In order to cultivate creative civil engineering graduates with CDIO (Conceive-Design-Implement-Operate) competencies, a core engineering fundamental course, “Civil Engineering Materials”, was redesigned and implemented since 2006. One of the main objectives of the course was changed into developing CDIO competencies through a teamwork redesign project. The curriculum synopsis, contents, teaching methods and the resource of course-books were re-designed to follow CDIO initiatives. The results of the teamwork redesign project and the students’ assessment were discussed in this paper. It can be seen, comparing to reform before which performed by mainly using sitting, listening and testing fashion, that the ability, knowledge and personality of the students were effectively enhanced through such course reform.
Design and Realization of CDIO Elements in Civil Engineering Material Course
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Conceive
Defining customer needs; considering technology, enterprise strategy, and regulations; developing concepts, techniques and business plans.
Design
Creating the design; the plans, drawings, and algorithms that describe what will be implemented.
Implement
The transformation of the design into the product, including manufacturing, coding, testing and validation.
Operate
Using the implemented product to deliver the intended value, including maintaining, evolving and retiring the system.
