Conference Session

Engineering Economy Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ona Egbue, University of South Carolina, Upstate

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

time to engage students in problem solving, discussions and intensiveteamwork. The engineering economics course was selected for active learning implementationbecause it is a course that students are required to take for their Mechanical Engineering andIndustrial Engineering degrees at University X. Engineering economics is a course that is criticalto industry-bound students due to its real-world applications. In addition, it is a course that isintegral to engineering senior capstone projects at University X. Changes in this course focusedon collaborative learning to help promote critical thinking and to encourage more activeinteraction among groups of students and across different student groups. The results of thisstudy provide insight into