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CDIO and internationalising the curriculum to produce a “Global Engineer†Paul Hermon Programme Director - Product Design and Development (PDD) School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Shane Black MEng graduate PDD (2009) Composite Design Engineer – BE Aerospace.
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CDIO and internationalising the curriculum to produce a “Global Engineer” Paul Hermon Programme Director - Product Design and Development (PDD) School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Shane Black MEng graduate PDD (2009) Composite Design Engineer – BE Aerospace
Conceive-Design-Implement-Operate CDIO is an international network of over 80 collaborating universities dedicated to improving the education of engineering students.
CDIO Community Biannual International Meetings 2005 Liverpool, UK 2006 Pretoria, South Africa 2007 Shantou, China 2008 Phoenix, USA 2009 Turku, Finland 2010 Sydney, Australia 2011 Monterey & Palo Alto, USA 2012 Brest, France 2005 Kingston, Canada 2006 Linkoping, Sweden 2007 Cambridge, USA 2008 Gent, Belgium 2009 Singapore 2010 Montreal, Canada 2011 Copenhagen, Denmark 2012 Brisbane, Australia
12 CDIO Standards CDIO as Context CDIO Syllabus Outcomes Integrated Curriculum Introduction to Engineering Design-Build Experiences CDIO Workspaces Integrated Learning Experiences Active Learning Enhancement of Faculty CDIO Skills Enhancement of Faculty Teaching Skills CDIO Skills Assessment CDIO Program Evaluation
1. Technical Knowledge (associated with the specific Engineering discipline) 2.1 Eng. Reasoning and Problem Solving 2.2 Experimenting and Knowledge Discovery 2.3 System Thinking 2.4 Personal Skills & Attributes 2.5 Professional Skills & Attitudes 2. Personal & Professional Skills 3. Interpersonal Skills 3.1 Teamwork and Leadership 3.2 Communications 4.1 External & Societal Context 4.2 Enterprise & Business Context 4.3 Conceiving 4.4 Designing 4.5 Implementing 4.6 Operating 4. Product & System Building CDIO Syllabus (XX level)
Integrated Curriculum (Standard 3) Hermon, J.P., McCartan, C.D., Cunningham, G. (2010); Group design-build-test projects as the core of an integrated curriculum in product design and development; Engineering Education – Journal of the Higher Education Academy Engineering Subject Centre; Volume 5 Issue 2, p50-58.
CDIO workspaces (Standard 6) MIT – Chalmers – ASU – DTU – Liverpool - Stanford - Milano
Self Assessment Rubrics for 12 CDIO Standards In 2003 (when SMAE joined CDIO) we were at 0 In 2012 we are closer to a 4
Design Build Experiences (Standard 5) Hospital Bed guided vehicle – 25k Awards finalist 2007 Anti DVT aircraft footrest All Ireland Student Enterprise Awards Runners up 2008 BED | EZ | Lime – “The last delivery you will ever sign for” aircraft seat footrest to prevent DVT Quick assembly (2 minutes) and compact storage (car boot) two person boat for fishing High security domestic heating kerosene tank Waste water turbine All Ireland Student Enterprise Awards finalists 2010
ERASMUS exchange (Stage 4 option)Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden • 50% modules from a range of International Masters programmes • 50% multi-disciplinary, multi-national teams projects carried out in association with a number of companies in the region. Novel tidal power plant -Minesto Time Magazine 50 Best Innovations of 2010 Deep Green Underwater Kite Lifting and tilting electric wheelchairs - SKF and Invacare
CoopQA – Cooperation on Quality Assurance with Higher Education Institutions • €500k EU application for 2 year cross evaluation among 7 universities (all CDIO collaborators) • Turku University of Applied sciences (Finland) • Queen’s University Belfast • Telecom Bretagne (France) • Technical University of Denmark • Metropolia University of Applied Sciences (Finland) • Aston University (UK) • Gdansk University of Technology (Poland) • Objective to refine existing self and peer assessment using CDIO rubrics to be generally applicable Lifting and tilting electric wheelchairs - SKF and Invacare