Conference Session

Project-based Learning and Other Pedagogical Innovations

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Huanmei Wu, IUPUI

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

suggestions.[5] Outcome dissemination and project evaluation: In the end, the outcomes of the education and learning are disseminated by both students and mentors at different hierarchical events, including campus symposiums, local workshops, and national conferences. Students are also involved in project summary and conference presentations. Conference and journal papers are another way to present the project outcomes. Student and mentor evaluations are also carried out at the end of projects. Students will also evaluate the mentors and give tips to the mentors for future projects.During the project period, one focus is to improve the soft skills of students. Soft skills areimportant to complement technical requirements of a job

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Capstone

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Palmer, Louisiana Tech University; Hisham Hegab, Louisiana Tech University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

. describes a course to teach softskills applicable to all students but little training on tackling open-ended problems. Rogge andLivesay presents a course to prepare biomedical engineering students using mini-design projects,however no details of the projects are given in the paper. Csavina and Seeney discuss a productdesign course for biomedical engineering students to prepare of open ended constraints bydesigning a Home Lift Position and Rehabilitation chair. Co et. al. write about a pre-capstonecourse for electrical engineers where teams work on various subsystems of an overall electricaldevice. A number of team and soft skills were also reinforced in the course to provide bettermanagement and integration of efforts. The course described in this