Update on Partnership between Villanova University and Universidad Nacional de Ingieneria (UNI) on Joint Senior Design Projects

Published in: Global Partnerships for Development and Engineering Education: Proceedings of the 15th LACCEI International Multi-Conference for Engineering, Education and Technology
Date of Conference: July 19-21, 2017
Location of Conference: Boca Raton, FL, United States
Authors: Pritpal Singh, (Villanova University, US)
Maria Virginia Moncada, (Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria, NI)
Saul Otoniel Nunez Zeledon, (Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria, NI)
Full Paper: #469

Abstract:

Villanova Electrical and Computer Engineering students have been working with students from Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria (UNI’s) faculty of electrical, electronic and computer engineering student for the last four years on joint senior design projects. The students at each institution takes a common, jointly taught, two course sequence focused on developing a technical proposal for their design projects and on developing sustainable business models for their products. We have previously presented a description on this two course sequence with some preliminary results of this initiative [1]. In this paper we provide an update on the progress of this course. We describe several more examples of projects that have been developed in the last two years and how some of the challenges previously faced have been overcome.