Conference Session

The Teacher as Manager: Best Practices for Culminating Design Experiences

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James B Guthrie P.E., California Polytechnic State University; Allen C. Estes, California Polytechnic State University; Jill Nelson P.E., California Polytechnic State University; Brent Nuttall P.E., California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

ARCE facultyby keeping them better integrated with their department and benefits the course bybringing a variety of ideas and approaches to the course. However it reduces the abilityof individual ARCE faculty members to effect long-term changes to the course. Thecourse serves roughly 220 students per year, however the distribution by department hasnot been uniform. In some quarters, there have been as many as three CM students forone ARCE student. This has resulted in a course that is more expensive for somedepartments.Logistical IssuesClass Room Facilities – The course requires a teaching space or spaces that canaccommodate a range of student group sizes varying from private mentoring sessionswith two or three students to large scale public