scholarly journals Increasing The Innovation Ability And Aptitude Of Technology And Engineering Students Through Focused Collaborative, Crossdisciplinary Design Thinking Boot Camps

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoff Wright ◽  
Paul Skaggs ◽  
Richard Fry ◽  
C. Richard Helps
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Students ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Boot Camps ◽  
Innovation Ability

Understanding the Impact of Engineering Through Appropriate Technology Development

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nickey Janse van Rensburg ◽  
Z. Simpson ◽  
N. Malan
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Students ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Research Collaboration ◽  
Technology Development ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Appropriate Technology ◽  
Open Market ◽  
Market Growth ◽  
The Impact

This research describes a pilot project which aimed to introduce CDIO-type (Conceive-Design-Implement-Operate), project-based learning through a community-based project in a third year Material Science module. The project formed part of an agriculture research initiative, and relied on interdisciplinary research collaboration between engineering, social sciences, management, entrepreneurship, and industrial arts. The initiative seeks to develop an agribusiness solution that will create an open-market, growth-oriented food economy. As part of the initiative, engineering students, participating in teams, worked alongside a community of urban farmers, most of whom are working poor, so as to develop appropriate, intermediate technology/ies that could support the farmers. This was informed by the need to have students demonstrate high level understanding of disciplinary content, but also to engage in human-centered design thinking and practice.

A Reflection on Teaching Design Thinking to First-Year Engineering Students

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kuntinee Maneeratana ◽  
Ratchatin Chancharoen ◽  
Peerapat Thongnuek ◽  
Potcharawan Sukmuen ◽  
Chamaiporn Inkaew ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Students ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
First Year ◽  
Teaching Design

Enhancing Visual Thinking in a Toy Design Course Using Freehand Sketching

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elkin Taborda ◽  
Senthil K. Chandrasegaran ◽  
Lorraine Kisselburgh ◽  
Tahira Reid ◽  
Karthik Ramani
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Students ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Design Tools ◽  
Visual Thinking ◽  
Engineering Knowledge ◽  
Principles Of Design ◽  
Toy Design ◽  
Future Work ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Creativity And Innovation

Engineering graduates in advancing economies are not only expected to have engineering knowledge, but also use them in creative and innovative ways. The importance of visual thinking has been critical for creativity and innovation in design. However, today’s engineering students are proficient in detailed design tools but lacking in conceptual design and ideation, and engineering curricula needs to develop a more effective framework for teaching visual thinking. In this paper, we report our efforts to embed principles of design thinking and visual thinking practices, like McKim’s “seeing, imagining and drawing” cycle [1]. We use a toy design course in mechanical engineering for our pilot study as a scaffold for introducing these principles in an engaging, creative, and fun environment. We introduced free-hand sketching as a tool for visual thinking during the design and communication of concepts. We also report the impact of these changes through information gleaned from student feedback surveys and analysis of design notebooks. We use our findings to propose ways to provide the students with a set of balanced techniques that help them in visual thinking, communication, and design. An improved implementation of this experience is discussed and future work is proposed to overcome barriers to thinking and communication.

BIM Education for Engineers via Self-Directed, Creative Design

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 65-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oliver Kinnane ◽  
Roger West
Keyword(s):  
Structural Engineering ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Information Modeling ◽  
Traditional Architecture ◽  
Disruptive Technologies ◽  
Curriculum Restructuring ◽  
Building Information ◽  
Engineering Schools

Disruptive technologies have found traction in the construction industry, affecting long established processes and rendering old methods of design communication and construction management increasingly obsolete. Pressure is on traditional Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) schools in academic institutions to respond to this paradigm shift in industry. Common among engineering schools is the necessity to maintain fundamental subjects as approved by accreditation boards. Hence it is difficult to create space for Building Information Modeling (BIM) given a curriculum already packed with established modules. This is a primary reason for the slow uptake of BIM in engineering. For engineering schools the question remains, how best to integrate BIM into the curriculum? This educational case study outlines the introduction of BIM into the curriculum of Civil and Structural Engineering students through an unobtrusive method that does not require curriculum restructuring and does not require module refocus. Two project-based modules, with inherent ‘design thinking' objectives, are adapted to enable BIM tools to be used as design, analysis and communication tools.

Development of safe design thinking among engineering students

2014 ◽  
Vol 63 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Behm ◽  
John Culvenor ◽  
Gene Dixon
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Students ◽  
Design Thinking
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