Technology Interdisciplinary Innovation & Entrepreneurship Education at Tsinghua University

Li Shuangshou

Director of iCenter, Tsinghua University

       Tsinghua university has built an interdisciplinary entrepreneurship education technology innovation platform with a fusion of “creativity、innovation、entrepreneurship” ,to practice the trinity concept that is fulfill the whole value model ,cultivate the ability of doing things, impart  the knowledge and culture , to make the innovation entrepreneurship education into the talent cultivation system, to perfect the innovation entrepreneurship support and service system, and build diverse cooperation, opening and sharing innovative entrepreneurial ecosystem, then, to improve the quality of personnel training. It has created significant social benefit and influence.

Ideas to Integrate Innovation and Education

R. Scott Evans

Director of Longhorn Maker Studios, University of Texas at Austin

       When students don't know how to innovate, they may need to be involved in a comprehensive operating environment first. Secondly, the integration of courses can try to combine engineering courses with modern art, medicine and other courses. In addition, we should also consider how to better achieve synergies. Our practical education plan needs five aspects: leadership and community engagement, invention accelerator, lab and research affiliates, design, build and test facilities, the curriculum lab. We start with curriculum, facilities, research and creativity to develop challenging projects. We should listen from alumni and industrial partners and teach more about communications, work in teams (across disciplines), the Ecosystem around products (ethics, business case, etiquette, uncertainty and change, systems of systems).

Educating the Engineer of the Future 

Sanjeev Bedi

NSERC Chair in Immersive Design Engineering Activities (IDEAs);Director, Engineering Ideas Clinic; Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of Waterloo

       All entrepreneurs innovate in multiple dimensions. Innovation is the core of entrepreneurship. Innovation means a creative solution to a problem. In order to promote innovation, the University of Waterloo has carried out experimental education, such as co-op, creating the culture of entrepreneurship, building the Engineering Ideas Clinic. Waterloo has the world’s largest Co-op program, in which 3,500+ employers and 18,000 job postings and $117 million earned by students on co-op/year. Culture of Entrepreneurship has ranked top 25 in the world for producing. All Intellectual Property belongs to the creator (students/professors).Why do build the Engineering Ideas Clinic? Students have the desire to design but lack exposure, experience, and opportunity. Engineering Ideas Clinic can bring the real world into the classroom. 

Innovation and Entrepreneurship

               ---The Practice in the College of Engineering, Peking University

Zhang Dongxiao

Member of NAE; Dean, College of Engineering, Peking University

       As a base for knowledge transformation, the university should also serve the society. Innovative universities should go beyond innovation and entrepreneurship, merge humanities and sociology research, advanced innovation and teaching method, and integrate modernization. That means it should pursue excellent creativity, cutting-edge foundation and application science, innovative teaching and learning models, modern university facilities and an unwavering desire for innovation and entrepreneurship. In start-up business and entrepreneurship training, universities serves a bridge integrating research, talent and society, a driving force for social and economic development, a cradle for technology invention and the home base for talents with innovative technology and entrepreneurial spirit. This is also a goal pursued by the Peking University School of Engineering in the process of reconstruction and development: "To seek the way of engineering, one should master strong foundation and embrace innovation."

Progress in Innovation & Practice Ability Training of Mechanical Engineering in JLU

Zhao Hongwei

Dean, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Jilin University

       The predecessor of the College of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering of Jilin University is the Department of Mechanical Engineering of Jilin University of Technology, which was founded in 1955. The mechanical engineering discipline of the college was selected as the first top-level national key discipline in 2007. Responding to the national new engineering construction needs and the demand for future talent training at home and abroad, the college has established a talent training strategy advisory committee, strengthened the construction of new engineering and the reform of traditional engineering, and set up a workgroup to advance reform and innovation for engineering personnel training model, which emphasizes on self-improvement and external strength.