Title :
Be an engineer right from the start
Author :
Reith, Dirk ; Bachmeier, Claus ; Gross, Iris
Author_Institution :
Bonn-Rhein-Sieg Univ. of Appl. Sci., St. Augustin, Germany
Abstract :
At the Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences (BRSU), Germany, students of engineering sciences are trained in thinking and acting like an engineer right from the start - by creating a Rube Goldberg machine in an introductory project, organized with SCRUM techniques.
Keywords :
engineering education; further education; BRSU; Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences; Germany; Rube Goldberg machine; SCRUM technique; engineering sciences; Conferences; Electrical engineering; Engineering education; Mechanical engineering; Organizations; Physics; Scrum (Software development); Engineering; Introductury project; Rube Goldberg machine; SCRUM; Study entrants;
Conference_Titel :
Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), 2015 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Tallinn
DOI :
10.1109/EDUCON.2015.7095978
