A Whole New Engineer: The Coming Revolution in Engineering Education tells the improbable stories of Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, a small startup in Needham, MA with aspirations to be a beacon to engineering education everywhere, and the iFoundry incubator at the University of Illinois, an unfunded pilot program with aspirations to change engineering at a large public university that wasn’t particularly interested in changing. That either one survived is story enough, but what they found out together changes the course of education transformation forever.
Introduction: An Improbable Journey
Chapter 1: Engineering Happiness – The Olin Experience
Chapter 2: The Incubator – Helping a Big Old Dog Learn New Tricks
Chapter 3: The Spirit of Invention – Recapturing the Inspiration of Engineering Education
Chapter 4: The Whole New Engineer – Engaging the 6 Minds
Chapter 5: The Emotional Breakthrough – 5 Pillars of Transformation
Chapter 6: The Whole New Learner – From Carrots and Sticks to Intrinsic Motivation
Chapter 7: The Whole New Professor – From Expert to Coach
Chapter 8: The Whole New Culture – From Classrooms and Curriculum to Culture
Chapter 9: Changing the Way We Change – From Bureaucracy to Change Management
Epilogue: An Invitation to Collaborative Disruption