Creativity in Electrical Engineering Degree Programs: Where Is the Content?

2019 ◽  
Vol 62 (4) ◽  
pp. 288-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Valentine ◽  
Iouri Belski ◽  
Margaret Hamilton ◽  
Scott Adams
Keyword(s):  
Electrical Engineering ◽  
Degree Programs ◽  
Engineering Degree

Eval — An Expert System for Evaluating Written Reports

1987 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-31
Author(s):  
Stewart Marshall
Keyword(s):  
Expert System ◽  
Electrical Engineering ◽  
Verbal Communication ◽  
Engineering Degree

As an assignment for the course ‘Verbal Communication’, undergraduates in their fourth year of an Electrical Engineering degree were asked to write reports evaluating three microcomputers. What was unusual for this particular class was that their ‘microcomputer evaluation reports’ were then evaluated by a microcomputer. This article describes a simple ‘expert system’ which assists the tutor in the evaluation of written reports.

Designing Sustainability Curricula

2015 ◽  
pp. 724-743 ◽  
Author(s):  
Madoc Sheehan
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Engineering ◽  
Cognitive Learning ◽  
Design Tool ◽  
Degree Programs ◽  
James Cook ◽  
Engineering Program ◽  
Engineering Degree ◽  
Wide Range

Developing an engineering student's awareness of sustainability through the embedding of sustainability curricula is widely considered to be essential to modernising chemical engineering degree programs. In this chapter, the chemical engineering program at James Cook University is used as a case study to illustrate the design and sequencing of embedded curricula associated with developing a students' awareness of sustainability. There are a wide range of examples of skills, techniques, and characteristics associated with developing this awareness. In this chapter, an approach is described whereby a set of generic and interdisciplinary capabilities are developed to provide a degree of flexibility in how sustainability is interpreted and taught. A cognitive learning matrix is utilised as a design tool that facilitates determination of new subject learning outcomes aligned with the sustainability capabilities. A variety of curriculum examples are introduced and described.

UPCT-Bloopbusters: A methodology of teaching physics and technology concepts using movie scenes and related experiments

2020 ◽  
pp. 002072092096587
Author(s):  
José-Víctor Rodríguez ◽  
Juan-Francisco Sánchez-Pérez ◽  
Enrique Castro-Rodríguez ◽  
José-Luis Serrano-Martínez
Keyword(s):  
Optical Communications ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Degree Programs ◽  
Applied Physics ◽  
Educational Project ◽  
Engineering Degree ◽  
Before And After ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Teaching Physics ◽  
Technology Concepts

There is an increasing need for innovative educational methods that can motivate and engage students in subjects that are often perceived as difficult or boring. One such approach is the UPCT-Bloopbusters educational project, developed by a group of professors at the Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena (UPCT), Spain, wherein concepts from the fields of physics and technology are presented and exemplified in the classroom through scenes from different movies in conjunction with experiments. The project was conducted on three subjects, one from each of the three bachelor of electrical engineering degree programs offered at the UPCT, namely Physics I, Applied Physics, and Optical Communications. This paper describes the methodology of the educational project and then presents and discusses the academic results of the students involved in terms of success and performance rates both before and after the application of the new methodology. Moreover, the results of a survey carried out on the students are presented. Finally, some of the exercises used in this methodology for the teaching and learning of science based on different movie scenes are provided as examples. The results of the project show that the students were receptive of the methodology and further indicated that it may lead to increased academic performance due to their enhanced understanding of physics and technology concepts.

A Novel Model for Integrating Nanotechnology Track in Undergraduate Engineering Degree Programs

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mangilal Agarwal ◽  
Maher E. Rizkalla ◽  
Hazim El-Mounayri ◽  
Sudhir Shrestha ◽  
Jane A. Simpson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Degree Programs ◽  
Undergraduate Engineering ◽  
Engineering Degree ◽  
Novel Model

An Industrial Engineering Curriculum Renewal Process for the Enhancement of Industrial Engineering Degree Programs

2004 ◽  
Vol 48 (7) ◽  
pp. 1044-1048 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacob B. Mullenix ◽  
Saravanan Regunath ◽  
Raja J. Jacob ◽  
Anand K. Gramopadhye ◽  
Michael S. Leonard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Renewal Process ◽  
Industrial Engineering ◽  
Degree Programs ◽  
Engineering Curriculum ◽  
Engineering Degree ◽  
Curriculum Renewal
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