EEIC

The Engineering Education Innovation Center is a focal point for the college’s innovative instructional programs, building upon our outstanding reputation for and commitment to creative undergraduate education. The EEIC provides academic, personal and professional activities designed to enrich students’ experiences both inside and outside the classroom. It also creates new courses and programs and strengthens existing ones to ensure that students are well-prepared for an ever-expanding range of career and entrepreneurship opportunities in a changing, global employment environment.


Key EEIC programs include:

  • The First-Year Engineering Program, highly successful in teaching basic engineering skills to prepare students for future courses and careers and in exposing them to the different engineering disciplines. The program includes specially designed sequences for both honors and transfer students.
  • Multidisciplinary capstone programs, including industry involvement and socially responsible projects, to give students experience applying their knowledge in a multidisciplinary team setting.
  • Core and multidisciplinary engineering courses and programs in product realization; engineering entrepreneurship and leadership; engineering graphics; engineering history; engineering-based multidisciplinary minors; and the Technical Communication Resource and Consulting unit, offering writing courses and consultation.
  • Technology literacy courses and minors for non-engineers, in response to recent reports of the National Academy of Engineering, National Research Council and National Science Foundation, highlighting the need for improved technological literacy for all students.
  • Professional development and enhancement experiences including service learning, international study programs and leadership development, to help Ohio State engineering students distinguish themselves once they enter the workforce.
  • Faculty professional development and scholarships for teaching and learning, advancing fundamental programs and research on engineering education and its application to improve the student experience and learning.
  • Development of technologically enhanced and enabled instruction, supported through projects, faculty and staff development activities, and coordination of programs across the college.