Strategies to engage capstone design course sponsors in high-priority, client-focused projects

H. F. Machiel Van der Loos; Elizabeth A. Croft; Antony Hodgson; Jon Mikkelsen; Paul Winkelman

Strategies to engage capstone design course sponsors in high-priority, client-focused projects

H. F. Machiel Van der Loos, Elizabeth A. Croft, Antony Hodgson, Jon Mikkelsen, Paul Winkelman

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Abstract

Capstone design courses are a mainstay in undergraduate engineering education worldwide. With an increasing awareness by students of sectors such as disability, sustainable development and technologies for developing countries and an increasing attraction to these priority areas, instructors are responding by developing industrial and community service contacts that have a clear human-need component. This paper describes strategic factors in developing contacts within and outside the university environment. By generating a professional environment to attract projects in priority areas, the Department of Mechanical Engineering is operationalizing its commitment to providing education in areas students find most relevant to their future.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	International CDIO Conference 2010
Number of pages	10
Publication status	Published - 2010
Externally published	Yes
Event	International CDIO Conference 2010 - Montreal, Canada Duration: 15 Jul 2010 → 18 Jul 2010 Conference number: 6th

Conference

Conference	International CDIO Conference 2010
Abbreviated title	CDIO 2010
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Montreal
Period	15/07/10 → 18/07/10

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