Exploració per tema "Engineering education"
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A gender perspective in the teaching of technology innovation: an experience in engineering education
(International Association of Technology, Education and Development (IATED), 2019)
Comunicació de congrés
Accés restringit per política de l'editorialThe gender gap is still an issue in science and technology. With technology being part of everyday life for most of the population, the incorporation of the gender perspective when developing a technology is essential to ... -
A methodology to analyze the presence of sustainability in engineering curricula. Case of study: ten Spanish engineering degree curricula
(2019-08-22)
Article
Accés obertThis paper presents a methodology to analyze the sustainability presence level in the curriculum of an engineering degree. The methodology is applied to ten engineering degrees of the Spanish university system, taught in ... -
A methodology to study the university’s online teaching activity from virtual platform indicators: the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
(2021-05-06)
Article
Accés obertThe Covid-19 pandemic led Catalan universities to do all teaching and evaluation online from 11 March 2020 until the end of term on 30 July. Conventional universities made the transition to online teaching in just a few ... -
Academic and emotional effects of online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic on engineering students
(2021-06-05)
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Accés obertThe unprecedented situation of the COVID-19 pandemic has caused the closure of universities worldwide and has forced the transition to online learning. This excep tional context compels us to understand students’ experience ... -
Active learning based laboratory towards engineering education 4.0
(2019)
Text en actes de congrés
Accés obertUniversities have a relevant and essential key role to ensure knowledge and development of competencies in the current fourth industrial revolution called Industry 4.0. The Industry 4.0 promotes a set of digital technologies ... -
Assessment of LCA methodology for Engineering Sustainability Education.
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2014-12-02)
Projecte Final de Màster Oficial
Accés obertSustainable development is a key change for nowadays society to prevent future problems. Consequently, the role of engineers has to be modified in order to acquire sustainable competences for their projects. At this point, ... -
Bases de un modelo de autogestión de competencias genéricas del rol ingeniero/a formador de ingenieros
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2015-10-19)
Tesi
Accés obertThe following research originates in the need to enhance the Generic Skills in the profile of graduate Engineers according to the needs of our current Society of Knowledge, considering that Engineering Education has not ... -
Challenge based education: an approach to innovation through multidisciplinary teams of students using Design Thinking
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2018)
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Accés restringit per política de l'editorialThis work aims to describe and discuss the benefits and learning outcomes detected along four iterations of a learning experience carried out by three institutions: ESADE Business School, IED Istituto Europeo di Design and ... -
Competency maps: An effective model to integrate professional competencies across a STEM curriculum
(2018-10)
Article
Accés obertCurricula designed in the context of the European Higher Education Area need to be based on both domain-specific and professional competencies. Whereas universities have had extensive experience in developing students’ ... -
Desarrollo y evaluación de las habilidades espaciales de los estudiantes de ingeniería : actividades y estrategias de resolución de tareas espaciales
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2016-02-02)
Tesi
Accés obertSpatial skills are vital for the academic and professional success of engineers, and it is demonstrated that they can be acquired with the right training. University teaching has recently undergone big changes. Practical ... -
Designing training activities for a new PhD program in engineering education
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2021)
Comunicació de congrés
Accés obertThis research paper for the practice of work-in-progress presents the training activities designed for students of a new PhD program in Engineering Education. These activities are based on the study of the training courses ... -
Detecting which teaching competences should be reinforced in an engineering lecturer training program
(European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI), 2016)
Text en actes de congrés
Accés obertIn Catalonia (Spain), each university is required by law to offer lecturers a learning framework. This requirement is met by specialized centers: at our technical university, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) this ... -
Developing an aquaponics system to learn sustainability and social compromise skills
(OmniaScience, 2015-12)
Article
Accés obertThe goal of this project, one of the proposals of the EPS@ISEP Spring 2014, was to develop an Aquaponics System. Over recent years Aquaponics systems have received increased attention since they contribute to reduce the ... -
Disclosure day on relativity: a science activity beyond the classroom
(2017-04)
Article
Accés obertAn important goal for students in engineering education is the ability to present and defend a project in front of a technical audience. We have designed an activity for helping students to work the independent learning ... -
Educating for sustainable development goals in spanish engineering degrees
(European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI), 2020)
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Accés obertEDINSOST and EDINSOST2 are two Spanish R&D+I funded projects. Their objective is to facilitate the training of graduates to be capable of leading the resolution of challenges in our society through the integration of ... -
Enhancement of learning through field study
(OmniaScience, 2018-09)
Article
Accés obertLearning is more concerned in engineering education as students need to do deep learning to understand the engineering principles for practice. Engineering is a practicing profession. Therefore, providing learning environment ... -
Entrepreneurship in engineering programs: a methodology for systematic literature review
(NTNU SEED, 2023)
Comunicació de congrés
Accés obertUnderstanding and implementing educational approaches that integrate entrepreneurship and innovation in engineering education (CDIO Syllabus 4.1, 4.2, 5.2) plays a pivotal role as part of Technical University of Catalonia’s ... -
Exploring forward-thinking technology perspectives of sustainable development for the year 2030 in the identity of engineering students
(2022)
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Accés restringit per política de l'editorialThis study focuses on the identity of engineering students, to explore their future perspectives and the presence of a vision of technology in the transition to sustainable development. Students from universities in Norway ... -
Factors influencing career choice, perceived discrimination, and segregation of foreign-born engineering undergraduates
(Tempus Publications, 2023-04-10)
Article
Accés restringit per política de l'editorialThe underrepresentation of foreign-born students in engineering degrees is persistent and fosters social disparities in job opportunities and income for future generations. On the one hand, this underrepresentation is ... -
Flipped learning and threshold concepts in the Turbomachinery section of Fluid Engineering course
(2020-06-09)
Article
Accés obertThis paper outlines a practical intervention aiming to collect the effects of introducing flexible learning in engineering higher education. The work dis- cusses the implementation of the flipped classroom method and the ...