What Happens When Every Student Becomes an Engineer?

What if every student approached challenges like an engineer? This poster presentation explores how engineering design, problem-solving, creativity and iterative thinking can transform learning across all content areas. Through real classroom examples, discover how engineering challenges empower students to become innovators, collaborators and confident problem-solvers while increasing engagement and ownership of learning. Learn how engineering design principles can be integrated into STEM, CTE and general education classrooms to promote critical thinking, creativity, resilience and collaboration, and explore strategies for creating classroom environments where students design, test, improve and learn from failure as a natural part of the process. You will see project examples, challenge-based learning strategies and implementation frameworks that turn students into active problem-solvers rather than passive consumers of information. Leave with practical approaches for fostering an engineering mindset through hands-on learning experiences that can be adapted across grade levels and content areas.