Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Martin William Weiser, Eastern Washington University; Hani Serhal Saad, Eastern Washington University; Kyle Frederick Larsen P.E., Eastern Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

reflect our efforts inkeeping both technical learning and skill acquisition on track in project courses5. To be effectivein teaching project skills and keep the project on track we must properly identify the learningobjectives to the student, improve achievement of those learning objectives and communicateassignment requirements.In using projects to teach engineering design, the instructor faces the question of how to structurethe process to insure an effective learning environment without compromising the independenceand open-ended nature of the student’s experience6. The learning from the project managementshould address these issues: 1) a milestone schedule, 2) regular project review meetings andmemos and 3) design memos which document each

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sangarappillai Sivaloganathan, United Arab Emirates University; Ali H. Al-Marzouqi, United Arab Emirates University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

program with internationalreferees’ comments and wider coverage. After running the program for five years andcreating an alumni constituency the college rationalised the program with 11 courseswith a total of 33 credits. The program has become more popular after the change andthis is reflected on the rapidly increasing number of student enrolment.Product Design and Development is a main provision of the Master of EngineeringManagement program. Students taking the program come from a wide variety ofbackgrounds. The challenge therefore lies with the delivery of the course content.A delivery method with three parts: (i) teaching the design process consisting ofdesign models, methods, approaches and outputs (ii) using the techniques to designand