Faculty members typically provide studentswith project data and goals. At Aalborg, students must establish their own project goals and research thenecessary data themselves. He also was impressed with the constant report writing andpresentation required at Aalborg. These students are able to do professionalreports and presentations when they first begin their engineering jobs. Teamwork is a major factor in education at Aalborg.
Project teams discuss allwork-approach methods and make decisions as a group.
While team members areresponsible for contributing to all aspects of a project, each student also isassigned individual tasks. But every teammember must become familiar with all project data and theoretical knowledge. As components of the project are integrated, each team member must learn todefend and explain the project as a whole, Christensen said. At the end of thesemester, student teams present their projects to committees of facultymembers. Discussions follow, and faculty members evaluate the knowledge andskills acquired by the students.