Track: Engineering Education

Abstract

A novel way in the teaching of mathematics course is presented. It focuses on using specific engineering examples and problems that are taught in other courses in the same semester of the curriculum, as application areas in the mathematics course. This technique does not only allow students to apply what they learn in engineering courses, but it gives them a point of reference in understanding fundamental mathematics principles. Using engineering and mathematics courses material archives and text books, numerous examples and application problems were reviewed and compiled for five consecutive standard mathematics engineering courses of the curriculum. From this study and analysis it was evident that several engineering application areas could be cited and referenced in the teaching of mathematics to engineering students.  Consequently making the student learning experience a more rewarding that includes a set of examples and problems that can be solved in mathematics lectures and focused on engineering courses.