This paper describes the development of a studio-based approach for teaching ergonomics and human factors to undergraduate engineering students. Studio-based methods in engineering education draw on the concept of a “design studio” as the basis for learning and applying fundamental skills and knowledge through a series of directed exploration and design projects under the guidance of the course...

This paper describes networking in Industrial Design education between students from a number of international universities that worked independently on a vehicle-design project. The results were presented in a joint exhibition, held in Tokyo Japan, to leading Asian vehicle manufacturers such as Nissan, Mazda and Isuzu motors. The paper describes the networking that occurred between the univers...

In this paper we discuss theDrexel Collaborative Design Studio (DCDS), an environment for distributed engineering under development at the Geometric and Intelligent Computing Laboratory at Drexel University. DCDS is intended to enhance collaborative design work, focusing in particular on design of electro-mechanical artifacts. Our goal is to provide transparent collaborative work and archival s...

A design school's core curriculum includes a physical studio class in all disciplines. The COVID-19 pandemic led to switch from online education. Students and instructors had no prior experience with courses when the shift occurred February 2020. There have been concerns raised about quality of Students' evaluations studios were used as basis for assessing their efficiency, then factors affecti...

Mobile learning is a young and vibrant field of research and practice. Teaching a university course on mobile learning is a challenge: how do you connect the theories and case studies to students’ experience, and make them relevant for their educational practice? This paper reports on one such course which was conducted using a Learning Design Studio format: working in groups, students identifi...

This paper presents an experimental design studio of digital performative design conducted in an architecture course, in Brazil. This teaching and learning experience included a period of three week exercise as part of an integrated design class. The overall objective of the experiment was to introduce the concept of performative design through a design exercise based on actual digital practice...

ur initial concept for Design eXchange as a shared collaborative online and physical space for design has changed as a result of several iterations. Our present notion places less emphasis on Design eXchange being a place for our students to share their work, and instead favors a complex mix of key elements, namely 1) a virtual online studio, 2) a forum for review of all things related to desig...