Enhancing the Outcome of Mechanical Engineering Design Course with the SCAMPER Methodology Framework

Abstract

Methodology frameworks in engineering education are structured approaches or models used to design, implement, and evaluate educational practices in engineering disciplines. These frameworks provide a systematic way to organize and optimize the teaching and learning process, ensuring that engineering students receive a comprehensive and effective education. SCAMPER is a creative thinking technique used to generate new ideas and approaches for problem-solving or project development. Each letter in SCAMPER stands for a different prompt to enhance the process targeted. These prompts stand for the substitute, combine, adapt, modify, put to another use, eliminate, and reverse. Evolving SCAMPER as a methodology framework for Mechanical Engineering education involves adapting its principles and prompts to cater specifically to the needs and challenges of engineering students. This study presents the use of SCAMPER methodology as an educational framework for mechanical engineering and application to the Mechanical Engineering Design course given for senior year students with proposed examples based on experiences collected from previous classes thought.