Engineering design for 600 freshmen- A scale-up success

Author

Regan, Thomas M. ; Minderman, Peter A., Jr.

Author_Institution

Maryland Univ., MD, USA

fYear

1993

fDate

6-9 Nov 1993

Firstpage

56

Lastpage

60

Abstract

The scale-up of a prototype engineering curriculum for 600 students at the University of Maryland is described. It is concluded that scale-up of the ENES 100 curriculum model for freshmen engineering design has been an overwhelming success, as judged by student reactions, faculty reactions, and professional evaluations. Essentially none of the curriculum pilot model ideas had to be discarded because of the large freshmen class. ENES 100 has become a campus model for total quality management. In addition, ENES 100 proved to be an excellent model for outreach programs

Keywords

design engineering; educational courses; engineering education; management; quality control; ENES 100 curriculum model; Maryland University; engineering design; faculty reactions; professional evaluations; prototype engineering curriculum; student reactions; total quality management; Assembly; Computer graphics; Design engineering; Educational institutions; Educational technology; History; Manufacturing; Programming; Technological innovation; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education Conference, 1993. Twenty-Third Annual Conference. 'Engineering Education: Renewing America's Technology', Proceedings.

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1482-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.1993.405568

Filename

405568