1. Engineers Without Borders
situated learning for first year engineering undergraduates

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

3. 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

4. Think “Médecins Sans Frontières for Engineers”
Introduction to EWB
Think “Médecins Sans Frontières for Engineers”

5. EWB organisation

6. Engineering for People Design Challenge

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. 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

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

11. 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

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

13. How it ran in 2015/6

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

15. Changes for 2016/7

16. 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

17. Reflections and conclusions

18. Application to other subject areas