TEAMWORK MAKES THE DREAM WORK

Project-based learning has become popular over the past couple of decades, primarily due to its potential to increase motivation, engagement, and teamwork. This is especially true in first-year and capstone courses. However, the middle years of engineering programs have seen far less innovation. We...

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Published inASEE prism Vol. 29; no. 4; p. 45
Main Authors Orr, Marisa K, Jordan, Shawn S
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR ENGINEERING EDUCATION 01.12.2019
Subjects
Active Learning
Capstone Experiences
Competition
Engineering Education
Goldberg, Reuben Lucius (Rube) (1883-1970)
Manufacturing
Mechanical engineering
Peer Evaluation
Student Projects
Students
Teams
Teamwork
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Summary:Project-based learning has become popular over the past couple of decades, primarily due to its potential to increase motivation, engagement, and teamwork. This is especially true in first-year and capstone courses. However, the middle years of engineering programs have seen far less innovation. We had students participate in the Rube Goldberg Machine Contest as part of a junior-level mechanical engineering Dynamics of Machine Elements course. The Rube Goldberg Machine Contest is an international competition devoted to the design and demonstration of contraptions that complete a simple everyday task in an absurdly complex manner. The competition rules require that all machines have an observable theme and/or story integrated throughout the machines.
ISSN:1056-8077
1930-6148