Engineer 4M06 - 4th year capstone
11-24-2011 at 04:54 PM
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Engineer 4M06 - 4th year capstone
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So I'll be entering my final year in mechanical engineering next year and I'm thinking about taking the Multi-disciplinary capstone course in place of the regular mech eng capstone course.
I know this course is relatively new (this year might be its pilot year), but I'm hoping there are engineers (and maybe non-engineers) that can contribute their experience, opinions etc. What do you guys think?
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11-24-2011 at 06:52 PM
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Im not exactly sure what you will be doing in your capstone course but, being in Eng Management, almost every group project we have involves working in multidisciplinary teams. Its challenging to work around everyones schedules but everyone has different ideas so its interesting.
yeah....dunno if this helps or is like totally irrelevent
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11-24-2011 at 07:37 PM
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I know it's the first year of doing it.
Here is the email I received for it this Feb. (even though I was graduating ^^;
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A new Final Year multidisciplinary project-based capstone course in Engineering will be offered in September 2011 (Engineering 4M06). Students will work in teams of 5 from at least 2 different Engineering departments to solve real-world problems. This course will be taken instead of the capstone course in the student’s department. The course outline is at:
http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/documents..._outlin e.pdf
The important aspects of the course are:
1. Enrollment is limited to 50 students (10 teams of 5).
2. Each team member must have a CA of at least 8.0.
3. Each team must comprise members from at least 2 Engineering departments, and there must be at least 1 Engineering and Management student.
4. The course is not open to students in Engineering Physics.
5. Advance planning and work before June 2011 is required for this course.
There will be in information session to explain the course and for students to network to form potential teams:
Thursday, February 10, 2011
5:30 – 7:30
KTH-B135
If you are interested and cannot attend, contact the instructor, Dr. Irons, at [email protected]
Dr. G.A. Irons
Dofasco Professor of Ferrous Metallurgy
Director, Steel Research Centre
McMaster University
1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4L7, Canada
tel (905) 525-9140 x24974, fax (905) 526-8404
e-mail [email protected], http:\\mcmasteel.mcmaster. ca
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11-24-2011 at 07:57 PM
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Wow. I’m in my second year and I thought that since I saw this course listed since high school on the course calendar that this wasn’t the first year. I hope everything goes well because I already plan on taking this version with friends from different departments. In the real world, we will be working on multi disciplinary teams. Good luck.
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11-24-2011 at 08:35 PM
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I know it's the first year of doing it.
Here is the email I received for it this Feb. (even though I was graduating ^^;
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Do you know why its not open to Eng Phys? It just seems odd that they would specifically state that.
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11-24-2011 at 08:37 PM
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Do you know why its not open to Eng Phys? It just seems odd that they would specifically state that.
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I can only speculate at best, but I would assume it cannot replace your capstone(s).
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11-24-2011 at 09:41 PM
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Wow. I’m in my second year and I thought that since I saw this course listed since high school on the course calendar that this wasn’t the first year. I hope everything goes well because I already plan on taking this version with friends from different departments. In the real world, we will be working on multi disciplinary teams. Good luck.
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11-24-2011 at 11:02 PM
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Capstones are so cool... but I'm too terrified to take one.
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11-24-2011 at 11:17 PM
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Capstones are so cool... but I'm too terrified to take one.
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The results of capstones are really epic, but they do seem extremely hard. :|
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11-25-2011 at 05:32 AM
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Capstones are so cool... but I'm too terrified to take one.
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You have an option?!
In my final year I had 4 courses I could have qualified as "capstone" - 2 materials and 2 society. INSAAAAAAAAAAAAAANE.
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11-25-2011 at 07:21 AM
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You have an option?!
In my final year I had 4 courses I could have qualified as "capstone" - 2 materials and 2 society. INSAAAAAAAAAAAAAANE.
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No.... I'm just putting it off till year..um... 6
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11-25-2011 at 01:24 PM
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Hmm alright thanks for the input guys. Hopefully this year's mutli-disciplinary capstone will be a success, I intend to take it next year. Hopefully I can find others to do it with me, I'm on a 16month internship and most of my eng friends have graudated =(
Would anyone happen to know if there's another info sesh happening for Sept 2012?
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