Technology, Policy and Innovation Ph.D.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. Upon completion of the degree, students should be able to develop a cadre of scholars who will be engines of national and global leadership in charting and gauging the future course of technologies.

2. Upon completion of the degree, students should be able to carry out policy and design/planning research in intersecting socio-technological areas: energy and environmental systems; and engineering & technology workforce policy.

3. Upon completion of the degree, students should be able to establish a new model for doctoral education that promotes highly intensive collaborations and uses advanced educational technologies in a fertile, diverse, globally networked laboratory environment that transcends disciplinary boundaries.

4. Upon completion of the degree, students should be able to serve as an exemplary resource for regional and national industry and government, as well as for schools, colleges/universities, and other educational institutions in both implementing technological innovation and carrying out policy studies.