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A Quantitative Analysis of the Effects of a Multidisciplinary Engineering Capstone Design Course
Author(s) -
HOTALING NATHAN,
FASSE BARBARA BURKS,
BOST LEWIS F.,
HERMANN CHRISTOPHER D.,
FOREST CRAIG R.
Publication year - 2012
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.2168-9830.2012.tb01122.x
Subject(s) - library science , capstone , humanities , computer science , philosophy , algorithm
BACKGROUND Capstone design courses seek to prepare engineering students for industry by challenging student teams to solve real-world problems. To improve this preparation, university programs have recently focused on creating multidisciplinary teams. However, there is limited quantitative evidence showing that multidisciplinary student engineering teams develop higher quality projects or are better prepared for the work force.