Engineering is fun: Embedded CDIO elements in electrical and electronic engineering final year project

Abstract

Many electrical and electronic engineering program has been developed to educate, train and groom future electrical and electronic engineers. Students that are not able to understand, visualize and relate real application with theoretical concept will find it difficult to cope with the program. Thus the intention of this paper is to demonstrate the approach of Engineering is fun with Concept- Design-Implement-Operate (CDIO) concept embedded in Final Year Project (FYP) Electrical Engineering Diploma Program at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Pasir Gudang Campus. FYP are being conducted for two semesters. The first semester is where students will search and choose their own topic. Furthermore, students have to present and propose the topics they have chosen in the same semester and lecturers will access their communication skills. The prototype will be built during the second semester and it will test the student's psychomotor skills. This paper will show an example of one student FYP product prototype called The Evolution of Mastermind Boardgame pertaining to the embedded CDIO concepts. It is hoped from this work, student's understanding can be strengthen in order to develop students that fully equipped with strong background of electrical and electronic engineering concept.