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2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Emmanuel U. Enemuoh

2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conference Approach of Integrating Subject Matter Experts into Capstone Design Course Emmanuel U. Enemuoh, Ph.D. Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, University of Minnesota Duluth, MN 55812, USA Correspondence: eenemuoh@d.umn.edu; Tel.: +1218-726-7686AbstractThis paper discusses an approach of integrating subject matter experts in teaching capstoneengineering design course. The approach requires the engineering student design teams to find atleast five subject matter experts in the field of the defined project. The subject matter experts arecommitted to serve in the

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2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Robert C. Knox; Robert W. Nairn

, civic organization or environmental authority. The practitioner(s) proposesa specific project with relevant work efforts that will complement their real-world assignmentsand can be completed by undergraduate environmental science and engineering capstonestudents. Faculty members work with the practitioner to refine the proposed capstone project tomeet the educational objectives of the capstone course. These mutually beneficial relationshipsresult in positive “community engagement” which is an increasingly important factor touted byuniversities. The positive community engagement aspect of capstone projects is especiallyimportant to state-funded universities for student recruiting, promoting programs to non-localalumni and for interacting with

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2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Jeffrey Wolchok; Hanna Jensen; Timothy J. Muldoon

2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conference Impact and Delivery of an Engineering Service Learning Course in a Remote Environment Jeffrey Wolchok, Hanna Jensen, and Timothy J. Muldoon Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, ARExtended AbstractIntroduction:Undergraduate engineering curricula typically culminate with a “Capstone Senior Design”course, which integrates much of the engineering topics learned to date in a yearlong experiencewhich addresses a field-specific engineering question. The Department of BiomedicalEngineering at the University of Arkansas has recently adopted the Clinical Observations andNeeds

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2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Kabilananthan Asokan; Nur-E-Afra Anika; Bryar Pim

board for SGA. Nur aspires to pursue PhD and work in research, eventually becominga professor so she can inspire the young minds of tomorrow.Kabilan AsokanKabilan Asokan is a fresh graduate from Southeast Missouri State University with a bachelor’s inElectrical Engineering. Kabilan is an international transfer student from Malaysia. While takingclasses, Kabilan has worked at the University Center as an Event Services Manager. Currently,Kabilan is doing his OPT (Optional Practical Training) and would like to further his studies inCanada. Kabilan has been working on the “Auto Garden” capstone project since Fall 2020. He wasinspired to work on this project due to his interest in gardening. Moreover, this project unites hislove for farming and

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2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Thomas W. Smith; Natacha Souto-Melgar; Edgar C. Clausen

effective to make each report due within a few weeks of completing the lab instead of both reports due during the same week. • Better handouts for some of the labs would go a long way for this course. Also, it is sometimes unclear what the instructor is looking for in certain sections of the report. Having three big projects worth a large percentage of the course grade due the week before finals is not an ideal situation. A suggestion would be to spread due dates out more.COVID Operation in the Context of ABET Student OutcomesFour of the seven ABET student outcomes are directly related to the lab courses, althoughOutcome 1 is largely covered in all engineering courses. How did COVID affect the executionof