The goal of this inaugural offering of KEEN on Stories is to create a community of intentional and skilled communicators who will use story to catalyze, lead, and sustain on campus EM-related change. Telling a compelling story is indispensable to being an impactful leader. Stories are a powerful way to illustrate your EM-related work, enliven presentations, connect more deeply with your students, inspire trust and loyalty in your team, grow support with colleagues and funders, stay connected to your values and purpose, and inspire the next generation of entrepreneurial engineers. The curriculum also includes one-on-one story coaching opportunities and small groups sessions where the Leaders will come to know, inspire, and support each other as they strengthen their narrative skills and develop a collection of impactful, go-to stories.

Welcome to the Engineering Unleashed Ambassadors group! We are glad that you have volunteered your time and expertise to connect with your professional society. Engineering Unleashed Ambassadors serve as liaisons to their professional societies, promoting EM and Engineering Unleashed to society members. This is a new program that will help us spread the word about EM and how it can impact student learning and teaching.

This is a private group for the facilitators and coaches of 2021 EUFD Workshops. We plan to use this site as a place to keep all of the resources and communications for the 2021 Workshop Teams in one centralized location. Please check this site often!

This group is for participants of the August 2022 ICE 1.0 workshop in Denver, CO.

North Carolina has become home to many innovative engineering programs in the Engineering Unleashed Community. Use this group as an opportunity to find others regionally to network and collaborate with each other.

This group is for participants of the Jan 2024 workshop, Integrating Curriculum with Entrepreneurial Mindset 2.0: Taking Entrepreneurially Minded Learning to the Next Level. (aka. ICE2.0)

This group is for participants of the virtual June 2024 UAC workshop.

I am the Chair of General Engineering at Santa Clara University and have a background (B.S., M.S., and Ph.D.) in Chemical Engineering. I have been passionate about teaching and learning in higher education throughout my career (for over 14 years and 7 different institutions). My scholarship in teaching and learning (SoTL) efforts have been focused on engineering education, and a large number of my papers have been part of ASEE (American Society for Engineering Education). In addition, I have had a vested interest in building the teaching community both here at SCU and beyond as a Community Catalyst with Engineering Unleashed. When I’m not ‘working’, my hobbies include gardening, camping and hiking, soccer, and knitting/sewing.

I am an Assistant Professor of Bioengineering at Florida Gulf Coast University (Fort Myers, FL), a Primarily Undergraduate Institution and emerging Hispanic Serving Institution. I teach students of all levels from engineering core courses such as "Introduction to the Engineering Profession" and "Engineering Mechanics (Statics & Dynamics)" to upper-level courses such as "Biological Performance of Materials" and "Bioengineering Senior Design (I & II)." I welcome student-faculty partnerships and am a proponent of undergraduate Learning Assistants because students offer valuable perspectives that can help build a more holistic learning process/environment. I have seen tremendous growth in students from their time in college and onto fulfilling careers, and although my disciplinary background is in cellular scaffolding for tissue engineering, I am invested in supporting students through this critical phase in their lives. I believe that college is not only a time and place to develop technical skills and knowledge but also for self-discovery and personal growth, and that the motivation to learn/achieve is influenced by social and emotional aspects as well as interpersonal connections. Thus, my scholarship focuses on factors affecting students' performance, reflection for learning, motivation and mindset, and teamwork and group dynamics. My efforts in engineering education were recognized with the U.A. Whitaker College of Engineering Excellence in Education Award.

As Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs in The Grainger College of Engineering, I lead a team of professionals to deliver an outstanding undergraduate student experience in the college. We facilitate the development and delivery of programs and opportunities to over 8,000 undergraduate students, ranging from academic advising, career services, study abroad, undergraduate research, to hands-on engineering design and build experiences. We also develop the next generation of engineers through a variety of summer camps and academic-year, pre-college programs. Through our Academy of Excellence in Engineering Education, we support the teaching and engineering education pedagogical innovations of our faculty that transform the educational experience of our students, engaging over 70 faculty each year. Working with the academic departments, we facilitate the continual evolution of the courses and academic programs offered within the college as well as the development of enrollment management strategies to ensure the vitality and vibrancy of the undergraduate student population. I am a dedicated and proven leader who strives to promote the individual and collective successes of my team, which is dedicated to inspiring our students to expand their potential and positively impact the world.

Jeff is a Program Officer on VentureWell’s Higher Education Catalyst Team, where he works to better integrate sustainability into VentureWell programs, including developing and presenting new knowledge in sustainable science and technology innovation and entrepreneurship, designing and leading workshops, reviewing grant proposals, and collaborating with the other teams on sustainability-related initiatives. Prior to VentureWell, Jeff served as an Assistant Professor at The Citadel, teaching engineering and project management courses. He has over a decade of experience leading academic programs and courses, working on sustainable infrastructure and economic development projects in developing communities, from micro-scale to municipal level. Jeff holds an MBA and BS, MS, and PhD in civil engineering from Clemson University.