Centralized generative design activities to enable design throughout the engineering curriculum

• Autores: David C. Jensen, Dennis Beck
• Localización: The International journal of engineering education, ISSN-e 0949-149X, Vol. 34, no. 2, 2018, págs. 430-441
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This paper describes a paradigm of engineering education to implement design activities throughout the engineeringcurriculum. Traditionally, engineering design is taught through a capstone experience where students implement theconcepts learned in technical courses. There is growing interest in changing this paradigm to teach the technical conceptsthrough the hands-on activity of design. However, there are significant challenges to implementing this paradigm. Theseinclude time, coordination, and expertise limitations. This paper describes a paradigm where design is centralized to aspecific course activity while the design artifacts are learning aids that support the other technical courses and correctmisconceptions of concepts presented in those courses. We conducted a preliminary study in a 16-week design course for89 junior and senior undergraduates in mechanical engineering. Results indicate the approach both improves the designdecision-making skills of students and provides a workable framework to implement design throughout an engineeringcurriculum.