The Industrial Engineering Laboratory

Author

Steffen, Marlies ; May, Dominik ; Deuse, Jochen

Author_Institution

Dept. of Ind. Eng., Tech. Univ. Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany

fYear

2012

fDate

17-20 April 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

10

Abstract

This paper presents how Problem Based Learning is integrated in Industrial Engineering higher education provided by the Industrial Engineering Laboratory at TU Dortmund University in Germany. After pointing out the necessary asset of competences for Industrial Engineers as the intended learning outcome, Problem Based Learning is presented as one appropriate concept for competence development in higher education in engineering. The implementation of this explicit course design and its advantages is shown by explaining the specific course example “Workplace Design” in detail, which is carried out in a hands-on laboratory - the Industrial Engineering Laboratory.

Keywords

educational courses; educational institutions; engineering education; further education; industrial engineering; student experiments; Germany; TU Dortmund University; competence development; course design; hands-on laboratory; higher education; industrial engineering education; industrial engineering laboratory; problem based learning; workplace design; Context; Educational institutions; Employment; Industrial engineering; Laboratories; Problem-solving; Constructive Alignment; Industrial Engineering; Problem Based Learning; competence development; hands-on laboratory;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), 2012 IEEE

Conference_Location

Marrakech

ISSN

2165-9559

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1457-2

Electronic_ISBN

2165-9559

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EDUCON.2012.6201098

Filename

6201098