Brahan, D., & Denucci, T. W., & Falls, J., & Miller,, P. H., & Sousa, P. A. (2023, June), Assessment and Experience of Boatbuilding-Based PBL in Two Naval Architecture Programs  Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland. 10.18260/1-2--42318

\bibitem{asee_peer_42318}
  Brahan, D., \& Denucci, T. W., \& Falls, J., \& Miller,, P. H., \& Sousa, P. A. (2023, June), \emph{Assessment and Experience of Boatbuilding-Based PBL in Two Naval Architecture Programs}
  Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland.
  10.18260/1-2--42318

Daniel Brahan, Thomas W. Denucci, Jaye Falls, Paul H. Miller, P.E., and Peter A. Sousa.  "Assessment and Experience of Boatbuilding-Based PBL in Two Naval Architecture Programs".  2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland, 2023, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2023.  https://peer.asee.org/42318 Internet.  16 Dec, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_42318}
  Daniel Brahan, Thomas W. Denucci, Jaye Falls, Paul H. Miller, P.E., and Peter A. Sousa.
  "Assessment and Experience of Boatbuilding-Based PBL in Two Naval Architecture Programs".
  \emph{2023 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland, 2023, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2023.
  https://peer.asee.org/42318 Internet.  16 Dec, 2024

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AB  - Numerous studies highlight the advantages of Project-Based-Learning (PBL) for skills development, motivation, and retention (both in terms of students staying in the major and in terms of retaining learned skills) of engineering students. While all students take design courses leading to their senior capstone projects, they do not all build prototypes of their work. Typically, in naval architecture and marine engineering programs, PBL projects focus on building small models due to time, space, and cost issues with using full-scale vessels. Exceptions to this approach are taken at the United States Coast Guard (CGA) and Naval Academies (USNA), where students may take elective courses that feature full-scale construction of 10-15 feet long plywood craft. At CGA the first-year, 1-credit, course introduces statistical design methods combined with fundamental naval architecture principles leading to an individual design by the end of the first semester. Students then select one of their designs and build it during the spring. Course graduates then have the option to serve as mentors, teaching aides and course instructors, building their leadership, technical and communication skills. At USNA the fourth-year students build either an off-the-shelf design or one of their own. The students build their boat from construction plans through finishing with decreasing amounts of guidance from instructors. By the end of the course, students can read plans and determine viable construction steps independently and recognize when a design might be improved for fabrication. Along the way they become familiar with the use and maintenance of a variety of hand and power tools. This paper presents the curricula, lessons learned, and assessment using student and faculty feedback of educational impact and motivation, and retention data, which showed significant improvement at both schools.
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