| Abstrakt: |
The WPI–Norton Company Project Center, in operation since 1973, is a partnership designed to enhance undergraduate engineering education at Worcester Polytechnic Institute(WPI) and to solve problems of direct relevance to Norton Company Student teams complete year-long projects on topics proposed by Norton Company and are advised both by WPI faculty and Norton employees. This arrangement differs from cooperative education in that the projects satisfy a WPI degree requirement, and the students are not paid by the company. This paper describes some logistical details of the Center's operation and highlights successes and challenges revealed by a recent evaluation of the partnership. |
