CDIO and internationalising the
curriculum to produce a “Global
Engineer”
Paul Hermon
Shane Black
Programme Director - Product Design and
Development (PDD)
School of Mechanical and Aerospace
Engineering
MEng graduate PDD (2009)
Composite Design Engineer – BE Aerospace
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Faculty
Conceive-Design-Implement-Operate
CDIO is an international network of over 80
collaborating universities dedicated to improving the
education of engineering students.
CDIO Community
Biannual International Meetings
2005 Kingston, Canada
2006 Linkoping, Sweden
2007 Cambridge, USA
2008 Gent, Belgium
2009 Singapore
2010 Montreal, Canada
2011 Copenhagen, Denmark
2012 Brisbane, Australia
2005 Liverpool, UK
2006 Pretoria, South Africa
2007 Shantou, China
2008 Phoenix, USA
2009 Turku, Finland
2010 Sydney, Australia
2011 Monterey & Palo Alto, USA
2012 Brest, France
CDIO Stakeholder Survey
12 CDIO Standards
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CDIO as Context
CDIO Syllabus Outcomes
Integrated Curriculum
Introduction to Engineering
Design-Build Experiences
CDIO Workspaces
Integrated Learning Experiences
Active Learning
Enhancement of Faculty CDIO Skills
Enhancement of Faculty Teaching Skills
CDIO Skills Assessment
CDIO Program Evaluation
CDIO Syllabus (XX level)
1. Technical Knowledge
2. Personal &
Professional
Skills
(associated with the specific Engineering discipline)
2.1 Eng. Reasoning and Problem Solving
2.2 Experimenting and Knowledge Discovery
2.3 System Thinking
2.4 Personal Skills & Attributes
2.5 Professional Skills & Attitudes
3. Interpersonal 3.1 Teamwork and Leadership
3.2 Communications
Skills
4. Product
& System
Building
4.1 External & Societal Context
4.2 Enterprise & Business Context
4.3 Conceiving
4.4 Designing
4.5 Implementing
4.6 Operating
Integrated Curriculum (Standard 3)
SEMESTER 1
SEMESTER 2
Computer-Aided Design 1 (1.0) MEE1020
Product Design Methods & Practice 1 (1.0) MEE1024
Creative Design Skills 1
(0.5) MEE1030
Design Project 1
(0.5) MEE1025
Introduction to Product Design 1 (1.0) MEE1033
Materials 1
(0.5) MEE1021
Statics 1
(0.5) MEE1022
Mathematics for Product Design 1 (1.0) MEE1026 (Stream B)
Engineering Mathematics 1
(0.5) MEE1036 (Stream A)
Electrical Engineering 1
(0.5) FOE1006 (Stream A)
Hermon, J.P., McCartan, C.D., Cunningham, G. (2010); Group design-build-test projects as the core of an integrated curriculum in product design
and development; Engineering Education – Journal of the Higher Education Academy Engineering Subject Centre; Volume 5 Issue 2, p50-58.
CDIO workspaces (Standard 6)
MIT – Chalmers – ASU – DTU – Liverpool - Stanford - Milano
Self Assessment Rubrics for 12 CDIO Standards
In 2003 (when SMAE joined CDIO) we were at 0
In 2012 we are closer to a 4
Design Build Experiences (Standard 5)
Hospital Bed guided
vehicle – 25k Awards
finalist 2007
BED | EZ |
Anti DVT aircraft footrest
All Ireland Student
Enterprise Awards
Runners up 2008
Lime – “The last
delivery you will
ever sign for”
aircraft seat footrest to prevent DVT
High security domestic
heating kerosene tank
Quick assembly (2
minutes) and compact
storage (car boot) two
person boat for fishing
Waste water turbine
All Ireland Student Enterprise
Awards finalists 2010
ERASMUS exchange (Stage 4 option)
Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden
• 50% modules from a range of International Masters
programmes
• 50% multi-disciplinary, multi-national teams projects carried
out in association with a number of companies in the region.
Novel tidal power plant Minesto
Time Magazine 50
Best Innovations of
2010
Deep Green
Underwater Kite
CoopQA – Cooperation on Quality Assurance with
Higher Education Institutions
€500k EU application for 2 year cross evaluation among 7
universities (all CDIO collaborators)
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Turku University of Applied sciences (Finland)
Queen’s University Belfast
Telecom Bretagne (France)
Technical University of Denmark
Metropolia University of Applied Sciences (Finland)
Aston University (UK)
Gdansk University of Technology (Poland)
Objective to refine existing self and peer assessment using
CDIO rubrics to be generally applicable
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