scholarly journals Problem-Based and Project-Based Learning in Engineering Education

2015 ◽  
pp. 141-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anette Kolmos ◽  
Erik de Graaff
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Education ◽  
Project Based Learning

Project-based learning in a graduate course on home appliance engineering

2021 ◽  
pp. 002072092110134
Author(s):  
Yeon Kim ◽  
Suk Lee ◽  
Changsun Ahn
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Engineering Education ◽  
Graduate School ◽  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Learning Method ◽  
Graduate Course ◽  
Industrial Projects ◽  
Home Appliance

Project-based learning is one of the popular and promising approaches in engineering education. The current study reports on a curriculum that was designed and implemented by a graduate school to help students gain knowledge and creative thinking skills through collaboration between different majors during industrial projects in a graduate course on home appliance engineering. The students selected the topics, planned the project, conducted research, produced a prototype, and presented their results under the guidance of a group of advisors consisting of professors, technical advisors, and industry mentors. A quantitative analysis showed that this approach was effective in improving the students’ attitude toward engineering. Furthermore, a qualitative analysis showed that this learning method helped students learn how to communicate and present effectively, to flexibly approach projects, and to understand the practices of industrial research. Based on the findings, the current study discusses how the project-based learning helped students advance.

scholarly journals Project Based Learning Activities in Engineering Education

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (S2) ◽  
pp. 27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tiago Faustino Andrade
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Education ◽  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Academic Environment ◽  
Font Size ◽  
Master Degree ◽  
Excellent Opportunity ◽  
Teaching Learning

<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" lang="EN-US">In the present work, the author reports examples of his involvement in different teaching/learning methodologies during his five years of the Integrated Master Degree in Mechanical Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto. The aim is to explain how useful those experiences have been, allowing him to explore many techno-scientific activities within his engineering education while student as well as other <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">transferable</span> skills and later, up to the present, as a professional in academic environment. The author wishes to underline the excellent opportunity he had to practice reflection processes as an essential methodology of his engineering education.</span>

scholarly journals Implementation of Production Based Learning Models in the Workshop Program of Education of Building Engineering Education Sebelas Maret University

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 43-45
Author(s):  
Roemintoyo Roemintoyo ◽  
Chyntia Dinda Nugraheni ◽  
Ida Nugroho Saputro ◽  
Mochamad Kamil Budiarto
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Education ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Business World ◽  
Learning Plan ◽  
Product Sales ◽  
Learning Plans ◽  
Building Engineering

Building Engineering Education becomes a vocational education institution that prepares competent and professional graduates in building engineering. The background of this research is from the problem of the learning process that is not in accordance with the business world and the industrial world (DUDI). Through this research to see the products in Building Engineering Education seen from the teaching factory components. The purpose of this research is to find out: (1) competence delivered, (2) completion time, (3) the product is required internally/ externally. (4) investment needs. This research uses a descriptive qualitative method. The data used is the semester learning plan, college contracts and interviews. Sampling in this study using purposive sampling technique with snowball sampling technique. Based on the research results, it concluded that: (1) the competencies that are delivered from three managerial functions, namely learning planning in the form of semester learning plans (RPS) are following the existing planning stages; implementation of learning methods used project-based learning, (2) time for completion of the product processing process is completed on time according to the college contract, (3) products needed internally / externally, preferably the type of product that is in accordance with the market, (4) investment needs can be accepted in the market or used for further practice, the proceeds from product sales are allocated for maintenance and developments of tools.

Project Based Learning in Engineering Education in Close Collaboration with Industry

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ricardo Luiz Perez Teixeira ◽  
Priscilla Chantal Duarte Silva ◽  
Ricardo Shitsuka ◽  
Max Leandro de Araujo Brito ◽  
Betania Mafra Kaizer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Education ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Close Collaboration

Team Teaching in PBL

2022 ◽  
pp. 250-270
Author(s):  
Natascha van Hattum-Janssen ◽  
Anabela C. Alves ◽  
Sandra R. G. Fernandes
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Education ◽  
Team Teaching ◽  
Expert Knowledge ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Literature Reviews ◽  
Successful Team ◽  
Teaching Team

Project-based learning (PBL) is a challenging learning methodology, also for teachers, questioning common assumptions of teachers, like control over the classroom and reliance on expert knowledge. Most challenging is teamwork. Team teaching has been explored in many disciplinary areas, both in traditional as well as in PBL curricula. Teachers may feel uncomfortable with sharing knowledge and being assessed by students and peers. This chapter explores characteristics of team teaching in a PBL context through two consecutive literature reviews. The first seeks to characterise team teaching and its meaning to teachers, zooming in from team teaching in general to team teaching in a PBL context in engineering education. The second connects this characterization to the experiences of a specific PBL teaching team in an engineering context, resulting in insights in experiences at practitioners' level. The authors argue that successful team teaching is crucial for the success of PBL in engineering education and is important as an example for students to engage in collaboration.

scholarly journals Project-based learning of advanced CAD/CAE tools in engineering education

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 1071-1083
Author(s):  
Giovanni Berselli ◽  
Pietro Bilancia ◽  
Luca Luzi
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Education ◽  
Computer Aided Design ◽  
Integrated Design ◽  
Optimal Solution ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Design Environment ◽  
Mechanical Devices ◽  
Aided Design ◽  
The University

Abstract The use of integrated Computer Aided Design/Engineering (CAD/CAE) software capable of analyzing mechanical devices in a single parametric environment is becoming an industrial standard. Potential advantages over traditional enduring multi-software design routines can be outlined into time/cost reduction and easier modeling procedures. To meet industrial requirements, the engineering education is constantly revising the courses programs to include the training of modern advanced virtual prototyping technologies. Within this scenario, the present work describes the CAD/CAE project-based learning (PjBL) activity developed at the University of Genova as a part of course named Design of Automatic Machines, taught at the second level degree in mechanical engineering. The PjBL activity provides a detailed overview of an integrated design environment (i.e. PTC Creo). The students, divided into small work groups, interactively gain experience with the tool via the solution of an industrial design problem, provided by an engineer from industry. The considered case study consists of an automatic pushing device implemented in a commercial machine. Starting from a sub-optimal solution, the students, supervised by the lecturers, solve a series of sequential design steps involving both motion and structural analysis. The paper describes each design phase and summarizes the numerical outputs. At last, the results of the PjBL activity are presented and commented by considering the opinions of all the parties involved.

Comparing Engineering Education Systems Among USA, EU, Philippines and South Africa

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anabela C. Alves ◽  
Franz-Josef Kahlen ◽  
Shannon Flumerfelt ◽  
Anna Bella Siriban Manalang
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Engineering Education ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
University Education ◽  
Engineering Practice ◽  
Solid Core ◽  
Education Systems

Globalization has permeated our personal and professional lives and careers over the past two decades, to a point where communication, product development, and service delivery now are globally distributed. This means that the globalization of engineering practice is in effect. Large corporations tap into the global market for recruitment of engineers. However, the education of engineers occurs within the context of individual Higher Education Institutions. Engineers are educated with varying pacing and scoping of higher education programming with varying methods and pedagogy of higher education teaching. The expectations for engineering practice normed from the corporate side within the engineering marketplace, therefore, often do not match the widely dispersed educational experiences and outcomes of engineering education delivery. This gap brings challenges for all stakeholders, employers, higher education and the engineering graduate. But particularly, university education systems which traditionally are slow to respond to shifting market trends and demands, are expected to realign and restructure to answer this shortfall. A response to this shortfall has been prepared independently in different regions and countries. This paper discusses the response from Europe, USA, South Africa and Philippines. The European Commission started building a European Higher Education Area (EHEA) with the intention of promoting the mobility and the free movement of students and teachers in European tertiary education. US universities are introducing a design spine and strengthening students’ systems thinking and problem solving competencies. Philippines is trying to be aligned with ABET system from US. South Africa universities are evolving to a solid core undergraduate engineering curriculum with a limited set of electives available to students which include project-based learning. This is intended to address the education-workplace gap as well. This theoretical paper will provide a comparison study of the differences between the Engineering Education in USA, EU, Philippines and South Africa. The authors will compare current trends and initiatives, aimed at improving the readiness and competitiveness of regional engineering graduates in the workplace. Given that several worthwhile initiatives are underway, it is possible that these initiatives will remain as disparate responses to the need for the globalization of engineering education. Lean performance management systems are widely used in engineering practice internationally and represent one possible rallying concept for the globalization of engineering education in order to address the education-workplace gap. Therefore, this paper examines whether the introduction of a Lean Engineering Education philosophy is a worthwhile global curricular innovation for engineering courses.

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