There are long-standing examples of how engineers’ education in probability and statistics has not been sufficient. This work presents a novel theoretical framework to help teach and study statistical...
Chowdhary, Shreya Eisenbud, Ruby Daitzman, Sam Pan, Emma Graeff, Erhardt
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The emerging field of Public Interest Technology contains the seeds for an engineering practice that embodies the
ethic of care and undergraduate engineering educational experiences in the mold of li...
Computing has a history of perpetuating injustices, a pattern that has only seemed to grow worse over recent years. These injustices are a direct result of computing's epistemic values and practices, ...
A series of paper handouts given to attendees of the "Olin Rising" opening day ceremony on May 3rd, 2003. Most are geared towards prospective students and their parents.
A scrapbook covering the history of Olin College, starting from 1997 and ending at 2005. The scrapbook contains photographs of student activities, faculty, and other aspects of Olin College life. Ther...
Petition to the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education from the Olin Foundation about the incorporation of Olin College, as well as related correspondence.
A draft document containing the results of the strategic planning process at Olin College for
2004-2006. Includes a mission statement, long-term aspiration statement, and three strategic goals.
This collection contains coursework by Olin College students. Various kinds of objects can be found here; theses, conference presentations, and published papers can be found in the other Phoenix Files...
We see a misalignment between the engineering field’s constitutive-interests rooted in the reductionist sciences and the needs of the 21st century in the socio-political, environmental, and spiritual ...
For our Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Capstone project, we created and taught a STEM unit for fifth grade students. The goals behind this project were to learn how to plan and execute a cohesi...
Stein, Lynn Andrea Somerville, Mark Townsend, Jessica
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The Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering was created to address several perceived needs for engineering graduates of the future and to be an experimental laboratory for engineering education. As su...
Project‐Based Learning (PjBL) has been shown to be an effective method to enhance student learning, particularly in science and engineering (S&E) fields. However, the implementation of a PjBL environm...
