Melting-Pot Senior Design at OU: 10 Years of Lessons Learned

Ten years of lessons learned from the Melting-Pot S enior Design experience at Oakland University are reviewed and discussed. This unique style of conducting senior design projects brings together all engineering majors in an intens e, one-semester, shared, and competitive experience. The many and varied projects that have been explored are described, along with their varying degrees of success. Assessment data are pre sented, along with strategies for improvement.