Students and faculty have the opportunity participate, via the Internet, in the project feedback process, to discuss the positive and negative aspects of each team's participation. Based on the feedback received from both students and faculty, and the level of task completion, everybody participating in all our simulations was quite satisfied with the way the simulations were conducted, the learning tools and discussed subjects, and the gained knowledge . The retrofit of a fossil power plant in Russia with air pollution control equipment, and a study to monitor air pollution along the Autobahn in Germany were the two projects discussed. Fosters creativity and innovation in both students and faculty in finding the ways to treat each project. Encourages international cooperative learning via the Internet.
Students work in teams representing various corporations and government entities.
They interface via email, Internet Chat, or teleconferences. Uses new long distance learning technologies for research and communication. It is free of any charge to all participants. Although the course and the simulation make substantial demands on the students' already busy time, requiring a good amount of reading, research, team interface, weekly case studies, etc., a majority of the students are very pleased to have elected the course. As a result of this course and our discussions with the students, many of the Cooper Union participating students decided to pursue graduate degrees in engineering management, or MBA's and were awarded scholarships at prestigious engineering schools.