Conference Session

ET Projects

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Immanuel Edinbarough P.E., University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley; Adriana Rios Santiago, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley; Jesus Gonzalez-Rodriguez, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

engineering course in engineeringeducation is essential to prepare the students to solve industry challenges. Innovative methods inteaching, including the cross-cultural student integration, have proven effective to enhancesuccess in multidisciplinary engineering design teams.Senior design projects are essential to demonstrate engineering graduates’ industry-readiness [5].The Engineering Technology program at UTRGV offers a wide range of options from which thestudents will develop engineering skills to address engineering and technological challenges. Atthe end of the coursework, the students must complete an industry-related, research-basedcapstone project, which in specific cases involves the design and development of a functionalprototype.The