Interdisciplinary research training is a critical aspect of the graduate students' experience, and may have an impact on their professional lives.Interdisciplinary research is also important for the United States' economic and technological competitiveness.This paper describes the implementation of a new two-credit interdisciplinary capstone course for teams of graduate students from different STEM disciplines working on interdisciplinary research projects at the nexus of Food, Energy and Water Systems (FEWS), and the experience gained with it.This capstone is required for the Rural Resource Resiliency NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) at our university.The traineeship focuses on engineering and socioeconomic innovations to create resilient food, energy, and water systems in semi-arid regions despite natural resources depletion.The traineeship integrates the disciplines of agriculture, engineering, and social science.In general, students who participated in the NRT capstone have appreciated the opportunity to practice real interdisciplinary work and develop their interdisciplinary communication skills.Capstone course objectives, structure, products, evaluation method and results are discussed.
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