Application of the Competences in Geometry in the Master Thesis Project (Mugie) of Building Engeneering. Three Case Studies

Abstract

This communication presents how the competences acquired in the Descriptive Geometry course go deeper into the Master Thesis Project (MTP). This supposes a teaching challenge, because Descriptive Geometry is taught in the first course of the Degree in Building in Higher Technical School in Building Engineering, University of Seville. In addition, the Degree does not offer linkage between Geometry and the rest of the teaching imparted in the last years. We will expose the importance of recovering the foundations of geometry with the help of new technologies and applying them to new challenges that may appear on the professional and research horizon of the student of Building Engineering. We will explain how these competences have been extrapolated to three specific research projects. We will also comment on the methodologies used to achieve these objectives both in the classroom work and in the tutorial action. Finally, we will show partial conclusions together with a plan to improve the results obtained. We will present three MTPs, as case studies, which have obtained good results.