[2C2] Connecting student teams and industry experts across the globe in project-based learning

Chemical Engineering is a team based project integrating the first 3 years of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. It is one of two capstone design projects and has a focus on open ended problems, including the development of new industries. The unit made use of industry perspectives from global executives in marketing, production and leading suppliers via Zoom. This included teams based in Sydney, China and Malaysia on different time zones communicating in Zoom and Microsoft Teams. This engaged students working together in with staged deliverables over twelve weeks in a pod type environment, where they learned from peers as well as tutors with support from academics and industry supervisors.