GRAND CHALLENGES SCHOLARS PROGRAM: MOTIVATION, VISION AND THE GROWTH OF A MOVEMENT Yannis C. Yortsos Dean GCSP MEETING, BANGALORE, INDIA December 14, 2017
This is the most exciting era for Science and Engineering in Human History Chuck Vest, late NAE President NAE Grand Challenges Summit, USC October 6-8, 2010 GCSP MEETING, BANGALORE, INDIA December 14, 2017
THE NAE GRAND CHALLENGES (2008) Make Solar Energy Economical Provide Energy from Fusion Develop Carbon Sequestration Methods Manage the Nitrogen Cycle Provide Access to Clean Water sustainability Engineer Better Medicines Advance Health Informatics Reverse Engineer the Brain health Secure Cyberspace security Prevent Nuclear Terror Restore and Improve Urban Infrastructure Enhance Virtual Reality Advance Personalized Learning Engineer the Tools of Scientific Discovery enriching life GCSP Meeting, Bangalore, India December 14, 2017
Engineering as the Empowering Discipline
EXPONENTIAL TECHNOLOGY BRINGS DISRUPTION- REQUIRES AGILITY AND ADAPTABILITY AND NEW MINDSETS Exponential changes- No steady states No steady states in growth Growth Mindset Fixed Mindset
Must Add Mindsets to Knowledge and Skills (e.g. The NAE Grand Challenges Scholars Program) Mindsets, e.g. Growth Mindset. To Here. From Here Knowledge Skills Modified From Ortiz et al.
Ethical Decision Making
Convergence Technology now allows us to address Grand Challengeslike problems (e.g. the NAE Grand Challenges) Convergence of sciences and disciplines (including Social, Behavioral and Economic) Engineering + X where X is everything! (What if X is human-centric?) Powerful technology brings equally powerful unintended consequences Engineering education must reflect this change Participation in engineering must change: women, demographics
VISION: ENGINEERING+ Engineering is the empowering discipline of our times Engineers solve grand challenges and create opportunities Engineering education must reflect this change Participation in engineering must change: women, demographics GCSP MEETING, BANGALORE, INDIA December 14, 2017
NAE GRAND CHALLENGES SCHOLARS PROGRAM Conceived in 2009 (USC, Duke, Olin): Adopted by > 80 schools nationwide: Supported by the NAE Likely to be the engineering education of the future Consistent with WEF report on added skills for the 21 st century: Creativity, Leadership, Perseverance Consistent with the Engineer of 2020 CULTIVATES FIVE MINDSETS 1. Research/creative 2. Multidisciplinary 3. Entrepreneurial 4. Cultural 5. Society conscious
NAE GCSP MINDSETS 1. Research/creative/experiential learning Mentored research or project experience related to a Grand Challenge to enhance technical competence 2. Multidisciplinary Understanding gained through experience of the multidisciplinary character of Grand Challenge solutions 3. Business/Entrepreneurship Understanding gained through experience that viable business models are necessary 4. Multicultural Understanding gained through experience that serious consideration of cultural issues is mandatory (global or local) 5. Social consciousness Deepen social consciousness and motivation to address societal problems, often gained through service learning
First GCSP Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, October 2016 NAE GRAND CHALLENGES SCHOLARS PROGRAM GCSP Meeting, Bangalore, India December 14, 2017
NAE GRAND CHALLENGES SCHOLARS PROGRAM GCSP Meeting, Bangalore, India December 14, 2017
2015 GLOBAL GRAND CHALLENGES SUMMIT Held in Beijing on September 14, 2015 Co-organized by the VSoE
NAE GRAND CHALLENGES SUMMIT (DC, 2017) GCSP Meeting, Bangalore, India December 14, 2017
NAE GRAND CHALLENGES SCHOLARS CLASS OF 2017
LEADERSHIP, CREATIVITY, PERSEVERANCE: UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT GROUPS -ACM (ROUTINELY WINS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL) -AERO DESIGN (WINS NATIONALS) -BME (WON NATIONAL COULTER AWARD) -CONCRETE CANOE -HYPERLOOP -RACE-CAR DESIGN (GLOBAL HONORS) -ROBOTICS -ROCKET PROPULSION LAB (BEST IN THE NATION)
LEADERSHIP, CREATIVITY, PERSEVERANCE: UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT GROUPS ROCKET PROPULSION LAB SETS STUDENT WORLD RECORD
ROCKET PROPULSION LAB WORLD RECORD
USC IS IDEAL FOR CONVERGENCE Communication Informatics DECIDE USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience CHARIOT CREATE Protein Engineering Iovine Center Discovery Informatics Neuro Engineering Center for Body Computing HTE@USC USC Games CCI CAIS Maseeh Entrepreneurship Prize Competition Min Family Engineering Social Entrepreneurship Challenge
CAIS (Engineering + Social Work)
CHARIOT (Engineering + Education)
ENGINEERING + MEDICINE (NEURAL ENGINEERING) Institute for Technology and Medical System Innovation (I-TeMeS) Led by Gianluca Lazzi, Provost Professor of Opthalmology and Electrical Engineering With presence on both campuses And the hire of 7 new faculty Goals Restore movement, senses with reliable interfaces Fast, accurate, reliable sensing/detection/imaging Accurate, non-intrusive, monitoring of patient status and well-being
NSF I-CORPS PROGRAM Renewed 2017 Total of $7 M+ from NSF to support engineering entrepreneurship
INCUBATION PROCESSES Maseeh Entrepreneurship Prize Competition» Several ventures launched by winners and top-placed teams (Abtum, Embark, Second Spectrum, Semio)» Continues to grow and attract interest Min Family Engineering Challenge» 2017 Challenge: Teams will work on solutions inspired by disaster relief and recovery (hurricanes, etc.) New undergraduate ABC (atoms, bits, and cells) prizes to be offered All freshmen see engineering entrepreneurship in the required Freshman Academy
IPODIA: THE GLOBAL CLASSROOM USC KAIST PKU Tsinghua
USC PKU NTU Tsinghua Technion KAIST IIT RWTH Aachen University USP BITS Qatar University UNAM IPODIA STAR ALLIANCE
IPODIA- DUBAI (2014): USC, BITS, AACHEN, QATAR
IPODIA FOR THE FIRST TIME (FALL 2017) ALL 11 UNIVERSITIES WORLDWIDE CONNECTED IN A SINGLE CLASS
IMPACT: COMMUNITY SERVICE ASPIRE TO 100,000 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE BY VITERBI STUDENTS AND STAFF (E.g. K-12, Outreach, EWB)
Problems are inevitable All Problems are solvable (From David Deutsch s book The beginning of infinity )