About Essential Elements in the Application of a Story -Building Approach Learned from Three Engineering Senior Design Projects
| Authors | Kim, Hoo; Leiffer, Paul R.; Kim, Joon W. |
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| Date | 2022 |
| Proceedings | Proceedings of the 2022 Christian Engineering Conference |
| Place | University of Northwestern u2013 St. Paul, Minnesota |
| Vol / Pages | pp. 68u201377 |
| URL | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Zk6JxgxfFbPtrNm5pL_82KqepHiWG0Re/view |
Type: Conference Paper
Tags: Christian Engineering
Abstract
Everyone enjoys a good story, and a practicing engineer has a wealth of material to share in the form of a story. Educators are beginning to appreciate the place of stories in engineering education. An engineering capstone senior design project could be designed as a story-building platform. Common story elements arise in the following categories: (1) the background behind the project , (2) the team selection process, (3) the project implementation, (4) follow-up to the project, and (5) personal reflections about the project. Systematic tools for both individual faculty advisors and the engineering program can support the story-building approach. A capstone senior design project can result in meaningful stories for each participant in the project and may provide personalized motivation, ownership, and stewardship well beyond the engineering academic applications.