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SoE Curriculum Innovation Grants
The Dean of the School of Engineering, in consultation with faculty and E-CUE, sets the annual themes for the Dean’s Curriculum Innovation Grant program. Each academic year, the Dean provides, on average, $750K for projects that meet program themes.
FY04 themes and projects
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Collaborative development of shared subjects or instructional modules that could be shared across subjects in core areas of engineering. Examples of core areas include: computer programming, control, dynamics, mechanics of solids or materials, thermodynamics, and engineering design as well as evolving new areas such as computational biology or nanotechnology. Modules might, for example, be hands-on or project-based educational innovations, shared lecture content, or novel technology-based educational content.
- Development of shared subjects that introduce freshmen to the study of engineering.
- Curriculum proposals that also offer opportunities for creation of short web-based “Knowledge Update” modules for alumni and on-campus use are welcome as part of the School’s Professional Education Programs.
Proposals receiving funding:
- Fundamentals of Advanced Energy Conversion, a school-wide engineering subject in an emerging technology area. See http://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/2/sp04/2.966
- Statistics with Engineering Applications, a school-wide subject in a core engineering area – 2 years. Subject: 6.976. (Frey, Win)
- Colossal Failures in Engineering, a school-wide subject that introduced engineering to first year students – 2 years. See http://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/3/sp04/3.038 (Freidberg, Eager, Lagace, Buyukozturk)
- Bioinstrumentation and Measurement Laboratory, a joint subject offered by 3 departments in biotechnology. Subject: 20.409.
FY05 themes and projects
- Collaborative development of shared subjects or instructional modules that could be shared across subjects in core areas of engineering. Examples of core areas include: computer programming, control, dynamics, mechanics of solids or materials, thermodynamics, and engineering design as well as evolving new areas such as computational biology or nanotechnology. Modules might, for example, be hands-on or project-based educational innovations, shared lecture content, or novel technology-based educational content.
- Curriculum proposals that also offer opportunities for creation of short web-based “Knowledge Update” modules for alumni and on-campus use are welcome as part of the School’s Professional Education Programs.
Proposals receiving funding:
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Microfluids Project Lab, a joint teaching lab with collaboration from Course 2, 3, 6, and 10.
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Technology-Enabled and Customized Probability Education, a project to develop online teaching/ learning material for school statistics and probability subjects.
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Interdepartmental Environmental Sensing Lab, a joint teaching lab developed by Course 1 and 6.
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Engineering Systems Curriculum Innovation and Integration, a project to develop new ESD degree program school-wide subjects in engineering systems. (ESD faculty)
FY06 themes and projects
Support projects that incorporate engineering core knowledge and abilities including problem solving, design, systems thinking, teamwork and communication.
Proposals receiving funding:
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Development of freshman subject, FUNdaMENTALS of Engineering Design: Explore Space, Sea, and Earth. Subject: 2.00a (16.00a). (Slocum, Newman, Techet, Crawley) http://web.mit.edu/2.00a/www
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Development of introductory subject in engineering systems perspective for undergraduates. (Sussman)
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Study of Stakeholder Expectations of Learning in First Year Problem Based Subjects. (Crawley)
FY07 themes and projects
Continue support of projects that incorporate engineering core knowledge and abilities including problem solving, design, systems thinking, teamwork and communication.
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