Changes

*In Spring 2015, the engineering school launched The Art of Making, a course initially designed for freshmen honors engineering students. The course is a demanding journey through the world of design thinking and rapid prototyping. Students leave the course having been introduced to a wide array of prototyping skills in fabrication, electronics, pretotyping, etc. More importantly, students gain the confidence to be doers and the background to better learn and apply material from theoretical coursework to come. As a cherry on top, the course drastically improves students' ability to choose a major within engineering as they get much better exposure to the sorts of things that different engineers might do.&nbsp;<br/>The course has since been adapted for upperclassmen students both in and outside of engineering as an elective. Students who have participated in the course have gone on to be leaders in project based clubs and other similar endeavors.<br/>Dr. Joe Samosky is the preofessor and creator of the course, along with a large list of current . Many Pitt UIFs and UIFCs are co-creators and former original TAs, many of whom are UIFs and UIFCs the course including [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Nathan_Smialek Nate Smialek], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Zachary_Patterson Zach Patterson], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Brian_Rhindress Brian Rhindress], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Jennifer_Sommer Jenny SommerMadhur_Malhotra Madhur Malhotra], and [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Madhur_Malhotra Madhur MalhotraIan_McIntyre Ian McIntyre], and .&nbsp;[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Ian_McIntyre Ian McIntyreJennifer_Sommer Jenny Sommer]&nbsp;is currently a TA for the Spring 2016 offering.