This story originally appeared in Yale Engineering magazine.
When the Center for Engineering Innovation and Design (CEID) officially launched in 2012 — 10 years ago! — it opened a whole new world of innovation for the Yale community. Countless SEAS majors began their engineering journey at the CEID. Perhaps they were invited by a friend or were curious about what they saw through the massive windows that line Prospect Street. Maybe they stopped in for one of the many workshops held at the CEID — hands-on explorations into everything from Arduinos to molecular gastronomy to motion graphics to ham radios and working with concrete.
With the CEID, Yale had for the first time a primary, centralized hub where people could generate ideas and produce prototypes. It quickly became a place where plans made their way from the whiteboard to the real world. Better ways to…
