A certificate in Contextual Engineering demonstrates that students have been trained to think about user community needs when addressing technical needs, regardless of where that community is located or how different it is from the students’ own experiences.
Gain an understanding that every population has its own capabilities, needs, and values, all of which must be incorporated into technical design if it is to be functional and sustainable.
Enhance your teaching skills beyond the undergraduate level and personalize the content area that is most applicable to each teacher’s course responsibilities.
Designed for students interested in expanding their knowledge and application of management principles, with a focus on the unique application in the field of hospitality.
URBANA, Ill. – Agricultural production increasingly relies on digital tools and knowledge to address the challenges of climate change and provide resources for a growing world population. Practices such as precision agriculture, digital farming, biotechnology, and genomics involve complex data processing that requires a highly skilled workforce.
URBANA, Ill. – How do we bring threatened and endangered animals back from the brink? The task is never easy or simple, but one thing is undeniably true: If we don’t understand these animals and what they need to survive, we have little chance of success.
Saving bats, then, is arguably a trickier endeavor than for other species. After all, the cryptic critters only emerge at night and are highly mobile, making it difficult to track their movements and behavior.
Working towards international food security is a career aspiration for a group of College of ACES undergraduates after they spent six weeks conducting research at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in the Philippines.
URBANA, Ill. – Several ACES researchers are among the recipients of funds from the University of Illinois Chancellors Call to Action to Address Racism and Social Injustice Research Program 2022-23.
This week’s 5 Questions Friday features ACES alum, Patrick Martin (’09 Policy, International Trade and Development). Today, Martin works as a government relations professional for Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies, Chicago and Washington DC.
Where did you grow up, and do you have an agriculture background? If so, describe.
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