Multi-Disciplinary Design-Build PBL As An Introduction to Engineering

A project based learning (PBL) project is designed as an introduction to engineering, requiring the student to design and build a computer-controlled tower crane at Shantou University (STU). This project is developed as a result of a recent STU-MIT collaboration. The project is designed in accordance with the CDIO initiative. The students in teams are expected to divide themselves into five different disciplinary subgroups, namely, co munication, computer programming, electronic engineering, mechanical engineering and civ l/structural engineering. Through the students were freshmen just entering the university, they performed satisfactorily.