A Report on a New Design Spine Implementation

The DesignSpine: Evolution of an Authentic Project-Based Integration of Design in an Engineering Curriculum

“…A brief review of design spines and their history was previously undertaken by the faculty team in another report [8]. In this work, the authors summarized historical efforts by seminal authors in the field such as Sheppard, Frank, and others influential in the development and defining of the design or professional spine educational philosophy in the engineering education sphere [9,10].…”

“…The R B Annis School of Engineering (RBASOE) was founded with these goals in mind to not only train future engineering leaders who are technically competent, but who are also equipped to adapt to and solve future complex engineering problems that our nation and world will face. The school is accomplishing her mission through the RBASOE Engineering DesignSpine [3][4][5]. Apart from teaching and exposing the students to traditional and fundamental engineering education unique to each engineering discipline, the DesignSpine involves a three-thronged strategy that breaks down the barriers among engineering disciplines while exposing the students to real life open-ended problems from industry and other external stakeholders.…”

Work in Progress: An optimization model for assigning students to multidisciplinary teams by considering preferences and skills

“…Students are required to participate in designfocused projects while being part of an interdisciplinary team, with the goal of solving openended real-world problems. External entities, primarily local companies, provide a pool of projects for the multi-project-based course [3][4][5]. Assigning students to projects can be a complicated process, especially considering student preferences, majors, skills, and the needs/nature of the project.…”