Contribution to Book
Use of Living Systems to Teach Basic Engineering Concepts
Web-Based Engineering Education: Critical Design and Effective Tools
(2010)
Abstract
Engineering educators have typically used non-living systems or products to demonstrate engineering principles. Each traditional engineering discipline has its own products or processes that they use to demonstrate concepts and principles relevant to the discipline. In recent years engineering education has undergone major changes with a drive to incorporate sustainability and green engineering concepts into the curriculum. As such an innovative initiative has been undertaken to use a living system such as an aquarium to teach basic engineering principles. Activities and course content were developed for a freshman engineering class at Rowan University and the Cumberland County College and K-12 outreach for the New Jersey Academy for Aquatic Sciences. All developed materials are available on a dynamic website for rapid dissemination and adoption.
Disciplines
Publication Date
January 1, 2010
Publisher
IGI
ISBN
9781615206599
DOI
10.4018/978-1-61520-659-9.ch008
Citation Information
Kauser Jahan, Jess W. Everett, Gina Tang, Stephanie Farrell, et al.. "Use of Living Systems to Teach Basic Engineering Concepts" Web-Based Engineering Education: Critical Design and Effective Tools (2010) p. 96 - 107 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jess-everett/13/