Title :
Go with the flow: a design project to build community
Author :
Cashman, Eileen M. ; Eschenbach, Elizabeth A. ; McIndoo, L. ; Tiwari, Sangam ; Nordstrom, Jayne ; Gayheart, Jilllian
Author_Institution :
Environ. Resources Eng., Humboldt State Univ., Arcata, CA, USA
fDate :
6/23/1905 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This paper describes the implementation of a hydraulic flume project that integrates an academic club project with a senior engineering design course and an introductory level engineering design course. This flume project incorporates multiple educational objectives including the demonstration of engineering design principles, community education outreach, service learning and peer mentoring
Keywords :
design engineering; educational courses; engineering education; teaching; academic club project; community education outreach; educational objectives; engineering design principles; engineering education curricula; hydraulic flume project; introductory level engineering design course; peer mentoring; senior engineering design course; service learning; Collaboration; Design engineering; Displays; Employee welfare; Fellows; Physics; Reflection; Rivers; Web pages; Writing;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education Conference, 2001. 31st Annual
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6669-7
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.2001.963933