Project Info

Measuring students’ changes in perception toward engineering design

Vibhuti Dave | vdave@mines.edu

The Electrical Engineering department has ongoing research into the impact of laboratory experiences on student’s approach toward engineering design and design practices. Studies show that students’ perception about skills needed for engineering design is different from what is needed in the real world. In this project, we are using student responses to assignments in a laboratory course to measure their change in perception with regards to five skills needed to make a successful design. Research assistants review these responses and match parts of the response to the appropriate location on a rubric. A strong candidate will have good communication skills, patience to do a lot of reading, able to pay attention to detail, is able to work independently, and is available 2-3 hours a week.

For more information:
[1] S. Goldman, M. P. Carroll, Z. Kabayadondo, L. B. Cavagnaro, A. W. Royalty, B. Roth, S. H. Kwek and J. Kim, “Assessing d.learning: Capturing the Journey of Becoming a Design Thinker,” in Design Thinking Research: Measuring Performance in Context, Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012, pp. 13 – 33.
[2] “https://dschool.stanford.edu/,” [Online]. Available: https://dschool.stanford.edu/.