Conference Session

Educational Research Initiatives at NSF

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Theo Brower; Meredith Knight; Chris Rogers

interface with hardware and software, and how to teach. After two years, theprogram has worked quite well, with all team members appreciating the chance to workon a real world problem, to work with students in other disciplines, and to learn how towork effectively on a team of people with many different backgrounds.Introduction Seniors in most undergraduate engineering programs undertake some kind ofsenior capstone design project. These are usually team projects that can range from paperdesigns to physical prototypes. In many cases, the teams are primarily composed ofengineers within the same discipline1; mechanical engineers working with othermechanical engineers and so forth. As a result, all team members have similar expertiseand

Conference Session

Lean Manufacturing and Integration

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sheng-Jen Hsieh

animated educational simulations of various processes, such as traffic control andbatch mixing, to show how a ladder diagram relates to an automated process5. Students can startand stop the animations, and study the corresponding ladder diagram for certain conditions orcases. However, students do not have the opportunity to build a system. In addition, the numberof models available for students to explore is limited to those included in the package. Animprovement would be to allow students to design and assemble their own automatedmanufacturing systems, run them, and view the associated control logic.Another common approach is to use a capstone course or senior design project to allow studentsto design and develop a system level project6. The

Conference Session

Best Zone Papers

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Powell; Michael Kwinn

© 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”have been of minimal benefit in meeting the purpose and objective of the AIAD program are notconsidered the following year.Phase one occurs in the fall term preceding the summer in which the AIAD occurs. The AIADcoordinator and senior faculty (department representatives) are involved in the identification ofparticipating organizations; however in some cases cadets may refer organizations.Phase 2: Contact OrganizationsThe identification of organizations that qualify to participate in the AIAD program marks phasetwo. Of special interest are organizations with projects that have the potential to be carried intothe academic year as Capstone Projects or senior projects. Projects having no capstone

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Seth Bates; Patricia Backer

design classes to theengineering design process required for the capstone course2.King and El-Sayed15 reported on a curriculum development project at Kettering University tointegrate manufacturing into mechanical design courses. The student teams, from two classes Page 10.835.2 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”(one from the department of Mechanical Engineering and one from Manufacturing Engineering),were tasked to design, analyze, fabricate, install, and test a robot gripper using a set

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Morrow

to a realistic embedded system designexperience, while giving them an opportunity to bring their accumulated knowledge to bear ona specific design of their choosing. The course philosophy centers on the idea that the studentshould work through a challenging project, but that student success with their project is a vitalpart of the overall experience. This course serves as a capstone design experience for students, sothey have generally completed most of the curriculum by the time that they enroll in this course.The prerequisites effectively limit the course to students who are in the computer engineeringprogram (as opposed to the electrical engineering program).The design projects are accomplished by self-selected teams of three students. The

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Loendorf

learning. Current trends in the field of technology indicate that team based projectsare increasingly more beneficial to the learning experience than individual ones. Becauseelectrical engineers often work as a member of a team in their profession, especially whenengineering processes interface with hardware and software processes, the department will pilotmulti-disciplinary, problem-oriented team projects. This approach will allow students fromdifferent programs and departments to work together on projects that simulate real workingenvironment scenarios. Group projects and assignments will be stressed throughout the program,which will culminate with a team senior project and a capstone design class.Assign industry/service problems to students

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Mativo; Arif Sirinterlikci

an NSF (National ScienceFoundation) proposal based on the same approach utilizing animatronics for a grades 7-12project4. It is a weekend program complemented by a summer capstone experience. Even thoughthe program was not funded, it allowed authors to develop a better course plan to be reflectedupon two levels, college and secondary education. Since then the authors has gained recognitionand partners leading to funding of two small projects by Ohio Northern University and a majorsummer program for gifted and talented secondary school students by Ohio Department ofEducation. A three-day summer camp was also designed and successfully executed withparticipation of four local middle school students from the gifted and talented program

Conference Session

Teaching Software Engineering Process

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Larry Young; John Fernandez

doing software engineering design or testingsoftware someone else coded3. An HCI course is typically an optional course, although a fewcomputer science programs are making it mandatory. As the user interface becomes morecentral to applications, some kind of integration between these two disciplines becomes moreimportant18.SOFTWARE ENGINEERING AND HCI IN THE CLASSROOMUndergraduate students at Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi must complete a seniorcapstone course which requires the application of software engineering principles to develop asystem for a real community client4. Almost all of these capstone projects have had significantinteractive components. Some students also incorporate the optional HCI course into theiracademic programs

Conference Session

Embedded Computing

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Pack; Barry Mullins

seesuch projects as extremely valuable to student learning. Some of the more germanereasons are (1) an opportunity to reflect on the course materials and apply the knowledgelearned, (2) experience to improve independent learning skills, (3) a chance to solveopen-ended design problems, encouraging students to use their imaginations, and (4) anopportunity to exercise both software and hardware skills. The overall experiencesupports and enhances the students’ probability of success in their senior capstone designcourse.ConclusionIn this paper, we presented a case study of a student project, the Tetris game, in a secondmicrocontroller/microprocessor course at the US Air Force Academy. The projectprovided the student with ample opportunities to

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Bijan Sepahpour

withgroup activities. They are assigned to teams of two, three, four or more students depending onthe nature of the project/activity at hand.The first discussions of group dynamics, of team development, and the interdependence of teammembers are held in the first engineering course in the first semester. These concepts are furtherdeveloped and repeatedly exercised and further polished in future classes [1]. As shown intable (1), students are involved in team work activities in twelve different courses prior to theirsenior year.Finally, in their two-semester "senior design project" (the capstone engineering design course),students review, reinforce, and synergize all the previously learned concepts of their education(including team work concepts

Conference Session

First-Year Design Experiences

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Benjamin Kidd; P. Paxton Marshall

a structured approach to the design process,while allowing the students an opportunity to achieve a substantial and rewarding endproduct. The aim is to provide open-ended projects that develop students’ engineeringskills and also allow them to see more directly the connections between engineering andthe larger society around them. Collaborations with fine arts departments provideengineering students the opportunities to address social issues, while developingcreativity and technical skills. This paper describes a collaboration with the Dramadepartment to create special effects for student-written and directed plays.Introduction Engineering is fun. Well, at least it’s supposed to be. Unfortunately, many first-year engineering

Conference Session

Design of Lab Experiments

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Yasuhisa Komura; Tien-I Liu; Stefan Setiadharma; Akihiko Kumagai

ourundergraduate capstone design courses. For these undergraduate industry-sponsored projects,sponsoring companies often provide materials, hardware, software, and technical mentoring forstudents. In turn, students provide their reports to the companies. For sponsoring companies, thisis often a very economical way of obtaining technical support and analysis. In such cases, projectfunds are not usually requested from companies and therefore, such projects are not consideredto be contract based. In contrast to these undergraduate projects, industry-sponsored projects atCIM Lab for graduate students are usually funded and therefore considered as contract basedprojects. For this reason, these projects must be pursued in a professional manner to accomplish,and

Conference Session

Lab Experiments & Other Initiatives

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ali Sekmen

and the final products they develop. This helps faculty members assess students’ learning.CSS projects target students ranging from freshman to senior and they differ from capstoneprojects that mainly target senior students. In addition, the entire class works on the sameproblem whereas only a group of students are involved in capstone projects.This paper investigates how to partner with industries to design problem-based computer sciencecourse projects. It also discusses how industries can be integrated in student learning assessmentprocess. This paper is organized as follows: Section 2 gives a detailed description of theproblem. The characteristics of the projects are discussed in Section 3. A sample project alongwith student solutions is

Conference Session

Innovation in Curriculum Development

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Bernard Amadei; R. Scott Summers; Angela Bielefeldt

standardfor developing high-performance, sustainable buildings. About 1 week is devoted to this topic.Senior year:Environmental Engineering Design (CVEN 4434; optional capstone for all CVEN students;required for Water Resources/Environmental option) Prof. Bielefeldt has included 1 or moreEDC projects in the course for the past three years. These projects are real needs in variouscommunities, thus integrating a service learning (SL) component into the curriculum. Examplesof recent projects include: upgrade over-loaded evaporative wastewater treatment lagoons forJemez Pueblo, New Mexico (Fall 2003); replace existing individual cesspools and septic systemsin the community of Guadalupe, CO (Fall 2002); provide reliable water and sanitation for aprimary

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Francis Derby; Stephen Frempong; Willie Ofosu

programs, the primary focus is to provide students with theeducational resources to apply cutting-edge tools of the technology in industry. This objective oftechnological empowerment is achieved through student projects, capstone courses, andsometimes internships. Such activities are designed to ensure that students acquire a firmer gripof principles and application of concepts and tools. Capstone courses and student projects aredesigned to encapsulate several essential components of a course or program content. Theseapproaches are effective in institutions that have a wide array of industry standard equipment forstudents to use in real world applications. Internships, however, allow students to train onequipments whose prices far exceed the

Conference Session

Astronautics and Space Technology

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Melton; Michael Micci; Deborah Levin; Charles Croskey; David Spencer; Sven Bilen

. Upper-division (junior/senior) and graduate students provided the academic maturity and leadership tothe groups during the initial planning and design phase. An important consideration in workingwith such groups have been fitting the students’ interests and abilities to the tasks and presentingthe challenges to motivate and not overwhelm them educationally. LionSat also provides a wealth of opportunities to educate larger numbers of students inlecture and laboratory courses by transporting the problems encountered on the project into theclassroom as case studies. An example of this is the senior capstone design project, intended as aculminating educational experience in which students integrate the theory and practice fromprevious

Conference Session

Design Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Hong Zhang; John Chen; Bernard Pietrucha

courses that emphasize more on integrating and practicing existingknowledge instead of entirely new content. In many schools, capstone design is often asatisfying answer. In Rowan University, there are already many hands-on project-basedcredits available from the unique Engineering Clinics offered throughout the four years.However, the projects in Junior/Senior Engineering Clinics are often based on facultyresearch or external industrial projects, which are naturally distinctive from each other. Wefeel that it will be helpful if we can provide a touchstone project that will put all the studentson a common ground. In this course, the core curricula of Mechanical Engineering, such asMachine Design, Mechanical Design, and Fluid Dynamics will be

Conference Session

Program Level Assessment

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Young

Learning/Teaching, Distance Learning/Teaching.Tables 1 and 2 summarize data for the different workspaces designed and built in the CDIOproject. It is apparent that the dimensions and costs can vary significantly, from 60 m2 to 2200m2, and from USD 1,000 to 15,000,000, depending on the number of students and courses andavailable resources. Large spaces are needed if the workspaces are to support the wholecurriculum, while smaller areas can be used for capstone projects in specialized areas Page 10.400.6 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005

Conference Session

Undergraduate Research & New Directions

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Dennis Silage

) anddiscrete sequence spread spectrum (DSSS) and error correction techniques are detailed in theyearly Marconi Challenge contest rules. These entries use either low power unlicensed RFtransmissions on 300 or 432 MHz but, preferably, high power Amateur Radio licensedmicrowave transmissions on 1.2, 2.4, 5.6 and 10 GHZ. Amateur Radio has been usedextensively in the TU ECE capstone senior design project and it’s certainly not just for Morsecode anymore1.The Marconi Challenge can also be integrated into the ECE capstone senior design course. Theactive components include RF ICs and microwave transistors, 10 GHz Gunn diodes, and IR orlaser transmitters and receivers. Microwave stripline electronic circuit designs and helix andhorn antennas incorporate

Conference Session

Potpourri Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul King; Joel Barnett; Donald Kinser; Andrew Dozier

projects. He has BE, MS, and Ph. D. degrees from VanderbiltUniversity.ANDREW W DOZIERAfter receiving his PhD from Vanderbilt in 1974, Dr. Dozier worked for 25 years in the defense/spaceindustry. He then returned to teach project courses at Vanderbilt in the Department of ElectricalEngineering and Computer Science.1 King, Paul H, Kinser, D., Barnett, J, Dozier, A, Massengill, L. “ Development of a Joint BME, ME, andEE/CE Senior Engineering Design Seminar”, presentation at June 2004 ASEE meeting, Salt Lake City,published in conference CD.2 http://vubme.vuse.vanderbilt.edu/design/ for the course web site.3 A Survey of Capstone Engineering Courses in North America, Robert H. Todd, Spencer P. Magleby, CarlD. Sorensen, Bret R. Swan and David K

Conference Session

Undergraduate Research & New Directions

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Martin Johnston; Christopher Greene; Jeff Jalkio

uncertainties of real laboratory and design work. Finally, use your students asworkers early and often.References1 Campbell, M.E., Oh, Now I Get It!, Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 88, No. 4, .p. 3812 Newberry, C. F., Rutherford, J.W., Gouhin, P. J., National Aerospace Design Competitions: Industry/UniversityPartnerships, Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 84, No. 4, p. 3193 Dutson, A. J., Todd, R. H., Magleby, S.P., Sorenson, C.D. A Review of the Literature on Teaching EngineeringDesign Through Project Oriented Capstone Courses, Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 86, No. 1, p. 174 Bayless, D. J., Using Industrial Summer Intern Programs as a Tool for Engineering Education, Journal ofEngineering Education, Vol. 88, No. 4, p. 4655

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Renee Rogge; Loren Sumner

material. An infrastructure of learningmodules complements the general analysis thread in engineering education while imposingcontrolled exposure to CAE software. Learning modules expose students to state-of-the-art CAEtools without requiring a specialized CAE course. Encouraging the development of CAE skills,the project aims to facilitate and enhance undergraduate scholarship such as capstone seniordesign projects. This paper discusses the project strategies, concerns, plans for assessment, andsome formative assessment results. The project reveals a practical means for faculty to begindeveloping and implementing active learning techniques.IntroductionThe Mercer University School of Engineering (MUSE) strives to prepare graduates to serve

Conference Session

Social Responsibility & Professionalism

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Thompson; William Oakes

Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education" There are many challenges and perceived challenges to adopting service-learning, whichare some of the reasons that service-learning, while well established in many disciplines inhigher education, has been slowly integrated into engineering education15. There are successfulexamples of service-learning in engineering contexts16, including first-year introductorycourses17, capstone senior design courses18, multidisciplinary approaches19,20 and integration ofco-curricular activities21. The success of engineering service-learning programs including Purdue’s own EPICSprogram22,23 has motivated the Department of Engineering Education

Conference Session

EM Skills and Real World Concepts

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stanton Cort; Gary Wnek

, Stage-GateTMmethodology, quality function deployment, pricing strategies, marketing, designimplementation, and manufacturability. During the first semester, in order to introduceconcepts, skills and techniques that will be applied during the second semester in liveteam projects with companies, students work on individual innovation projects. Eachdevelops an idea capture sheet, product innovation charter, houses of quality, andpreliminary specifications for their idea. As a facilitator of class discussions of theindividual projects, all incorporate the common theme of a sensor as a key element of thefinal product. The course capstone, organized by the end of the fall semester and a substantial focusof the spring semester, is team (4-6

Conference Session

Program Delivery Methods and Technology

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Howard Evans; Shekar Viswanathan

university.Interested students from other disciplines can be admitted to the program; however, they arerequired to complete additional preparatory courses. Non-degreed students are not allowed toenter this program. For those who have a general non-science and non-engineering degree,admission is based on relevant experience and a set of program prerequisites.Program Modules and CoursesCore Module: Engineering Management:EME 600 - Introduction to Engineering ManagementEME 601 - Engineering Project ManagementEME 602- Management of Risk, Contracts, and Legal Issues(Prerequisites: EME 600 and EME 601)EME 603 – Managing Projects in Operation ManagementEME 607A Engineering Management Capstone Course(Prerequisites: EME 602, EME 603 and all pertinent Concentration

Conference Session

Undergraduate Aerospace Labs/Design II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Joon Kim; Daniel Biezad

endeavor, combined with the lack of faculty expertise in aircraftfabrication that may exist in the department. Traditional projects and grades are also aproblem, since failure or sub-standard work to meet any standard for flight is not acceptable.Adequate lab space, resources, specialty tools, and expertise in blueprint analysis are alsodifficult challenges to meet, especially for the large number of inexperienced students whocome into this course at every offering.The way that Cal Poly has been meeting the above challenges is both unique and risky. Therecruiting and inclusion of resources from the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA), from industry,from the university, and from local hobbyists to help establish these special lab courses ispresented

Conference Session

Writing and Communication II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lisa Rosenstein; Jeffery Donnell; Christina Bourgeois

of their work in oral reports. Page 10.701.9 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”For this course, the Webb Program coordinator delivers two lectures each term. The coordinatoris also expected to review and grade oral presentations for six different lab sections; these tasksgenerally amount to a time commitment of one hour a week over the course of a term.Senior DesignIn this required capstone course, students work in teams to address a substantial project, such asthe redesign of an automotive

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Askew; Cari-Sue Wilmot; Colley Hodges; Richard Bannerot

graphics were taken from student work in the Cullen College ofEngineering’s Capstone design course, ECE/MECE/INDE 4334, in the Spring semester of 2004.The senior ECE/MECE/INDE 4334 students were required to write various types of reportsabout semester-long projects, similar to the requirements of the mechanical engineeringsophomores. Through the instructor-led analysis of the writing samples and graphics, thestudents developed and applied the critical thinking and revision strategies that they will usewhen revising their own work. Importantly, the writing samples and graphics generally reflectedan equal amount of strengths and weaknesses, and students were instructed to observe anddiscuss both. Although they often demonstrated the effective

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship, Design, and PBL

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ken Ports

Structuring Senior Design for Entrepreneurs Ken Ports Florida Institute of TechnologyAbstractThe Senior Design course taken near the end of an engineer’s undergraduate tenure isincreasingly recognized as a “capstone” activity, enabling these future professionals to applytheir collegiate education and experience in a team environment to solving real world problemsor to creating new capabilities. Ideally, Senior Design teams are also cross-functional, tobroaden the projects and better replicate the professional world. In addition, there is a growinginterest in linking Senior Design with entrepreneurial activities, even to the point ofcommercializing

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Fred Fontaine

number of concentration courses,which provide depth in the particular subject. But there is also significant overlap among thetracks to ensure breadth. Prerequisite chains are streamlined to create minor concentrations forstudents from other engineering disciplines, and also to facilitate students taking courses out ofthe standard sequence (in certain cases). The curricula for these tracks are shown in Tables 1, 2and 3, respectively.Students can complete all required courses, except for senior capstone design projects, by the endof third year. The degree requirements include a sufficient number of technical elective creditsto permit students to minor in another discipline, or to specialize further. There is also flexibilityin the nature of the