Albalawi, O. H., & Alhawiti, A. (2024, March), Integrating Innovation: A Transdisciplinary Approach to Engineering Education with AI and Lean Six Sigma  Paper presented at 2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference, Kalamazoo, Michigan. 10.18260/1-2--45626

\bibitem{asee_peer_45626}
  Albalawi, O. H., \& Alhawiti, A. (2024, March), \emph{Integrating Innovation: A Transdisciplinary Approach to Engineering Education with AI and Lean Six Sigma}
  Paper presented at 2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
  10.18260/1-2--45626

Omar H Albalawi and Ali Alhawiti.  "Integrating Innovation: A Transdisciplinary Approach to Engineering Education with AI and Lean Six Sigma".  2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 2024, March.  ASEE Conferences, 2024.  https://strategy.asee.org/45626 Internet.  18 May, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_45626}
  Omar H Albalawi and Ali Alhawiti.
  "Integrating Innovation: A Transdisciplinary Approach to Engineering Education with AI and Lean Six Sigma".
  \emph{2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 2024, March}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2024.
  https://strategy.asee.org/45626 Internet.  18 May, 2024

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This paper proposes a novel transdisciplinary program integrating robust technical skills, entrepreneurial and management insight within the engineering discipline. The transdisciplinary program is essential as it aims to equip engineering students with technical and entrepreneurship skills that match the rapidly advancing technology space as well as the expanding engineering landscape where the technical know-how and management of the emerging technologies and the associated workforce. 
The proposed transdisciplinary program incorporates diverse academic disciplines, community projects, and research initiatives to impact and nurture holistic innovation ideas among the student engineers. The program design integrates AI-driven techniques that intelligently match students with projects that align with their strengths and academic pursuits. This ensures optimized team dynamics as well as enhanced project outcomes. Additionally, students are exposed to tried and true engineering management methodologies, especially Lean Six Sigma. These methodologies instill a mindset of continuous improvement, waste reduction, and process optimization in students, which are critical skills in management and entrepreneurship. 
The design of the proposed program emerged after reviewing numerous leading recent innovative programs and initiatives. Moreover, we saw the value and importance of the “Ultimate Innovation” program at the University of Tabuk, which supports entrepreneurial engineering projects. By merging engineering and entrepreneurship, students gain robust technical skills to be at the lead in tackling actual global challenges, incorporating effective management and entrepreneurial spirit. 
This paper explores these programs' methodologies further, emphasizing the synergies achieved by combining technical education, AI interventions, and Lean Six Sigma principles. The paper advocates for an evolved paradigm in engineering education, where venture creation, technical expertise, and management excellence converge.


AU  - Omar H Albalawi
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