Exploring Opportunities for Innovative Professional Impact: Implementation of a Multidisciplinary Course
- Conference
- Location
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Portland, Oregon
- Publication Date
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June 23, 2024
- Start Date
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June 23, 2024
- End Date
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July 12, 2024
- Conference Session
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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 2
- Tagged Division
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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT)
- Page Count
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10
- Permanent URL
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https://strategy.asee.org/47421
Paper Authors
Keilin Jahnke University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign
Dr. Keilin Jahnke is a Teaching Assistant Professor in Innovation, Leadership, and Engineering Entrepreneurship in The Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Joe Bradley University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign
Joe Bradley is a Clinical Assistant Professor in Bioengineering in the Grainger College of Engineering, a Health Innovation Professor and the Director of Engineering Education and Entrepreneurship in the Carle Illinois College of Medicine. His research focuses primarily on engineering design/Bio Design collaboration in transdisciplinary teams. He has used and developed tools to study the alignment of products and services with organizational processes as an organization seeks to address needs and bring new products and services to the market.
Abstract
Engineering programs offer programmatic opportunities for students to develop the necessary knowledge, skills, attitudes to be prepared as holistic engineers for professional endeavors. Students have numerous career choices available to them after graduation, and there is an opportunity to teach students how to navigate these options and make decisions that align with their professional and personal values and goals. This paper describes the implementation of a new course entitled Pathways to Impact offered at a large university that was created with the formal objective of exposing students to various professional pathway options and decision-making considerations. This course serves to enhance student confidence in understanding the different ways in which they can make an impact throughout their careers, all while creating a learning experience that aims to strengthen students’ entrepreneurial mindset. To achieve this objective during the first offering, this course utilized active learning techniques, personal reflection, and the development of an individualized career-impact roadmap by each student. In order to work in conjunction with programming available from existing career centers and academic advising, this interdisciplinary course placed an emphasis on personal reflection and the roles of innovation and technology commercialization in creating societal impact. This paper describes the logistics of developing and implementing this 1-credit hour course and provides details of the assignments used to assess student learning. This course can serve as an example to other institutions who seek to more fully empower their students to understand various career pathways—including through new venture creation, industry, or research and academia—and make career decisions that align with students' personal values and goals.
Jahnke, K., & Bradley, J. (2024, June), Exploring Opportunities for Innovative Professional Impact: Implementation of a Multidisciplinary Course Paper presented at 2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Portland, Oregon. https://strategy.asee.org/47421
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