Inquiries in Engineering Education Seminar
Thursday, October 16, 2008
We are delighted to announce this brown bag seminar — please join us!
Applying Design Thinking in Engineering Education
Monday October 27, 12:00 noon – 1:00 p.m.
301 Coordinated Sciences Lab
Dr. Benjamin Linder, Associate Professor of Design and Mechanical Engineering,
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
Olin College is a new undergraduate college that places a strong emphasis on design within the context of an engineering, liberal arts and entrepreneurship curriculum. Several important ideas in design thinking inform the more unconventional Olin approach, which will be outlined and illustrated with example experiences.
Please join us afterwards, 1:00 – 1:30 for an informal follow-up discussion with Dr. Linder.
Benjamin Linder is a faculty member in Design and Mechanical Engineering at the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering and a designer active in the Boston area. He is also a co-organizer of the International Development Design Summit at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
