iFoundry » Links http://ifoundry.illinois.edu The Illinois Foundry for Innovation in Engineering Education Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:28:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Olin Ovations Summer 2009 http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2009/07/23/olin-ovations-summer-2009/ http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2009/07/23/olin-ovations-summer-2009/#comments Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:52:01 +0000 thyago http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/?p=1905 Our valued partner Olin College recently published its latest enewsletter detailing recent events at the College. You can  read about the latest happenings at Olin College in the pdf version of the newsletter.

]]> http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2009/07/23/olin-ovations-summer-2009/feed/ 0 Illinois Student Chapter of the American Society for Engineering Education Coming Fall 2009 http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2009/07/14/illinois-student-chapter-of-the-american-society-for-engineering-education-coming-fall-2009/ http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2009/07/14/illinois-student-chapter-of-the-american-society-for-engineering-education-coming-fall-2009/#comments Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:54:29 +0000 thyago http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/?p=1852 The Illinois student chapter of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) is set to begin operating at the University of Illinois in Fall 2009.  Our Olin-Illinois partnership and a visit by students  in Spring 2009 to Olin College for the Summit on the Engineer of the Future 2.0 inspired the inception of an ASEE student chapter at Illinois.  Both iFoundry and Illinois ASEE are committed to working together on furthering engineering education and empowering engineering students to transform engineering education.

For more information about Illinois ASEE, contact current chapter president Brian Schertz.

]]> http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2009/07/14/illinois-student-chapter-of-the-american-society-for-engineering-education-coming-fall-2009/feed/ 0 iFoundry co-director receives the Evolutionary Computation Pioneer Award http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2009/07/12/ifoundry-co-director-receives-the-evolutionary-computation-pioneer-award/ http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2009/07/12/ifoundry-co-director-receives-the-evolutionary-computation-pioneer-award/#comments Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:39:22 +0000 thyago http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/?p=1837 Well-deserved congratulations to iFoundry co-director David E. Goldberg for receiving the 2010 Evolutionary Computation Pioneer Award. This award will be presented at the IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence in July 2010, in Barcelona, Spain.

]]> http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2009/07/12/ifoundry-co-director-receives-the-evolutionary-computation-pioneer-award/feed/ 1 TEC announces Startup Bootcamp for 8-11 September 2009 http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2009/06/21/tec-announces-startup-bootcamp-for-8-11-september-2009/ http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2009/06/21/tec-announces-startup-bootcamp-for-8-11-september-2009/#comments Sun, 21 Jun 2009 22:05:27 +0000 deg http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/?p=1744 Illinois’s Technology Entrepreneur Center announces a Startup Bootcamp 8-11 September (here). For more information email Stephanie Larson (here).

]]> http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2009/06/21/tec-announces-startup-bootcamp-for-8-11-september-2009/feed/ 0 Learning is a commitment http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2009/06/21/learning-is-a-commitment/ http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2009/06/21/learning-is-a-commitment/#comments Sun, 21 Jun 2009 21:47:49 +0000 deg http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/?p=1742 Ken Stanton, Engineering Ed PhD student at VATech says Learning is a commitment in this short, useful article (here).

]]> http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2009/06/21/learning-is-a-commitment/feed/ 0 Advice on engineering career success http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2009/06/11/advice-on-engineering-career-success/ http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2009/06/11/advice-on-engineering-career-success/#comments Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:56:29 +0000 thyago http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/?p=1725 Incoming iFoundry student, Abi Noda, has shared a great post from Bruce Eckel which makes the case that career success, in software and all engineering fields, is not simply a matter of technical expertise, but depends on being open to lifelong learning, taking risks, learning from experiences outside the classroom, and broad learning outside your specialty.

The post sounds the themes of what kind of education is needed for the Creative Engineers of the Future.

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