Title :
Experiences with Multi-National, Multi-Semester Design Team Projects
Author :
Groll, Eckhard A. ; Krousgrill, Charles M. ; Meckl, Peter H. ; Hirleman, E. Daniel
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Mech. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN
Abstract :
This paper describes the experiences gained by the instructors of the first three multinational, multisemester design team project classes of the Global Engineering Alliance for Research and Education (GEARE). The experiences with respect to technical challenges, communication within the assigned groups, leveraging the different educational backgrounds, technology transfer to supporting entities, interactions between students and support staff, transfer of credits and grades, and lessons learned are outlined in this paper
Keywords :
design engineering; engineering education; team working; technology transfer; GEARE; Global Engineering Alliance for Research and Education; educational backgrounds; multinational multisemester design team projects; support staff; technology transfer; Design engineering; Educational institutions; Educational programs; Engineering students; Europe; Knowledge engineering; Mechanical engineering; Natural languages; Outsourcing; Technology transfer; Design project; Global Engineering Alliance for Research and Education; Multi-national; Multi-semester;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education Conference, 36th Annual
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0256-5
Electronic_ISBN :
0190-5848
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.2006.322341
