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An Undergraduate Competition Based on the Grand Challenges for Engineering: Planning and Initial Steps: Proceedings of a Workshop - in Brief
An Undergraduate Competition Based on the Grand Challenges for Engineering: Planning and Initial Steps: Proceedings of a Workshop - in Brief
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For the complete list and more information about the NAE Grand Challenges for Engineering, see www.engineeringchallenges.org/challenges.aspx. 2 The workshop on "The Engagement of Engineering Societies in Undergraduate Engineering Education" took place January 26–27, 2017, at the National Academy of Sciences Building in Washington, DC.
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In a final plenary session, the workshop participants discussed issues still to be resolved. VALUE PROPOSITIONS This breakout group determined that each stakeholder in the competition -- students, engineering departments, engineering societies, companies -- would have a different value proposition.
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Prize money should go to the students rather than the societies and special prizes at both levels could recognize particularly noteworthy achievements. Issues still to be resolved include who owns the intellectual property from the projects, whether students who graduate before the end of the competition would still be eligible, and the amount of time between the first and second stages of the competition, particularly given the scale of the problems represented by the Grand Challenges.
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SOCIETY COMMITMENTS A number of commitments would be expected of engineering societies that participate in the competition, including: • marketing to members • recruitment and support of mentors • recruitment and support of judges • initial screening of project submissions • judging after initial screening • support for software for administering and judging projects • society-level awards • travel costs and conference registration at judging events and/or awards ceremonies • in-kind services (such as marketing materials and design) • recognition of participants, mentors, judges, and sponsors at society conferences • educational materials.
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After a binary decision of whether a proposed project meets the competition criteria, an initial level of competition would be held by individual engineering societies. The winners at the society level would move on to the final competition.
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Workshop participants pointed out that having mentors work with teams would present a powerful learning and growth opportunity for both team members and mentors, so structuring the involvement of mentors appropriately is important. The right balance between exposing students to multiple disciplines and meeting engineering society needs was also discussed.
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STEERING COMMITTEE ON THE ENGAGEMENT OF ENGINEERING SOCIETIES IN UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING EDUCATION PLANNING COMMITTEE: Leah Jamieson (Chair; Purdue University) , Stephanie Adams (Old Dominion University)
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