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INDUSTRY BASED SHIP DESIGN PROJECT 25
FOR NAVAL ARCHITECTURE STUDENTS
The aim of this paper is to present a new system on SDP lectures and to prove that it is extremely
useful. The three-year period experience on the lectures demonstrates that the system is valuable
and could be more effective in some circumstances. The importance of design teaching is
explained together with the developments from the previous beneficial systematic works.
2. Team Work
The team work principle for SDP lectures includes the student effort conducted in teams, however
teamwork has been extended into collaborative work of student with the lecturers and the designer
from the industry. Before new system was introduced, every student was working with one of the
lecturers, however both sides could not choose each other and students could not be in contact
with other lecturers as shown in Figure 1a. This simple system is based on the student skills and
the lecturer knowledge. Team work communication diagram represents the relationship between
the teams and the designers and Figure 1b shows the important changes by team work and
industrial based design teaching.
Figure 1a. Old system for SDP Figure 1b. New system for SDP
2.1 Team of Students - Team of Lecturers
There are some skills that every engineer should gain as two of them are given s follows: (Unsan et al.,
2006):
To understand, formulate and solve an engineering problem, and
To work in a team successfully in a hierarchy,
During their engineering education, students have some opportunities to work in project groupsbut in this
case, they must work together as well as getting instructions from designer and lectures to fill the gaps in
their projects. On the other hand, groups are restricted by rules which are explained in Section Team Work
Principles.
The following profits are expected to achieve in such a team work (Unsan et al., 2006):
Development of the relationship between lecturers and students,
To work with other students who may not be accustomed to communicate before the lecture or
project team,
To develop some student skills such as problem solving and decision making,
To develop curiosity and desire to learn,
To develop communication skills,
To understand professional life or real world from the designers,
To understand, to gain the ability to manage and work under management.
This is a very difficult task for students at the beginning but the benefits are worth of it. The more
heterogeneous is the groups, the better the student work is in the group, which should be more than
“providing experience.” It implies that the student should learn beyond his/her experience by working in
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