Engineering design education: Towards design thinking

Author

Khalaf, Kinda ; Balawi, Shadi ; Hitt, George W. ; Radaideh, A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Khalifa Univ. of Sci., Technol. & Res., Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

fYear

2012

fDate

26-28 Sept. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

This work presents an innovative interdisciplinary cornerstone engineering design-and-build course infused at the freshman level. The course promotes systematic design thinking and process using an inductive pedagogy, PBL, as the mode of delivery, in conjunction with technological tools such as robotics kits, a rapid prototyping machine, and C++ interface.

Keywords

design engineering; educational courses; engineering education; innovation management; C++ interface; PBL; engineering design education; freshman level; inductive pedagogy; innovative interdisciplinary cornerstone engineering design-and-build course; rapid prototyping machine; robotics kits; systematic design process; systematic design thinking; technological tools; Educational institutions; Physics; Problem-solving; Sociology; Statistics; Teamwork; Design Cycle; Design Thinking; Freshman Design-and-Build Course; Impact Assessment; Interdisciplinary; PBL;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Interactive Collaborative Learning (ICL), 2012 15th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Villach

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2425-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-2426-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICL.2012.6402149

Filename

6402149