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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do these programs have any sort of capstone project?  At my engineering school all of the seniors had to participate in a year long interdisciplinary capstone project.  The mix of engineering disciplines depended on the needs of the project.  Each project had a budget and a client.

For instance, my husband's team had to design a new automated plasma welder for a certain type of welding joint, which hadn't been previously automated.  There were 2 EEs who did the circuitry, 2 CompEs who wrote the automation, a CivE who analyzed the strength of the resulting welds, and 2 MechEs who built the robot.  They had a 25k budget and 9 months.  They sold the design and working prototype to the client for 50k, with the profit to the school.  These projects had to be completed to graduate.  It was a defining part of the becoming an engineer.[/quote]

i would be interested in seeing what percentage of 3-2 columbia kids go into consulting or finance. i wouldn't be surprised if that's a larger motiviation for 3-2 grads whereas your typical land grant flagship engineering school grad isn't gunning to be a quant on ws. [/quote]

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