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Malheiro, Benedita; Guedes, Pedro; Silva, Manuel F.; Ferreira, Paulo – Education Sciences, 2019
Engineering education addresses the development of professional competencies in undergraduates. In this context, the core set of professional competencies includes critical thinking and problem solving, effective communication, collaboration and team building, and creativity and innovation--also known as the four Cs--as well as socio-professional…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Undergraduate Students, Problem Solving, Professional Development
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Duarte, Abel J.; Malheiro, Benedita; Arnó, Elisabet; Perat, Ignasi; Silva, Manuel F.; Fuentes-Durá, Pedro; Guedes, Pedro; Ferreira, Paulo – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2020
Contribution: An analysis of the extent to which sustainability is present in the syllabi, project briefs, report templates, and student final reports of the three Iberian European project semester (EPS) providers, over a five-year period. Background: EPS is a one-semester capstone project framework that adopts project-based learning and…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Sustainable Development, Problem Solving, Student Projects
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Malheiro, Benedita; Silva, Manuel; Ribeiro, Maria Cristina; Guedes, Pedro; Ferreira, Paulo – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2015
Current engineering education challenges require approaches that promote scientific, technical, design and complementary skills while fostering autonomy, innovation and responsibility. The European Project Semester (EPS) at Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto (ISEP) (EPS@ISEP) is a one semester project-based learning programme (30 European…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Problem Solving, Interdisciplinary Approach, Cultural Pluralism