ENGINEERING FOR SOCIAL INNOVATION
College of Engineering (CoE)
Grand Challenges Scholars Program (GCSP)
While you are at Tech, you can become a National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Grand Challenges scholar by selecting one of the fourteen grand engineering challenges facing our planet and developing and executing a plan that incorporates the five competencies required of today's engineer.
NAE 14 Grand Challenges
5 Engineering Competencies
Leadership Team
Director
Joy Harris, Ph.D.
Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Assistant Director
Gina DeSimone
Boeing Vice-president (retired)
Program Advising Manager
Ruth Pierre
Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Chemistry
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Provide Access to Clean Water
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Make Solar Energy Economical
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Provide Energy from Fusion
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Manage the Nitrogen Cycle
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Develop Carbon Sequestration Methods
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Reverse Engineer the Brain
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Engineer Better Medicine
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Advance Health Informatics
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Advance Personalized Learning
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Restore and Improve Urban Infrastructure
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Engineer Tools for Scientific Discovery
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Enhance Virtual Reality
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Secure Cyberspace
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Prevent Nuclear Terror
RESEARCH: ability to create a technical solution
MULTIDISCIPLINARY: ability to work with diverse teams incorporating different perspectives
ENTREPRENEURSHIP: ability to create innovative solutions
MULTICULTURAL: ability to understand potential cultural implications
SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS: ability to provide solutions that positively impact society
Taken together, these five engineering competencies will provide a coherent plan to address the Grand Challenge selected by the student and demonstrate they can create technical solutions that are feasible, viable and desirable.
Student Advisory Board
VP, Multicultural
Helen Yoo, EE
VP, Multidisciplinary
Shashwati da Cunha, ChBME
VP, Entrepreneurship
Roman Balak, ME
VP, Social Consciousness
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VP, Research
Jose Andrade, AE
VP, Communications
Kevin Huang
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