A Service Learning Program for CSE Students

Author

Madey, Gregory ; Freeland, Curt ; Brenner, Paul

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Notre Dame Univ.

fYear

2005

fDate

19-22 Oct. 2005

Abstract

We describe a service-learning program within the CSE department at the University of Notre Dame. Started in 1997 as the first affiliate of the Purdue EPICS program, this service-learning program involves volunteer faculty-mentored teams of students applying engineering skills in local, national, and international consulting projects for various community, educational, and not-for-profit organizations. Student-led teams, functioning as small engineering consulting firms, participate in identifying and selecting potential consulting engagements followed by the delivery of solutions to those clients. We describe 1) our unique adaptation of the EPICS model 2) supporting resources, and 3) a review of computer science centric education in multidisciplinary service engineering projects. The practical considerations of real world project management, client interaction, and liability are discussed in correlation with recent service projects undertaken by the students. Advice for interested educational institutions for developing their own engineering service learning program is presented

Keywords

computer science education; educational institutions; University of Notre Dame; client interaction; computer science engineering students; educational institutions; engineering consulting firms; multidisciplinary service engineering projects; project management; service learning program; volunteer faculty-mentored team; Civil engineering; Computer networks; Computer science; Computer science education; Concrete; Databases; Educational institutions; Educational programs; Programming profession; Project management; Active-Collaborative Learning; Computer Science and Engineering; EPICS; Experiential Learning; Multi-Disciplinary; Project Management; Service-Learning;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education, 2005. FIE '05. Proceedings 35th Annual Conference

Conference_Location

Indianopolis, IN

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9077-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.2005.1612055

Filename

1612055