Conference Session

Capstone Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelley Racicot, Washington State University; Charles Pezeshki, Washington State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Page 11.237.3the social and “soft skills” necessary to be successful on the job. While the clinicprovided real opportunities for students to learn social skills during their practicum, theyhad few opportunities to share their experiences with each other, future participants, orthe public. A course website was difficult to maintain, chronically out-of-date andultimately abandoned.The wiki is intended to give the Industrial Design Clinic an archival memory of socialinformation that is independent of the instructor. Such a contribution is extremelyvaluable in the Capstone Design context, as students that take the class one semestertypically graduate at the end and the sum of their personal experiences is lost. Studentparticipants craft narratives

Conference Session

Improving ME education: Broad Topics

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Renuka Thota, University of Louisiana-Lafayette; Suren Dwivedi, University of Louisiana-Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

; • To develop a learning laboratory at each partner institution, integrated with the curriculum, to provide facilities for hands-on experience in design, manufacturing and product realization; • To understand and experience selected elements of the product realization process; • To develop a complete business plan for the introduction of a new product; • To bring virtual designs into reality; • To prepare students for the shift to industry by boosting their confidence, and by strengthening their engineering and soft skills; and • To develop strong collaboration with industry.Product RealizationA rapid product development approach is intended to encourage students, from the outset, toconsider all elements of

Conference Session

Introducing Active Learning into ME Courses

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ali Al-Bahi, King Abdulaziz University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

members involved in teaching required coursesmust now understand and be involved in the accreditation process on a continuing basis, notjust in the months preceding each visit.The connection between active/ cooperative learning and EC2000 is strong. Active/cooperative learning seems to be an efficient way to address the requirements of ABETEC2000. The careful design of an active/ cooperative learning course ensures that studentswill acquire technical as well as non-technical or soft skills specified in the famous eleven 3a-3k outcomes. Felder et al2 discuss the instructional paradigms of cooperative learning andproblem-based learning and estimates that each of them has the potential to address all eleven