Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education & Industry

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Schuver, Purdue University; Mark Smith, Rochester Institute of Technology; Duane Dunlap, Western Carolina University; Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina; Joseph Tidwell, Boeing Co.

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Graduate Studies

, scientists, technical managers, and other experienced professionalsmoving to mid- and senior level positions associated with product and services innovation.Students are selected and fully sponsored by their organizations. RIT chose an executive formatwith classes held all-day on Fridays for two full years.The 60 credit hour program consists of 13 business and engineering courses, including threeelectives, plus a two-quarter Capstone project. Specific electives are offered on Fridaysconsistent with the executive format, but students may select other electives offered at othertimes during the week or via distance delivery. In addition to coursework, students take two

Conference Session

New Trends in Engineering Graduate Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Walsh, California Polytechnic State University; Stacey Breitenbach, California Polytechnic State University; Robert Crocket, California Polytechnic State University

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Graduate Studies

offers comprehensive masters degrees, and has a total population of about 320graduate students (the undergraduate population is about 4800). Cal Poly is renown for its'laboratory intensive, hands-on approach to education. Faculty teaching loads are high, and thecommitment to the student is legendary. The senior project is still the capstone to theundergraduate experience, the school is unique in its' heavy commitment to the liberal artscomponent of a college engineering education. Unlike most other CSU campuses, which arelocated in areas of high population density, Cal Poly is rural. Thus, the majority of CENGgraduate students are full-time, only a small pool of part-time students is available. For thisreason, Cal Poly is focused on filling the

Conference Session

New Trends in Engineering Graduate Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Phillip Sanger, Western Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

fitsextremelywell with thetwo semestersenior designengineering Figure 4. The founding partners of the Collaborative represent the principal stakeholders in the healthcare and aging sector of Western North Carolina.project inengineeringandengineering technology curricula. These capstone projects are accomplished by engineeringteams. The constitution of these teams is now being expanded to be multidisciplinary includingentrepreneurship, marketing and health scientists. The curriculum allows for enriched activitiessuch as attendance in a full day Boot Camp for Entrepreneurs seminar provided by Blue RidgeEntrepreneurial Council, one of the Collaborative partners. This building of a businessopportunity from an idea may require one or