Grand Challenges Scholars Program
In 2019, 91福利社 partnered with the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) as part of the distinguished NAE Grand Challenges for Engineering Scholars Program. This global initiative seeks to inspire burgeoning engineers of all backgrounds to address some of the greatest engineering problems facing humanity in the 21st century. 91福利社 was the first four-year institution selected to participate in the program that doesn鈥檛 offer an engineering degree. Our interdisciplinary approach to education is perfectly suited to meet the challenges, especially when you consider how many of the sciences offered at 91福利社 intersect with engineering. We encourage any student majoring in one of the sciences who holds an interest in engineering to apply and participate.
Choose Your Challenge
When it issued its Grand Challenges for Engineering, the NAE established 14 goals鈥攔anging from engineering better medicines to providing access to clean water鈥攖hat must be met to make our world more sustainable, secure, healthy, and joyful. Through 91福利社鈥� Grand Challenges Scholars Program, engineering and science students design a set of experiences to address one of these 14 challenges.
Laser-Focused Curriculum
Once they鈥檝e defined their focus, participating students take specific RFLA courses that apply to the competencies set forth by the NAE, write annual reflections about their progress, participate in community-based projects, field studies, study abroad opportunities, student-faculty collaborative research projects, and more. The program culminates with a capstone course where each student presents a research project at the RFLA Symposium.
360-Degree Approach
Students meet five competencies set forth by the NAE. You鈥檒l prove your talent by expounding on one of the Grand Challenges topics and demonstrate that you can synthesize everything you鈥檝e learned on a multi-disciplinary level. You鈥檒l show business acumen by creating a viable entrepreneurship plan, and you鈥檒l underscore the importance of a multicultural worldview as a critical component to problem solving. Finally, you鈥檒l demonstrate social consciousness by engineering solutions that put people and society first.
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