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Capstone Design I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elvin Shields, Youngstown State University

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2007-71: FOSTERING CREATIVITY IN THE CAPSTONE ENGINEERINGDESIGN EXPERIENCEElvin Shields, Youngstown State University Dr. Elvin Shields is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering. His research has been generously sponsored by a University Research Professorship during the 2005-2006 academic year at Youngstown State University. Since 1995, Dr. Shields has coached approximately 250 mechanical engineering students through nearly 90 capstone design projects ranging from collegiate competitions to industrial problems. Page 12.756.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007

Conference Session

Design Methodolgy

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jose Salinas, United States Military Academy; Bobby Crawford, USMA; Tony Jones, USMA

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predominantlylanguage, history, and social science majors had resulted in the development of four generalizedattitude groups, loosely identified by responses provided in their initial entry surveys: the firstgroup was composed of students who had come to the conclusion that engineering was next toimpossible to understand, much less excel in. These students were discouraged by difficultiesthey had experienced and intimidated by the prospects of another semester of engineeringinstruction. The second group was typically composed of students who had been forced to takethe mechanical engineering sequence and, regardless of their previous performance, had made uptheir minds that engineering was irrelevant, both to their academic interests and to their futurecareers

Conference Session

Capstone Design III

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Abbott, University of Missouri; Katie Grantham Lough, University of Missouri

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knowledge yields from the common lecture14. Yet, the suggested avenues, and many othersstill only address a passive lower-order thinking and learning style15. Greater understanding andsatisfaction comes of a learning style called active learning, which is necessary for the student totruly learn the material16. This learning style engages the minds of the students and allows themto not just passively regurgitate what they have heard in some bygone lecture but to activelythink about what they are doing using any number of different techniques17.The active learning methods used in design engineering courses such as IDE 20, IDE 105, andIDE 401 adhere to these requirements by letting the student dissect safe, common products andtoys during the reverse

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Eduaction - Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gül Okudan, Pennsylvania State University

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period of time has elapsed? 3) what are the areas that studentshave the most difficulty learning? With similar purposes in mind our team has evaluated theliterature to determine what instruments exist that are intended to measure engineering designknowledge and how these instruments have been used in other engineering schools. After ourextensive review, we concluded that available instruments were not as comprehensive as we hadhoped. Accordingly, we have teamed up with learning specialists and embarked on thedevelopment of a new instrument. This paper documents this effort.In the paper, first we provide a summary of our investigation on the availability of knowledgeassessment tools on design, and then provide details on the development of the

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Design in Engineering Eduaction - Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Junghwan Kim, Yonsei University; Il Moon, Yonsei University

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2007-678: CREATIVE DESIGN CLASS WITH PATENTSJunghwan Kim, Yonsei UniversityIl Moon, Yonsei University Page 12.418.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Creative Design Class with PatentsAbstractAll forty-two students in my class applied for the patents. In Creative Design Class, studentshave learned that how to generate creative idea and apply for patents with creative inventions.All students understood their type of preference through MBTI (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator)test. They also got their grades of creativity through TTCT (Torrance Tests of CreativeThinking) test. The students have learned about safety engineering, product design

Conference Session

Design Projects

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marjan Eggermont, University of Calgary; Bob Brennan, University of Calgary; Theodor Freiheit, University of Calgary

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online discussionbetween team members, and teams were required to use a common electronic submission formatfor these deliverables.Figure 1. A mindmap for a treadle pump designThe paper begins with background on the Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering DesignMethodology and Application capstone design course and its relationship to the proposed mini-project. Next, we describe our mini-project and identify how the mindmapping software gave thestudents an overall view of the design process. A comparison of first and fourth year studentdesign thinking as reflected in mindmaps will also be examined by contrasting the capstonedesign mini-project pilot against a first year design course mindmapping pilot project.References1. Buzan, T, B., The Mind

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Design in Engineering Eduaction - Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mysore Narayanan, Miami University; Ronald Earley, Miami University

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AC 2007-17: A TEN-STEP PROCESS FOR IMPLEMENTING ASERVICE-LEARNING COURSEMysore Narayanan, Miami University DR. MYSORE NARAYANAN obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Liverpool, England in the area of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. He joined Miami University in 1980 and teaches a wide variety of electrical, electronic and mechanical engineering courses. He has been invited to contribute articles to several encyclopedias and has published and presented dozens of papers at local, regional , national and international conferences. He has also designed, developed, organized and chaired several conferences for Miami University and conference sessions for a variety of organizations. He

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Design in Engineering Eduaction - Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Colin Campbell, TechnicalMastery.com Corp.; Steve Lambert, University of Waterloo

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comments: (1) “I liked how it improved your knowledge of what people face and how their lives can be improved with the help of engineering techniques. I also liked how it taught you to open your mind so that you can see there are many more problems or solutions to problems than you can think of.” (2) “The case studies gave concrete applications of engineering. They were actually quite interesting, and introduced a variety of issues concerning engineering design (cost, reliability, possible problems, etc).” (3) “It was interactive and helped me learn better, whereas if this information was taught to me in a lecture, I probably would have slept through half of it. It was interesting

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ibibia Dabipi, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Bryan Burrows-McElwain, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Anthony Stockus, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Christopher Hartman, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore

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to learning to steer theairplane.This paper addresses the experiences of engineering and aviation science students toachieve these objectives.I. Introduction:The need for multidisciplinary cooperation in a global economy necessitates the need tointroduce projects that increasingly engage students early in their freshman engineeringyear in college. With a dynamic market place, graduates need to be able to interacteffectively in diverse fields. One important goal of multidisciplinary design is to identifythe many solutions needed to solve a single problem while keeping in mind the manydiffering objectives of the overall project [4]. A multidisciplinary approach toengineering design is valuable in that it asks that students make certain that

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Design in Engineering Eduaction - Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ramzi Bualuan, University of Notre Dame; David LeDonne, University of Notre Dame; Steven Kurtz, University of Notre Dame; Joseph Blakely, University of Notre Dame; Constance Slaboch, University of Notre Dame; Andrew Carter, University of Notre Dame; Elizabeth Barron, University of Notre Dame; Patrick Essien, University of Notre Dame; Megan Wysocki, University of Notre Dame; Elizabeth Ferro, University of Notre Dame

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student and perhaps the most engineering minded business student at Notre Dame,the group had a wide variety of backgrounds. An unbelievable group came together andhad a blast working on the project, which is why Project G was a huge success.Though Project G is obviously not a project that would be suited for the IEP campers, itis also not yet an example of a project suited for a senior engineering design project. Itwould however be a wonderful example for a cross-disciplinary engineering project. Inits present form, it has the elements one looks for in projects: multi-disciplinary groupwork, goals setting, design, feedback, revision, milestones, decomposition, systemintegration, communication, conflict resolution, prioritization, assessment

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kyu-Jung Kim, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona

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Design in Engineering Education

with many time-intensive engineering calculations and analysis procedures, elicitingtedium, complexity, and computational burden. A couple of MATLAB toolboxes have beendeveloped over many years for these courses. They include Equilibrium Toolbox (EQT) for 2D &3D vector and equilibrium analysis of particles, rigid bodies and structures, and MechanicalDesign Toolbox (MDT) for stress analysis and design of various mechanical components. Thetoolboxes are written in MATLAB by taking advantage of its user-friendly interactive graphicuser interface, multiple document interface and compilation capabilities into windowsapplication programs for easy deployment with four rationales in mind − simplicity,computational efficiency, flexibility, and

Conference Session

Design for the Environment

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ahmad Smaili, Flashcut CNC; Kazem Kazerounian, University of Connecticut; Kinda Khalaf, American University of Beirut

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help in educating the mind in manyways. For example, engineers may design toys, games, playground infrastructure, and artifacts,for children to be used in schools such that when played the students realize the negative effectsof certain cultural negatives to be avoided. A case in point is a monopoly-like game the aim ofwhich is to make students realize the detrimental impact of bribery to quickly get them through asituation, a tremendous problem in third world countries. Corruption has been cited byDonaldson to have many negative effects on product design and the use of technology inpromoting a better life in the (LIEs)7. Other games may be designed to promote the principles ofdemocracy, communications, and cooperation for a better

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Wronecki, East Tennessee State University

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Design in Engineering Education

Prentice-Hill2 Kober G,D. 1991 The Universal Traveler “A Soft-Systems Guide to Creativity, Problem-Solving & the Process ofReaching Goals” Crisp Publications Inc3 Burnette, C. 1982 A Role Oriented Approach to Problem-Solving. In Olsen, SA., (Ed), Group Planning andProblem Solving: Methods in Engineering Management. New York, NY John Wiley & Sons4 Buzan, T. 1993 The Mind Map Book, New York, NY Penguin Group5 De Bono, E. 1999 Six Thinking Hats, Little Brown and Co. Boston Massachusetts6 Wronecki, James A. 1999 The IdeasA+ Design Process, The University of the Arts7 Wronecki, James A. 2004 IdeasAlive: A Way to Teach Design, ASEE 2004 Conference Proceedings

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Capstone Design III

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karim Muci-Küchler, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Jonathan Weaver, University of Detroit Mercy; Daniel Dolan, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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AC 2007-1102: ESTABLISHING FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND TARGETSPECIFICATIONS: A KEY COMPONENT OF PRODUCT DEVELOPMENTPROJECTSKarim Muci-Küchler, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Karim Muci-Küchler is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. Before joining SDSM&T, he was an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Detroit Mercy. He received his Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics from Iowa State University in 1992. His main interest areas include Computational Mechanics, Solid Mechanics, and Product Design and Development. He has taught several different courses at the undergraduate and graduate level, has over 25

Conference Session

Design for Special Services

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan McCahan, University of Toronto

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2007-1672: UNIVERSAL INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN APPLIED IN A DESIGNCLASSROOMSusan McCahan, University of Toronto Page 12.1517.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Universal Instructional Design Applied in a Design ClassroomAbstractOne of the major challenges in teaching large courses is the diversity of the student population.Characteristics now common in undergraduate engineering student populations include diversityin learning style, cultural background, and factors that may disadvantage students, such as alearning disability. One approach to addressing these challenges is Universal InstructionalDesign (UID) and it is now gaining acceptance in higher

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mario Blanco, California Institute of Technology; Kenneth Pickar, California Institute of Technology; Luz Marina Delgado, GEMA; Oscar Arce, Universidad Rafael Landivar; Jeff Kranski, California Institute of Technology; Francoise Herrera, Universidad Rafael Landivar; Charles MacVean, Universidad Rafael Landivar

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yet critical mind in the face of huge constraints • Environmental responsibility including sustainable development • Cultural diversity in the world college student populationIn the era of globalization these elements are required for a more complete education of futuregenerations of engineers. Engineering Design and Research challenges include: • Early identification of solvable problems with the potential for significant, measurable impact • Poorly defined markets • Cultural sensitivity • Strong constraints on product costs and pricing • Availability of local materials • Lack of manufacturing and product standards

Conference Session

Assessing Design Coursework I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nirmala Gnanapragasam, Seattle University

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2007-2741: PROGRAM OUTCOME ASSESSMENT IN AN INDUSTRIALLYSPONSORED SENIOR CAPSTONE COURSENirmala Gnanapragasam, Seattle University Nirmala Gnanapragasam is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Seattle University. She is a geotechnical engineer and is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Washington. She is the design coordinator of the senior capstone design program in the Civil and Environmental Engineering department, is active in consulting, in engineering education research, and in professional organizations. Page 12.1190.1© American

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Multidisciplinary Design in the Classroom

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carla Zoltowski, Purdue University; William Oakes, Purdue University

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Design in Engineering Education

; Cocking, R. R. (Eds.). (1999). How people learn: Brain, mind, experience and school. Washington, D. C.: National Academy Press.3. Coyle, E., Jamieson, L., & Oakes W. (2005). EPICS: Engineering Projects in Community Service, International Journal of Engineering Education, 21, 139-150.4. Creswell, J. W. (1998) Qualitative inquiry and research design: Choosing among five traditions. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.5. Dorst, K. (1997). Describing design: A comparison of paradigms. Ph.D. Thesis. Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Vormgeving Rotterdam.6. Duffy, J., Tsang, E., & Lord, S. (2000). Service-learning in engineering: What, why, and how? Proceedings of the 2000 American Society for Engineering Education Annual

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Multidisciplinary Design in the Classroom

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Creese, West Virginia University; Deepak Gupta, West Virginia University

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2007-655: SOFTWARE FOR MATERIALS EVALUATIONRobert Creese, West Virginia University ROBERT C CREESE is a professor in the Industrial and Management Systems Engineering Department in the College of Engineering and Mineral Resources at West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia. He obtained his BS, MS, and Ph.D. degrees from The Pennsylvania State University, The University of California-Berkeley, and The Pennsylvania State University. He is a member of ASEE and also a member of AACE International, ASM, AWS, AIST, ISPA, SCEA, AFS, and SME.Deepak Gupta, West Virginia University DEEPAK GUPTA is a graduate student in the Industrial and Management Systems Engineering Department

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design in the Classroom

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter Adriaens, University of Michigan; Corrie Clark, University of Michigan; Robert Sulewski, University of Michigan; John Wolfe, Limno-Tech, Inc

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are taking relevant courses during the same term as the designcourse. Finally, there may be a need for curriculum adjustment with the end-goal in mind. If thestudents will be required to be able to take engineering drawings and interpret them to enable thedesign of green buildings within an engineering economics framework, what should the contentof supporting courses be to allow them to take on this task? The nature of the final projectdesigns change as a function of cognizant faculty interest, external consultant expertise, andproject availability. The challenge is to find an appropriate curriculum that would allow thestudents to move between projects, which at the same time adhere to suggested design courserequirements including exposure to

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven Zemke, Gonzaga University; Diane Zemke, Gonzaga University

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2007-758: DESIGN TEAM SKILLS CURRICULUM FOR INTERMEDIATELEVEL PROJECT CLASSSteven Zemke, Gonzaga University Steven Zemke is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Gonzaga University. He teaches design classes at the sophomore, junior, and capstone level. His research pursuits are in the pedagogy of design. Steven received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering with a dissertation on pedagogy from the University of Idaho in 2005. Prior to teaching, Steven was a design engineer and engineering manager for 25 years.Diane Zemke, Gonzaga University Diane Zemke is a Doctoral Student in the Leadership Studies Program at Gonzaga University. Her interests include pedagogy, paradigms

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Assessing Design Coursework II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katie Grantham Lough, University of Missouri; Robert Stone, University of Missouri

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2007-2705: ENABLING PROBABILISTIC RISK ASSESSMENT INSTRUCTIONDURING THE CONCEPTUAL DESIGN PHASE: FUNCTION-BASED RISKANALYSISKatie Grantham Lough, University of MissouriRobert Stone, University of Missouri Page 12.603.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Enabling Probabilistic Risk Assessment Instruction During the Conceptual Design Phase: Function Based Risk AnalysisAbstractMost decisions about a product, i.e. form, function, aesthetics, etc, are made during theconceptual phase of product design. Since those decisions not only impact productperformance but also product failures, methods to address the potential product failures(risks) should be

Conference Session

Design Projects

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Frederick Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Patricia Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; William Eccles, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Bruce Ferguson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Daniel Moore, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Mihaela Radu, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Terry Schumacher, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; David Voltmer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Mark Yoder, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Edward Wheeler, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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was due in part to the process ofproposing new, “workable” problems and in part due to the heavy load of grading the many documents required Page 12.235.5from the students. In addition to this pressure, several other factors were coming to bear upon the junior level courseas well. It became apparent that entrepreneurial and project management skills were becoming increasinglyimportant in engineering. Changing community needs resulted in an increasing number of requests from non-profitand charitable organizations for product development. With these factors in mind, the junior level course wasrevised to reflect a more service

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mason Webster, Brigham Young University; Daniel Korth; Owen Carlson, Brigham Young University; C. Greg Jensen, Brigham Young University

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Design in Engineering Education

heardtogether, images of a pint-size Formula SAE car are brought to mind. This race car is completelydifferent. Although not quite as long as a true F1 race car, this car has a comparable track widthand a wheelbase that is approximately two-thirds as long as a true Formula one car.The power train used is a 2.0 Liter GM Ecotec engine that is both turbocharged and supercharged.This year’s vehicle will run off of gasoline. Approximate engine brake horsepower is estimated at500 HP. Future projects could include the exploration of an ethanol-powered engine as well asthe use of composite materials in the chassis design.Finally, four different industrial design schools have designed bodies for the car. One of thesebodies was selected for manufacture on a 5

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paris von Lockette, Rowan University; Eric Constans, Rowan University; Jennifer Courtney, Rowan University; Kevin Dahm, Rowan University; William Riddell, Rowan University; Roberta Harvey, Rowan University

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of constraints.13When mathematical and scientific analyses are practiced to achieve competency, the emphasis ison finding the right answers. When they are applied to engineering design, the emphasis is onthe many higher order skills embodied in the above definition: generating, evaluating, andspecifying ideas that meet human needs within various constraints. These levels of thinkingreflect the top tiers of Bloom’s Taxonomy (see Figure 2). The design process involves using thephysical laws to guide the generation of design ideas which are then specified as designsolutions, but must be subsequently evaluated, often using those very same physical laws. Atevery step, however, the designer should have in mind the question: How well does the