Engineering Design Case Studies: Effective And Sustainable Development Methods

Nespoli, Oscar; Lambert, Steve

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“…Investigations of students' design learning in WIL experiences is particularly relevant for informing design pedagogy for when those students return to the classroom. One example of this integration can be found in Nespoli and Lambert (2010), where work reports of students' co-op experiences were used to generate case studies to teach design in a graduate course. Similarly, Nespoli et al (2018) report a case study of students receiving remote instruction on need finding and problem formulation while immersed in design practice during a co-op term.…”

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Surveying Design Skill Development in Work-Integrated Learning Experiences: A Review of the Literature

2021

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Work-integrated learning (WIL) is an educational approach that intentionally scaffolds work experiences throughout undergraduate education. This approach has been proven to provide many benefits to students, including increased grade point averages, better job prospects after graduation and skill development. As such, we expect WIL experiences to contribute to engineering student's ability to design, a central aspect of both engineering education and practice. We found little evidence of research related to WIL experiences in the design literature, so we conducted a secondary data analysis on 33 publications from engineering education literature focusing on student WIL experiences with design. The review found evidence of students using a design process and recognizing the importance of designing within context, focusing on health, safety and ethical concerns of being an engineering designer. However, there was little evidence found of what students actually designed (i.e., components, systems or processes). We highlight some interesting areas for future research, specifically for design researchers to investigate how student work experiences are contributing to their development of design knowledge, skills and abilities.

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Surveying Design Skill Development in Work-Integrated Learning Experiences: A Review of the Literature

2021

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Disk Brake Design Case Study Implementation Method and Student Survey Results

Nespoli¹,

Tempelman²,

Spencer³

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference &Amp; Exposition Proceedings

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(Waterloo). Oscar joined Waterloo following a 23 year career in research, engineering and management practice in industry and government. His teaching and research interests are in the areas of engineering design methodologies, design practice, engineering education and high performance, lightweight, composite materials design. Oscar is passionate about teaching engineering and, as part of his current role, maintains strong industry-university relations and a commitment to remain close to engineering design and management practice. Before joining Waterloo, Oscar held the position of Sr. Program Manager at L-3 Communications Wescam (L-3 Wescam), a manufacturer of airborne surveillance systems for public safety, security and defense markets. Oscar had been employed at L-3 Wescam for 11 years, where he led multidisciplinary teams toward the successful development and commercialization of several products to various markets. He was responsible for L-3 Wescam's largest defense programs. Oscar worked at the Canadian Forces Department of National Defense failure analysis lab, where he was the Canadian Project Officer for an international program on F/A-18 bonded repair, and prior to that, a Research Engineer at the Canadian Space Agency. Oscar designed and qualified space flight hardware for a space experiment for Space Shuttle Flight STS-52 in 1993. Earlier in his career Oscar led the design and development of products employing composite materials at Owens Corning Canada and contributed to the development of novel production machinery for the fottwear industry with Bata Engineering. Oscar earned a Master of Applied Science degree in Mechanical Engineering specializing in lightweight composite material structures from the University of Waterloo, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Queen's University (Kingston, Ontario, Canada). He became a licensed professional engineer in 1986. Oscar lives in Guelph, Ontario, Canada with his wife Dianne, and they are blessed with three (3) wonderful sons. Harry Tempelman, Hitachi Construction Truck Mfg Ltd. Harry Tempelman is a mechanical engineer who has 25 years of design experience in Aerospace and off-highway vehicles. Prior to joining Hitachi, he was the president of TDT Inc., a consulting company specialized in design, stress analysis, material selection, and manufacturing solutions. He's been with Hitachi Trucks since 2005 as the senior manager of the Technical Analysis Group. The group is currently working on some projects related to truck dynamics, engineering optimization, fatigue analysis, frame/body design, and material selection.

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Learning Engineering Design Through Multimedia Case Studies

Effa¹,

Lambert²,

Nespoli³

2011

PCEEA

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Providing appropriate context is a vital element for teaching and learning. An excellent way of achieving this is through case studies: a description of actual engineering projects carried out in industry. Engineering design case studies could provide students examples of many practical and accessible real-life principles which are representative of situations engineers face in their professional life. The Waterloo Cases in Design Engineering (WCDE) group at the University of Waterloo has been established to promote case methods by generating engineering design case studies, and implementing them throughout the engineering faculty [1]. While the majority of WCDE cases are text-based, cases with multimedia content have been shown to be an effective way of documenting and teaching best design practices. Multimedia cases can add depth and interest to classroom discussions, and better address different student learning styles [2]. Recently, WCDE has placed more emphasis on the power of multimedia, to take advantage of the unique message-carrying ability of video, simulation, and graphics, to enhance the already powerful case method. This paper highlights the current process for updating and enhancing the current implementation of the case method.

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Engineering Design Case Studies: Effective And Sustainable Development Methods

Cited by 4 publications

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Surveying Design Skill Development in Work-Integrated Learning Experiences: A Review of the Literature

Surveying Design Skill Development in Work-Integrated Learning Experiences: A Review of the Literature

Disk Brake Design Case Study Implementation Method and Student Survey Results

Learning Engineering Design Through Multimedia Case Studies

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