Conference Session

Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tony Jones, United States Army; Daisie Boettner, United States Military Academy; Joel Dillon, United States Military Academy; Stephanie Ivey; Anna Lambert, University of Memphis; Brian Novoselich, United States Military Academy; Stephen Suhr, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

links between each team member’s perception of shared team experiencesand the team’s overall levels of effectiveness. Based on these findings, it seems reasonable toconclude that analysis of perceptual data from a larger number of team members would yieldincreased levels of understanding of these interactions. For these reasons, this expanded studyshared research questions similar to the original case study: ≠ How do individual members of Capstone Design Teams perceive and describe types/forms of team communication and collaboration? ≠ How do team members support their own perceptions? ≠ Does a relationship exist between team members’ perceptions of shared group experiences and the ability to transfer “lessons learned