Simulating corporate project engineering for freshmen

Wang, E.; Wirtz, Ron; Greiner, Meghan

doi:10.1109/fie.1998.738681

FIE '98. 28th Annual Frontiers in Education Conference. Moving From 'Teacher-Centered' to 'Learner-Centered' Education. Confere

DOI: 10.1109/fie.1998.738681

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Simulating corporate project engineering for freshmen

E. Wang

Ron Wirtz²,

Meghan Greiner³

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Teaching freshmen design, creativity and programming with LEGOs and Labview

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31st Annual Frontiers in Education Conference. Impact on Engineering and Science Education. Conference Proceedings (Cat. No.01C

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For the past 3 years LEGOs have been used to teach design, creativity, and structured programming to freshmen mechanical engineering students at the University of Nevada, Reno. MECH 151 is a 3-credit hour course offered as the second semester of a first year mechanical engineering design sequence. The class utilizes a projectbased learning environment, which consists of approximately I O design projects of increasing dflculty and scope. The course culminates with a robot battle and a presentation to local K-12 schools. Assessment methods include student surveys, external evaluators, evaluation of projects, and enrollment data. The use of LEGOs was found appealing to the students while providing an excellent medium for teaching design, programming, and creativity. Student enrollment has grown over 2 fold since the introduction of LEGOs.the LEGO RCX (e. g. [2]) and the MIT Handy Board (e.g.[3]). Deemed more appropriate for freshmen mechanical engineering students, the RCX (Figure l), in combination with ROBOLAB, was selected for use in MECH 15 1.

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Teaching freshmen design, creativity and programming with LEGOs and Labview

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