INTEGRATION OF DESIGN PROBLEMS AND PROJECTS INTO COURSES FOR MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING PROGRAM

Since 2010, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering has piloted the CDIO model for the manufacturing engineering program. Up to now, various engineering skills have been integrated into the courses. Innovative design problems and projects are planned throughout core courses. Those engineering skills are consolidated by four project-based courses of the program, including: Introduction to engineering project, Machine Design project, Manufacturing engineering project, and Capstone project. In this paper, we present the objectives, contents, innovative design problems, implementation process, the measures and results achieved after three years of CDIO implementation. After completing some core courses, the project courses will help students improve the CDIO skills through the designing and building of a real model. ELearning system has supported a lot for teaching and learning process so that these activities can take place anytime and anywhere. Student‟s scores are evaluated by not only lecturers but also classmates. The achievement of intended learning outcomes is verified from student‟s surveys, together with the results of assessment activities. The end of this paper is the analysis and assessment of results achieved through the active, experiential learning methods, the integrating skills into subjects as well as addresses lessons learned from the CDIO implementation.