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The College of Construction and Development at Feng Chia University has once again received high praise from the Ministry of Education for its efforts in cultivating interdisciplinary engineering talent. Since 2022, the College has been awarded funding under the Ministry of Education's "Experimental and Constructive Project for New Engineering Education Methods" Category C for three consecutive years, successfully securing over ten million NTD in funding, making it one of the few universities in Taiwan to receive this honor.
The "Experimental and Constructive Project for New Engineering Education Methods" encompasses four categories, focusing on comprehensive curriculum innovation (Category A), supporting departments in creating new course clusters based on existing curricula (Category B), emphasizing cross-departmental collaboration within colleges to cultivate interdisciplinary engineering talent (Category C), and targeting teams that have previously implemented Category A projects to refine and promote existing course clusters (Category A+).
Under the active leadership of Dean Chao-Ming Su, the College of Construction and Development at Feng Chia University has proposed a forward-looking curriculum plan titled "Civil Engineering Education Integrating Information Technology and Sustainable Development," based on years of implementing the CDIO educational model, combined with design thinking, information technology, and sustainable development. This plan has received high praise from expert reviewers and has been awarded funding under Category C.
Dean Chao-Ming Su shared the new engineering project course cluster plan with freshmen during the Freshman Growth Camp.
The initiative includes five major thematic interdisciplinary course clusters: "Micro Hydropower Generation," "Smart Monitoring," "Comprehensive Sensing and Spatial Decision Management for Smart Cities," "Net-Zero Land," and "Smart Sustainable Port Logistics." These clusters incorporate innovative teaching methods such as Design Thinking and Project-Based Learning (PBL), successfully attracting students from different departments since their launch.
Students from the Department of Civil Engineering participated in the "Safe Buildings, Smart Guardians" nursery workshop, using LEGO robotic bricks for creative prototyping.
To address the rapid development in the engineering field, the College has integrated core courses such as "Digital Prototyping for the Construction Industry" and "Geographic Information Systems," incorporating elements of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to enhance students' information literacy. The design of interdisciplinary engineering courses not only breaks the framework of traditional engineering education, allowing students to better understand the complex challenges of the real world, but also equips them with critical skills for the future construction industry, fostering problem-solving abilities to meet industry demands.
The College of Construction and Development at Feng Chia University plans interdisciplinary course clusters to cultivate interdisciplinary engineering talent.
The College's successful application once again undoubtedly affirms its years of effort and achievements in innovative engineering education. The College stated that it will continue to institutionalize credit programs and deepen industry-academia collaboration to provide more students with internship and practical experience, cultivating innovative interdisciplinary engineering talent that meets industry needs.
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