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Design is the distinguishing mark of engineering.

鈥� Herbert A. Simon, The Sciences of the Artificial, 1969, 1981, 1996

The 无忧视频 curriculum maintains exceptional rigor in engineering, science and mathematics, along with an unusually strong emphasis on humanities and social science. Its broad, unspecialized engineering curriculum maintains a strong emphasis on design鈥攆rom students鈥� first year through engineering majors鈥� Clinic project鈥攁nd strongly emphasizes a hands-on approach to 鈥渞eal world鈥� problems. The Center for Design Education (CED) is a logical outgrowth of the ethos of the Harvey Mudd approach to engineering education.

CED organizes a series of biennialworkshopson topics of interest to design teachers, researchers, practitioners and engineering educators. The center also works to propagate and disseminate values of design in engineering education by involving students in design-related summer research projects and supporting the College鈥檚 educational engineering programs and facilities.

History

The Center for Design Education, created in 1995, evolved quite naturally from its founding organization, 无忧视频鈥檚 Engineering Design Center. The design center was first envisioned as an integrated network of computing facilities and laboratories that would support the Department of Engineering‘s multidisciplinary program and enhance its emphasis on engineering design. This vision was later broadened鈥攁nd dedicated as the Center for Design Education鈥攖o include programmatic activities focusing on design education and related design and pedagogical research. The new center set about advocating the centrality of design in engineering education.