TY - GEN
T1 - Development of Engineering Education Program for Students before Starting Graduation Researches on Forefront Technologies
AU - Oka, Tetsuo
AU - Suzuki, Takamasa
AU - Abe, Kazuhisa
AU - Yamauchi, Takeshi
AU - Yamagiwa, Kazuaki
AU - Sato, Takashi
AU - Tanabe, Yuji
AU - Narumi, Takatsune
N1 - Funding Information:
ACKNOWLEDGMENT The authors give the greatest thanks to Ms. Terasawa, Mr. Haneda, Mr. Hatori in Education Centre for Engineering and Technology in Niigata University. The projects have been supported by the grants-in-aid so-called Good Practice Project of MEXT of Japanese government, and Short Stay / Short Visit project of JASSO of Japanese government.
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© 2017 IEEE.
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PY - 2018/9/17
Y1 - 2018/9/17
N2 - The university students from freshman to junior grades before starting their graduation studies have participated in the forefront researches conducted in the academic/scientific research laboratories in Niigata University. Since the practical research activities conducted in the laboratories must intrinsically contain the educational elements for the university students, it should be effective for the students to obtain the proper skills, abilities, attitudes, and knowledge of engineering even before the acquisition of their basic skills and knowledge of science. This education program called 'Smart Dormitory' project has been carried out as one of the novel educational reform activities. There, the students from the freshman to junior make their teams together, and studies the forefront scientific researches about the topics they freely chose. In the process, the students have been assigned the scientific presentations about the results of their on-going investigations in the international meetings, which have been held in the domestic areas or overseas. The students are well motivated to their scientific researches through the presentations when they were given the opportunities in their early stage of university life. This engineering education program is characterized as one of the leadership programs for the scientific engineering leaders in the internationalized practical industries. Actually, the averaged academic score of dormitory students has firmly raised through the planned period, which means the program stimulated the student' motivation to their academic studies.
AB - The university students from freshman to junior grades before starting their graduation studies have participated in the forefront researches conducted in the academic/scientific research laboratories in Niigata University. Since the practical research activities conducted in the laboratories must intrinsically contain the educational elements for the university students, it should be effective for the students to obtain the proper skills, abilities, attitudes, and knowledge of engineering even before the acquisition of their basic skills and knowledge of science. This education program called 'Smart Dormitory' project has been carried out as one of the novel educational reform activities. There, the students from the freshman to junior make their teams together, and studies the forefront scientific researches about the topics they freely chose. In the process, the students have been assigned the scientific presentations about the results of their on-going investigations in the international meetings, which have been held in the domestic areas or overseas. The students are well motivated to their scientific researches through the presentations when they were given the opportunities in their early stage of university life. This engineering education program is characterized as one of the leadership programs for the scientific engineering leaders in the internationalized practical industries. Actually, the averaged academic score of dormitory students has firmly raised through the planned period, which means the program stimulated the student' motivation to their academic studies.
KW - engineering education
KW - forefront technology
KW - international meeting
KW - leadership
KW - presentation
KW - research
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U2 - 10.1109/WEEF.2017.8467132
DO - 10.1109/WEEF.2017.8467132
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85055413840
T3 - Proceedings - 2017 7th World Engineering Education Forum, WEEF 2017- In Conjunction with: 7th Regional Conference on Engineering Education and Research in Higher Education 2017, RCEE and RHEd 2017, 1st International STEAM Education Conference, STEAMEC 2017 and 4th Innovative Practices in Higher Education Expo 2017, I-PHEX 2017
SP - 136
EP - 139
BT - Proceedings - 2017 7th World Engineering Education Forum, WEEF 2017- In Conjunction with
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 7th World Engineering Education Forum, WEEF 2017
Y2 - 13 November 2017 through 16 November 2017
ER -