The Pearl Sullivan Engineering IDEAs Clinic™ supplements a traditional engineering curriculum with open-ended activities designed to spark student self-learning and exploration.
Through IDEAs Clinic activities, students will learn good engineering practices by experimenting with real-world engineering problems; they will gain an appreciation for the connections between courses in their curriculum; they will apply their analysis skills to complex, open-ended problems; and they will exercise their creativity, judgement and problem solving skills while acquiring soft skills such as communication and teamwork. Most importantly, the activities will provide students with a breadth of hands-on experiences in an enjoyable and safe environment.
Bringing Real World Into the Classroom
News
Engineering Design Days featured in CTE Newsletter
Engineering Design Days were featured in the January, 2018 edition of the
Centre for Teaching Excellence's newsletter. The issue can be seen in full
Engineering Design Days featured by Pitsco
Engineering Design Days
Pitsco, the manufacturers of Tetrix and Tetrix Prime building systems, has featured the Engineering Ideas Clinic in its newsletter for the innovative use of Tetrix Prime kits in Engineering Design Days.
Hands-on learning is “critical to Canada’s competitiveness”
Waterloo Engineering expands programming for students with $3 million for more team projects and experiential learning outside the lecture hall
By Brian Caldwell Faculty of EngineeringJames Smith knelt at the foot of a mechanical contraption and slowly turned its crank to test the strength of a blue Styrofoam bridge he built with teammates at the University of Waterloo.