Benefits of industry involvement in multidisciplinary capstone design courses
- Autores: Jay R. Goldberg, Vikram Cariapa, George Corliss, Kate Kaiser
- Localización: The International journal of engineering education, ISSN-e 0949-149X, Vol. 30, no. Extra 1, 2014, págs. 6-13
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
Opportunities for industry involvement in capstone design courses go beyond industry sponsorship of capstone design projects.Representatives from industry can serve as guest lecturers, curriculum advisors, and design project sponsors and team mentors.Since 2000, industry participation has been a core part of the capstone design course at Marquette University. Practicing engineersprovide a relevant, practical real-world perspective of their topic, reinforcing its importance to professional engineering practice.Students and faculty benefit from the up-to-date treatment of the topic provided by guest speakers from industry who haveexpertise in the topic and are willing to share their experiences with students. Students benefit from industry sponsorship of seniordesign projects through the opportunity to work on real-world problems of importance to industry, exposure to industry andcompany-specific project management and product development processes, and familiarity with economic, legal, and regulatorydesign constraints. This paper provides a brief description of the Multidisciplinary Capstone Design course at MarquetteUniversity, examples of industry involvement in the course, and the observed benefits of industry involvement to students, theuniversity, and industry participants. It presents examples of current practices used at other schools as well as helpfulrecommendations for managing industry participation in capstone design courses.
