Title :
Undergraduate and graduate students in a research/design team: strategies for success
Author :
Bernhard, Jennifer
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., New Hampshire Univ., Durham, NH, USA
Abstract :
This work-in-progress evaluates a team-based activity that uniquely requires undergraduate and graduate students to cooperate in order to achieve common research goals. The research team is composed of one graduate student, two undergraduate students, and a supervising faculty member. Critical practices and strategies for the team´s success are discussed. Additionally, unanticipated problems and the outcomes of the research project are described.
Keywords :
electrical engineering education; project management; common research goals; computer engineering; critical practices; electrical engineering; graduate students; research project outcomes; research team; research/design team; supervising faculty member; team success strategies; team-based activity; unanticipated problems; undergraduate students; Employment; Feedback; Friction; Prototypes; Teamwork; Wireless communication;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education Conference, 1999. FIE '99. 29th Annual
Conference_Location :
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5643-8
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.1999.840404
