An Interdisciplinary Design Course for Pervasive Computing

Author

Martin, Tom ; Coupey, Eloise ; McNair, Lisa ; Dorsa, Ed ; Forsyth, Jason ; Kim, Sophie ; Kemnitzer, Ron

Author_Institution

Virginia Tech., Blacksburg, VA, USA

Volume

11

Issue

1

fYear

2012

Firstpage

80

Lastpage

83

Abstract

Virginia Tech offers an interdisciplinary design course for pervasive computing products, with the goal of providing undergraduates with the interdisciplinary and technical skills required to design and develop pervasive computing devices. The course has been developed and taught by a team of faculty from three departments-Electrical and Computer Engineering, Industrial Design, and Marketing-and a faculty member from the Department of Engineering Education has helped develop the class´s interdisciplinary teaming processes.

Keywords

computer science education; design engineering; ubiquitous computing; class interdisciplinary teaming process; computer engineering; electrical engineering; industrial design; interdisciplinary design course; interdisciplinary skills; marketing; pervasive computing device; pervasive computing product; technical skills; Business; Educational institutions; Engineering education; Pervasive computing; Product development; Wheels; Interdisciplinary; design course; education; pervasive computing; training;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Pervasive Computing, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1536-1268

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MPRV.2012.2

Filename

6112267