scholarly journals Lessons Learned in Teaching Science using an Integrative Approach that used the Engineering Design Process

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Mativo ◽  
Roger Hill ◽  
Theodore Kopcha ◽  
Jennifer McGregor ◽  
Seungki Shin ◽  
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Author(s):  
Chelsea Dubiel ◽  
Jillian Seniuk Cicek ◽  
Roxanne Greene ◽  
Shawn Bailey ◽  
Farhoud Delijani

The field of engineering needs to develop while healing our relations with the lands, waters, and living systems. Fostering ethical spaces where Indigenous ways of knowing and being and western worldviews can hold space together, and cease to separate the technical from the social, are key to progressing equitably as a society. In the field of engineering within Turtle Island, it is essential that we adapt the engineering design process to reflect this. Following the execution of an Engineering and Architecture transdisciplinary Design Build course at University of Manitoba, and in partnership with the Shoal Lake No. 40 First Nation, it was acknowledged by stakeholders that further analysis of this project could establish lessons learned. This paper speaks to engineering education practice. The objective of this research is to develop recommendations for how the engineering design process can make space for Indigenous ways of knowing and being. Shoal Lake No. 40 community members, one engineering contractor, and four university faculty members were asked their perspectives on the development and implementation of two projects conducted with the community members and on the First Nation lands. Through the co-analysis of these open-ended discussions, recommendations were developed for how the engineering design process can integrate four touchstones external to the design process. The touchstones enable an engineer to perceive the design process and establish core intentions for a project that creates space for Indigenous values and principles and western worldviews.


2019 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Bertoni ◽  
Alessandro Bertoni

Value models are increasingly discussed today as a means to frontload conceptual design activities in engineering design, with the final goal of reducing cost and rework associated with sub-optimal decisions made from a system perspective. However, there is no shared agreement in the research community about what a value model exactly is, how many types of value models are there, their input–output relationships and their usage along the engineering design process timeline. Emerging from five case studies conducted in the aerospace and in the construction equipment industry, this paper describes how to tailor the development of value models in the engineering design process. The initial descriptive study findings are summarized in the form of seven lessons learned that shall be taken into account when designing value models for design decision support. From these lessons, the paper proposes a six-step framework that considers the need to update the nature and definition of value models as far as new information becomes available, moving from initial estimations based on expert judgment to detailed quantitative analysis.


Science Scope ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 041 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas Garafolo ◽  
Nidaa Makki ◽  
Katrina Halasa ◽  
Wondimu Ahmed ◽  
Kristin Koskey ◽  
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Procedia CIRP ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 100 ◽  
pp. 660-665
Author(s):  
Giovanni Formentini ◽  
Núria Boix Rodríguez ◽  
Claudio Favi ◽  
Marco Marconi

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael S. Rugh ◽  
Donald J. Beyette ◽  
Mary Margaret Capraro ◽  
Robert M. Capraro

Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine a week-long science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) project-based learning (PBL) activity that integrates a new educational technology and the engineering design process to teach middle and high school students the concepts involved in rotational physics. The technology and teaching method described in this paper can be applied to a wide variety of STEM content areas. Design/methodology/approach As an educational technology, the dynamic and interactive mathematical expressions (DIME) map system automatically generates an interactive, connected concept map of mathematically based concepts extracted from a portable document format textbook chapter. Over five days, students used DIME maps to engage in meaningful self-guided learning within the engineering design process and STEM PBL. Findings Using DIME maps within a STEM PBL activity, students explored the physics behind spinning objects, proposed multiple creative designs and built a variety of spinners to meet specified criteria and constraints. Practical implications STEM teachers can use DIME maps and STEM PBL to support their students in making connections between what they learn in the classroom and real-world scenarios. Social implications For any classroom with computers, tablets or phones and an internet connection, DIME maps are an accessible educational technology that provides an alternative representation of knowledge for learners who are underserved by traditional methods of instruction. Originality/value For STEM teachers and education researchers, the activity described in this paper uses advances in technology (DIME maps and slow-motion video capture on cell phones) and pedagogy (STEM PBL and the engineering design process) to enable students to engage in meaningful learning.


Author(s):  
Victoria Zhao ◽  
Conrad S. Tucker

Information is transferred through a process consisting of an information source, a transmitter, a channel, a receiver and its destination. Unfortunately, during different stages of the engineering design process, there is a risk of a design idea or solution being incorrectly interpreted due to the nonlinearity of engineering design. I.e., there are many ways to communicate a single design idea or solution. This paper provides a comprehensive review and categorization of the possible sources of information loss at different stages of the engineering design process. Next, the authors present an approach that seeks to minimize information loss during certain stages of the engineering design process. The paper i) explores design process and dissemination methods in engineering design; ii) reviews prior work pertaining to these stages of the engineering design process and iii) proposes an information entropy metric that designers can utilize in order to quantify information loss at different stages of the engineering design process. Knowledge gained from this work will aid designers in selecting a suitable dissemination solution needed to effectively achieve a design solution.


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