Reid
Bailey
Learning to lead through design.
The Technology Leaders Program (TLP) prepares students to design integrated systems that require interdisciplinary technical knowledge. As part of the TLP, students can pursue the Design Integration Minor.
Interdisciplinary Design from Beginning to End
Interdisciplinary design integration skills are developed alongside disciplinary knowledge, not after.
Co-evolution of Solution and Problem
Solutions are advanced by better understanding the problem as our understanding of the problem is advanced by exploring solutions.
Designing Throughout the Data Life Cycle
Interdisciplinary skills gained in the TLP's Design Integration Minor allow students to engage in all aspects of designing data-driven systems.
Prototype to Learn
While engineering design at most university programs looks down upon prototyping in favor of theory, TLP students engage in prototyping, alongside theory, throughout a design process.
Humans as Part of the System
Students learn to richly engage users and other stakeholders to elicit needs, not just develop measurable requirements to appease an instructor's rubric.
Top-Down and Bottom-Up
Students learn to balance the traditional bottoms-up component design approach of engineers with a sytems-perspective focused on integration.