scholarly journals A Freshman Engineering Curriculum For A Bachelor Of Science In Engineering Program

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Ruhala ◽  
Richard Ruhala ◽  
Eric Sprouls
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Curriculum ◽  
Bachelor Of Science ◽  
Engineering Program

Continuous Curriculum Restructuring in a Graduate Software Engineering Program

2009 ◽  
pp. 278-297
Author(s):  
Daniela Rosca
Keyword(s):  
Software Engineering ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Graduate Program ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Engineering Curriculum ◽  
Student Body ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Engineering Program ◽  
Curriculum Restructuring

The development, maintenance and delivery of a software engineering curriculum present special challenges not found in other engineering disciplines. The continuous advances of the field of software engineering impose a high frequency of changes reflected in the curriculum and course content. This chapter describes the challenges of delivering a program meeting the needs of industry and students. It presents the lessons learned during 21 years of offering such a program, and dealing with issues pertaining to continuous curriculum and course content restructuring, the influence of the student body on the curriculum and course content. The chapter concludes with our recommendations for those who are seeking to create a graduate program in software engineering, with a special note on the situations where an undergraduate and graduate program will need to coexist in the same department.

scholarly journals Three Birds, One Stone: A Pedagogy and Accreditation Driven Redesign

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bryson Robertson ◽  
Margaret Gwyn ◽  
LillAnne Jackson ◽  
Peter Wild
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Technical Writing ◽  
Writing Development ◽  
Engineering Curriculum ◽  
Graduate Attributes ◽  
Engineering Program ◽  
Life Long Learning ◽  
Writing Competency ◽  
The University

This paper describes a proposed redesign of the instruction and assessment of the Co-operative (Co-op) Education (or work term) components of the University of Victoria Engineering program. The redesign ensures instruction and assessment of the higher-level Graduate Attributes (GAs), such as individual and teamwork, communication skills, professionalism, impact on society, ethics and equity, economics and project management, and life-long learning, that may not be included in all of the technical courses in a traditional Engineering curriculum. Concurrently, the redesign includes a renewed emphasis on improving the technical writing competency of graduating engineers by: ‘laddering’ student technical writing development; introduction a new grading scheme; increased timeframes for report revisions; and, finally, reducing the number of pedagogically ineffective reports required to graduate.

Impact Of Engine Room Simulator As A Tool For Training And Assessing Bsmare Students’ Performance In Engine Watchkeeping

2021 ◽  
Vol 93 (6s) ◽  
pp. 88-100
Author(s):  
Charles Mangga ◽  
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Paul Tibo-oc ◽  
Ronnie Montaño ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Bachelor Of Science ◽  
Learner Performance ◽  
Engineering Program ◽  
Engine Room ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Marine Engineering ◽  
Physical Realism

Ship engine room simulator is a tool used by maritime academies that offer the Marine Engineering Program. According to the Standards of Training Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW), to provide physical realism in training and assessment, simulators are employed. Assessment programs have the intent of providing results that educators will utilize to improve their teaching strategies and improve learner performance (Klinger et al. 2008). This study aimed to (1) Determine the level of competencies of the Bachelor of Science in Marine Engineering cadets in Engine Watchkeeping with Resource Management before and after their exposure to the training on the use of the simulator as a tool for learning, and (2) To find out if there is a significant difference in the level of competencies of the cadets in Engine Watchkeeping before and after the training on the use of the simulator as a tool for learning. Mean and Wilcoxon tests were utilized to analyze the data. It was found that a significant difference in the level of competencies of the cadets in Engine Watchkeeping before and after the training, which implies that the Engine Room Simulator is a tool for learning and assessing the competencies of students in Engine Watchkeeping is effective. The study recommends that instructors should maximize the use of the available simulators in teaching the course. Students shall have a hands-on experience as supplementary to the theories that they learn.

scholarly journals Self Evaluation for Compliance with the 12 CDIO Standards

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
George Platanitis ◽  
Remon Pop-Iliev
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Engineering Ethics ◽  
Engineering Curriculum ◽  
Engineering Programs ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Self Evaluation ◽  
Engineering Program

Throughout the 1980’s and 1990’s, collaboration began between universities, industry, and government to improve the quality and state of engineering education. Their paramount goal was to provide better ways to help students become successful engineers, possessing the necessary technical skills and expertise, exhibiting creativity, and having awareness of social, lawful, ethical, and environmental impacts as related to their profession. Traditionally, engineering programs emphasized the theoretical aspects required, while placing little emphasis on practical applications. An approach that has been introduced to provide a better learning experience for engineering students and to educate them as well-rounded engineers to be able to develop complex, value-added engineering products and processes is the CDIO (Conceive-Design-Implement-Operate) approach. This approach has been adopted by several universities within their engineering departments. At UOIT, the Mechanical Engineering curriculum has been developed around and continually evolves to line up with the goals of CDIO in terms of course and curriculum offerings for core and complementary engineering design courses, science, math, communications, engineering ethics, and humanities courses. Herein, we present an evaluation of the Mechanical Engineering program at UOIT against the twelve CDIO standards.

scholarly journals A New Pedagogical Tool for the Training of Engineers in Analog Electronics

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolas Constantin ◽  
Guy Ayissi Eyebe ◽  
Vahe Nerguizian
Keyword(s):  
Electrical Engineering ◽  
Engineering Curriculum ◽  
Pedagogical Tool ◽  
Engineering Program ◽  
Analog Electronics

for the training of undergraduate engineers in analog electronics. Though currently considered to be adapted for the electrical engineering curriculum at the École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS) - Université du Québec, we believe that the underlying approach should be applicable and beneficial to any electrical engineering program.

scholarly journals Data Science in the Chemical Engineering Curriculum

Processes ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
pp. 830 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas A. Duever
Keyword(s):  
Domain Knowledge ◽  
Data Science ◽  
Chemical Engineering ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Master's Program ◽  
Engineering Curriculum ◽  
Engineering Program ◽  
Science Projects ◽  
Term Data

With the increasing availability of large amounts of data, methods that fall under the term data science are becoming important assets for chemical engineers to use. Methods, broadly speaking, are needed to carry out three tasks, namely data management, statistical and machine learning and data visualization. While claims have been made that data science is essentially statistics, consideration of the three tasks previously mentioned make it clear that it is really broader than just statistics alone and furthermore, statistical methods from a data-poor era are likely insufficient. While there have been many successful applications of data science methodologies, there are still many challenges that must be addressed. For example, just because a dataset is large, does not necessarily mean it is meaningful or information rich. From an organizational point of view, a lack of domain knowledge and a lack of a trained workforce among other issues are cited as barriers for the successful implementation of data science within an organization. Many of the methodologies employed in data science are familiar to chemical engineers; however, it is generally the case that not all the methods required to carry out data science projects are covered in an undergraduate chemical engineering program. One option to address this is to adjust the curriculum by modifying existing courses and introducing electives. Other examples include the introduction of a data science minor or a postgraduate certificate or a Master’s program in data science.

scholarly journals CANADA'S NEWEST ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING CURRICULUM: DRIVING FACTORS AND CRITICAL REQUIREMENTS

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Grami ◽  
M. A. Rosen
Keyword(s):  
Computer Simulation ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Engineering Design ◽  
Electrical Engineering ◽  
Driving Factors ◽  
Development Effort ◽  
Engineering Curriculum ◽  
Engineering Community ◽  
Engineering Program

UOIT’s Electrical Engineering program was launched in September 2005. The driving factors and critical requirements for this program were unique, and led to the development of a curriculum which is innovative in many respects, yet maintains the best features of traditional EE programs. The development effort focused on the quality of the curriculum, in terms of content, pedagogy and delivery, as quality is important to students, prospective employers, graduate schools, accreditation bodies and the engineering community. Since the notion of quality is always multi-dimensional, we provide here the rationale for the EE program from many perspectives: generalized vs. specialized,, problem solving vs. engineering design, technical vs. complementary studies, circuits vs. signals, analog vs. digital, lab experimentation vs. computer simulation, and knowledge-sake vs. market-oriented.

scholarly journals FACULTY BUY-IN AND THE BOTTOM-UP APPROACH: ACASE STUDY IN INTEGRATED ENGINEERING CURRICULUM REFORM ADVOCACY AND EWB'S GLOBAL ENGINEERING PROGRAM

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sal Alajek
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Curriculum Reform ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Engineering Curriculum ◽  
Bottom Up ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
Engineering Program ◽  
Faculty Relationships ◽  
Global Engineering ◽  
Primary Obstacle

A recent Perdue University study identified faculty buy-in as the primary obstacle for engineering curriculum reform in North America. Delegates at the recent 2012 Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Global Engineering Symposium agreed, indicating it is one of the major challenges facing Canadian engineering education institutions today. For over 8 years, EWB Canada has been advocating for Global Engineer-focused education, successfully collaborating with faculty at over 20 Canadian, post-secondary institutions to promote these concepts skills and attitudes to thousands of engineering students. This paper describes the evolution of EWB’s approach to curriculum reform advocacy, which now focuses on building faculty relationships, student driven innovation, and incentivizing cooperation. This bottom-up strategy appropriately addresses the challenges of faculty buyin by promoting integrated curricular and extra-curricular education, which conforms to, but is not limited by, the CEAB attributes.

scholarly journals Keeping Technical Education Aligned to the Needs and Expectations of Industry

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-80
Author(s):  
Wieslaw Grebski ◽  
Michalene Grebski
Keyword(s):  
Continuous Quality Improvement ◽  
Student Outcomes ◽  
Technical Education ◽  
The Body ◽  
Engineering Curriculum ◽  
Engineering Program ◽  
Continuous Quality ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
Penn State ◽  
Improvement Procedures

Abstract Paper describes the continuous quality improvement procedures used by the author to keep the General Engineering program at Penn State Hazleton aligned to the needs and expectations of industry. The paper addresses the procedure for the development of program educational objectives which are the goals of the program. The goals of the program are defined jointly by industry leaders and former Engineering graduates as well as the Engineering faculty. The paper also focuses on the development of the student outcomes which is the body of knowledge that every graduate should have at the day of graduation. The paper also explains the process for collecting data for the purpose of assessing the level of attainment of program objectives and student outcomes. Based on the data which is being collected on an ongoing basis, the necessary corrective actions are implemented. This is happening on the program level as well as the course level. The necessary changes on the course level are happening every semester. The adjustments to the Engineering curriculum are being made yearly usually during the summer months. The paper focuses on the constant need for revising the curriculum in order to stay current with technology.

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