Innovative Curriculum to Enhance the Learning Experience of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Students

Authors

  • Fikret Ercan Singapore Polytechnic
  • Denis Sale Singapore Polytechnic
  • Noel Kristian Singapore Polytechnic

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijep.v6i3.5765

Keywords:

Curriculum design, engineering education, integrated curriculum, student motivation

Abstract


This paper presents an integrated engineering enrichment program for the electrical and mechanical engineering students at polytechnic level. This program promotes design thinking and problem based learning and it is spread into three years of engineering education. The entire program is founded upon design-and-build type of projects where students get to practice engineering design process with increasing complexity in each semester. It is implemented in a studio environment equipped with necessary technical tools such as prototyping machines, 3D printers, soldering stations and so on. At the beginning, forty students enrolled to the program; it is now expanded to accommodate eighty students. A detailed description of the program and its structure are presented together with our evaluation of results and observations.

Author Biographies

Fikret Ercan, Singapore Polytechnic

Senior Lecturer School of electrical and electronic engineering.

Denis Sale, Singapore Polytechnic

Senior education advisor

Noel Kristian, Singapore Polytechnic

Lecturer Department of chemical and life sciences

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Published

2016-07-27

How to Cite

Ercan, F., Sale, D., & Kristian, N. (2016). Innovative Curriculum to Enhance the Learning Experience of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Students. International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy (iJEP), 6(3), pp. 37–44. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijep.v6i3.5765

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 3 (2016)

Section

Papers

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