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Moayyedian, Mehdi; Alateeqi, Ameenah; Alzuabi, Dalal; Burhama, Reem; Alathari, Shouq – Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education, 2020
A beneficial project is defined and implemented for the senior project of bachelor students of mechanical engineering program in the school of engineering at American University of The Middle East (AUM). Students need to design, analysis, and optimize a solar car chassis using Design of Experiment (DOE). It is required that the design process and…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Student Projects, Teamwork, Design
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Mahmud, Apel – Advances in Engineering Education, 2020
This paper discusses the experience of online studio activities for a second year project project-oriented design-based learning (PODBL) unit. The experience of delivering campus-based studio activities through an online platform, to a design a small power system, is shared due to COVID-19 restrictions. The student experience is benchmarked with…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Engineering Education, Student Projects, Active Learning
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Hu, Qinran; Li, Fangxing; Chen, Chien-fei – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2015
There is a worldwide trend to modernize old power grid infrastructures to form future smart grids, which will achieve efficient, flexible energy consumption by using the latest technologies in communication, computing, and control. Smart grid initiatives are moving power systems curricula toward smart grids. Although the components of smart grids…
Descriptors: Power Technology, Undergraduate Students, Active Learning, Student Projects
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Vanfretti, L.; Milano, F. – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2012
This paper describes how the use of free and open-source software (FOSS) can facilitate the application of constructive alignment theory in power systems engineering education by enabling the deep learning approach in power system analysis courses. With this aim, this paper describes the authors' approach in using the Power System Analysis Toolbox…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Power Technology, Open Source Technology, Computer Software
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Hosseinzadeh, N.; Hesamzadeh, M. R. – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2012
Project-based learning (PBL), a learning environment in which projects drive learning, has been successfully used in various courses in the educational programs of different disciplines. However, concerns have been raised as to the breadth of the content covered and, in particular, whether PBL can be applied to specialized subjects without…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Design, Followup Studies, Electronics
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Kundu, Sumit; Fowler, Michael W. – Chemical Engineering Education, 2009
There are many professional benefits to pursuing undergraduate design opportunities and capstone projects to both students and faculty advisors. Using a case study on a group of graduates and undergraduates who took part in the Hydrogen Ambassador Competition in 2005 this study will examine the benefits and challenges from the point of view of all…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Competition, Case Studies, Educational Practices