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Redesigning Engineering Education, William W. Durgin, Edward A. Parrish
Redesigning Engineering Education, William W. Durgin, Edward A. Parrish
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In developing the PLAN, WPI sought to address concerns inherent to its then traditional curriculum that was rigid, unresponsive to differences among students, and was compartmentalized by independent departments so that intellectual growth was fragmented.
The PLAN was an entirely new and different educational program responsive to the needs of students and society while nurturing sensitivity to the ideas and values of our society. It included fundamental departures from the traditional elements of technical education including:
A. The achievement of competence rather than the accumulation of credits.
B. Individual freedom and responsibility in planning the program of study.
C. A …
The Restoration Of A Wwii Avenger Provides Projects For Wpi Students, Donald N. Zwiep, William W. Durgin, Nathan H. Mayo
The Restoration Of A Wwii Avenger Provides Projects For Wpi Students, Donald N. Zwiep, William W. Durgin, Nathan H. Mayo
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In 1970 WPI completely revised its traditional approach to engineering education. The resulting program, the WPI Plan, emphasized the use of projects as a distinctive process for achieving educational goals. Every student, as a degree requirement, had to successfully complete two major projects: one in a student's major field, the Major Qualifying Project (MQP) and the second, the Interactive Qualifying Project (IQP), which related science and technology to societal issues.
The IQP's related to the restoration of the WWII Avenger at Mayocraft, Inc. for the Collings Foundation in Stow, Massachusetts enabled the students working with the authors as advisors to …