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Faculty Forum May 2, 2012 2:00pm
Information, Technology & Culture
Energy Education
February, 2012
Elements
Curricular Programs Gateway Experiences & Courses Energy IDEAS Project Teams Energy Fellows Program Energy Engagement Duke IDEAS in Energy
Current status Resources required Aspects requiring development
Undergrad E&E certificate. Undergrad Energy Eng. 2 nd MPP E&E conc. under dev.
major under dev. MEM, MBA E&E conc. PhD programs, incl. Env. Policy Intro. to E&E course. Energy Fundamentals Workshop.
Field trips.
Several programs have similar needs for core courses. Several current approaches (capstones, MPs, senior theses) although not necessarily integrated or accessible due to enrollment restrictions, ceilings, prereqs, etc. Unofficially launched with Rep. Bob Inglis (NSOE). Diplomats in Residence (Sanford).
Pratt NAE Grand Challenge Scholars. SmartHome Fellows. Website, Speaker Series, and lunch series launched. Duke Startup Challenge- Clean Energy Track launched. Conference events supported.
Alter or combine any existing programs for connectivity/efficiency?
Create a set of shared core courses under a common designation? If so, which ones and who is responsible? New gateway course(s)? Make Energy Fundamentals a course or develop other short courses? FOCUS? Study abroad? Where to expand offerings? Agreements about accessibility? Integration of joint projects among undergrad/grad/faculty and with research. Group MPs? Client-based projects? Prerequisites? Initial development effort. Faculty & administrative oversight & staff to coordinate schedules, maintain documents, etc.
Initial development effort. Faculty/TA/contract teaching time. Faculty & administrative oversight & staff. Faculty/TA/contract teaching time. Faculty & administrative oversight & staff. One generic Fellows program or an umbrella with sub-programs? (eg, Visiting, Faculty, Post-Doc, Graduate, Undergrad Fellows) Recruitment process? Mentoring? International exchange? Internal/public conferences/workshops. Career events. Communications. Social media. Internships. Duke Engage. How to structure series?
Initial development effort. Salary, stipends, fellowships, travel, living support. Faculty and administrative oversight and staff. Communications. Space/facilities.
Travel and honoraria. Event and communications costs.
Duke Energy Education Across Schools & Levels
Undergraduate Professional
Business Law
E&E Concentr.
Policy Environment Engineering Arts & Sciences
Energy Eng. 2 nd Major?
Certificate in Energy & Environment (E&E) Env. & Resources Concentr.?
Concurrent Degrees E&E Concentr.
Nicholas Institute
Doctoral PhD Environmental Policy Co-curricular Facilities Energy Club, Start-up Challenge Energy clubs Smart Home Duke Energy Hub; Sustainable Duke Gendell Center for Eng, E&E Smart Home Assistant ships
Global Health
Brain and Society
Brain and Society
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Brain and Society is a transdisciplinary, team-based learning experience that requires collaborative discovery across traditional academic disciplines. Brain and Society will engage undergraduates, graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, medical students, medical residents, medical fellows, professional students, and faculty from different programs, majors, and professional schools, including but not exclusive to Neuroscience, in an immersive curriculum that combines research and coursework into a common program of scholarship and that integrates students into multidisciplinary project based teams. Students will enter Brain and Society via any of a set of gateway courses taken in the sophomore or junior years. These courses will initiate a multi-semester sequence in which small teams of students (3-5 individuals, from Neuroscience, Public Policy Studies, Philosophy, Sociology, Economics, Women’s Studies, Visual and Media Studies, and other majors) work as part of a vertically integrated team, take a shared second course related to the research topic, select non-coursework training appropriate to the project, and then participate in a final theme capstone. Research teams will be charged with building connections between basic research in neuroscience (and related biological sciences) and societal challenges in Medicine, Public Policy, Economics, Ethics, and Law. Example research questions could include understanding physical and social responses to transformative events (e.g., post-traumatic stress disorder following disaster), exploring methods for shaping public policies (e.g., increasing contributions to public goods), and understanding how decision processes shape our institutions (e.g., integrating new science into legal procedures). As a new liberal art of the 21st century, neuroscience can become a lingua franca that allows students from diverse backgrounds to communicate across traditional disciplines, bringing their individual education to bear jointly on a social problem.