extra focus, as will properly supporting current faculty and staff with the transition. Finding and building the teaching and learning spaces on campus to accommodate this transformation will also take time.
Another big challenge will be doing all of this as 카지노 게임 컬렉션the train is going down the track,카지노 게임 컬렉션 says Dr. Deluzio. Other engineering schools have improved their programs with some elements of the four pillars, but few have incorporated all of them or done this at the scale that Smith Engineering will.
카지노 게임 컬렉션Our program is already a really good one with departmental units that have very strong identities,카지노 게임 컬렉션 says Dr. Deluzio. 카지노 게임 컬렉션So doing these improvements across Smith Engineering without pausing anything is going to take some real thought and patience to get a Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s-specific model that will work within our culture and for our students.카지노 게임 컬렉션
That model will still include a strong research mandate. In fact, Dr. Pilkey says engineering research at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s will be enhanced through this transformation. 카지노 게임 컬렉션We카지노 게임 컬렉션re going to bring some of the research happening here right into the classroom, so that we카지노 게임 컬렉션ll see this really improved synergy of graduate research and what we do in the undergraduate program.카지노 게임 컬렉션 He points to Aalborg 카지노게임사이트 as a prime example of how this could look. There, some undergrads work on the same research projects or in the same research spaces that involve graduate students and industry. 카지노 게임 컬렉션There카지노 게임 컬렉션s no reason why undergraduate students can카지노 게임 컬렉션t work on problems that have some very complex science and technology behind them,카지노 게임 컬렉션 says Dr. Pilkey.
As Dr. Ploeg sees it, this entire re-imagining of engineering education at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s is one massive design project 카지노 게임 컬렉션 something engineers know a thing or two about. And, as she puts it, when you카지노 게임 컬렉션re tackling a design project, the first step, a very important one, is to understand and define the problem.
카지노 게임 컬렉션So that카지노 게임 컬렉션s our job right now,카지노 게임 컬렉션 she says. 카지노 게임 컬렉션We are gathering information and learning, so we can focus our efforts to create an engineering program that prepares our students for their futures.카지노 게임 컬렉션
For Dr. Ploeg herself, one big hope is that this shift to a curriculum that focuses on more real-world problems will translate to a student body that looks more like our Canadian population. She also hopes that by the time they graduate, those students will look 카지노 게임 컬렉션 and actually be 카지노 게임 컬렉션 as energetic about tackling the world카지노 게임 컬렉션s complex problems as when they came to Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s.
카지노 게임 컬렉션What we find is that our students come in with really high motivation, and so we want to take advantage of that and use it within their training,카지노 게임 컬렉션 she says.
Dr. Pilkey hopes for the same and thinks that by nurturing all that energy and motivation, students will have a better understanding of the real impacts they can make. As he has repeatedly seen, it can be especially tough for first-year students to figure out which area of engineering they should pursue, he says.
카지노 게임 컬렉션But I think that by showing students early on the 카지노 게임 컬렉션why카지노 게임 컬렉션 of what they카지노 게임 컬렉션re doing, the big real-world problems up front, it카지노 게임 컬렉션s going to be easier for them to make a more informed choice, ideally to find and pursue their passion.카지노 게임 컬렉션
Dr. Frank believes this transformation will lead to passionate engineers, too. And also ones who are curious, creative, self-learning, and able to take on significant leadership roles nationally and globally.
카지노 게임 컬렉션The key in all of this will be maintaining that strong technical foundation that we카지노 게임 컬렉션ve always given students while expanding the broader attributes that we think are going to be important for the leaders of tomorrow,카지노 게임 컬렉션 he says.
Dr. Deluzio thinks that those students and this transformation will 카지노 게임 컬렉션 quite literally 카지노 게임 컬렉션 change the world. 카지노 게임 컬렉션The whole motivation behind this is that to get our students to tackle these wicked, grand challenges and make a lasting impact on them we need to train them differently,카지노 게임 컬렉션 he says, referring to what engineers call 카지노 게임 컬렉션wicked problems,카지노 게임 컬렉션 or problems with conflicting and poorly defined goals that seem unsolvable. 카지노 게임 컬렉션And so, my hope is that we카지노 게임 컬렉션ll attract students who see that engineering is the best path to make that impact and the 카지노 게임 컬렉션what and how카지노 게임 컬렉션 they카지노 게임 컬렉션re taught at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s places them in the best position possible to change the world.카지노 게임 컬렉션
The gift and name change were announced Nov. 2, the opportunity to publicly share Mr. Smith카지노 게임 컬렉션s transformational investment and the first incredible step on a brand-new path for engineering education in Canada.
카지노 게임 컬렉션It is hard to express the depth of our gratitude to Stephen for what he is enabling through his investment,카지노 게임 컬렉션 says Dr. Deluzio, pausing. 카지노 게임 컬렉션I am so proud to have the name of this great Canadian and role model associated with Engineering at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s.카지노 게임 컬렉션
And as for Stephen Smith, he has a few big hopes for what his gift will do. One is that it will inspire other philanthropists to give generously to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education. Another is that it will soon place Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s among those world leaders in engineering education. But perhaps his biggest hope is about the student experience and what that will mean for all of us.
카지노 게임 컬렉션There are a lot of complex problems facing us 카지노 게임 컬렉션 climate change, productivity, health care, et cetera 카지노 게임 컬렉션 and I see STEM education as being key to dealing with these issues,카지노 게임 컬렉션 he says. 카지노 게임 컬렉션Engineers are already phenomenal contributors to society, but the more that we can train them to think more holistically, to think more outside the box, the better off we카지노 게임 컬렉션ll all be. And I think this gift will help make that happen.카지노 게임 컬렉션
