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Engineering Versatilists - Fueling Business Objectives with Sustainable Design

Explore the interdisciplinary world of engineering at James Madison University. Learn about the practical ingenuity and sustainability focus of our curriculum, designed to prepare students to tackle grand challenges. Meet our esteemed faculty and discover the diverse skill set our engineering students acquire. Find out what comes after graduation and how we nurture creative and critical thinking for social and economic sustainability. Visit our website for more information!

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Engineering Versatilists - Fueling Business Objectives with Sustainable Design

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  1. School of Engineering James Madison University February 15, 2010

  2. Engineering “Versatilists” “Enterprises that focus on technical aptitude alone will fail to align workforce performance with business value… Instead, they need to build a team of versatilists who build a rich portfolio of knowledge and competencies to fuel multiple business objectives.”

  3. Sustainability Focus

  4. Practical ingenuity The word “engineer” has its roots in the Latin word ingeniator, which means “ingenious, to devise in the sense of construction, or craftsmanship”. Other words related to ingeniator include “ingenuity”.

  5. Interdisciplinary“Grand Challenges”

  6. Jmu school of engineering

  7. Sustainable Engineering Design Process

  8. Curriculum overview Science & Math Engineering Engineering Design Business & Management General Education Sustainability

  9. Design Topics EnvironmentalSustainability TechnicalDesign Skills Creative &Critical Thinking Social Sustainability Aesthetics of Design Design Ethics EconomicSustainability

  10. Differentiating features

  11. What’s After graduation?

  12. Our Engineering Faculty Ron Kander Eric Pappas Olga Pierrakos Keith Holland Heather Watson Rob Prins Brad Striebig Steve Harper 2010 New Hire 2010 New Hire

  13. Our Engineering Students

  14. “The Fling” 2009 UTUBE VIDEO FLICKR SLIDE SHOW

  15. Questions? http://www.jmu.edu/engineering

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