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Trends in mechanical engineering education: the international scenario and its relevance to Sri Lanka

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dc.contributor.author Gunasekera, JS
dc.contributor.editor Nanayakkara, LDJF
dc.date.accessioned 2023-01-04T08:18:16Z
dc.date.available 2023-01-04T08:18:16Z
dc.date.issued 2001-07
dc.identifier.citation **** en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://dl.lib.uom.lk/handle/123/20074
dc.description.abstract Mechanical Engineering Education has undergone major changes during the last few decades in most countries throughout the world but particularly so in the US and Europe. These include: the strong emphasis on engineering design, integrated throughout the curriculum; the need to connect and integrate contiguous ME disciplines together to form a more robust engineering science foundation; and the critical role that a senior level “capstone” product realization course should play in broadening students' understanding of engineering practice. There is also strong support for increasing emphasis on “active learning" where students participate more directly in the learning process and the important role played by “cooperative education" as referred to, in the US. It is important for Mechanical Engineering departments in Sri Lanka to take a closer look at these changes, and adapt them to enhance their own curricula by carefully noticing that what is best for other countries may not be the best for Sri Lanka. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka en_US
dc.title Trends in mechanical engineering education: the international scenario and its relevance to Sri Lanka en_US
dc.type Conference-Full-text en_US
dc.identifier.faculty Engineering en_US
dc.identifier.department Department of Mechanical Engineering en_US
dc.identifier.year 2001 en_US
dc.identifier.conference Conference on Future Directions & Strategies in Mechanical Engineering Education- Beyond 2000 en_US
dc.identifier.place Katubedda en_US
dc.identifier.pgnos pp. 1-9 en_US
dc.identifier.proceeding Proceedings of the Conference on Future Directions & Strategies in Mechanical Engineering Education- Beyond 2000 en_US


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