Lin, Y., & Wei, X., & Wang, L., & Zhang, Y., & Yu, W., & Sun, Y. (2012, June), Synchronizing the Teaching of Capstone Design Course in Two Countries  Paper presented at 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, San Antonio, Texas. 10.18260/1-2--21980

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  Lin, Y., \& Wei, X., \& Wang, L., \& Zhang, Y., \& Yu, W., \& Sun, Y. (2012, June), \emph{Synchronizing the Teaching of Capstone Design Course in Two Countries}
  Paper presented at 2012 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, San Antonio, Texas.
  10.18260/1-2--21980

Yuyi Lin P.E., Xiuting Wei, Lanmei Wang, Yanfei Zhang, Wenqiang Yu P.E., and Yufeng Sun.  "Synchronizing the Teaching of Capstone Design Course in Two Countries".  2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, San Antonio, Texas, 2012, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2012.  https://peer.asee.org/21980 Internet.  21 Dec, 2024

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  Yuyi Lin P.E., Xiuting Wei, Lanmei Wang, Yanfei Zhang, Wenqiang Yu P.E., and Yufeng Sun.
  "Synchronizing the Teaching of Capstone Design Course in Two Countries".
  \emph{2012 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, San Antonio, Texas, 2012, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2012.
  https://peer.asee.org/21980 Internet.  21 Dec, 2024

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AB  -               Synchronizing the Teaching of Capstone Design Course in Two CountriesABSTRACTIn a globalization environment, sharing teaching and learning experience among different educationalsystems and countries is an important educational practice for cultivating next generation ofengineers, who will be more likely to work in international companies or in different countries.Capstone design is a good start point for faculty collaboration and synchronization, because it reflectsand collects all the features of the curricula in different educational systems in specific countries.The authors have more than 60 years of combined teaching experience in two different educationalsystems, and have launched collaborative and synchronal teaching of the capstone design course inUS and China since 2010. The same design topics had been offered to student teams in the twocollaborating schools. Based on student learning experience and performance in the finishedprojects, the major differences in the two systems are significant. For example, (1) Chinese studentsput more emphases into individual design performance, discussing mainly with the faculty adviser; (2)Chinese system requires more in the detailed analysis and calculations, such as gear tooth strengthverification, bearing life calculation et al; (3) American students put more effort into creativity, teamwork, project planning and management; (4) American system contains a series of softwareapplications from calculation, presentation to CAD and analysis, such as MATLAB, MS Office,SolidWorks, Algor et al. Furthermore, Chinese system is better prepared for the use of a secondlanguage, although most of the students are still not as proficient as needed for engineering day today work.With all the recognized differences, a few commonly agreed objectives are clear. For the benefit oftraining global engineers, and for the efficiency of teaching senior capstone design course, it isdesirable to develop a common set of lecture notes and teaching materials, which can have smallvariation to fit the needs of the outcome based evaluation systems in different countries. We wouldalso like to share the same electronic tools such as Blackboard, Camtasia or Adobe Presenter foronline delivery and distance teaching. It is also desirable that through the collaborative work,faculty members and students become proficient in both languages so that future design projectteam can be truly multi-national.This is just the beginning of an on-going project. More data on student learning experience andperformance in the finished projects will be collected each semester from the collaborating schools inUS and in China. Based on the collected data, the course content, delivery methods, includinglanguage and electronics media, will be adjusted and improved.
AU  - Yuyi Lin P.E.
AU  - Xiuting Wei
AU  - Lanmei Wang
AU  - Yanfei Zhang
AU  - Wenqiang Yu P.E.
AU  - Yufeng Sun
CY  - San Antonio, Texas
DA  - 2012/06/10
PB  - ASEE Conferences
TI  - Synchronizing the Teaching of Capstone Design Course in Two Countries
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DO  - 10.18260/1-2--21980
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