‘Student Projects’
Episode 30 – Student Learning on Display: Spinach-Powered Solar Cells
May. 4, 2012—In an effort to better understand student learning, particularly deep learning, as it occurs at Vanderbilt, the CFT is producing a special series of podcasts highlighting student projects across a variety of disciplines. In this episode we join CFT Director Derek Bruff as he reports on-location from the floor of the poster session at the...
Student Learning on Display
Apr. 20, 2012—by CFT Director Derek Bruff Yesterday I attended the School of Engineering Senior Design Day and spoke with many of the students (including a few of my own) about their senior design projects. I was impressed by what these students have accomplished this year and with the perseverance they developed tackling unsolved, open-ended, and challenging...
Motivating Students with Application Projects and Poster Sessions
Jul. 23, 2010—CFT assistant director Derek Bruff has another guest post on ProfHacker today: “Motivating Students with Application Projects and Poster Sessions.” In the post, Derek describes an assignment he typically gives in his more “applied” math courses, an application project that gives students a chance to apply the math they have learned in the course to...
VU Engineering Students Create Mobile Apps for Fun, Profit, and Credit
May. 21, 2010—This spring, the Vanderbilt School of Engineering’s magazine ran a story profiling Ben Gotow, a senior computer science major (now graduated, presumably) who has designed some very successful iPhone apps, including the drawing apps NetSketch and Layers. Gotow designed those apps on his own, but he was also a student in an Engineering course that...
Episode 17 – Guil Gualda on Student Projects in Google Earth
May. 12, 2009—In this episode, we feature an interview with Guil Gualda, assistant professor of earth & environmental sciences. In the interview, Guil describes a course on the geology of national parks that he co-taught with his colleague Brendan Bream last fall. The course featured a field trip over fall break to the Grand Canyon, as well...