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THE FOUR FORCES THAT INFLUENCES THE QUALITY OF KNOWLEDGE PROVISION SERVICES

In this article, we present an engineering knowledge management methodology that aims to improve the quality of services of educational institutions.
APPLICATION OF CDIO PRINCIPLES IN AN INTEGRATED PROCESS AND PRODUCT DESIGN COURSE

All B.Eng. courses offered at the Technical University of Denmark now follow CDIO standards.
THE LEVEL-2 PROJECTS FOR COURSE CLUSTERS

CDIO educational framework helps students to construct their expandable knowledge, personal, interpersonal and system competencies.
LESSONS LEARNED FROM DEVELOPING AND OPERATING A LARGE-SCALE PROJECT COURSE

In 2004, Chalmers University of Technology in Göteborg, Sweden, decided to develop a project-based course for third-year students enrolled in its five-year engineering programmes.
THE ROLE OF MATHEMATICS AND THE CONCEPT OF MODELS IN A CDIO - APPROACH

Since the mid eighties educational concepts based on students’ work as organized in groups and based on project work with assignments from the real world have dominated Danish engineering programme
USING CDIO TO REVAMP THE CHEMICAL ENGINEERING CURRICULUM

This paper discusses how the CDIO framework is used to reengineer a curriculum revamp for the Diploma in Chemical Engineering at Singapore Polytechnic.
FIRST YEAR DESIGN AND COMMUNICATION: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

This paper reports on the challenges associated with running a design and communication program for a large cohort of first year students.
COMPARISON AND CLASSIFICATION OF DESIGN BUILD PROJECTS IN DIFFERENT ENGINEERING BACHELOR PROGRAMS

In order to find inspiration for creating novel design-build projects we have examined projects given at the B ENG program at DTU for civil, architectural, IT, electrical, chemical and mechanical e
FACILITATING THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT: INITIATIVES WITHIN THE PIEp RESEARCH SCHOOL

Research schools have become common phenomena in the academic world. However, we find lack of studies investigating their influence and role in the academia.
Development of professional Civil Engineering construction skills and health and safety awareness through active learning

In 2007 the Department of Engineering at the University of Liverpool launched the Liverpool Constructionarium [1] initiative as a core component of the unique Liverpool Engineer [2] professional de
GUIDELINES FOR COOPERATION BETWEEN INDUSTRY AND ACADEMIA IN DESIGN PROJECTS

The cooperation between firms and academia is often seen as an effective way to provide disciplinary skills and knowledge of system building for inexperienced students.
CONTRIBUTIONS OF INDUSTRY EXPERTS TO FACULTY DEVELOPMENT: EXPERIENCES FROM THREE UNIVERSITIES IN NORTH AMERICA

Fifty years ago, university faculty were distinguished practitioners of engineering with rich experiences in the practice of engineering in industrial settings.
THE ASSESSMENT OF STUDENT TEAMWORK TO PROMOTE CDIO LEARNING OBJECTIVES

École Polytechnique Montreal is currently completing its reform of the Mechanical Engineering curriculum according to the CDIO principles.
FOSTERING TEAM DYNAMICS ACROSS AN ENGINEERING CURRICULUM

Every year of the mechanical engineering CDIO curriculum at Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal contains an integrator project.
SUPPORTING CDIO IMPLEMENTATION WITH PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING

Recently all universities in the UK were obliged to introduce Personal Development Planning (PDP).
THE LOSS OF THE SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA: PORTAGING THE LEADERSHIP LESSONS WITH A CRITICAL THINKING MODEL

Business schools have long valued case studies as a tool for both broadening a student’s perspective, and provoking them to deeper consideration of complex situations.
Health and Safety in Civil Engineering CDIO

Embedding a culture of health and safety into engineering learning and teaching is an important objective in the development of a professional engineer.
FACULTY PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS – COMPARING APPROACHES FROM THREE UNIVERSITIES

This paper describes faculty professional competence development programs at Chalmers University of Technology, the Technical University of Denmark, and Linköping University.
A study of project group formation and learning style preferences

An ongoing survey of the learning style preferences of the student intake in the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the Queen’s University of Belfast has shown profiles which are dif
Energyteam Belgium undertakes ECO-car project

Team work, organisation, planning and consultation Contact with sponsors: maintain good relation and searching for appropriate new companies and institutions to support.
Multidisciplinary Design Labs: experiences at DIA-PoliMI

The paper, after introducing an overview of Aerospace Engineering courses organization, describes the Design-Lab teaching activity offered to the third year undergraduate students and reports a cri
LEARNING PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT THROUGH A DESIGNBUILD-TEST PROJECT – WHY IS COACHING IMPORTANT?

For the last seven years a successful cooperation between courses in product design and industrial design has been running at the School of Engineering at Jönköping University (JTH), Sweden.
WRITING CLEAR CUSTOMIZED LEARNING OUTCOMES WITH KEY UNDERPINNING KNOWLEDGE

This paper is based on Singapore Polytechnic‟s (SP) experience in implementing the CDIO approach and standards for pilot diploma courses across four academic schools.
A DESIGN-BUILD INTRODUCTORY COURSE IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING

As one of the first steps towards the CDIO adaptation, a first-year introduction to engineering course has been included in the curriculum of the undergraduate engineering program in Information Te
COMPETENCE FRAMEWORK: A TOOL TO DESIGN LEARNING AND ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES

The aim is to demonstrate how a competence framework can help when designing learning or assessment activities, under certain conditions that will be discussed during the presentation.

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