About the Keller Center for Innovation in Engineering Education
Established in February 2005, the mission of Princeton’s Keller Center for Innovation in Engineering Education is to prepare all students – both engineers and non-engineers – to be leaders in an increasingly complex, technology-driven society. The center is creating new courses and strengthening existing ones that go beyond purely technical subjects to provide students a broader understanding of the global economic, environmental and cultural forces that shape and are shaped by technology. At the same time, the center is improving students' technical education by exposing them to real engineering projects throughout their four years, through internships, entrepreneurial opportunities and multidisciplinary courses.
The explosive growth and influence of technology demand a new standard of engineering education.
To lead in a technology-driven society, all students must:
- Gain exposure to real-world engineering problems
- Be able to solve problems from an interdisciplinary perspective
- Understand technology in its societal context
The center will achieve this by:
- Broadening the first-year curriculum for engineering students
- Developing engineering-wide courses & programs (leadership, innovation, etc.)
- Developing courses & programs in technology for non-engineering students
- Leveraging strengths at Princeton and beyond
- Fostering international and community-based programs
- Creating an extensive engineering-centric summer internship program