Special session: IEEE Real World Engineering Projects: Discovery-based curriculum modules for first-year students

This special session is organized to provide an interactive forum for the introduction of a set of new curriculum modules developed under IEEE's Real World Engineering Projects (RWEP) program. The modules, which are representative of a larger collection of curriculum modules available to the public via an open-access RWEP web portal, are designed for use in the first-year engineering and computer science classroom, and are hands-on, team-based projects that emphasize the societal impact of the work that engineers do. After a brief introduction to the RWEP program and the showcased curriculum modules, the authors of the modules will work one-on-one with the audience providing tutorials on the laboratory activities associated with their modules in a highly interactive, simultaneous mode. Audience members can learn in-depth about the modules that interest them most. Each project will have its own demonstration table, with posters of information and hands-on demonstrations and/or videos. This will allow for audience members to interact directly with the authors, and to try out the same sorts of activities that are proposed for the students.