Journal of Engineering Education Transformations

Sanjeev M. Kavale ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, B. V. Bhoomaraddi College of Engineering and Technology, Vidyanagar, Hubli - 580031, IN

Abstract

Engineering Practices is a Laboratory course designed uniquely to fit all aspects of engineering, mainly mechanical, electrical and electronics. Today is the world of engineering, specially the conglomeration of all streams of engineering. Hence it is better for upcoming engineering graduates to learn some basics from all streams. Though there are many theory classroom courses, still lack of practical knowledge is also to be considered. Engineering Practices lab is a unique course which can overcome above mentioned drawback.

The Engineering Practices lab fits in properly with traditional Workshop Practices Lab for freshmen and the same was utilized even at BVBCET. Efforts of 1 year have been put to come up with better content in the syllabus. This paper gives an idea of what are the contents of the Engineering Practices Lab and how they are relevant for engineering graduates.

Students have enjoyed and highly appreciated this course because of its uniqueness. Care has been taken to include all main aspects of engineering namely mechanical, electrical and electronics. Attempts are being made to include robotics in to its curriculum to make much more interesting and relevant.

Keywords

Multidisciplinary, Engineering Practices.

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Sanjeev M. Kavale ¹, Javeed Kittur ², Raghuraja Adi ³

Affiliations
1 School of Mechanical Engineering, KLE Technological University, Hubballi, Karnataka-580031, IN
2 Department of Electrical and Electronics, KLE Technological University, Hubballi, Karnataka-580031, IN
3 Centre for Engineering Education Research, KLE Technological University, Hubballi, Karnataka-580031, IN

Abstract

Analysis is an important skill to be developed in engineering students. The Graduate Attribute 2 set in by National Board of Accreditation, India focuses mainly on Analysis. Analysis skills are being developed contextually to a course or field of interest across various universities. In this work effort has been made to understand the effectiveness of learning by teaching general analysis procedure to freshman engineers. Later in subsequent semesters learner can apply the knowledge gained generally on analysis to relevant field of interest. This was achieved by using active learning strategy. Paper bag activity was designed and used as an aid for effective teaching of Analysis procedure. This article describes how Analysis skills are developed in learners by bringing the learners in to the learning context using an active learning strategy and its assessment.

Keywords

Analysis, Freshman Engineers, Active Learning.

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Javeed Kittur ¹, Sanjeev M. Kavale ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Electrical and Electronics, KLE Technological University, Hubballi, Karnataka, 580031, IN
2 School of Mechanical Engineering, KLE Technological University, Hubballi, Karnataka, 580031, IN

Abstract

This paper presents the experience of teaching decision making method in Engineering Exploration course. This course is offered to the freshman engineering students of all engineering disciplines. The motivation of including this topic in the curriculum of the course Engineering Exploration is to make the students have hands - on experience in using the decision making method as and when required. In order to obtain a best solution for a given problem knowing and applying decision making process is very important. The decision making method is taught using an activity to the students. Later, an assessment is conducted on applying the learning from the previous activity on decision making. The parameters of assessment focused in this activity are selection of criteria, design features and prioritization. The outcome of the assessment activity clearly shows a good attainment of the two parameters i.e., selection of criteria and prioritization. The other parameter which is design features needs improvement.

Keywords

Decision Making, Engineering Exploration, Design Criteria, Prioritization.

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Raghuraja Adi ¹, Shraddha G. Revankar ¹, Gopalkrishna Joshi ², Sanjeev M. Kavale ³

Affiliations
1 Centre for Engineering Education Research, KLE Technological University, Hubballi, IN
2 Department of Computer Science Engineering, BVBCET, Hubballi, IN
3 Department of Mechanical Engineering, KLE Technological University, Hubballi, IN

Abstract

Projects form an important part of engineering curriculum. These projects offer learning contexts that enhance student learning. However, engaging all students in this work and guaranteeing the learning through various phases of work to all of them is a challenge because of the sheer number of students and their varying motivation levels. It is also observed that significant number of students loose motivation because of lack of mentoring through various stages of project work. This paper discusses about an effort by name "Project Clinic" established with an intension of doing hand holding and mentoring through all the stages of project activity. The uniqueness of this effort is that it is done in a course project at freshman level of undergraduate engineering program. This effort is observed to be having positive impact on student learning and has resulted in significant learning for faculty members as well.

Keywords

Project Clinic, Freshman, Student Learning, Motivation, Mentoring.

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Sanjeev M. Kavale ¹, Adarsh Patil ¹, Mantesh Choukimath ¹, Basangouda Shivalli ¹

Affiliations
1 School of Mechanical Engineering, KLE Technological University, Hubballi, Karnataka-580031, IN

Abstract

Developing the basic skills of fabrication and its knowledge is an important part of engineering curriculum. An immediate necessity could be during student project activities. Students, sometimes irrespective of different streams of engineering, will develop a prototype or Proof of Concept of a system as their Project. This involves invariably usage of different tools at workshop like Files, Drilling Machine, Bench Vice, Hack Saw Blade, etc. Developing these basic fabrication skills has been done through various methods in different universities. One such experiment was conducted in the name of "Design Project" for freshmen at KLE Tech, Hubballi. The prime objective of this work was to check the effectiveness of learning on various basic fabrication skills through Design Project. In this work, effort has been made to introduce workshop as a tutorial component of Basic Mechanical Engineering (BME) Course Curriculum. This course is of 3 credits, out of which 2 are for class room sessions and 1 for tutorial session. Demonstration on usage of tools was given to students during tutorials. To check effectiveness of tutorial component, design project was introduced. After the completion of the course, an anonymous feedback taken by the students revealed that BME curriculum and design project were enjoyable learning processes. 50% of the students agreed that Design Project was the most wonderful project experience. 90% of the students agreed that BME curriculum was exciting. 81% of them agreed that they were able to use different workshop tools for Design Project comfortably. Based on the results of the work, it appears that Design Project along with BME curriculum with Workshop content as Tutorial component could be significantly beneficial. This article showcases the benefits of present model along with BME curriculum with tutorial component, conduct of design project, its assessment and review of feedback taken by the students.

Keywords

Freshman, Course Project, Basic Mechanical Engineering, Basic Fabrication Skills, Workshop, Tutorials.

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Sandeep R. Kurundawade ¹, Sanjeev M. Kavale ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Chemistry, KLE Technological University, Hubballi, IN
2 School of Mechanical Engineering, KLE Technological University, Hubballi, IN

Abstract

Many innovative pedagogical practices are having significant influence on effective teaching learning of various courses across the globe. Basic Sciences have an important role to play in building base for core engineering subjects even though they are courses of short duration in most of the Indian engineering institutions.But, it has been observed that students tend to take these courses lightly. The same has been observed by several teachers across the globe. Rizaet al, of Universiti Kebangsa an Malaysia,in their work, mentioned that students see this basic knowledge as difficult and not quite useful. Therefore, it is essential to make some efforts in experimenting with such courses in their design and pedagogical practices. Indo-Universal Collaboration for Engineering Education(IUCEE) and IGIP designed International Engineering Educator Certification Program (IIEECP) provided a platform where many pedagogical practices were introduced to the participants that helped to incorporate them in course delivery and hence make the delivery of content more effective. The main objective of this work is to study the intervention of various pedagogical practices in effective learning and also performance of students. This paper speaks about the implementations of learned pedagogical practices from IIEECP like active learning, collaborative learning and teaching with technology and their impact in Engineering Chemistry course for freshman students. Results of the study gave a clear impression of improvement in student engagement and learning. In semester and end semester assessment results also support the improved learning.

Keywords

Engineering Education, Basic Sciences, Active Learning, Collaborative Learning, Freshman, IIEECP.

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