Drexel University

College of Arts and Sciences, Department of History 

NIST Standards Services Curricula Development Cooperative Agreement Program Awardee (2014)

Standards and Society: A Critical Curricular Platform

Drexel will organize and conduct a two-week summer workshop for graduate students in the social sciences and STEM disciplines focused on the role of standards in global patterns of industrial transformation and innovation.  Two new online courses and a Casebook on Standards and Society will support the curriculum.  This new curriculum combines contextual and practical elements and will introduce students to the political and economic trends that impact standards development, implementation and uptake.

Standards in Society: A Critical Curricular Platform (PDF)

Drexel University Critical History of Standards website

Drexel University Summer Standards Institute website

A paper was published about this award in the SES Journal and is available here:  Standards in Society: A Critical Research and Curricular Platform at Drexel University, Justin Carone and Amy E. Slaton, Drexel University (Sep/Oct 2016). 

The contacts for this award are: Amy Slaton, slatonae [at] drexel.edu (slatonae[at]drexel[dot]edu); Sharon Ku, sharonku401 [at] gmail.com (sharonku401[at]gmail[dot]com); Tiago Saraiva, tfs37 [at] drexel.edu (tfs37[at]drexel[dot]edu); and Scott Knowles, sgk23 [at] drexel.edu (sgk23[at]drexel[dot]edu) 

College of Arts and Sciences, Department of History and School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems

NIST Standards Services Curricula Development Cooperative Agreement Program Awardee (2016)

Standardization in Action: A Translational Curriculum

To create a novel translational curriculum addressing standardization in the life sciences and biomedical engineering through the collaboration of Drexel University’s Department of History and School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems.  A new undergraduate course “Standardization in Action” will be offered, complemented by an interdisciplinary course series and a systematic documentation of the standardization activities of the CONQUER Collaborative Center studying neuro-engineering device design.

Standardization in Action: A Translational Curriculum

A paper was published about this award in the SES Journal and is available here: Standardization in Action: A Critical Path for Translational STEM Education at Drexel University, Sharon Tsai-hsuan Ku, University of Virginia (Nov/Dec 2018)

The contacts for this award are: Sharon Ku, sharonku401 [at] gmail.com (sharonku401[at]gmail[dot]com); Banu Onaral, bo26 [at] drexel.edu (bo26[at]drexel[dot]edu)

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