FOUNDATIONS FOR A NEW TYPE OF DESIGN-ENGINEERS

DS 68-8: Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED 11), Impacting Society through Engineering Design, Vol. 8: Design Education, Lyngby/Copenhagen, Denmark, 15.-19.08.2011

Year: 2011
Editor: Culley, S.J.; Hicks, B.J.; McAloone, T.C.; Howard, T.J. & Ion, B.
Author: Jorgensen, Ulrik; Lindegaard, Hanne; Brodersen, Søsser; Boelskifte, Per
Series: ICED
Section: Design Education
Page(s): 275-286

Abstract

Since 2002 a new design-engineering education has been organized at the Technical University of Denmark. It fulfils most of the requirements in the CDIO concept but builds in addition on a change in what is considered core disciplines in engineering as three fields of knowledge are represented almost equally in the curriculum: natural and technical sciences, design synthesis and socio-technical analysis. Combined with an integration and co-ordination of disciplines, a series of projects providing a progression of challenges to the students

Keywords: SOCIO-TECHNICAL COMPETENCES; MULTIDISCIPLINARY; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; DESIGN

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