DEFINING THE APPROPRIATE COURSE PROJECT FOR FOSTERING THE EXPECTED COGNITIVE COMPETENCIES: EBD APPROACH TO AN ENGINEERING DESIGN COURSE

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amirali Ommi ◽  
Yong Zeng
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Design ◽  
Real World ◽  
Design Problem ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Learning Objectives ◽  
Successful Completion ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Design Project ◽  
House Design

Project-based learning is an inevitable part of current course curriculums, especially in engineering design courses. Incorporating course projects in curriculums is done for overcoming the lack of students’ familiarity with real-world challenges. Students either acquire or further develop those specific competencies upon successful completion of the course project. Thus, defining an appropriate course project becomes essential. The competencies that are fostered may depend either on the design problem or the project contexts. In this study, we employ an EBD approach to developing a framework for evaluating a course project regarding its fitness to course learning objectives. This framework makes it possible to elicit required competencies for accomplishing a course project and comparing it with the set of competencies in the course learning objectives. A case study of a flying house design project is presented to demonstrate the framework application. The discussion of the proposed framework and future directions to our research are presented at the end.

scholarly journals Assistive Technology for Freshmen Design and K-12 Outreach

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Devin R. Berg ◽  
Matthew Wigdahl ◽  
Charis D. Collins
Keyword(s):  
General Education ◽  
Assistive Technology ◽  
Engineering Design ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Qualitative Assessment ◽  
Societal Implications ◽  
Design Project ◽  
K 12 ◽  
The University ◽  
Design Experience

This Work in Progress paper presents on the design of project-based learning approach focused on assistive technology as applied in a freshmen level engineering course which also integrates outreach with the local K12 system. The university course targets general education topics as well as an introductory engineering design experience and includes content on the engineering design process, societal implications of engineering design, and a participatory lab-based design project. A partnering class of 5th graders from a local elementary school made use of a daily block of time set aside for academic interventions and individual project-based work to collaborate with the university class. A qualitative assessment was conducted and has thus far has revealed that the university students found the assistive technology theme of the semester-long design project to be meaningful. For the K12 students, the survey results and anecdotal observations suggest that we were only moderately successful in constructing a meaningful and purposeful design experience, from their perspective.

Graduate Attribute Based Continuous Course Improvement in a Blended Learning Engineering Design Course – A Writing Improvement Case Study

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marnie Vegessi Jamieson ◽  
John M. Shaw
Keyword(s):  
Blended Learning ◽  
Engineering Design ◽  
Chemical Process ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Writing Improvement ◽  
Design Project ◽  
Final Design

The Capstone Chemical Process DesignCourse instructors engaged with Writing Across theCurriculum to develop and then provide writing seminarsfor students taking the second blended learning iterationof the design course to address needs identified bystudents in a pre course skill self assessment. The goals ofthis initiative were to further develop students’ technicalwriting abilities, encourage ongoing writing during thecourse, and to help students develop better strategies toprepare preliminary and final design project reports.Students’ attendance and reaction to the voluntaryseminar sessions were measured as part of an armslength survey and used as input to the course continuousimprovement process. The results and follow up steps arereported.

Enhancing Engineering Learning Experience at UTB by Freshmen iHOP

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nazmul Islam
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Design ◽  
Real World ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Senior Design ◽  
Team Selection ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Lower Division

Most of the engineering courses focus more on theory and very little on hands-on, project-based learning in the classroom. Integration of real-world engineering problems and applications in lower division engineering courses will produce engineering students, who will be technically sound and be able to execute and manage real-world projects, when they will do senior design projects in their final year of engineering study. To overcome the engineering design challenges we have developed iHOP (Ingenieŕia Hands on Project) and integrate it with our lower division engineering courses. iHOP has been developed to emphasis the design component at the University of Texas at Brownsville (UTB) Engineering Physics curriculum and the project is now an integral part of Introduction to Engineering class. The iHOP project is one that is challenging, fun, requires teamwork, associated with the engineering material being studied, low cost, and doable in a limited amount of time. The experience from iHOP project motivates our freshman students to choose a better senior design project in senior year of their college career. The objectives of the iHOP projects are — to have students develop teamwork skills, and to teach students basic engineering design concepts in a complementary format to the traditional lecture. Various techniques related to team selection, encouraging teamwork, incorporation of engineering topics, keeping costs down, project results presentations, and gathering feedback from students will also be presented in this paper. Integrating iHOP Project with Introduction to Engineering class helped us to improve our retention effort in the engineering department.

scholarly journals CASE STUDY IN SYSTEMATIC DESIGN ENGINEERING – STAGE BARGE GANGWAY

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Ernst Eder
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Design ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Design Problem ◽  
Design Science ◽  
Process Engineering ◽  
Design Engineering ◽  
Learning Design ◽  
Systematic Design ◽  
Novel Design

Students learning design engineering at times need a good example of procedure for novel design engineering. The systematic heuristic-strategic use of a theory to guide the design process – Engineering Design Science – and the methodical design process followed in this case study is only necessary in limited situations. The full procedure should be learned, such that the studentcan select appropriate parts for other applications.This case example is presented to show application of the recommended method, and the expected scope of the output, with emphasis on the stages of conceptualizing. The case follows a novel design problem of a gangway for ship-shore transfer for the Caravan Stage Barge.

scholarly journals An Introductory Design Project Case Study: Cardboard Beds for Emergency/Refugee Situations

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sean Maw
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Design ◽  
First Year ◽  
Student Groups ◽  
Design Project ◽  
Emergency Shelters ◽  
The Future ◽  
Design Students

In the Fall of 2013, first-year Mount RoyalUniversity engineering design students completed a 5-week long team-based project with the objective ofproducing a cardboard bed for emergency/refugeesituations. The project was a success and this paperdetails how it was run, what lessons were learned, and thenature of the outcomes. For those considering a similartype of project in the future, resources and client groupsare described. Ultimately, the student groups were ableto design a variety of cardboard beds that supported atleast one adult, comfortably. Variations included bedsfor African cholera outbreaks, Syrian and African refugeecamps, and Canadian emergency shelters.

Integration of a Client-Based Design Project Into the Sophomore Year

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacquelyn K. S. Nagel ◽  
Robert L. Nagel ◽  
Eric Pappas ◽  
Olga Pierrakos
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Design ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Real World ◽  
Design Theory ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Course Design ◽  
Design Project ◽  
Engineering Design Process ◽  
Course Sequence ◽  
Two Phases

Often engineering design instruction based on real-world, client-based projects is relegated to a final year capstone course. The engineering program at James Madison University (JMU), however, emphasizes these real-world, client-based design experiences, and places them throughout our six-course engineering design sequence. Our six-course design sequence is anchored by the sophomore design course sequence, which serves as the cornerstone to the JMU engineering design sequence. The cornerstone experience in the sophomore year is meant to enable mastery through both directed and non-directed learning and exploration of the design process and design tools. To that end, students work in both small (4–5) and large (9–11) teams to complete a year-long design project. The course project is woven with instruction in engineering design theory and methodology; individual cognitive processes, thinking, and communication skills; decision making; sustainable design; problem solving; software; and project management. Students’ overarching task during the first semester is to follow the first two phases of the engineering design process—Planning and Concept Generation—while in the second semester, students work to reiterate on the first two phases of the engineering design process before prototyping, testing, and refining a design for the client. The project culminates with the students demonstrating their final product to the client, University, and local community. Our goal in this paper is to present our model for integrating real-world, client-based design projects into the sophomore year to facilitate meaningful design experiences across the curriculum. We believe that providing these experiences early and often not only challenges students on multiple dimensions, but also exposes them, and consequently better prepares them, for their eventual role as a practicing engineer. In this paper, we shall describe the sophomore design course sequence, the history and details of the course project, and also key learning outcome gains.

scholarly journals SEMANTIC ANALYSIS OF ENGINEERING DESIGN CONVERSATIONS

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 1265-1274
Author(s):  
G. V. Georgiev ◽  
D. D. Georgiev
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Engineering Design ◽  
Information Content ◽  
Real World ◽  
Design Problem ◽  
Semantic Analysis ◽  
Semantic Networks ◽  
Dynamic Semantic ◽  
Time Dynamics ◽  
Problem Solving Process

AbstractTo objectively and quantitatively study transcribed protocols of design conversations, we apply a semantic analysis approach based on dynamic semantic networks of nouns. We examined the applicability of the approach focused on a dynamic evaluation of the design problem solving process in engineering design educational settings. Using a case of real-world case, we show that the approach is able to determine the time dynamics of semantic factors such as level of abstraction, polysemy, information content, and quantify convergence/divergence in engineering design conversations.

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