TY - GEN
T1 - Impact of selection of projects on pan-mentoring in creative engineering design
AU - Orono, Peter O.
AU - Ekwaro-Osire, Stephen
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - Pan-mentoring, a pedagogical approach to creative engineering design education, establishes a close relationship between the pan-mentor and a design team of students as well as among the individuals within the team. This paper focuses on the impact of the selection (and screening) of design projects on pan-mentoring in creative engineering design. The selected projects should, among others, have good prospects for successful completion, stimulate creativity, and be challenging. This paper will analyze four sources of design projects, namely, faculty projects, industry supported projects, student initiated projects, and projects for design competitions. A project-screening scheme will be discussed. An assessment will be performed on the student selection process. Additional data will be provided to show the impact of the project selection on the students' perception on the design activity. It will also be shown that a well selected project and the application of the pan-mentoring pedagogy can enhance engineering design education and help to prepare students for a fast changing future. This study was performed at two universities.
AB - Pan-mentoring, a pedagogical approach to creative engineering design education, establishes a close relationship between the pan-mentor and a design team of students as well as among the individuals within the team. This paper focuses on the impact of the selection (and screening) of design projects on pan-mentoring in creative engineering design. The selected projects should, among others, have good prospects for successful completion, stimulate creativity, and be challenging. This paper will analyze four sources of design projects, namely, faculty projects, industry supported projects, student initiated projects, and projects for design competitions. A project-screening scheme will be discussed. An assessment will be performed on the student selection process. Additional data will be provided to show the impact of the project selection on the students' perception on the design activity. It will also be shown that a well selected project and the application of the pan-mentoring pedagogy can enhance engineering design education and help to prepare students for a fast changing future. This study was performed at two universities.
KW - Creativity
KW - Engineering design
KW - Individual
KW - Pan-mentoring
KW - Team
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=48749112629&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/FIE.2006.322623
DO - 10.1109/FIE.2006.322623
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:48749112629
SN - 1424402565
SN - 9781424402564
T3 - Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE
SP - 27
EP - 34
BT - 36th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 36th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE
Y2 - 28 October 2006 through 31 October 2006
ER -