Workshops for Educators

Our conference workshops help educators learn ways to teach design process awareness to their engineering students. These workshops have been held by the Design Signatures in the Wild Team at ASEE 2024, FYEE 2024, and KEEN 2025!

Next workshop: coming soon!

Jan '25
Design Signatures in the Wild: Making the Invisible Visible

For engineering educators fostering entrepreneurial mindsets

1.25 hours | January 23-25, 2025 - KEEN Conference | Austin, TX

This workshop covered the experiential learning, research, and applications of design signature capturing from the perspective of engineering educators hoping to foster entrepreneurial mindsets in their students. It centered around a fun Oreo tower activity!

Dec '24
Design Signatures in the Wild: Making the Invisible Visible

For engineering educators

1.5 hours | December 8-11, 2025 - AAEE Conference | Ōtautahi Christchurch, NZ

This workshop covered the experiential learning, research, and applications of design signature capturing from engineering and computing educators' perspectives. It centered around a fun Oreo tower activity!

Oct '24
Design Signatures in the Wild: Making the Invisible Visible in Engineering and Computing Education

For engineering and computing educators

3 hours | October 13-16, 2024 - FIE Conference | Washington, D.C.

This workshop covered the experiential learning, research, and applications of design signature capturing from engineering and computing educators' perspectives. It centered around a fun Oreo tower activity!

July '24
Design Signatures in the Wild: Making the Invisible Visible in First-Year Engineering Education Settings

For first-year engineering educators

1.5 hours | July 28-30, 2024 - FYEE Conference | Boston, MA

This workshop covered the experiential learning, research, and applications of design signature capturing from a first-year engineering educator's perspective as they begin their career. It centered around a fun Oreo tower activity!

June '24
Design Signatures in the Wild: Making the Invisible Visible

For all engineering educators

2.5 hours | June 23-26, 2024 - ASEE Conference | Portland, OR

This workshop focused on outlining the experiential learning, research, and short-term and long-term applications of design signature capturing in the classroom. It centered around a fun Oreo tower activity! This workshop was designed to support all engineering educators.

June '24
Design Signatures in the Wild: Making the Invisible Visible in Capstone Courses

For capstone engineering design educators

1.5 hours | June 3-5, 2024 - Capstone Design Conference | Knoxville, TN

This workshop focused on long-term projects, such as engineering capstones, where design signature capturing can be used to help students. It centered around a fun Oreo tower activity! This workshop was designed to support capstone design engineering educators.

Meet the Design Signatures in the Wild Team