Norristown, Pennsylvania—October 11, 2017—
 
A Day of Innovation, facilitated by Steve Melick, Executive Director of the La Salle Center for Entrepreneurship, began with high school students and their teachers at the Montgomery County Intermediate Unit (MCIU) in Norristown on Wednesday, October 11, 2017.

Students in the North Penn High School Engineering Academy, Kurt Barclay, Dan Trumpp, Alex Hotchkiss, and Aidan Daly, participated in the full day event with 35 other students from surrounding Montgomery County High Schools to learn about the innovation life cycle, participate in ideation and creation exercises, and to learn about ways to think critically about problems and opportunities in order to devise innovative solutions to complex, real-life problems.

The day started with 5 different interactive activities designed to broaden the students’ perspectives about design, purpose, and the root causes of problems to be solved.  The Day of Innovation concluded with a culminating activity where the students presented their work and their solutions to real-life problems.

If you are interested in learning more about the La Salle Center for Entrepreneurship, the Montgomery County Intermediate Unit, the Engineering Academy or the Technology and Engineering Education Department at North Penn High School, please visit their websites:

If you are interested in learning more about their research, the Engineering Academy or the Technology and Engineering Education Department, please visit their websites: www.northpennengineering.org or www.thefutureisnear.org.

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