Proactive engineering

Author

Duarte, Cândido ; Oliveira, Hélder P. ; Magalhães, Filipe ; Tavares, Vítor Grade ; Campilho, Aurélio C. ; De Oliveira, Pedro Guedes

Author_Institution

Fac. of Eng., Univ. of Porto, Porto, Portugal

fYear

2012

fDate

17-20 April 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

This paper presents two initiatives run by groups of engineering students at the University of Porto: the Microelectronics Students´ Group and BioStar. These groups are student-led initiatives that promote different scientific fields through self-guided projects. Both experiences have proven to be very successful in increasing the undergraduate student´s interest in science and technology. This work reports the activities, organization and main methodologies employed by these groups, which can be seen as successful approaches to enhance the technical curriculum of students.

Keywords

educational institutions; engineering education; BioStar Group; Microelectronics Student Group; University of Porto; engineering student; proactive engineering; science and technology; student curriculum; Biomedical imaging; Biometrics; Educational institutions; Fingerprint recognition; Integrated circuits; Microelectronics; Wireless communication; project-based learning; student-led initiatives;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), 2012 IEEE

Conference_Location

Marrakech

ISSN

2165-9559

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1457-2

Electronic_ISBN

2165-9559

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EDUCON.2012.6201104

Filename

6201104