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An innovative industrial-related one semester capstone course in engineering

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  • Mohamad S. Qatu

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While many universities offer their engineering capstone course as a two-semester one, other universities often require delivering such a course in one semester. This has advantages regarding course offerings and meeting graduation deadlines. This, however, poses a challenge to engineering faculty members delivering the course. They need to deliver the demanding educational requirements of a capstone engineering course during the university's tight one semester calendar (15 weeks). This paper presents an innovative curricular model that compiles the learned experiences and findings in previous research (educational requirements) and delivers the course that meets the requirements in one semester. This paper provides a general description of the educational requirements, a curricular model, specific material (design process, ergonomics, ethics, project management, communication, design for cost and manufacturing as well as other subjects), and possible challenges and opportunities. The proposed model requires the delivery of a senior project that at least mimics an industrial setting.

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  • Mohamad S. Qatu, 2012. "An innovative industrial-related one semester capstone course in engineering," International Journal of Innovation and Learning, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 12(2), pages 109-121.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijilea:v:12:y:2012:i:2:p:109-121
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