Dick, Brian
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Developing a new engineering technologist career pathway from first-year engineering
(Canadian Engineering Education Association, 2022-11-01)Successfully completing an engineering degree often requires at least four or five years of intense study by students, and many of these students start their programs with a limited sense of what an engineer is or does. ... -
Long-term impact of COVID-19 on the first-year engineering experience at a mid-sized teaching focused university
(American Society of Engineering Education, 2022-08-23)This paper discusses the COVID-19 adaptions made within the first-year engineering design curriculum, and reflects on their impact fulfilling the required learning outcomes, mitigating student mental health issues, and ... -
Enabling hands-on, team-based project work during COVID-19
(American Society of Engineering Education, 2021-08-09)COVID-19 has impacted delivery of the first-year engineering design curriculum throughout the post-secondary system. At Vancouver Island University (VIU), instruction of the first-year curriculum shifted to an entirely ... -
International field school for first-year engineering students
(Canadian Engineering Education Association, 2020-06-16)Engineering graduates increasingly find that they are part of teams that draw a multi-disciplinary membership across a broad range of cultural, socioeconomic, and linguistic backgrounds. Although engineering students ... -
Common first-year engineering curriculum in British Columbia
(Canadian Engineering Education Association, 2018-12-02)Labour market demand for engineers continues to outpace the capacity of postsecondary institutions to produce new entrants to the field. Providing for the diverse pathways students may take for their education could both ... -
First-year common engineering curriculum for the BC post-secondary sector - implementation phase: Final report
(British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer, 2018-11)This report examines a first-year core engineering curriculum for the BC post-secondary sector and its implementation. -
Promoting intercultural exchange through a cornerstone engineering design project
(Canadian Engineering Education Association, 2018-03-07)First-year engineering students at Vancouver Island University in Canada and second-year engineering students at Tra Vinh University in Vietnam have been brought together to work on a cooperative cornerstone design ... -
First-year common engineering curriculum for the BC post-secondary sector
(Canadian Engineering Education Association, 2018-03-07)Demand for engineering education has grown in recognition of its importance to the provincial economy, while engineering education capacity continues to lag. Engineering schools in British Columbia traditionally offer ... -
First-year core engineering curriculum for the BC post-secondary sector: Final report
(British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer, 2016-09)The BC Council on Admissions and Transfer (BCCAT) Engineering Articulation Committee expressed its desire to explore the feasibility of developing a common, first-year engineering curriculum within the BC post-secondary ...
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