EMCE

About the Workshop

Do you struggle at times to incorporate the entrepreneurial mindset (EM) into your civil engineering courses? The goal of Embedding an EM in Civil Engineering - Structures and Mechanics (EMCE) is to illustrate the presence of curiosity, connections, and creating value within the context of several civil engineering courses, and create an opportunity to embed entrepreneurially minded learning (EML) into a series of civil engineering courses ranging from the first year all the way to capstone.

• When: June 16 - 19, 2025.
• Where: Lansdowne Resort, Leesburg, VA.
• Who Should Attend: Engineering faculty who teach courses in the first-year such as introduction to engineering, introduction to design, cornerstone design projects, introduction to engineering major/discipline, and similar courses. Participants are expected to have taught or worked with these courses for at least one academic year.
• Cost*: $3,500 per person.

*Registration cost includes workshop attendance, airfare, lodging, select meals, one year of coaching and consulting, and access to a library of workshop materials.

What To Expect From the Workshop

Everything you learn from the facilitation and coaching team and other participants can be immediately applied to your context and topics of interest. 

By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Learn best practices of using research-based pedagogical methods to embed EML into an activity or course.
• Experience a variety of vetted activities that use EML approaches.
• Create your own content and/or modify existing content (e.g. card) to accommodate your needs.

Meet Your Facilitators and Coaches

• Chris Carroll (Saint Louis University), Facilitator
• Matt Lovell (Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology), Facilitator
• Matt Swenty (Virginia Military Institute), Facilitator & Coach
• C.J. Riley (Oregon Institute of Technology), Coach
• David Johnstone (Ohio Northern University), Coach