Engineers Without Borders situated learning for first year engineering undergraduates

Hello Grahame Baker Deborah Sims Course Coordinator Course Coordinator GEEN1128 Engineering Professional Skills Deborah Sims Course Coordinator GEEN1128 Engineering Professional Skills

agenda introduction to EWB how it fits into CFY for engineering why professional skills? how it ran in 2015/6 changes for 2016/7 reflections and conclusions

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EWB organisation

Engineering for People Design Challenge

engineering for people design challenge award winning initiative delivered by Engineers Without Borders UK. embedded in undergraduate engineering courses gives students the opportunity to learn about, and practice, the ethical, environmental, social and cultural aspects of engineering design.

engineering for people design challenge engineering plays a pivotal role in everyday life and underpins our response to the global challenges of the 21st century. for a sustainable future engineers everywhere need to apply a globally responsible mind-set and invest their skills and talent in engineering that benefits us all. prepares students, the engineers of the future, to become globally responsible engineers.

engineering for people design challenge working on real world issues and putting people at the forefront of engineering design, students demonstrate how they understand context, identify engineering issues, and justify their recommended design ideas. delivered as part of the undergraduate curriculum, the initiative contributes to the Engineering Council requirements for students on accredited degrees to: demonstrate understanding of the design process have a broad awareness of the economic legal social ethical environmental context of engineering activity

how EWB fits into CFY for engineering exemplar based working in teams problem solving application of theory to real word problems global perspective

common first year 4 courses engineering maths design and materials laboratory practice engineering professional skills for all engineering undergraduates (civil, mechanical, computing, electrical, electronic, intelligent systems, etc) mixture of assessments

Why Professional Skills? UK Spec. Relating to other engineering specialisms Understanding other professions Employability Widening, international perspective

How it ran in 2015/6

administration how we create the teams purpose of tutorials assignments and how we assess

Changes for 2016/7

changes students selected their specialist design areas students selected teams (to some extent) shorter period of time before presentations more time for assessment and refinement before submission to national judges

Reflections and conclusions

Application to other subject areas