http://www.illigal.uiuc.edu/web/ifoundry A Thinktank & Pilot Program for Educating the Engineer of the Future Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:44:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The iFoundry website is moving to http://ifoundry.illigal.uiuc.edu/. http://www.illigal.uiuc.edu/web/ifoundry/2008/09/04/ifoundry-website-is-moving/ A new course is open to UIUC students to help design a new engineering curriculum.   A course announcement and draft syllabus are available here. http://www.illigal.uiuc.edu/web/ifoundry/2008/01/09/design-the-engineering-curriculum-of-the-future/ On Monday, 8 October 2007, a meeting was held to initiate a collective learning exercise (download pdf here). Over the next six weeks or so, a group of faculty and students will review the sources cited and discuss them in the Illinois context. http://www.illigal.uiuc.edu/web/ifoundry/2007/10/17/fa07-collective-learning-exercise/ A lecture on The Creativity Imperative and the Tech Professional of the Future is available in video and ppt (as pdf) at The Entrepreneurial Engineer here. http://www.illigal.uiuc.edu/web/ifoundry/2007/10/08/creativity-imperative-lecture-and-ppt-online/ Just recovered a 1994 document detailing an engineering/technology curriculum for business majors drafted as part of the effort to create Illinois's Hoeft Technology and Management program.  Download pdf here and examine other iFoundry readings here. http://www.illigal.uiuc.edu/web/ifoundry/2007/10/08/oldie-but-goodie/ The video and presentation files from A Workshop on the Engineer of the Future is available on the Engineering and Technology Studies at Illinois website (here). http://www.illigal.uiuc.edu/web/ifoundry/2007/09/10/engineer-of-the-future-video-is-u/ iFoundry is a thinktank for piloting curriculum change in the College of Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. This is our first blog entry, and more information about the iFoundry concept will be posted here as time goes on. http://www.illigal.uiuc.edu/web/ifoundry/2007/08/03/welcome-to-the-ifoundry-website/