Results of client based freshman design projects

Author

Piket-May, Melinda J. ; Avery, James P.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Colorado Univ., Boulder, CO, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1997

fDate

5-8 Nov 1997

Firstpage

634

Abstract

The First-Year Projects course at the University of Colorado, USA, is maturing into a well developed program with its own philosophy. One facet of some sections of the course is the use of client-based design projects to introduce the students to the realities of engineering, including the complete design cycle, teamwork, communication within the group and with the client and time management. The course appears to help in the retention of engineering students, and provides motivation for the students in their core engineering courses. The success of the course at meeting these goals has been observed in writing assignments given to the students; this paper presents a number of these observations and additional comments on the course

Keywords

design engineering; educational courses; engineering education; professional aspects; professional communication; project engineering; USA; client-based freshman design projects; communication; design cycle; engineering education courses; motivation; students; teamwork; time management; university; writing assignments; Design engineering; Education; Educational institutions; Engineering management; Engineering students; Laboratories; Project management; Reverse engineering; Teamwork; Writing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education Conference, 1997. 27th Annual Conference. Teaching and Learning in an Era of Change. Proceedings.

Conference_Location

Pittsburgh, PA

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4086-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.1997.635884

Filename

635884