scholarly journals The Global Engineering Design Team (Gedt) Transatlantic Team Based Design For Undergraduates

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valana Baxter ◽  
Mark R Henderson ◽  
Jim Baxter ◽  
Alan de Pennington
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Design ◽  
Design Team ◽  
Global Engineering

Global Engineering Design Team (GEDT): A Business View on Structuring Undergraduate Projects

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jim Baxter ◽  
Mark Henderson ◽  
Cathy Barnes ◽  
Tom Bourdo ◽  
Alan de Pennington ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Design ◽  
Design Team ◽  
State University ◽  
Self Evaluation ◽  
Global Engineering ◽  
Policy And Strategy ◽  
Overall Evaluation ◽  
Leadership Policy ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Team Assignment

Abstract The Global Engineering Design Team (GEDT) is an experience sponsored by University of Leeds and Arizona State University to give qualified undergraduates an international non-collocated design team assignment. This is the third year of the programme and in this document, it is examined with respect to the 9 areas of the European Foundation for Quality Management’s (EFQM) Business Excellence Model (BEM), a framework commonly used in business self-evaluation in the UK. The 9 areas reviewed are: leadership, policy and strategy, people, partnerships and resources, processes, people results, customer results, society results and key performance results. The overall evaluation shows how the GEDT has made strides in all 9 areas, yet still needs some specific improvements for effectiveness in the future.

scholarly journals The Energy Conversion Playground (ECP) Design Task: Assessing how Students Think About Technical and Non-Technical Considerations in Sustainable Community Development

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 64-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Mazzurco ◽  
James L Huff ◽  
Brent K Jesiek
Keyword(s):  
Service Learning ◽  
Energy Conversion ◽  
Engineering Design ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Design Task ◽  
Sustainable Community Development ◽  
Global Engineering ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Project Failures ◽  
Technical Considerations

Students in global service-learning and similar programs frequently encounter substantial social, cultural, political, and ethical differences when working with project partners in different countries and regions. Neglecting such differences can lead to project failures and/or disempowered communities. In response to these challenges, educational resources have been developed to teach students to think about how the people, social structures, and other contextual factors associated with projects can affect, and be affected by, students’ designs. Yet, there remains a scarcity of valid and reliable instruments to evaluate the effectiveness of such interventions. The purpose of this study is create a theoretically and empirically grounded instrument, the Energy Conversion Playground (ECP) design task, that is able to provide a meaningful and robust assessment of an individual’s ability to identify salient technical and non-technical considerations when approaching an engineering design task situated in a developing country context. We present the scenario and an accompanying rubric that was first developed inductively from student responses to the scenario (specifically 449 discrete items from 93 ECP design tasks submitted by students who attended a Global Engineering Design Symposium). Further development of the rubric involved deductive grounding in relevant literature. To demonstrate the sensitivity of ECP design task to changes in students’ thinking, we also performed comparative analysis of responses from a subset of the students (n=37) who completed the same instrument both before and after participating in the GEDS.

Modular Dynamic Model Assembly of Finite Element Models

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhen Ren ◽  
Clark J. Radcliffe
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Engineering Design ◽  
Analytical Models ◽  
Physical Systems ◽  
Modular Model ◽  
Global Engineering ◽  
Material Component ◽  
Component Models ◽  
Mesh Node ◽  
Global Activity

Analytical engineering design is a global activity requiring efficient global distribution of analytical models of dynamic physical systems through computer networks. Finite Element Method (FEM) models are used globally to analyze the response of physical systems assembled from physical components. FEM models from different physical component suppliers often have geometrically incompatible meshes. This geometric incompatibility of mesh node placement typically requires component internal details in the assembly process. The modular model assembly introduced in this paper does not require such component internal details. It assembles incompatible finite element component models fast and with accuracy comparable to traditional reformulation. The proprietary geometry and material component details are not revealed during the assembly. Modular model assembly can be used to assemble distributed component models through the internet in global engineering design. Dynamic examples are provided.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document