KEEN RevisitedMarch 30, 2012

Timothy J. Kriewall, Ph. D.

KEEN Program Director

Kern Family Foundation

Basic Assumptions

All KEEN schools have excellent engineering faculty and programs

All KEEN schools excellently teach engineering principles

All KEEN schools teach design, creativity and innovation

Most of our schools have student competitionsAll KEEN schools have e-ship initiatives –

classes, competitions, and even incubatorsBut, that’s NOT what KEEN is about.

What?! But I thought KEEN was…

Everything on the previous slide is necessary, but not sufficient

KEEN is about sufficiency.

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Innovation

Creativity

Entrepreneurship

CommercializationDesign

Team

work

Competitions

Form

ulas

Capstone

Minors

Labs

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Innovation Creativity Formulas Teamwork Etc.

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Innovation Creativity Formulas Teamwork Etc.

KEEN Learning Outcomes

KEEN – What is it?

It’s preparing engineering students to see the world around them for technology-based, benefit-providing product ideas

It builds on the excellent engineering KEEN schools teach

It converts engineering problem solving – a commodity – to opportunity recognition - a compelling competitive advantage

KEEN – A Whole New Engineering Mind

“Engineering is the artistic expression of math and science” – R. Kern

Is This Arts and Sciences, or What?!

Our left brain is for calculatingOur right brain is for spatial awareness

A World See-er: Steve Jobs

Bob Kern – Generac Power Systems

How Do We Teach a Whole New Mind?

Can we teach curiosity?Can we teach tinkering? Can we teach question asking?Can we teach active listening?Can we teach empathy?

A Heart Aroused – David Whyte

Who Remembers the KEEN Pyramid?

Societal Needs Should be the Driver!

How can technology be applied to help people/societies in the world?

What do societies of the world expect of engineers?

What do society’s businesses expect of engineers?

Societal Needs Drive

Innovation and CreativityConcept DevelopmentProof of ConceptProduct DevelopmentCommercializationJob CreationEconomic DevelopmentWorld Benefits

Let’s turn the world upside down:

Begin with - World Benefits – (See the world around us)Economic Development Job Creation Commercialization Product DevelopmentProof of ConceptConcept Development Innovation and Creativity

A Poem by Prof. Christopher Kitts

The biggest problemWith “Made in America”Is that it’s past tense!

A Poem by Prof. Christopher Kitts

The biggest problemWith “Made in America”Is that it’s past tense!

So, we’re creating“Make-in-America,” a

New KEEN Dense Network