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How to Build an Engineer

EE Times Current · 4 Jun 2021 · 33m

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Kristina M. Johnson, President of the Ohio State University and the inaugural recipient of the IEEE Mildred Dresselhaus Medal, discusses her career in optoelectronics, academia, and government service. She explains her philosophy on engineering education, advocating for 'STEAM' (adding arts to STEM) and inverted curricula that start with design projects to motivate students. Johnson also details her work in clean energy, including co-founding the hydropower startup Enduring Hydro, now part of Eagle Creek Renewable Energy.

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Helium, TSMC, Light Matter, Enduring Hydro, Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Ohio State University, Duke University, Stanford University

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