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Compulsory subject “introductory coursework to research project” makes 4th-year students to discuss the research targets and their approaches regarding on his or her own research project, and to participate in 1st-year students’ project as advisors and/or facilitators. Their ability of engineering design can be brought up through setting research targets and selecting the approaches taking real conditions and constraints into consideration. Experiences as an advisor and/or a facilitator in the 1st-year students’ project are quite effective not only to develop his or her teamwork skills and leadership but to check his or her own learning habit. In the present article we will present the outline and outcomes of the subject and discuss how to develop engineering design ability more effectively through it.
