Program

CUREE 2023 Workshop will be in the Zachry Engineering Education Complex on the Texas A&M University campus. The main hall (CHEVRON STUDIOS 297-299) is on the second floor, across the lobby from Starbucks.

Address: 125 Spence St, College Station, TX 77843

Discussion Topics

CUREE is focused on bringing the community together and discussing ways to improve research and design projects for undergraduate engineering students. Possible topics for discussion include:

Cultivating mentorship for capstone or research faculty both within majors and across majors
How to manage capstone teams effectively
Promoting best practices for faculty serving as mentors
How to pursue multi-department capstone projects
Supporting collaborations of capstone or research teams across majors
Facilitating sponsor engagement across multiple departments
What makes a good sponsor
Streamlining agreements for sponsored projects
Effective recruitment of sponsored projects
Maker Space and what resources/training do students need
What can engineering learn from other fields’ approaches to capstone and undergraduate research projects

Schedule

8:30 - 9:00 AM	Coffee Bar and Sign-In: Coffee will be available in the morning as attendees sign in
9:00 - 9:10 AM	Workshop Introduction: During this session, the organizers will briefly introduce the content for the day
9:10 - 10:00 AM	Session 1 - Presentation and Q&A: Effective Recruitment of sponsored projects
10:00 - 11:00 AM	Break
10:10 - 11:00 AM	Session 2 - Discussion Panel: Supporting collaborations of captone or research teams across majors
11:00 - 11:10 AM	Break
11:10 AM - 12:00 PM	Session 3 - Presentation and Q&A How to manage effectively capstone teams
12:00 - 1:00 PM	Lunch Break
1:10 - 2:00 PM	Session 4 - Presentation and Q&A How to pursue multi-deaprtment capstone projects
2:00 - 2:10 PM	Break
2:10 - 3:00 PM	Session 5 - Discussion Panel Promoting best practices for faculty serving as mentors
3:00 - 3:30 PM	Workshop Close: During this session, the organizers will close the event and solicit feedback from attendees on iterative improvements for future CUREE workshops.