Title :
Assessing the impact of changing a "Senior" design course from two to three semesters
Author_Institution :
Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA
Abstract :
A 2-semester capstone design course in which students individually plan and execute an electronic-related project is now preceded by a junior-year design course. The good effects of the resulting changes are discussed: better partitioning of project phases, less stress in the final semester, increased emphasis on testing, and a significantly higher success rate.
Keywords :
design engineering; educational courses; 2-semester capstone design course; Senior design course; electronic-related project; junior-year design course; project phases partitioning; testing; Buildings; Circuits; Liquid crystal displays; Packaging; Process planning; Procurement; Project management; Proposals; Stress; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education Conference, 1998. FIE '98. 28th Annual
Conference_Location :
Tempe, AZ, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4762-5
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.1998.738683
