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A Case Study of Introduction to Engineering Design Course using LEGO MINDSTORM NXT  

Yi, Kang (School of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Handong Global University)
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Journal of Engineering Education Research / v.12, no.2, 2009 , pp. 83-88 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this paper the author proposes a case study of a freshmen introduction to engineering design course ing LEGO Mindstorm NXT and analyzes the survey results of the course. The diffilculties are that this course should provide various aspects of design experiences to the students while not requiring the major knowledge and skills and it should attract the students to the engineering major. According to our case study LEGO mindstorm can be a good solution to this problem. The design experience with LEGO Mindstorm NXT provides students with various aspects of design experiences including defining problem, finding constraints and functions, exploring design space, and performing preliminary design, as well as fun. This paper also provides a project list that can be used for freshmen design experience including soccer game robots, line tracer, and vacuum cleaner etc.
Keywords
Introduction to Engineering Design; LEGO Mindstorm NXT; Basic Design Education;
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