Conference Session

Track 2 - Curriculum and Laboratory Development

Collection

2012 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Yongming Tang, Southeast University; Susan M Lord, University of San Diego

Tagged Topics

Track 2 - Curriculum and Laboratory Development

reviewingpresentations and reports and serve as mentors for some projects. Students bring together theknowledge gained during the engineering curriculum in this capstone experience in their senioryear. To be successful, students must take ownership of their project and go beyond what istaught. This helps them develop as autonomous lifelong learners.SummaryThe cases of the Electronic Sciences and Engineering School at Southeast University in Chinaand the Electrical Engineering program at the University of San Diego in the U.S.A. have beenconsidered. These are two very different programs in terms of institutional context, size, andcurricula. Both are committed to providing practical training experiences for their students.Each program’s approach has its strengths