Ewere, F. (2023, March), Students’ Preference for a Capstone Design Project: An Examination of the Impact of Accidental Competencies  Paper presented at ASEE Southeast Section Conference, Arlington, Virginia. 10.18260/1-2--45047

\bibitem{asee_peer_45047}
  Ewere, F. (2023, March), \emph{Students’ Preference for a Capstone Design Project: An Examination of the Impact of Accidental Competencies}
  Paper presented at ASEE Southeast Section Conference, Arlington, Virginia.
  10.18260/1-2--45047

Felix Ewere.  "Students’ Preference for a Capstone Design Project: An Examination of the Impact of Accidental Competencies".  ASEE Southeast Section Conference, Arlington, Virginia, 2023, March.  ASEE Conferences, 2023.  https://peer.asee.org/45047 Internet.  18 May, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_45047}
  Felix Ewere.
  "Students’ Preference for a Capstone Design Project: An Examination of the Impact of Accidental Competencies".
  \emph{ASEE Southeast Section Conference, Arlington, Virginia, 2023, March}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2023.
  https://peer.asee.org/45047 Internet.  18 May, 2024

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AB  - Essential to the professional development of engineering graduates because of its proven learning outcomes, capstone design courses provide engineering seniors with the opportunity to work on real-world engineering projects. These design problems are tackled in teams and require a broad set of multidisciplinary skills to achieve the goals of the challenging project. It is expected that students will use previously acquired skills and gather more while working on the project. The project customer articulates the need and establishes the goals of the design project, including functional objectives and appropriate constraints. Typically, students are encouraged to select their desired projects which can vary from industry sponsored, student competitions to faculty developed projects. Aerospace Engineering seniors will have to further choose projects from two broad alternatives, i.e., aeronautics (e.g., unmanned Fixed-Wing or Multi-Rotor UAVs) or astronautics (e.g., CubeSats, Solid Rockets, or Cube Rovers). A pertinent question given these options available to aerospace engineering students is “what can influence students interests to select a project for their capstone experience?” Some drivers that influence student choices include accidental competencies acquired from non-formal aerospace engineering sources like internships or students’ clubs, what perceived skills they would acquire from working on the project and how relevant the competencies garnered can impact their future career. In this study we share results of pre-survey of Aerospace Engineering students in their penultimate semester prior to participating in the senior design course. The survey explores their relevant previous aerospace engineering experiences, interests, and desired capstone project choices.
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