When the Hurly-Burly's Done, of Battles Lost and Won: How a Hybrid Program of Study Emerged from the Toil and Trouble of Stirring Liberal Arts into an Engineering Cauldron at a Public Polytechnic

A Project Based Learning approach for Production Planning and Control: analysis of 45 projects developed by students

“…It is seen as essential that engineers develop not only purely technical proficiencies, but also interdisciplinary skills such as cooperation and project management (Taajamaa et al, 2013). In this sense, problem-based learning and project-based learning, both commonly called as PBL, have been widely applied as a teaching and learning strategy (Bassily et al, 2007;Kadlowec et al, 2007;Ras et al, 2007;Gillette et al, 2014;Lin et al, 2014;Jeon et al, 2014; De los Ríos-Carmenado et al, 2015).…”

“…It is seen as essential that engineers develop not only purely technical proficiencies, but also interdisciplinary skills such as cooperation and project management (Taajamaa et al, 2013). In this sense, problem-based learning and project-based learning, both commonly called as PBL, have been widely applied as a teaching and learning strategy (Bassily et al, 2007;Kadlowec et al, 2007;Ras et al, 2007;Gillette et al, 2014;Lin et al, 2014;Jeon et al, 2014; De los Ríos-Carmenado et al, 2015).In order to improve students' knowledge retention, and better relate theory to practice by adopting a methodology that is focused on the students themselves, beginning in 2009 the University of Brasilia (UnB) has implemented an innovative undergraduate program in Industrial Engineering (Prince & Felder, 2006;Lima et al, 2012;Zindel et al, 2012). Based on the PBL approach, the course aims to foster graduate students' abilities to handle real world problems through the development of specific projects that encourage a systemic and professional interaction with several different environments.…”

Teaching Across Boundaries: Examining the Institutional Process of Establishing Multidisciplinary Courses

“…Through the design studio, the authors state that in working together, they questioned "the values, beliefs, and understandings [they] hold of [their] disciplinary selves and of each other" [6, p. 19]. From an institutional perspective, it can be difficult for faculty to sustain an arts and engineering course due to the inequality of departments regarding size, funding, or hiring abilities [18]. The arts can be marginalized in an engineering context, wherein the arts are used to spur economic innovation [15], [16].…”

An Integrative Education in Engineering and the Liberal Arts: An Institutional Case Study

“…In the last decade, resurgent "interdisciplinarity" has given rise to several new programs designed to appeal to (and educate) consilient thinkers. The program in Liberal Arts and Engineering at California Polytechnic San Luis Obispo faced challenges in establishing a new hybrid course of study, but it has proved popular with students who find themselves both fulfilled and employable [14]. The University of Utah's program in Entertainment Arts and Engineering, and Arizona State's School of Arts, Media + Engineering, are each described as "gaining traction" [15].…”