Conference Session

Impact of Information Technology on Engineering Education (3215)

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Tahar El-Korchi, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Paul P. Mathisen, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Frederick L. Hart, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering (CE)

constraints on student project-work. WPI's schedule includes 4 seven-week terms(Terms A through D) during the nine-month academic year. CE 1030, as all other undergraduatecourses at WPI, is taught at a fairly intensive pace over the seven-week duration. The courseformat typically includes one-hour lectures on Monday, Tuesday and Friday, a three-hourlaboratory on Wednesday and a one-hour laboratory on Thursday. The students learn thebackground material for the week's topic on Monday and Tuesday, work on the project in thelaboratories on Wednesday and Thursday, and present their results on Friday, and submit theirfinal report on the following Monday. The course content was easily adjusted to satisfy theobjectives of this investigation by incorporating