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Competency-Based Models of Learning for Engineers: A Comparison
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Lunev, Alexander; Petrova, Irina; Zaripova, Viktoria – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2013
One of the goals of higher professional education is to develop generic student competencies across a variety of disciplines that play a crucial role in education and that provide wider opportunities for graduates in finding good jobs and more chance of promotion. In this article a list of generic competencies developed in Russian universities is…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Course Descriptions, Competency Based Education, Higher Education
A Paperless Course on Structural Engineering Programming: Investing in Educational Technology in the Times of the Greek Financial Recession
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Sextos, Anastasios G. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2014
This paper presents the structure of an undergraduate course entitled "programming techniques and the use of specialised software in structural engineering" which is offered to the fifth (final) year students of the Civil Engineering Department of Aristotle University Thessaloniki in Greece. The aim of this course is to demonstrate the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Undergraduate Study, Civil Engineering
Curriculum Assessment as a Direct Tool in ABET Outcomes Assessment in a Chemical Engineering Programme
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Abu-Jdayil, Basim; Al-Attar, Hazim – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2010
The chemical engineering programme at the United Arab Emirates University is designed to fulfil the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) (A-K) EC2000 criteria. The Department of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering has established a well-defined process for outcomes assessment for the chemical engineering programme in order to…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Course Content, Chemical Engineering, Engineering Education
Product Design Engineering--A Global Education Trend in Multidisciplinary Training for Creative Product Design
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de Vere, Ian; Melles, Gavin; Kapoor, Ajay – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2010
Product design is the convergence point for engineering and design thinking and practices. Until recently, product design has been taught either as a component of mechanical engineering or as a subject within design schools but increasingly there is global recognition of the need for greater synergies between industrial design and engineering…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Engineering, Foreign Countries, Interdisciplinary Approach
Technological Innovation and Technical Communications: Their Place in Aerospace Engineering Curricula. A Survey of European, Japanese and US Aerospace Engineers and Scientists.
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Pinelli, Thomas E.; And Others – European Journal of Engineering Education, 1991
Reports on results from 260 aerospace engineers and scientists in United States, Europe, and Japan regarding their opinions about professional importance of technical communications; generation and utilization of technical communications; and relevant content of an undergraduate course in technical communications. The fields of cryogenics,…
Descriptors: Aerospace Education, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Engineering Education