The Arrows in Our Backs: Lessons Learned Trying to Change the Engineering Curriculum

Abstract

He is a LEED accredited professional and teaches graduate courses in improving human performance in the workplace, systems thinking, and the design of sustainable business processes. His professional interests include balancing financial, social and environmental performance and the development of wisdom in the workplace.

Bringing it down from the ivory tower: Translating Engineering-for-Community-Development (ECD) graduate student research into community engagement and undergraduate student learning

“…This form of research translation, from basic research into commercial innovations, is clearly gaining ground at NSF and even influenced the hiring of the new director of engineering [31]. Following this trend, engineering education research also emphasizes research translation into commercial applications [32] and pedagogical practices in the classroom [33]. At the same time, a more comprehensive literature search in the academic literature reveals a desire to translate environmental health research into actual community practices yet done mainly through social work and public health practitioners, while engineers rarely appear as actors involved in translation [34].…”