Webinar with Dr. Jacqueline El-Sayed
Wednesday, May 27 at 8 AM EDT
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the stay home orders, many companies have moved to remote work and therefore, many engineering internships have been cancelled. In light of this emergency, engineering programs in higher education are scrambling to find ways for engineering students to complete their programmatic and graduation requirements for experiential learning. Entrepreneurship is important to the global economy. Successful entrepreneurs have a unique set of knowledge and skills. Entrepreneurial knowledge includes business acumen like finance, product development and marketing. Entrepreneurial skills include visioning, problem solving, creativity, risk taking, and communication. To be successful, entrepreneurial knowledge and skills must be honed through experience. Using academic reverse design methods, higher education institutions can create pathways that not only develop entrepreneurial knowledge and skills but also provide online experiential learning opportunities to engineering students that also help them to develop a successful entrepreneurial mindset. This mindset could be helpful as new engineering graduates navigate the potential hiring challenges that exist during these turbulent times. In this webinar, an overview of the process for developing an online entrepreneurial internship is discussed and a case study is provided.
Presenter // Dr. Jacqueline El-Sayed
Chief Academic Officer American Society for Engineering Education, ASEE
Dr. Jacqueline El-Sayed is the Chief Academic Officer for the American Society for Engineering Education. She has leadership experience with the entire pipeline of engineering education and most recently served as the Chief Academic Officer & Vice President for Academic Affairs at Marygrove College. She is a professor emerita of mechanical engineering and served on the faculty at Kettering University for 18 years, eventually earning the position of Associate Provost. In addition to her work in academia she has served in industry and government. She is a four-time gubernatorial appointee to the Michigan Truck Safety Commission and, as commissioner, served as chair for two terms. She also chaired the Driver’s Education Advisory Committee and the Motorcycle Safety Advisory Committee for the Michigan Department of State—work that resulted in new legislation for Michigan. She began her career as an engineer for General Motors Truck Group and has been nationally recognized in higher education as both an American Council on Education Fellow and a New Leadership Academy Fellow. Currently Dr. El-Sayed serves on the Bloomfield Hills Board of Education and serves on the Advancement Committee for the Society for College and University Planning (SCUP). She is married and has three adult children.