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Joseph Brobst; Elizabeth Litzler; Sura Alqudah; Jill Davishahl; Andrew G. Klein – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2025
The Engaged Engineering Program (EEP) project at ABC University is a five-year Track 2 NSF S-STEM that responds to challenges in recruiting and retaining academically talented, low-socioeconomic status students from diverse backgrounds into undergraduate engineering programs. The EEP project has successfully recruited four cohorts of Scholars and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Engineering Education, Academic Persistence, Student Diversity
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Al Busaidi, Humaid – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2020
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between engineering programme accreditation (EPA) and institutional performance (IP) using perceptual measures. Two IP dimensions have been explored to test this relationship, namely, graduate employability and student retention and attrition. Design/methodology/approach: This…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Accreditation (Institutions), Employment Potential, College Graduates
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Viswanathan, Shekar – American Journal of Engineering Education, 2017
Final program projects (capstone course) in manufacturing design engineering technology at National University are intensive experiences in critical thinking and analysis, designed to broaden students' perspectives and provide an opportunity for integration of coursework in the area of manufacturing design engineering. This paper focuses on three…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Manufacturing, Design, Engineering Education
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Alves, Anabela C.; Sousa, Rui M.; Fernandes, Sandra; Cardoso, Elisabete; Carvalho, Maria Alice; Figueiredo, Jorge; Pereira, Rui M. S. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2016
Project-Based Learning (PBL) has been implemented in the first year of the Industrial Engineering and Management programme at the University of Minho, Portugal, since 2004/2005. The purpose of this paper is to analyse and discuss teachers' experiences in PBL in this programme and to explore its implications for student learning and for teaching…
Descriptors: Teaching Experience, Educational Practices, Problem Based Learning, Engineering Education
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Galan, Berta; Muñoz, Iciar; Viguri, Javier R. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2016
This paper shows the planning, the teaching activities and the evaluation of the learning and teaching process implemented in the Chemical Process Design course at the University of Cantabria, Spain. Educational methods to address the knowledge, skills and attitudes that students who complete the course are expected to acquire are proposed and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Innovation, Curriculum Implementation, Chemical Engineering
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Herrero, Luis Carlos; Pardo, Fernando; Fernando, María Luisa; González, María Luisa – Journal of Technology and Science Education, 2011
We hereby present the main conclusions and perspectives obtained by the Group of Teaching Innovation in Electronics (Grupo de Innovación Docente en Electrónica, GIDEN) of the University of Valladolid (UVa) with regard to its main areas of work. This group comprises teachers of the "Specialty in Industrial Electronics" degree, and the…
Descriptors: Electronics, Teamwork, Engineering Education, Teaching Methods