School:Florida International University
Contents
Overview
Discover Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E)
These are a couple of introductory freshman level courses that give students a global view of what engineering is and how it relates to the society. For mechanical engineering majors these are a mandatory.
EGN 1100 Introduction to engineering
EGN 1033 Human, Technology and Society
Events
- TEDxFIU: It is an event meant to spread great ideas to the people/students. There will normally be a guest spearker and a live audience of 250 students and 1500 online viewers. This is a independently organized event. It is free for students of FIU to attend the event and is usually soldout very fast. http://tedxfiu.com/
Orgnizations
- Tau Beta Pi: This is a honors engineering society, they seek out people from most majors that have secured a high class rank. One must do a couple of activities that give you some entrepreneurial skills to then be inducted into the society. The benefits that come with this society are meeting other high achieving people, obtaining scholarships and fellowships.
- Society of Automotive Engineers: Also known as SAE, this is a club that sees a couple of majors (electrical & mechanical) working together to build a race car for a competition which is held in Michigan. To join one must complete a short quiz regarding competition guidelines and attend student meetings.
- Engineers Without Borders: This is a non-profit organization, its main purpose/goal is to stablish projects in developing countries around the globe and inprove their way of life. Some of the projects may include implementation of alternate sources of gathering potable water. This organization uses engineering knowledge and implements it in a I&E way.
- Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE): Organization that recruits students of Hispanic decent that are involved in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields (STEM). Students apply online to join. One big benefit of this organization is that it hosts one major career conference each fall semester.
- Discovery Lab: This laboratory is part of the School of Computing and Information Sciences. It mostly houses computer science majors, electrical, and mechanical engineers. This lab is very innovative and mostly focuses on novel and new ways of incorporating and developing robotics into society. One present project they are working on is the TeleBot. Here is a video of the prototype https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiMY8WFCBZo&feature=youtu.be
- ASHRAE FIU Student Branch: The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers is an organization on campus that gives the students (engineers mainly) the opportunity to several design competitions. The organization’s main goal is to develop sustainable and energy efficient refrigerating and air conditioning systems. These are two of the competitions currently offered ASHRAE 2015 Applied Engineering Challenge and ASHRAE 2015 Student Design Project Competition.
Getting involved in I&E
If the student is a junior or senior and wants to get involved in a deeper understanding of entrepreneurship and innovation and its place in our history, these are some of the recommended courses to take. Some of these are required for graduation while others are electives and students can choose to take them.
Undergraduate level:
ENT 4113 Entrepreneurship: New Business Development
GEB 4110 Writing the Business Plan
MAN 3022 Introduction to Management
MAN 4583 Project Management
AMH 4373 Entrepreneurs in the US
AMH 4375 Technology and American Society
'EML 4949'* Co-op Work Experience
Design Elective (students have many options depending on the major, some of the classes will count towards obtaining a certificate in some specific area)
Entrepreneurship and New Venture (free class)**
(*Each department may has its own Co-op work experience class. I just happen to use the M.E class.)
(** Just sign up online and anyone can take the class.)
Graduate level
EML 5927 Professional Development and Leadership for Mechanical Engineers
Materializing I&E on campus
Competitions
Mentoring & Advisory
Degrees Offered
Landscape Canvas
Here is the link to the Florida International University Landscape Canvas. There you will find all the individual links and people to contact in case you are looking for more information regarding any of the mentioned topics.