KEEN

Ohio Northern University, with support from the Kern Family Foundation, is pleased to offer a summer course open to students from all KEEN schools that will focus on the entrepreneurial mindset and its application in a manufacturing environment. Students will travel to multiple world-class manufacturing facilities, and work in teams to identify opportunities, build prototypes, and communicate solutions to clients.

The manufacturing sector in the U. S. is often portrayed as something that is in decay. To the contrary, many manufacturers are growing rapidly, and in serious need of good engineering and computer science talent. However, since much manufacturing is regional, many students are unaware of the excitement, opportunities, and challenges in today’s manufacturing environment.

We are very pleased to say that through the generosity of the Kern Family Foundation and with aid from Ohio Northern University, we are able to offer 12 students full scholarships including a stipend for room and board and travel.

2017 Course Dates: Tuesday May 30, 2017 through Saturday June 17, 2017

Course Description

This three-credit hour course will be taught as an immersive, 3-week experience based at Ohio Northern University in Ada, Ohio. This course is a 3000-level engineering course and will include trips to multiple, world-class, manufacturing facilities in the region. Students will work to identify opportunities in those settings, design and prototype solutions that create value, and communicate those solutions directly to a client.

Course Outcomes

Become familiar with the U.S. manufacturing sector

Identify opportunities to create value within a manufacturing setting

Apply creative thinking to ambiguous problems

Apply systems thinking to complex problems

Convey engineering solutions in economic terms

For more details see:

http://www.onu.edu/engineering/opportunities_resources/keen/summer_course_offering

Inquiries should be submitted to keen@onu.edu