Engineering Curriculum for Millenials:

A formal and non-formal perspective

Dr. Shivashankar R. Srivatsa

&
Prof. Arjun C. C.
Department of Mechanical Engineering
B. M. S. College of Engineeering

IUCEE Webinar, 9th October 2019

Agenda
• Background
• Current scenario
• Need of the hour
• Curriculum changes

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 Background

• Modern professional education

– Uncertainty and competing demands from stakeholders.
– To prepare students as engineers of the future
– Required skills and knowhow
– To manage rapid change, uncertainty and complexity
• Restructuring of an engineering curriculum
– Correlation between society, engineering competencies and the changing
paradigm of engineering education

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Badariah Bais, Norazreen Abd. Aziz , Norbahiah Misran, Curriculum Restructuring of Bachelor of Engineering Program, Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences 18 (2011) 220–226
 Background

• Employability of graduates
– Combination of high technical knowledge and practical experience
– Demands technical competence as well as skills
• Skills
– Handling of information; communication & presentation; planning & problem solving;
social development & interaction
• Today’s engineers
– Cope with continual technological change and commercial realities of industrial practice in
the modern world

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Julie Mills & David Treagust, Engineering Education – Is Problem-based or Project-based Learning the Answer?, Australasian J. of Engng. Educ., 2003-04.
 Background

• Generation Timeline

Courtesy: “Don’t Teach Me, Let me Learn” – Aman Jain 5

Background

• Understanding the Millennial Mind

• Millennials! Who are they?
• Their Strengths • The Advantages they bring in!
• Tech Savvy • Innovations
• Collaborative • Higher Productivity
• Creative • Networking Recruitment
• Connected • Free Pass
• Resourceful

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Current Scenario

• Engineering Education Research

– Development of strategies for solving issues for the future of engineering education
– Recruitment, need for new competencies and ability to deal with new types of
interdisciplinary and complex knowledge & skills
• Studies & Surveys
– Present engineering graduates need to have strong communication and teamwork skills.
– They need to have a perspective of social, environmental and economic issues that
concern their profession.
– They need to apply these knowledge and skills in practice.

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 Industry expectations
• Ability to Apply Knowledge of Mathematics, Science, and Engineering
• Ability to Design and Conduct Experiments
• Ability to Design a System, Component, or Process to Meet Desired Needs
• Ability to Function on Multi-Disciplinary Teams
• Ability to Identify, Formulate, and Solve Engineering Problems
• Understanding of Professional and Ethical Responsibility
• Ability to Communicate Effectively
• Understand the Impact of Engineering Solutions in a Global/Societal context
• Recognition of the Need For, and an Ability to Engage in Life-Long Learning
• Knowledge of Contemporary Issues
• Ability to Use the Techniques, Skills, and Modern Engineering Tools
necessary for Engineering Practice
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Courtesy: James D Lang & Francis D McVey, The Boeing Company
World Growth Initiatives

Produktion
Made 2030
Smart Industrial
Industry Difference
High Value Internet Business
Manufacturin Revolution
g Industry 4.0
Industry of Digital
Manufacturin the Future Manufacturing Innovation 25’
g Renaissance for SME Program
Fabricacion Produktionde
Avanzada r Zukunft Made In China
Operational 2025
Fabbrica Programme
Intelligente Make in India

Precision
Manufacturing

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Need of the hour

• Teaching with Technology

– Building employability skills into higher education curriculum.
• Forward-thinking higher education institutions
– Adapting courses to equip graduates with skills, knowledge and attitudes
• Lack of knowledge of global issues
– Amongst teaching staff and students
• Rewriting curriculum
– By planning meaningful learning and understanding.
– Bridging theory and practice
– Focus on both content delivery and value addition

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Industry 4.0

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Industry 4.0
Technology
o Robotics – Replacing humans on assembly line
o 3D Printing – Manufacturing customized components
o Big Data – Collecting performance parameters
o Analytics – Understanding collected data

Process
o Constant communication – Data exchange between components
o Decentralized decision making – Routine decisions
o Standardization – Ease of customization
o Smart Transport System - Automated transportation of raw material /
final products

People
o Increased efficiency – Reduction in labor per unit
o Skill Development – Up-skilling, Re-skilling, Continuous learning &
Mindset change
o Only to handle disruptions – Monitoring and corrective actions

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Millennials will change the world: Various Vantage Points

• Customer Finance
• Philanthropy
• Corporate Technology
• Work Environment
• Dress Code
• Job Fulfilment
• Salary and Benefits
• Management
• Diversity
• Future Workplace Model 13
Characteristics of Millennial Professionals

• Tech Savvy
• Family Centric
• Achievement Oriented
• Team Oriented
• Crave for Attention
• Prone to Job Hop

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Curriculum revision

• Restructuring
• Feedback from stakeholders
• Requirements: Accreditation criteria
• Without sacrificing knowledge of engineering fundamentals

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Curriculum revision
• Learning Theories
• Androgogy (Adult Learning Theory)
• Knowles’s Definition:
– The art and Science of Adult Learning
• Learning Principles
• Self Concept
• Adult learning Experience
• Readiness to learn
• Orientation to learning
• Motivation to learn

Courtesy: “Don’t Teach Me, Let me Learn” – Aman Jain 16

Millennial Learning Model

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Industrial practices
• Course: Strength of Materials
• Strength & Stiffness of materials
– Analysis of structures

• Testing standards
• Industry standards

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Industry Interaction
• Constant interaction
• Current industrial practices

• For each course

• Collaborators
– Teaching faculty to identify

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 Improving digital IQ

• Employees’ digital IQs have become critical

• It’s not that employees are getting less tech-
savvy;
• It’s that the market demands more of each and
every one of them.

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Courtesy: Harward Business Reviews URL: https://hbr.org/2017/07
 Improving soft skills:
Incorporating the 5Rs to engage with Millennials
• Research Based Methods
• Relevance
• Rationale
• Relaxed
• Rapport

Courtesy: Prof. Christy Price, Professor of Psychology, Dalton State College 21

Multi-disciplinary approach
• Courses
– Fundamentals
• Inter-disciplinary approach
– Complex
– Coupled-field analysis

• Solution
• Changes in laboratory component
Multi Disciplinary Analysis involved in an Aerospace
Product Development

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Need of CAE tools
• Use of computers
• Mechanical Engineering

• Product development
– Concept to reality
– CAD/CAM
– Data

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Need of CAE tools
• Multiple intelligence

Power Electronics Automotive Product Development A Mechatronic system

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 Need of CAE tools
• Mechanical Engineering
– FE Analysis
• Electrical Engineering
– PSPICE simulation
• Control Engineering
– LabView
• Mathematics
– MATLAB
• Critical assessment of capabilities
– Greater awareness about subject & current practical scenario

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 Blended curriculum

A schematic of curriculum having laboratory component blended with theory class

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Shivashankar, Jyothi, Lakshminarayana, Blended curriculum for better employability of students, Proc. ICTIEE, 2015
Blended curriculum
• Requirements of stake holders
– Across various branches

• Industry collaboration
– Content framing
– Industry funded laboratories
– Partial delivery of courses

• Evaluation Process

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Innovative Classroom experience
• Emphasis on the Mindset of the students
• Self Reflection
• Shoot open ended questions!
• Creation of flexible learning environments
• Creating a place for all learners
• Using Problem Finding approach
• Encourage students to risk it! No worries if they fail
• Flipped Class
• Inviting experts into the class who’ve been there and done that
• Design Thinking structure

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Innovative Classroom Models Overview

Computational Thinking: Critical Thinking:

Solving Problems with Logic Analyzing and making informed decisions

Courtesy: www.medium.com (Troy Strand)

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Innovative Classroom Models Overview

Design Thinking: Blended Learning:

Solving problems with empathy Hybridize the learning experience

Courtesy: www.medium.com (Troy Strand)

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Active Learning Themes to Explore
Scenario Based Think-Pair-Share Collaborative Mind Mapping Scavenger Hunts Data and Tools
Learning Virtual for Problem
Classrooms Solving
Jigsaw Flipped Class Game Based Learning by Picture Prompt Think Break
Learning Teaching
Update the Choral Response Word Cloud Instructor Grab a Socratic
Notes! Guessing Storytelling Volunteer! Questioning
Reverse Socratic Pass the Pointer! Turn my Back Empty Outlines Classroom Discussion Row
Questioning Opinion Polls
Total Physical Student Polling Self Assessment Quote Minus Everyday ethical Polar Opposites
Response One Dilemmas
Pop Culture Make them Punctuated Word of the day RSQCC Focused
guess! Lectures Listening
Background Goal Ranking I K S Checklist Documented Provocative Pass the Chalk
Knowledge and Matching Problem Picture
Probe Solutions
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Active Learning Themes to Explore
White Board Pass the Dart Beach Ball Bingo Bingo Balls of Town Hall The Half Class
Capture Doom Meeting Lecture
Tournament Three Part One minute Muddiest Point Misconception Drawing for
Interview papers Check Understanding
Turn Taking Haiku Media Break Photo Board of Art Video Selfie
Reading Homework Work
Gallery Walk Circle the Ask the Winner What’s the Infographic Bookmark Notes
Questions Principle
True or False Real World Concept Advise Letter Tabloid Titles Bumper Stickers
Mapping
One Sentence Direct Word Journal Truth Statements Objective Check Opposites
Summary Paraphrasing
Student Pro and Con Grid Harvesting Chain Notes Focused Self confidence
Storytelling autobiographical survey
sketches

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Classroom Experiences

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Classroom Experiences

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Classroom Experiences
• Experiments to understand the impact of cognitive domain
• Field Visits (Lab Visits)

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Role of teachers
• Most influential factor in the Education change
• Characteristics of an Effective Teacher
– Being Professional
– Thinking Right
– Planning and Setting Expectations
– Leading by example
– Relating to Others

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Role of teachers
• Necessity on teachers
– To acquire adequate practical experience and expertise
– Adequately relate theory to practice or provide design experience
• Robust professional training
– To improve their technical competence
– Provide value addition to the content delivery

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Closure
• Engineering Profession
– Growing Technology
– Changes: economic, societal & environmental
• Knowledge & Skills
– Quality improvement, technical competence, employability
• Institutions
– Challenging learning environments, bring significant improvement in terms of educational
experience and employability of students.
• Curriculum changes
– Formal and non-formal perspectives

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Acknowledgements
• We acknowledge the constant support rendered by the
Faculty and Management of BMSCE.
• We appreciate the inputs provided by the
Pre Final Year UG Students of Dept. of M E, BMSCE
• Our thanks to Mr. Aman Jain – IIM Kashipur, Mr. Guruprasad – Collins
Aerospace, Mr. Bhagath – IBM for providing industrial perspectives on this
theme

• Our thanks to all the members and office bearers of IUCEE

for providing opportunity to present the webinar

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