Consultancy-Based Interdisciplinary Project-Based Learning in Engineering Education: Integrating Technical Design and Production Planning
Consultancy-Based Interdisciplinary Project-Based Learning in Engineering Education: Integrating Technical Design and Production Planning

Summary/Abstract: Background: Engineering education often separates technical design from production planning,although professional product development requires these forms of reasoning to evolve together.Aim: This article analyses a consultancy-based interdisciplinary project-based learning modelimplemented between the “Introduction to Electromechanical Project” (IEP) and the “Introductionto Industrial Project” (IIP) courses.Method: The study follows an implementation-oriented qualitative descriptive case-study design,supported by documentary analysis of project briefs, milestone criteria, student presentations,meeting minutes, consultant reports, photographs, and an anonymous satisfaction questionnaire.Findings: The documentary evidence shows how two IEP groups developed rover-based projectconcepts while six IIP consultant groups translated those concepts into production-planning,manufacturability, quality-control, logistics, and cost scenarios. Questionnaire results from 25 of 32students indicated favourable perceptions, especially for skills development, teamwork,communication, and problem-solving, while also identifying coordination between courses as themain operational challenge.Contribution: The article provides a transferable implementation framework for integratingtechnical design and production planning through structured inter-course consultancy.

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