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Project Based Learning activities as a means of adapting conventional curricula to the demands of the 21st century aeronautical engineer. The design and building of the EYEFLY 1
Year:2012

Research Areas
  • Mechanical aeronautics and naval engineering

Information
Abstract
In this paper we report the process of designing and building the EYEFLY 1, a real UAS platform which has just performed its maiden flight. For the development of this aircraft, 30 groups of students from successive years at the Escuela Universitaria de Ingeniería Técnica Aeronáutica (EUITA) of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) carried out their compulsory End of Degree Project as a coordinated Project Based learning activity. Our conclusions clearly indicate that Project Based Learning activities can provide a valid complement to more conventional, theoretically-based, teaching methods. The combination of both approaches will allow us to maintain traditional but well-tested methods for providing our students with a sound knowledge of fundamental engineering disciplines and, at the same time, to introduce our students to exciting and relevant engineering situations and sceneries where social and business skills, such as communication skills, team-working or decision-taking, can be put into practice. Keywords-component project based learning, CDIO, end of degree project.
International
Si
Congress
IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON)
960
Place
Marrakesh, Morocco
Reviewers
Si
ISBN/ISSN
9781612846415
00-0000-000-0
Start Date
17/04/2012
End Date
20/04/2012
From page
100
To page
110
IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON)
Participants

Research Group, Departaments and Institutes related
  • Creador: Departamento: Aerotecnia