Engineering Commons^™

Free Your Mind-Unlock Your Inner Creativity, Alyssa Black, William Dow, Stephanie Harrison, Adam Kerbs, Katheleen Mcguire, Phillip Stroch, Jessica Urbano, Bradley Chase, Frank G. Jacobitz, Thomas Schubert

School of Engineering: Faculty Scholarship

Creativity is a major factor in many careers, subjects, and disciplines. Although many people first assume engineering to be a field of study that does not require any creativity, it is actually an essential tool for successful engineers. The mark of a truly accomplished engineer is the ability to problem-solve effectively; in other words, to generate creative solutions. Although the goal as engineers is to become more creative throughout one’s career, is it even possible to gain creativity? Is creativity an innate quality, or a learned one? Since the engineering process demands creativity, we looked into how creativity can be …