The modern engineer is not a mere technical expert. Modern engineer is a strategic leader with diverse abilities on critical thinking, analytical skills, communication, teamwork and multi-disciplinary perspectives. Traditional teaching methods face the challenge of delivering this multi-facet knowledge transfer. We, E2I actively explores contemporary teaching methods and strive to provide engaging and meaningful learning experiences to our students. we believe, it is necessary to restructure the engineering curriculum by emphasizing knowledge synthesis and transferable competency development in a learner centered approach where students become more adaptable to changes. With years of efforts and trial and error, we have created set of courses which creates a knowledge sharing culture where students become the center of learning.
ENGG 1010 – Academic Orientation
This course is designed specifically for engineering students of the First Year of four-year curriculum. This year-long course aims at providing an induction to the School of Engineering for the freshmen year. It will cover topics such as learning and time-management skills, purposes of university and engineering education, and planning for personal and professional development.
ENGG 1100 – First Year Cornerstone Engineering Design Project
ENGG1100 is the final product of an eight-year effort and represents a breakthrough journey in curriculum development via continuous hypothesis testing and validation. This project course is designed specifically for first year engineering students. It aims at providing engineering students experiential learning through exposing them to knowledge and skills from different SENG disciplines before making decision on their majors. Students in this course will be divided into design teams. Each team will use the acquired knowledge and skills to design and build an engineering artifact, e.g. an airship, a smart car. In order to offer the course at scale, the technical components are offered online and students are engaged in experiential learning through working on team projects.
ENGG 1110 – Engineering Solutions to Grand Challenges of the 21st Century
Throughout the human history, engineering has driven the advances of civilization. In the past century engineering has recorded its greatest accomplishments, but for all these accomplishments the century ahead poses formidable problems sustaining civilization advancements. This course broadens and raises student’s awareness of challenges faced by coming generations, such as climate change, clean water and healthcare. Students work in small groups in a collaborative learning environment to explore the key issues associated with the selected major challenges in details and in multiple dimensions with the experts in the areas. Suggested and proposed engineering solutions based on advances in science and technology are explored and discussed.
ENGG 1900 Service Learning Program
This program provides students an opportunity to engage themselves in community service with the collaboration of local or non-local NGOs and support from the School of Engineering. Lectures, talks or training sessions are provided to students to build up their communication skills and/or broaden their horizon. Students should also fulfill the requirements set by the NGOs. At the end of the program, students are required to submit a report, a reflective paper, a group project or make a presentation as appropriate. They may also be required to make evaluation. Cantonese may be used in off-campus trainings, in some situations.
ENGG 2900 Community Services Project
This course aims to increase students’ involvement in community services and provide them learning opportunities through the social services programs such as fund-raising events, greening the society and elderly services. Under the supervision of the School, students will gain experience from developing a plan, marketing, and implementing the project in a designated non-governmental organization (NGO).