CDIO and internationalising the curriculum to produce a “Global Engineer”

Paul Hermon Programme Director - Product Design and Development (PDD)

School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Shane Black MEng graduate PDD (2009)

Composite Design Engineer – BE Aerospace

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Faculty

Conceive-Design-Implement-Operate

CDIO is an international network of over 80 collaborating universities dedicated to improving the education of engineering students.

CDIO Community Biannual International Meetings

2005 Kingston, Canada2006 Linkoping, Sweden2007 Cambridge, USA2008 Gent, Belgium2009 Singapore2010 Montreal, Canada2011 Copenhagen, Denmark2012 Brisbane, Australia

2005 Liverpool, UK2006 Pretoria, South Africa2007 Shantou, China2008 Phoenix, USA2009 Turku, Finland2010 Sydney, Australia2011 Monterey & Palo Alto, USA2012 Brest, France

CDIO Stakeholder Survey

12 CDIO Standards

1. CDIO as Context 2. CDIO Syllabus Outcomes 3. Integrated Curriculum 4. Introduction to Engineering5. Design-Build Experiences 6. CDIO Workspaces7. Integrated Learning Experiences 8. Active Learning 9. Enhancement of Faculty CDIO Skills 10. Enhancement of Faculty Teaching Skills11. CDIO Skills Assessment 12. CDIO Program Evaluation

CDIO Syllabus (XX level)

(associated with the specific Engineering discipline) 1. Technical Knowledge

2.1 Eng. Reasoning and Problem Solving2.2 Experimenting and Knowledge Discovery2.3 System Thinking2.4 Personal Skills & Attributes2.5 Professional Skills & Attitudes

2. Personal & Professional Skills

3.1 Teamwork and Leadership3.2 Communications

3. Interpersonal Skills

4.1 External & Societal Context4.2 Enterprise & Business Context4.3 Conceiving4.4 Designing4.5 Implementing 4.6 Operating

4. Product & System Building

Integrated Curriculum (Standard 3)

SEMESTER 1 SEMESTER 2

Computer-Aided Design 1 (1.0) MEE1020

Product Design Methods & Practice 1 (1.0) MEE1024

Creative Design Skills 1(0.5) MEE1030

Design Project 1(0.5) MEE1025

Introduction to Product Design 1 (1.0) MEE1033

Materials 1(0.5) MEE1021

Statics 1(0.5) MEE1022

Mathematics for Product Design 1 (1.0) MEE1026 (Stream B)

Engineering Mathematics 1(0.5) MEE1036 (Stream A)

Electrical Engineering 1(0.5) FOE1006 (Stream A)

Hermon, J.P., McCartan, C.D., Cunningham, G. (2010); Group design-build-test projects as the core of an integrated curriculum in product design and development; Engineering Education – Journal of the Higher Education Academy Engineering Subject Centre; Volume 5 Issue 2, p50-58.

CDIO workspaces (Standard 6)

MIT – Chalmers – ASU – DTU – Liverpool - Stanford - Milano

Self Assessment Rubrics for 12 CDIO Standards

In 2003 (when SMAE joined CDIO) we were at 0In 2012 we are closer to a 4

aircraft seat footrest to prevent DVT

BED | EZ |

Lime – “The last delivery you will

ever sign for”

High security domestic heating kerosene tank

Quick assembly (2 minutes) and compact storage (car boot) two person boat for fishing

Waste water turbineAll Ireland Student Enterprise

Awards finalists 2010

Anti DVT aircraft footrest All Ireland Student Enterprise Awards Runners up 2008

Hospital Bed guided vehicle – 25k Awards

finalist 2007

Design Build Experiences (Standard 5)

ERASMUS exchange (Stage 4 option)Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden

• 50% modules from a range of International Masters programmes

• 50% multi-disciplinary, multi-national teams projects carried out in association with a number of companies in the region.

Novel tidal power plant -Minesto

Time Magazine 50 Best Innovations of

2010

Deep Green Underwater Kite

CoopQA – Cooperation on Quality Assurance with Higher Education Institutions

€500k EU application for 2 year cross evaluation among 7 universities (all CDIO collaborators)

•Turku University of Applied sciences (Finland)•Queen’s University Belfast•Telecom Bretagne (France)•Technical University of Denmark •Metropolia University of Applied Sciences (Finland)•Aston University (UK)•Gdansk University of Technology (Poland)

Objective to refine existing self and peer assessment using CDIO rubrics to be generally applicable

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