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A cover letter is required for consideration for this position and should be attached as the first page of your resume. The cover letter should address your specific interest in the position and outline skills and experience that directly relate to this position.

The College of Engineering, Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Michigan invites applicants for a part-time LEO Intermittent Lecturer position for the Fall 2022 term.

The Mission of The Center for Entrepreneurship (CFE) is to unlock the full entrepreneurial potential at the University of Michigan by helping people to understand, experience, practice, and refine the skills needed to successfully translate their knowledge, ideas, leadership, creativity, and enthusiasm into lasting value in the world. We achieve this potential by providing broad and inclusive access to a wide variety of educational opportunities, immersive learning experiences, timely and powerful mentorship, and meaningful connections to the global industry leaders that are building the future.

Since its inception in 2007, the CFE has developed a rich and diverse set of offerings that cater first to the needs of the students and faculty at The University. Just like a startup, the CFE team continues to evolve and grow to meet the increasing demand for entrepreneurial curriculum and experiences. We have made an unprecedented commitment to spur and enable entrepreneurial activities among students, faculty, and the greater community. Additional information about the CFE can be found at: https://cfe.umich.edu/.

The Center for Entrepreneurship’s courses are the epitome of experiential learning, demonstrative of entrepreneurial mindset, and open to all U-M students across all 19 schools/colleges.

The person in this position will be responsible for teaching ENTR 390.008 Lab: Hardware/Coding/Internet of Things during the Fall 2022 term. This lab section is an integral part of the CFE’s hands-on Introduction to Entrepreneurial Design experiential course suite: (https://cfe.umich.edu/project/intro-to-entrepreneurial-design/)

Introduction to Entrepreneurial Design is a cross-disciplinary, foundational course with choice of one lab for students who want to dive in and gain hands-on experience in designing and building physical and digital prototypes. The overall focus of the course is on learning to hack things together and experience the fun of building within the context of entrepreneurship and design.

At the forefront of Introduction to Entrepreneurial Design are its project-based lab sections, in three concentration areas:

• Hardware/Coding/IoT
• 3D Printing and Prototyping
• Virtual and Augmented Reality

Each prototyping lab is supplemented by a combined weekly lecture session, where students from all labs come together to learn the principles of design, entrepreneurship, innovation, sustainability and commercialization. This course was designed for current and potential entrepreneurs, designers, hackers, makers, founders, and doers.

The objective of the Hardware/Coding/IoT lab section is to help students develop working knowledge of and hands-on, practical experience enabling basic and new capabilities of connected devices, designing and coding apps for mobile devices or voice AI, and controlling interactions for the Internet of Things.

The Hardware/Coding/IoT instructor will lead a weekly 3 hr, experiential lab that teaches functional device/app programming to undergraduate students. Course faculty will teach enrolled students to: 

• identify resources for independent problem solving
• develop a basic understanding of coding and electronics
• apply a variety of methods for documenting and communicating the progress of their designs
• create functional prototypes, and engage in the design process
• employ an iterative design approach, integrating concepts from the lecture to develop a final project

The course is scheduled for 15 weeks during the Fall 2022 term. The lab instructor will be responsible for preparing course materials, actively teaching in-person, holding office hours weekly, managing milestones for and grading student projects, engaging in regular and collaborative meetings in coordination with the the other two lab instructors plus general Intro to Entrepreneurial Design course instructor, and, attending the CFE’s monthly Faculty Community Meetings.

• Graduate degree in a relevant field
• Experience with hardware and software programming, embedded computing devices and AI technology 
• Strong communication skills, including oral and visual presentations
• Ability to learn conceptual frameworks quickly and apply them to practical student needs; designing and preparing active-learning lessons
• Demonstrated ability to teach students and work effectively in a classroom environment, including the ability to establish credibility and rapport with students
• Steadfast attention to detail and accuracy, in a timely and responsive manner

• Advanced degree (PhD) in a relevant field
• Experience in makerspace education and/or endeavors
• Leadership in a multi-disciplinary team-based environment
• Experience in entrepreneurship (startups or early stage), or intrapreneurship within a larger organization, or commercializing
• Experience with Learning Management Systems (e.g. Canvas)

This position is covered under the collective bargaining agreement between the U-M and the Lecturers Employee Organization, AFL-CIO, which contains and settles all matters with respect to wages, benefits, hours and other terms and conditions of employment.

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The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

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