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Multi‐University Design Projects
Author(s) -
Kumar Vijay,
Kinzel Gary,
Wei Stan,
Bengu Golgen,
Zhou Jack
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of engineering education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.896
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 2168-9830
pISSN - 1069-4730
DOI - 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2000.tb00536.x
Subject(s) - interpersonal communication , engineering management , concurrent engineering , engineering education , engineering , boundary (topology) , computer science , knowledge management , psychology , operations management , social psychology , scheduling (production processes) , mathematical analysis , mathematics
We describe a multi‐university design project in which teams of students across different campuses collaborate on a design and manufacturing project. We show how such projects sensitize students to issues in concurrent engineering and train them in interpersonal skills, communications, and system integration. We believe that this approach allows us to simulate real‐world conditions by imposing realistic boundary conditions on the student teams.