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Defining, Teaching, And Assessing Engineering Design Skills, Nikos J. Mourtos
Defining, Teaching, And Assessing Engineering Design Skills, Nikos J. Mourtos
Nikos J. Mourtos
The paper discusses a systematic approach for defining, teaching, and assessing engineering design skills. Although the examples presented in the paper are from the field of aerospace engineering, the principles apply to engineering design in general. What makes the teaching of engineering design particularly challenging is that the necessary skills and attributes are both technical and non-technical and come from the cognitive as well as the affective domains. Each set of skills requires a different approach to teach and assess. Implementing a variety of approaches for a number of years at SJSU has shown that it is just as necessary …
Challenges Students Face When Solving Open - Ended Problems, Nikos J. Mourtos
Challenges Students Face When Solving Open - Ended Problems, Nikos J. Mourtos
Nikos J. Mourtos
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A Sustainable, Systematic Process For Continuous Program Improvement, Nikos J. Mourtos
A Sustainable, Systematic Process For Continuous Program Improvement, Nikos J. Mourtos
Nikos J. Mourtos
The USA Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) adopted recently a new set of criteria for evaluating engineering programmes. One of these (criterion 3) refers to programme outcomes and assessment. In this article, the author describes the design and implementation of a sustainable, systematic process for defining and assessing programme outcomes. This process involves analysing each outcome into elements, defining a set of attributes for each element, selecting outcome indicators and performance targets, and developing special rubrics for an accurate assessment of student skills. The author also describes a systematic way of addressing specific programme outcomes through course and …
Incorporating The Impact Of Engineering Solutions On Society Into Technical Engineering Courses, N. Dejong-Okamoto, J. Rhee, Nikos J. Mourtos
Incorporating The Impact Of Engineering Solutions On Society Into Technical Engineering Courses, N. Dejong-Okamoto, J. Rhee, Nikos J. Mourtos
Nikos J. Mourtos
In the era of market and workforce globalisation, engineers need a solid understanding of the impact that their products have locally, as well as globally. This is why the US Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) recently put a new spin on this requirement in engineering education. Specifically, outcome 3h of Engineering Criteria 2000 states that engineering graduates must have the broad education to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global/ societal context. This outcome may be one of the most difficult to achieve, since it requires not only a strong technical understanding, but also an informed …
Open-Ended Problem-Solving Skills In Thermal-Fluids Engineering, Nikos J. Mourtos, N. Dejong-Okamoto, J. Rhee
Open-Ended Problem-Solving Skills In Thermal-Fluids Engineering, Nikos J. Mourtos, N. Dejong-Okamoto, J. Rhee
Nikos J. Mourtos
Problem-solving skills have always been important in many professions. However, ABET EC 2000 recently placed a new focus on these skills in engineering education with outcome 3e, which states that engineering graduates must have an ability to identify, formulate and solve engineering problems. Problem-solving is defined as a process used to obtain a best answer to an unknown or a decision that is subject to some constraints. Problem-solving is not the same as textbook exercise solving, which is very common in engineering curricula. In the article, the authors first define engineering problem-solving and, in particular, what it means to identify …