Updated – July 14, 2022
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2022 Engineering Ideas Institute, September 26 – 28, 2022
In 2019, the leadership of Engineering Change Lab – USA (ECL) conceived the idea of the Engineering Ideas Institute.
Updated – July 14, 2022
Photo source: The Colorado Chautauqua
2022 Engineering Ideas Institute, September 26 – 28, 2022
In 2019, the leadership of Engineering Change Lab – USA (ECL) conceived the idea of the Engineering Ideas Institute.
To get involved in an initiative, contact us. For more information on activities related to the initiatives, see the individual summit reports.
Engineering Education
Imagine if, guided by educators and mentors who understand emerging technologies, every student was prepared and excited to address challenges/problems by applying science and math concepts, using an engineering approach. What would that look like?
ECL-USA is collaborating with other engineering organizations to examine how the Engineering Community can increase its effectiveness in support of K-12 STEM education.
In addition our 2023 Exploring Engineering Education summit focused on the future of engineering education at the university level.
Future of Consulting Engineering
Imagine that engineering firms are thriving in the future. What would that look like? The Engineering Firm of the Future summit explored several aspects of this question.
Our Engineering Workforce of the Future summit in June 2024 will explore an issue important to all engineering firms.
New Model for Engineering Licensure
How will our current model for engineering licensure adapt to the threats posed by new, multi-disciplinary areas of practice involving emerging technologies? The Licensure Models for the Fourth Industrial Revolution summit offered a look at what is needed.
Work on this initiative is being guided by a Steering Committee which includes representatives of NCEES and NSPE. The Steering Committee selected mobility engineering as an example of this type of practice. At a workshop held in June 2023, we developed a draft framework for a certification model for mobility engineering. The final results of our examination of mobility engineering and its implications for other areas of multi-disciplinary practice were presented at a virtual briefing in February 2024. Links to the mobility engineering research reports and the presentation from the virtual briefing are available at the links below.
Thank you to NCEES for their financial support of the Future of Licensure initiative.
Mapping Technological Driving Forces Impacting the Engineering Community
Imagine that engineers lead the embrace and acceptance of integrated technologies to drive business. What would that look like? This group will be exploring disruptive technologies that might drive new forms of delivering the engineering community’s work and transform (or diminish) traditional business models and models of practice.
ECL-USA’s Augmenting the Engineering Workforce and Tech Stewardship summits explored two aspects of the technological driving forces impacting the Engineering Community.
Our Moving from Cybersecurity to Cyber Resilience summit in March 2024 will continue our exploration of these issues.
Engineering Equitable Communities
The history of engineering is full of the positive contributions that we have made to society. There is, however, another part of our history that is not always discussed, and that is our history of contributing to inequity. For more perspective on this issue, see this link.
As an outcome of the 2021 Engineering Ideas Institute, ECL is leading a pilot project that will explore this issue and look to develop strategies on how the engineering community can change to contribute to creating more just and equitable communities.
The first phase of the pilot project was a workshop for engineering practitioners that focused on urban development and urban infrastructure in the Denver area. Participants included representatives of ECL and local and national engineering organizations. See this link for a summary of the workshop and stay tuned for more information.
Major sponsors of the workshop included the National Society of Professional Engineers, ACEC Colorado and the ACEC Colorado Foundation, and Ulteig Engineers. Other sponsors include EFCG, Felsburg Holt & Ullevig, HDR, KL&A Engineers & Builders, Martin/Martin Consulting Engineers, and Muller Engineering Company.
Engineers and Public Policy
Imagine if engineers used their knowledge and skills to have a positive impact on society through engagement in public policy. What would that look like? Session 4 of our 2020 Engineering Ideas Institute explored the leadership aspects of public policy involvement (2020 EII Session 4 Report). Our recent Engineering & Public Policy Leadership summit re-visited this topic.
SPONSORED BY THE LEMELSON FOUNDATION / ENGINEERING FOR ONE PLANET
It’s a VUCA World (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous) and it’s getting worse. The 2024 Engineering Ideas Institute will dive into the dynamics of this unfolding future, exploring such questions as …
If you are working to drive change in your organization or just curious about the future, we invite you to join us.
Registration fee: $1,250/person
2024 Engineering Ideas Institute Preliminary Agenda
2024 Engineering Ideas Institute Reading List
Guru Madhavan. Our opening provocation will feature Guru Madhavan, Norman R. Augustine Senior Scholar and Senior Director of Programs at the National Academy of Engineering. He will summarize the ideas from his recent book Wicked Problems: How to Engineer a Better World. The book, which will be a pre-reading for the Institute, recently received a feature review in “Nature.”
Mark Abbott. Mark is an Ashoka Fellow who currently serves as the Director of Tech Stewardship at MaRS Discovery District in Toronto and as Director of Engineering Change Lab – Canada (ECL-CA). Mark led the development of ECL-CA’s Tech Stewardship Practice Program, including their upcoming AI focus area.
Bryan Dewsbury. Bryan is an Associate Professor of Biology at Florida International University. He is the Principal Investigator of the Science Education and Society research program, which blends research on the social context of teaching and learning, faculty development of inclusive practices, and programming in the cultivation of equity in education. Bryan will contribute learnings from his research to the discussion of the pushback against DEI.
Rico Nelson. Rico is President and CEO of Civil Technology Inc., a Denver-based, woman-owned small business enterprise. His expertise includes strategic business operations leadership and leadership development. Rico will offer his perspective, as a business leader, on the pushback against DEI and minority-owned business incentive programs.
John Poulsen. John is Global Director of Science Policy at The Nature Conservancy. He will contribute to the discussion of climate change as a wicked problem by offering his experience in local capacity building and a systems approach as integral elements of implementing science-based conservation policies.
Kristan Uhlenbrock. Kristan is the Executive Director of the Institute for Science & Policy at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. With polarization rising, trust in institutions falling, the media seen as increasingly biased, and cultural divides creating challenges for our common humanity, the Institute for Science & Policy is positioned to address the collective action issues that define our modern world. If we are to make progress, we need a space where people can learn, share, and work towards science-based solutions.
Yolanda Webb. Yolanda is the founder and CEO of WEBB Advisory Group. She has more than 20 years of experience in executive leadership, teaching, and organizational development. She is a philanthropist, public policy nerd, advocate, and subject matter expert on human behavior, social impact, community engagement, corporate social responsibility, equity, inclusion, and how to create diverse and accessible environments.
Student Panel. We will also be joined by a panel of five students from the University of Colorado at Boulder, who will offer their perspectives on what engineering students need and want to learn about engaging with wicked problems.
Please contact us with any questions.
Through increasingly complex digital systems that intertwine with critical infrastructure and technology-enabled resources and services, cyberthreats are outpacing prevention and management. The frequency, effectiveness and impact of malware, ransomware, deep fakes and disinformation for hire, cyberfraud and other cyberattacks are exponentially increasing.
This virtual summit will explore the role the engineering community must play to strategically address this driving force — not only as creators but stewards of technology on behalf of society. Join us to explore:
Registration fee: $200
Provocateurs for the summit will offer perspectives on current cyber threats to critical infrastructure, the current cyber security narrative within the engineering community, the ethics of cyber security and engineering practice, and the state of cyber security and engineering education.
Andrew Bochman. Andy is Grid Strategist-Infrastructure Defender for Idaho National Laboratory’s National & Homeland Security Directorate. He provides strategic guidance on topics at the intersection of grid security and climate resilience to senior U.S. and international government and industry leaders.
Mikhail Chester. Mikhail is a professor of Civil, Environmental, and Sustainable Engineering and the director of the Metis Center for Infrastructure and Sustainable Engineering at Arizona State University’s School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment. He manages a research program focused on infrastructure disruption and innovation describing the challenges and needs for transforming critical systems for the Anthropocene.
Jonathan Grant. Jonathan is the manager of U.S. OT Cyber Security Engineering at National Grid, which owns and operates electrical and natural gas networks serving over 20 million people across New York and Massachusetts. He focuses on operational technology (OT) cybersecurity, with over 20 years of experience around OT systems.
Andre Ristaino. Andre is Managing Director, Conformity Assessment Programs and Global Consortia, at International Standards Association. He oversees the development of automation, control system, and cyber security certification processes at ISA.
Chris Walcutt. Chris is Chief Security Officer at Direct Defense, which provides enterprise risk assessments, penetration testing, ICS/SCADA security services, and 24/7 managed security services for companies of all sizes. He is a cyber security consultant and evangelist in the critical infrastructure space and volunteer team mentor to the national champion Cyber Patriot team in the middle and high school competition.
Please contact us with any questions.
The next Engineering Change Lab – USA (ECL-USA) virtual mini-summit, The Imperative of Climate Change and the Future of Engineering, will be held on March 22, 2021. The summit will explore how engineering and the engineering community could be transformed by the way it responds to the emerging dynamics of climate change and the threat it poses to our world. The summit will explore the roles the engineering community can play within and across the private sector (industry), public sector (government), and the non-profit sector (NGOs and research universities) to catalyze action, facilitate communication, foster collaboration, drive innovation and entrepreneurship, and shape climate change public policy. In the final portion of the summit, we will reflect on the potential emergence of a “noble purpose” for the engineering community centered on the climate change imperative.
Register for the summit at the link below.
Our provocateurs will inform and frame this discussion from their different perspectives.
• Dr. Bill Rouse will provide an overview of the grand challenge of climate change. Dr. Rouse is Research Professor in the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University and … Read More
Dr. Fitzgerald founded A.M. Fitzgerald & Associates, LLC (“AMFitzgerald”), a MEMS and sensors solutions company, in 2003. She has over 20 years of engineering experience in MEMS product development and now advises clients on the entire MEMS product development cycle, from business and IP strategy to supply chain management. Prior to founding AMFitzgerald, Dr. Fitzgerald worked in engineering roles at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Orbital Sciences Corporation, and Sensant Corporation, now part of Siemens. She received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from MIT and her doctorate from Stanford University, in Aeronautics and Astronautics. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Transducer Research Foundation and Rigetti Computing.
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