Title :
The Gateway MYMUP Project: experience from a pilot implementation at Florida International University
Author :
Tsihrintzis, Vassilios A. ; Stuart, John A. ; Resnick, Marc L. ; Pittenger, Elizabeth
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Eng. & Design, Florida Int. Univ., Miami, FL, USA
Abstract :
The Multi-Year, Multi-University project (MYMUP) is a new initiative within the gateway coalition funded by the National Science Foundation EEC Grant 9109853. It involves multi-disciplinary and multi-university student teams working on common design projects. The pilot implementation of this project took place in Fall and Spring 1996 semesters at Florida International University (FIU). This paper presents the FIU experience with this project including a description of the pilot implementation and results of MYMUP
Keywords :
educational courses; engineering education; project engineering; Florida International University; Gateway MYMUP Project; National Science Foundation; design projects; gateway coalition; multi-disciplinary; multi-university; pilot implementation; student teams; Cities and towns; Design engineering; Educational institutions; Energy conservation; Guidelines; Proposals; Recycling; Solar energy; Springs; Team working;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education Conference, 1996. FIE '96. 26th Annual Conference., Proceedings of
Conference_Location :
Salt Lake City, UT
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3348-9
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.1996.569923
