Research skills enhancement in future mechanical engineers

Lino, F. Jorge; Duarte, Teresa

doi:10.1109/educon.2011.5773283

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“…Modern universities work diligently to strengthen the quality of education, promote learning, foster an exciting intellectual environment and offer rewarding conditions and flexible strategies contributing to research activities aimed to enhance: the development of analytical, critical thinking, problem-solving and decision-making skills; acquisition and development of autonomous skills; development of science communication and public speaking skills; abilities to independently learn new knowledge and methods; writing skills (Lino & Duarte, 2011;Shawcross & Ridgman, 2012). Master students' research work nurtures a passion for inquiry, new knowledge and experience, furthers the development of their intellectual potential, provides tools to face intellectual challenges with creativity and confidence, and gives opportunities to work towards a Ph.D. degree.…”

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The Role of Research Work in the Training of Master Students Studying at Technical University

Ручина

Kuimova

Polyushko

et al. 2015

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

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Contemporary society needs initiative and independent specialists capable of improving their professional skills continually. These specialists are notable for high sensibility, curiosity, readiness for rapid updating of knowledge and a wide range of skills. Thus, the main purpose of higher education is the development of new educational content ensuring relevance and competitiveness of graduates in the labor market. In this article, the authors investigate the research work of technical university students studying at Master's programs in the context of innovative changes in modern education. Research work is the process of shaping the future specialist by individual cognitive activities aimed at obtaining new knowledge, solving theoretical and practical problems, self-education and self-realization. The authors prove that research work is one of the mechanisms for the integration of higher professional education into a modern innovative society

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confidence: 99%

The Role of Research Work in the Training of Master Students Studying at Technical University

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Kuimova

Polyushko

et al. 2015

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

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“…Involvement in research encourages advanced study and leads to learning and the acquisition of additional skills [Badley, 2002;Prince, Felder & Brent, 2007]. It furthers the acquisition of research skills and teaches students how to make the best use of their time [Kremer & Bringle, 1990;Lino & Duarte, 2011]. Research activities require the organization of activities for problem solving [Knodt, 2000;Brew, 2003], teamwork, resource management and data management.…”

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Research Activity as an Integral Component of Engineering Education

Kuimova¹,

Burleigh²,

Arnst³

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The international aerospace industry needs to hire specialists who possess a broad range of skills and are able to work independently in a diverse, multi-disciplinary team, generate innovative ideas, solve non-standard problems and make important decisions. To meet new challenges, universities promote active learning and encourage students to participate in research activities. This paper studies the organization of research activities at universities, and factors that benefit their productivity. It also presents the results of a short survey among bachelor students of the Institute of Non-Destructive Testing, Tomsk Polytechnic University, showing their interest and active participation in research work.

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“…Perform small projects involving the materials taught; namely materials and manufacturing processes selection; d) Capacities to collect scientific data using different sources (books, scientific papers, databases, internet, technical visits and public oral discussions); e) Capacity to perform practical group works, presentation and discussion of the resultsachieved. In this paper emphasis is given to the Practical Work number 2 "Project and manufacturing of a ceramic component", which corresponds to 45% of the final grade of the ceramics part of the course (45% for the first work [1] and 10% for handouts). In alternative students can do another work related to pressing a powder, sintering a sample, determining the densification curve, microstructure evolution and answering several questions related to fracture toughness and R-curve behaviour, and manufacturing processes.…”

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“…In the ceramic classes, the scientific knowledge is transmitted through videos, experimental work and technical visits to ceramic manufacturing companies [1]. Bravo et al [4] also emphasise the importance of this type of classes, namely the introduction of videos.…”

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Short Experimental Ceramic Projects to Incentivise Mechanical Engineering Students

Alves¹,

Duarte²

2012

Int. J. Eng. Ped.

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Abstract-Considerable efforts of the teaching community have been directed to capture students' attention during university classes. It is well known that when students enter University they are extremely familiar with all the informatics tools, specially, finding information on the World Wide Web and doing funny power point presentations. Although this is a good tool for the first rapid knowledge and communication, a deeper study is always required. Considering students' low sensitivity to technological problems due to their immaturity, introducing methodologies to capture their concentration and motivation to learn is a key factor for the development of fundamental competences. After many years of teaching a course about ceramics, polymers and composite materials in the Integrated Master in Mechanical Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, Portugal, the authors seek to continuously introduce project based learning methodologies to improve their students' grades and competences. One of the main innovations introduced in recent years and emphasized in the academic year of 2011/12 is a practical work (short project) that uses all the experimental facilities available at FEUP and INEGI (research institute in mechanical engineering field, located on the FEUP campus). With this experimental project, the students' enrolment was enhanced with a better knowledge about the ceramics subject and the skills related to the CDIO (Conceive-Design-ImplementOperate) competences.Index Terms-Engineering education, mechanical engineers; ceramic materials; project based learning.I.

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Research skills enhancement in future mechanical engineers

Cited by 7 publications

References 6 publications

The Role of Research Work in the Training of Master Students Studying at Technical University

The Role of Research Work in the Training of Master Students Studying at Technical University

Research Activity as an Integral Component of Engineering Education

Short Experimental Ceramic Projects to Incentivise Mechanical Engineering Students

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