Fire-fighting robots and first-year engineering design: trinity college experience

Author

Ahlgren, David I.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Eng., Trinity Coll., Hartford, CT, USA

Volume

3

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Abstract

This paper describes a new first year engineering course, ENGR 120: Introduction to Engineering Design-Mobile Robotics, which immerses students in a highly motivating team-based engineering design experience-development of an autonomous, competitive, fire-fighting mobile robot. This course also introduces students to design as it is practiced in industry and to the philosophical dimensions of engineering design. The paper presents results of assessment surveys and student comments about their experiences in ENGR 120, and it relates course learning outcomes to the ABET basic outcomes a-k

Keywords

design engineering; engineering education; mobile robots; ABET basic outcomes a-k; Trinity College Experience; assessment surveys; course learning outcomes; fire-fighting mobile robots; first-year engineering design; mobile robotics; student comments; team-based engineering design experience; Biomedical engineering; Design engineering; Educational institutions; Educational robots; Mobile robots; Problem-solving; Railway engineering; Recruitment; Service robots; Springs;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education Conference, 2001. 31st Annual

Conference_Location

Reno, NV

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6669-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.2001.964027

Filename

964027