Objectives:
ENGR 3200 and 3210 are a two-semester, inter-disciplinary, team-based Ph.D.-level capstone design course sequence required by IGERT and GAANN (ENGR 3200 only) students and open to other interested graduate students. The courses will require the application of rigorous analytical thinking and research investigation techniques in order to address a real-world, complex problem. The first term of the course will be at Pitt with the second term at UNICAMP. Project topics will be developed in combination with recommendations from various stakeholders. Research will be firmly rooted in industrial and foundation needs. The problem will build upon the combined students’ acquired engineering knowledge and will require collaboration to resolve. The capstone courses will reinforce the community-building aspect of the IGERT, since students will work in teams both at Pitt and UNICAMP.
In the first capstone course, ENGR 3200 – Engineering Sustainability Capstone Definition, students will work in teams. Students will receive structured instruction utilizing a modular course design focusing on core topics including various aspects of sustainability and project management processes. The subject matter of the various projects will define the specific technology-based content to be presented. By the end of the first semester, students will prepare and present a detailed project proposal suitable for submission to a federal agency. This proposal will also be a guide for the IGERT students for work to be carried out during the second semester in Brazil.
Announcements:
- Grades and confidential information will be posted on Courseweb.
- Class will begin at 9:30 am, and will be held in the MSI conference room in 1140 BEH.
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