Download or read book An Exploration of the Practice of Engineering as Experienced Through the Capstone Course written by and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract : This study examines the practice of engineering as experienced through the undergraduate engineering capstone course. The findings in this research contribute to the knowledge of the capstone course as a culminating experience intended to provide students a valuable introduction to the real-world practice of engineering. Existing literature and research on the engineering capstone course, college to work transition, and early career engineering practices informed the methodologies and approaches used in this research as well as decisions in how to best analyze the data and interpret results. Interviews from a total of forty-six engineering capstone students and twelve early career engineers provided a rich data set to explore. Subjects were interviewed using a set of questions that were designed to be semi-structured and open-ended in nature so as to elicit their perceptions of, and experiences with, the practice of engineering. The data and resulting findings are presented in three chapters, each of which is intended for submission to a peer-reviewed journal. The first paper applies thematic analysis through the lens of Activity Theory to identify and examine the tensions and discrepancies that exist between the system of engineering education (specifically the capstone course), and the workplace system. Results indicate tensions exist most prominently in the Object, Rules and Community spaces of the activity systems. The second paper applies a phenomenographic approach to examine the variation in the ways in which students experience the practice of engineering through their capstone course/project. Results yielded four quantitatively different ways (i.e. categories of description) in which the students experienced engineering. These categories relate to form a two-dimensional outcome space that describes a hierarchical relationship between them. The engineering experienced through capstone ranged from a largely individual activity that involved non value-added tools and processes to a highly interdependent activity where the tools and resources were integral to achieving a successful outcome. Finally, the third paper utilizes thematic analysis to examine the similarities and differences between the practice of engineering, as experienced by capstone courses as compared to that of early career engineers in the workplace. Results revealed a number of key themes that represented similarities and differences of interest such as the importance of communication in performing engineering work (a prevalent similarity) to the level of autonomy afforded is the use of tools and processes (a prevalent difference). All three explorations align with recent literature and suggest key areas of opportunity for modification and even innovation within the capstone program and/or the process of transitioning to the workplace.
Download or read book The Engineering Capstone Course written by Harvey F. Hoffman and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-07-14 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This essential book takes students and instructors through steps undertaken in a start-to-finish engineering project as conceived and presented in the engineering capstone course. The learning experience follows an industry model to prepare students to recognize a need for a product or service, create and work in a team; identify competition, patent overlap, and necessary resources, generate a project proposal that accounts for business issues, prepare a design, develop and fabricate the product or service, develop a test plan to evaluate the product or service, and prepare and deliver a final report and presentation. Throughout the book, students are asked to examine the business viability aspects of the project. The Engineering Capstone Course: Fundamentals for Students and Instructors emphasizes that a design must meet a set of realistic technical specifications and constraints including examination of attendant economics, environmental needs, sustainability, manufacturability, health and safety, governmental regulations, industry standards, and social and political constraints. The book is ideal for instructors teaching, or students working through, the capstone course.
Download or read book BIM Teaching and Learning Handbook written by M. Reza Hosseini and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-08-09 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the essential guide to the pedagogical and industry-inspired considerations that must shape how BIM is taught and learned. It will help academics and professional educators to develop programmes that meet the competences required by professional bodies and prepare both graduates and existing practitioners to advance the industry towards higher efficiency and quality. To date, systematic efforts to integrate pedagogical considerations into the way BIM is learned and taught remain non-existent. This book lays the foundation for forming a benchmark around which such an effort is made. It offers principles, best practices, and expected outcomes necessary to BIM curriculum and teaching development for construction-related programs across universities and professional training programmes. The aim of the book is to: Highlight BIM skill requirements, threshold concepts, and dimensions for practice; Showcase and introduce tried-and-tested practices and lessons learned in developing BIM-related curricula from leading educators; Recognise and introduce the baseline requirements for BIM education from a pedagogical perspective; Explore the challenges, as well as remedial solutions, pertaining to BIM education at tertiary education; Form a comprehensive point of reference, covering the essential concepts of BIM, for students; Promote and integrate pedagogical consideration into BIM education. This book is essential reading for anyone involved in BIM education, digital construction, architecture, and engineering, and for professionals looking for guidance on what the industry expects when it comes to BIM competency.
Download or read book Green Engineering written by Riadh Habash and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 730 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a primary text project that combines sustainability development with engineering entrepreneurship and design to present a transdisciplinary approach to modern engineering education. The book is distinguished by extensive descriptions of concepts in sustainability, its principles, and its relevance to environment, economy, and society. It can be read by all engineers regardless of their disciplines as well as by engineering students as they would be future designers of products and systems. This book presents a flexible organization of knowledge in various fields, which allows to be used as a text in a number of courses including for example, engineering entrepreneurship and design, engineering innovation and leadership, and sustainability in engineering design
Download or read book Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Design in Civil and Environmental Engineering written by Mary Kathryn Thompson (Ed.) and published by Mary Kathryn Thompson. This book was released on 2011 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Computer Intelligent Computing and Education Technology written by Hsiang-Chuan Liu and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2014-03-26 with total page 1488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This proceedings set contains selected Computer, Information and Education Technology related papers from the 2014 International Conference on Computer, Intelligent Computing and Education Technology (CICET 2014), held March 27-28, 2014 in Hong Kong. The proceedings aims to provide a platform for researchers, engineers and academics as well as industry professionals from all over the world to present their research results and development activities in Computer Science, Information Technology and Education Technology.
Download or read book The Education of Engineers written by Herbert George Taylor and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Integrating Practice Into Engineering Education written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics written by Chandra S. Desai and published by Taylor & Francis US. This book was released on 1991 with total page 1008 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Philosophy and Engineering Education written by John Heywood and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-05-31 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All educators bring to their work preconceived ideas of what the curriculum should be and how students learn. Seldom are they thought through. Since without an adequate philosophical base it is difficult to bring about desirable changes in policy and practice, it is necessary that educators have defensible philosophies of engineering education. This point is illustrated by recent debates on educational outcomes which can be analysed in terms of competing curriculum ideologies. While these ideologies inform the development of a philosophy of engineering education they do so in light of a philosophy of engineering for such a philosophy focuses on what engineering is, and in particular how it differs from science. This is addressed in this study through consideration of the differences in the modes of abstraction required for the pursuit of science on the one hand, and the pursuit of engineering design, on the other hand. It is shown that a philosophy of engineering is not a philosophy of science or a philosophy of engineering education, but it is from a philosophy of engineering that a philosophy of engineering education is drawn. Uncertainty is shown to be a key characteristic of engineering practice. A way of formulating a philosophy of engineering is to consider it through the classical prism that splits the subject into five divisions, namely epistemology, metaphysics, logic, ethics aesthetics. Additionally, "behaviour" also characterizes the practice of engineering.
Download or read book Global Perspectives on Gameful and Playful Teaching and Learning written by Farber, Matthew and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2019-12-27 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the fast-changing field of education, the incorporation of game-based learning has been increasing in order to promote more successful learning instruction. Improving the interaction between learning outcomes and motivation in games (both digital and analog) and promoting best practices for the integration of games in instructional settings are imperative for supporting student academic achievement. Global Perspectives on Gameful and Playful Teaching and Learning is a collection of innovative research on the methods and applications that explore the cognitive and psychological aspects underpinning successful educational video games. While highlighting topics including nontraditional exercise, mobile computing, and interactive technologies, this book is ideally designed for teachers, curriculum developers, instructional designers, course designers, IT consultants, educational software developers, principals, school administrators, academicians, researchers, and students seeking current research on the design and integration of game-based learning environments.
Download or read book Practice Oriented Research in Tertiary Mathematics Education written by Rolf Biehler and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-01-01 with total page 723 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume presents a broad range of original practice-oriented research studies about tertiary mathematics education. These are based on current theoretical frameworks and on established and innovative empirical research methods. It provides a relevant overview of current research, along with being a valuable resource for researchers in tertiary mathematics education, including novices in the field. Its practice orientation research makes it attractive to university mathematics teachers interested in getting access to current ideas and results, including theory-based and empirically evaluated teaching and learning innovations. The content of the book is spread over 5 sections: The secondary-tertiary transition; University students' mathematical practices and mathematical inquiry; Research on teaching and curriculum design; University students’ mathematical inquiry and Mathematics for non-specialists.
Download or read book Resources in Education written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 1032 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Structures and Architecture Bridging the Gap and Crossing Borders written by Paulo J.S. Cruz and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2019-07-08 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Structures and Architecture – Bridging the Gap and Crossing Borders contains the lectures and papers presented at the Fourth International Conference on Structures and Architecture (ICSA2019) that was held in Lisbon, Portugal, in July 2019. It also contains a multimedia device with the full texts of the lectures presented at the conference, including the 5 keynote lectures, and almost 150 selected contributions. The contributions on creative and scientific aspects in the conception and construction of structures, on advanced technologies and on complex architectural and structural applications represent a fine blend of scientific, technical and practical novelties in both fields. ICSA2019 covered all major aspects of structures and architecture, including: building envelopes/façades; comprehension of complex forms; computer and experimental methods; futuristic structures; concrete and masonry structures; educating architects and structural engineers; emerging technologies; glass structures; innovative architectural and structural design; lightweight and membrane structures; special structures; steel and composite structures; structural design challenges; tall buildings; the borderline between architecture and structural engineering; the history of the relationship between architects and structural engineers; the tectonic of architectural solutions; the use of new materials; timber structures, among others. This set of book and multimedia device is intended for a global readership of researchers and practitioners, including architects, structural and construction engineers, builders and building consultants, constructors, material suppliers and product manufacturers, and other professionals involved in the design and realization of architectural, structural and infrastructural projects.
Download or read book Designing Engineers written by Louis L. Bucciarelli and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Engineering observations - The object - Cosmology - Ecology - Design discourse - Endings.
Download or read book Undergraduate Degree Programs Bulletin written by Pennsylvania State University and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book High Impact Practices in Higher Education written by Enakshi Sengupta and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2023-09-27 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collating various case studies, policies and other real-world research, this book examines effective high impact learning practices and demonstrates approaches that promote learning communities and common intellectual experiences.
