Project sponsors and faculty from across the College of Engineering provided suggestions to make the new format exciting and efficient for the students. Numerous individuals jumped in to help convert to an online showcase, according to Parkinson. We’re already seeing possibilities we hadn’t considered before.” Instead, we view this as a fantastic opportunity to try things we never would have imagined in the past. “We aren’t content to just tread water until this episode is behind us. “We’re engineering designers, so we’re all about prototyping,” Parkinson said. The winners will then be showcased on the website.Īccording to Parkinson, shifting to an all-online format did have its challenges, but these challenges were seen as opportunities for the participating students, industry and faculty to show their engineering skills.
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The full list of award winners will be announced on May 8. Winners will be selected by both how many votes they are able to secure and the ingenuity they showed in getting them. For this award, students are encouraged to “stuff the ballot box” using any manner they can dream up. Short videos will also receive awards, including in a new, “No Holds Barred” category.
The project that receives the most “likes” on social media will receive an award. Projects will be awarded in the traditional categories - Best Poster and Best Project - as well as the BP People’s Choice, which students will compete for using social media this year. Logistics issues that made experiencing the showcase impossible in the past are no longer relevant. “We are already reaching out to K-12 teachers in Pennsylvania, for example. “The online format will provide opportunities for a much broader engagement with the showcase,” said Matt Parkinson, director of The Learning Factory and professor of engineering design and mechanical engineering. From there, their projects will be evaluated and considered by a panel of industry experts for numerous awards. Students will upload their completed projects to the website, where the projects will be displayed for public viewing. Gordon Learning Factory set out on a mission to create an innovative and easy to navigate website.
To make this shift to an all virtual format, the faculty and staff of the Bernard M. This semester, to coordinate with the shift to all online courses, the showcase will take place entirely online from Friday, May 1, to Friday, May 8. Each semester, Penn State senior engineering students present their capstone design projects at the College of Engineering Learning Factory Capstone Design Showcase.
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