Title: CDIEM framework (Conceive, Design & Develop, investigate & implement, modify & market)
Speaker: Dr. Yousef Zawahreh
Abstract: The CDIO (Conceive, Design, Implement, Operate) framework is a project-based approach to engineering education aimed at producing graduates with both technical expertise and professional skills. It emphasizes real-world engineering practice by engaging students in a whole project experience. Through integrated learning and active, hands-on projects, students gain confidence in applying theory to practice and collaborating in multidisciplinary teams. In perfect alignment with programme level assessment (PLA), CDIO projects are organised across modules and years of study. Universities like MIT and Chalmers University of Technology who have integrated CDIO into their engineering education curriculum, report enhanced student engagement, improved learning outcomes, and stronger alignment with industry expectations (professional skills and graduate attributes development using authentic assessment). In this webinar, I will present my version of CDIO: CDIEM (Conceive, Design & Develop, investigate & implement, modify & market). This is a pilot project I have been running with students of all UG years and different programmes at SEMS. I will discuss the set up we have, the benefits and the challenges.
Short Bio: I am a Senior Lecturer in Engineering Materials and Design at The School of Engineering and Materials Science (SEMS). After my PhD in bioceramics (QM, 2001) and a short stint in postdoc land, I moved to industry. I worked in the UK, Canada and Australia on engineering projects in different sectors: healthcare, pharma, food & drink, fast-moving consumer goods, transport and the automotive industry. Can’t be too sure, but around 2010, I returned to SEMS as a visiting lecturer at first, and they’ve been stuck with me since! I’ve held a number of committee and leadership roles at SEMS. In recent times, I have been using CDIEM@SEMS as the scaffold and for my scholarship interests, which are based around curriculum design incorporating professional skills development, authentic assessment and PLA.