Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computing and Information Technology Programs II

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Danai Chasaki, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

students in this major is critical. The Computingfield offers a unique opportunity for exciting industry-sponsored mini-projects that involvehands-on experience and link the applicability of computing skills to the industry world.Technical understanding is essential to engineering. But engineers find success and personalfulfillment when they couple these skills with a mindset to create extraordinary value for others.Our mini-project aims at providing an immersive experiential learning experience that introducesstudents to engineering entrepreneurial-minded principles[1] (EML). In this paper, we discuss the design of a seven week long lab offered in the beginning ofthe freshman year, where students get real world experience on cyber