Experiences with Multi-National, Multi-Semester Design Team Projects

This paper describes the experiences gained by the instructors of the first three multinational, multisemester design team project classes of the Global Engineering Alliance for Research and Education (GEARE). The experiences with respect to technical challenges, communication within the assigned gr...

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Published in:	Proceedings. Frontiers in Education. 36th Annual Conference pp. 13 - 17
Main Authors:	Groll, E.A., Krousgrill, C.M., Meckl, P.H., Hirleman, E.D.
Format:	Conference Proceeding
Language:	English
Published:	IEEE 01-10-2006
Subjects:	Design engineering Design project Educational institutions Educational programs Engineering students Europe Global Engineering Alliance for Research and Education Knowledge engineering Mechanical engineering Multi-national Multi-semester Natural languages Outsourcing Technology transfer
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Summary:	This paper describes the experiences gained by the instructors of the first three multinational, multisemester design team project classes of the Global Engineering Alliance for Research and Education (GEARE). The experiences with respect to technical challenges, communication within the assigned groups, leveraging the different educational backgrounds, technology transfer to supporting entities, interactions between students and support staff, transfer of credits and grades, and lessons learned are outlined in this paper
ISBN:	1424402565 9781424402564
ISSN:	0190-5848 2377-634X
DOI:	10.1109/FIE.2006.322341