Problem Solving in Engineering

Ashim Datta is a Professor in the Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering. He explains the struggles that his students had in solving engineering problems, and how he combined literature on problem solving with active learning methods to improve student outcomes.

Professor Datta wishes to thank the following people who contributed to developing this process for teaching problem solving to Engineering students at Cornell: Dr. Mohsen Ranjbaran, Dr. David Way, Dr. Kathryn Dimiduk, and all of the graduate and undergraduate teaching assistants in the course.