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2011 North Midwest Section

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Byron Garry

(l) - (p). ABET requires at least oneevaluation of each student outcome at some point in the program, preferably toward the end ofthe curriculum. We have chosen to do most this evaluation in the Project Management/Capstonetwo-semester course sequence. In the first semester, students learn the theory and basic practicesof project management, and also define, plan and begin their capstone project. In the secondsemester they complete their group project. Mo of he og am lea ning o come a ea e ed ing di ec mea e f om e idence of den ojec o k, i h a fe a e mencoming from the studen o inion of hei o n og e , an indi ec mea e. Wha e a econcerned with is how to evaluate the direct evidence of student work, that i , g ading he den

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2011 North Midwest Section

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Michael A. Rother

Academic Versus Industrial Senior Design Projects Michael A. Rother Department of Chemical Engineering University of Minnesota-Duluth For the past seven years, the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University ofMinnesota-Duluth has used industrially supplied projects in its senior capstone design sequence.The change was implemented from academic to industrial projects as a result of an ABETrecommendation to increase the multidisciplinary experiences of the students. By ABETdefinition, an industrially supplied project is considered multidisciplinary. The department doesnot charge companies for the student

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2011 North Midwest Section

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M. S. Stachowicz; L. B. Kofoed

. In particular for the robotics, andintelligent systems topics, the reviewed material includes: the MC68HC12 architecture andassembly language, introduction to robotics, sensors for robotic applications, motors and drivers,and fuzzy logic. Several papers and references are given, and students are encouraged to read thematerial, analyze the complicated problem area, and define the final problem statement theywant to solve which means that students are exercising their self-leaning skills. Furthermorestudents have to consider their own detailed project plan according to the overall plan for theworkshop. It is important to have in mind that since this is a capstone design, students should beable to apply the knowledge and skills that they have

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Ryan G. Rosandich

laboratory course offerings. Laboratories thatused to be taught separately have been combined to reduce the demand on faculty, and this hasresulted in a reduction in the number of lab activities for students.The department has also been very pro-active in providing students with real-world engineeringexperiences. Our senior design capstone course continues to execute projects with many clientcompanies, and those companies have hired many of our graduates. Many students also takeadvantage of coop and internship opportunities which have grown in recent years. The rewardsystem at UMD, however, heavily favors research-oriented faculty over practice oriented faculty, Proceedings of the 2011 North Midwest Section Conferenceand the

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2011 North Midwest Section

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Kristine Guzak; Kurt Paterson

In someinstitutions, this service involvement has fueled the creation of courses and programs thatoffer Learning Through Service (LTS) which seems to attract a wider range of students toengineering. A growing body of evidence advocates that LTS may provide significantadvantages to engineering students, but studies to date are quite limited.11-15 Asuniversities play catch-up to these trends, a fundamental question remains unexplored:What motivates engineering students to be engaged in service?2. ObjectivesThis paper presents findings to the above question of student motivation from two LTSprograms at Michigan Technological University: (1) iDesign, an international senior-level capstone design program, and (2) Peace Corp Master s International