Title
Improving professional skills in a multidisciplinary team of undergraduate engineering students through project-based learning
Date Issued
18 November 2021
Access level
open access
Resource Type
conference paper
Author(s)
Ccama-Mamani K.R.
Chipoco Haro D.
Gutierrez M.R.
Palomino-Marcelo L.
Publisher(s)
IOP Publishing Ltd
Abstract
Even though undergraduate engineering education often considers laboratory experiments as its practical component, these activities may not contribute to the development of soft (professional) skills. At “Universidad de Ingenieria y Tecnologia”, Perú, a series of courses called interdisciplinary projects has been created to promote the development of professional skills through project-based learning; herein, we report the experience of an interdisciplinary group of students focused on designing an indoor air filtration system to improve air quality and to reduce the spread of coronavirus diseases. Eight undergraduate engineering students were organized into three groups and worked collaboratively to learn about antiviral nanocomposites, user-centered design, and electromechanical systems design; they showed their progress and received feedback from each other through weekly meetings. In addition, they leaned on applications to organize the group work and share the bibliography consulted; finally, we collected feedback from these students on the proposed learning method. The positive impact of our problem-based learning approach on undergraduate engineering students is discussed.
Volume
2102
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería, Tecnología Ciencias de la educación
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85120644237
Source
Journal of Physics: Conference Series
ISSN of the container
17426588
Sources of information: Directorio de Producción Científica Scopus