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A Product and Process Engineering Laboratory for Freshmen
Author(s) -
Beaudoin Diane L.,
Llis David F. O.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of engineering education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.896
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 2168-9830
pISSN - 1069-4730
DOI - 10.1002/j.2168-9830.1995.tb00178.x
Subject(s) - process (computing) , product (mathematics) , engineering education , engineering , identity (music) , new product development , mathematics education , engineering management , psychology , computer science , management , mathematics , geometry , physics , acoustics , operating system , economics
A bstract In a new Product and Process Engineering Laboratory, teams of two or three freshman engineering students explore six engineered products or processes by playing the successive roles of user, assembler, and engineering analyst. This format provides a hands‐on, collaborative learning environment to improve students' manipulative, problem‐solving, and creative thinking skills. The lab also endows freshmen with a desired, early identity as engineers. Student responses to the first two offerings of the laboratory have been positive.