Conference Session

Innovative Approaches to Improving Student Learning

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Cara J. Poor, University of Portland; Heather Dillon, University of Portland; Jeffrey Matthew Welch, University of Portland; Nicole C. Ralston, University of Portland

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

, need to have a basic knowledge of environmental issues and how to make designsmore sustainable. In the age of climate change and environmental disasters (e.g., 2019-2020bushfires in Australia, 2011 earthquake in Japan that caused a massive release of radioactivematerial, 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico), it is important for allengineers to be aware of how they can help minimize, avoid, and/or solve these problems.Solving many of today’s environmental problems will require future engineers to be creative,cooperative, and have an entrepreneurial spirit3,4. This starts with learning about and working onsolutions to real-world problems in the classroom.The Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN) is a group of faculty