Roger Grace with his 2018 "Future of Engineering Education" panel at Sensors Expo and Conference, 2018.

As Sensors Expo and Conference 2019 happens this week, Roger Grace will be discussing ways to create the future.

That's because, on Thursday, June 27th, he will once again be moderating the "Future of Engineering Education" panel, at noon in San Jose's McEnery Convention Center.

Roger is the founder and President of MEMS marketing consulting firm Roger Grace Associates in Naples, Florida.  He is also an electrical engineer with 40 years' experience in analog circuit design engineering and mechanical engineering.

And along the way, he discovered how much he enjoyed working with people and sharing ideas.

Roger Grace with his 2018 "Future of Engineering Education" panel at Sensors Expo and Conference.

That discovery led him to start his marketing firm, and use his expertise to help companies commercialize their products.   (He also team-taught entrepreneurship to UC Berkeley engineering students for a number of years.)

The six-person panel which Roger will moderate will focus on nontraditional approaches to teaching engineering.   Two engineering students, two administrator/educators and two engineer/entrepreneurs will offer their perspectives.

Entrepreneurship, adult education and co-op experiences will all be key elements in the discussion.  And so will questions from the audience.

And Roger's insights on marketing could easily be pertinent to makers and arts people in general, as well as to engineering students and educators!

On this edition of Over Coffee® , you will hear:

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How Roger first became interested in engineering;

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What his own academic journey was like;

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How he transformed himself into a marketing/business consultant with an engineering background;

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Who will be participating on the "Future of Engineering Education" panel;

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The approaches his panel will take, to discussing the theme of nontraditional education;

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Why Roger is an ardent fan of co-op education;

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What makes an engineer a good engineer;

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How Roger saw entrepreneurship become part of the "mix" of engineering education;

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The "science" of entrepreneurship, and how Roger applied it to his own students while teaching at UC Berkeley;

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Something students today are missing, which entrepreneurship classes can address;

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Some of the takeaways for "arts people" from Roger's expertise in engineering and marketing.

Don't miss the "Future of Engineering Education" panel, if you're attending Sensors Expo and Conference in San Jose!  Roger and his six 2019 panelists will be discussing nontraditional engineering education (and asking for your questions) from noon to 1 pm on Thursday, June 27th in the Sensors Live Theater area.
Sensors Expo runs Tuesday, June 25th through Thursday, June 27th at McEnery Convention Center in San Jose.