The ‘Teaching in the Factory’ approach goes beyond a simple engineering ‘co-op’ experience, bringing together academic rigour and real-world experiences and generating a winning situation for all constituents. This approach provides teams of engineering students with the opportunity to work on projects in a real factory environment, gives students a solid technical education, and exposes them to significant engineering challenges in a factory/business setting. It also benefits companies by bringing fresh engineering minds to solve problems, obtaining faculty expertise in systematic problem solving and project management, and acquiring help to complete important projects.
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