Conference Session

Capstone Design II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Wronecki, East Tennessee State University

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Design in Engineering Education

stage. In the course, these process stages and visual steps are used tostructure and facilitate a semester long, student-directed, teacher-facilitated design project inwhich students are asked to design an innovative, inventive, or inspirational idea. Students arefree to choose a project focus in their area of interest. Students in the Digital Media program tendto choose topics such as: character, product, and game design, and architectural, interior, andenvironmental visualization. Self motivation, individuation, and actualization are pedagogicaldrivers that dramatically improve the students’ work ethic and academic performance.ScopeThe scope of this paper is intended to provide an outline of a design process and to describevisual thinking

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Denny Davis, Washington State University; Steven Beyerlein, University of Idaho; Olakunle Harrison, Tuskegee University; Phillip Thompson, Seattle University; Michael Trevisan, Washington State University

education to prepare engineeringgraduates for the competitive global market place1, 2. Among capabilities cited as deficient instudent preparation are professional skills and abilities to innovate technical products in thecontext of business conditions3, 4. Oftentimes, these topics are not given appropriate attention inengineering programs.Important professional skill development is often assigned to capstone engineering designcourses. These courses are the culminating experiences for undergraduate engineering students,and they often incorporate client-driven design projects that have significant professionalchallenges. Surveys of capstone design instructors, however, indicate that instructional focus andassessment of student learning vary greatly

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark Steiner, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Langdon Winner, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Design in Engineering Education

engineering background. Studio 6: Explores technical innovation and how design mediates the impact of new technologies on society and culture. This studio places emphasis on entrepreneurship and the business aspects of bringing a new idea to market. This studio is taught in collaboration with faculty from Rensselaer’s Lally School of Management. Studio 7: This is an engineering capstone design course that immerses students in a real world multidisciplinary design experience in the O.T. Swanson Multidisciplinary Design Laboratory. The design projects are sponsored by either industry, non-profit, or entrepreneurial interests. The projects are very challenging. Three example

Conference Session

Innovations for the Senior Year of the ME Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Showkat Chowdhury, Alabama A&M University; Abdul Jalloh, Alabama A&M University; Ruben Rojas-Oviedo, Alabama A&M University; Mohamed Seif, Alabama A&M University; Amir Mobasher, Alabama A&M University

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Mechanical Engineering

expected outcomes, as well as to theAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) criteria and some additionalME Program criteria based on the requirements by the American Society of MechanicalEngineers. The program outcomes should be measurable, and so an assessment tool or Surveyhas been developed. The survey form is completed by the students at the end of the secondsemester of the Capstone Design course, along with their final project report. Evaluations bythe instructors are also completed. The student survey results and faculty evaluations arecompiled and compared with the above mentioned course mapping. The results show thatthere is considerable matching between the course mapping for the expected educationaloutcomes done by the

Conference Session

Capstone Design III

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Design in Engineering Education

instructors in theireffort to effectively teach this concept.The goal of the educational tool, component functional templates, is to not only aid classroominstructors in presenting the concept of functional modeling to students in a timely manner, butwill also aid the students through modern visual and interactive learning techniques that promoteproper form and assisted development. Ultimately, the templates will only be a first step, muchlike training wheels, in the process of learning how to functional model and will be an invaluabletool for the novice user with more in-depth engineering design problems to tackle.2.0 BackgroundThe educational foundation on which this project is based is the active learning process, whilethe primary method of

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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Design in Engineering Education

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

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ralph Sandfry, US Air Force Academy; michael bettner, US Air Force Academy; Tim Lawrence, US Air Force Academy; Michael Sobers, US Air Force Academy

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Design in Engineering Education

, structured approach is a great benefit to the development of complexsystems, both for large aerospace contractors and student projects. Systems engineeringdisciplines help provide the order necessary to the design and production processes. Common tothe aerospace industry, systems engineering processes are often discussed in engineeringcurriculum, but opportunities to participate in these processes are rare. Capstone engineeringcourses, such as the FalconLAUNCH courses, are perhaps the best way to provide a meaningfulexperience in these important disciplines.One of the important systems engineering disciplines is configuration control and managingchanges during the design and manufacturing processes. An example of this is the engineeringchange

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kyu-Jung Kim, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona

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Design in Engineering Education

the governing equations (Fig. 4), and to simultaneously solve multiple analysis problems for integrated design projects. Page 12.390.7 6 REVISION Figure 4 Interactive mouse-picking of spur gear geometry factor (J) directly from a graph in the AGMA tooth strength analysis module and nonlinear solution of an eccentric buckling problem in the column buckling analysis modulec. Flexibility: To solve more than one type of mechanics problem using the same tool, to solve mechanics problems in

Conference Session

Design Projects

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nicole Giullian, Brigham Young University; C. Greg Jensen, Brigham Young University; Jason McCammon, Brigham Young University; Brad Brooks, Brigham Young University

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Design in Engineering Education

toinstitute international collaboration projects that prepare undergraduate students for engineeringwork in the twenty-first century.Participating in an international collaboration project is a daunting task for a school that hasnever worked globally before, and launching or hosting such a project likely seems almostimpossible because of the numerous obstacles. In 2005-2006, GM/PACE (Partners for theAdvancement of Collaborative Engineering Education) sponsored the first international vehiclecollaboration project, a senior capstone project that demonstrated how global-scale projectseffectively prepare students for future exposure to large-scale collaboration projects in industry.The most important results of this pioneering project were the lessons

Conference Session

Design Projects

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Farris, Grand Valley State University; Paul Lane, Grand Valley State University

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Design in Engineering Education

difficult but transporting the beans between processeswhile minimizing the overall size of the product was difficult. This technical challenge became afocused class project in the advanced product design class. Similarly the students discoveredthat containing the odor generated during roasting the beans was very difficult. The strategiesthey used did not function well. This technical challenge became senior research topic in thechemistry department’s capstone class. In addition, improving the control system was identifiedas a difficult challenge and a team of electrical engineering students undertook the design andmanufacture of a circuit board to control the roasting, grinding and brewing processes. On thebusiness side, the original team could not

Conference Session

Design Projects

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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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Design in Engineering Education

teaching loads required by grading the many writing assignments. Moreover,the students’ critical reading skills are enhanced by the process. Assessment data verifies the positive contributionsof CPR to the course.Student teams are encouraged to submit their proposal for review by external funding organizations such as theNational Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA)8 for funding consideration. Those teams that aresuccessful in attracting funding can use this external validation and funding as the basis for their project during thesenior year courses.ECE460 & 461 – Engineering Design I & II – 10 credits – distributed over 25 weeks of senior yearThe sequence is concluded by the “senior project” courses, in essence a capstone

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering Education I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Soller, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis; Erdogan Sener, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis

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Construction

Management CurriculumAbstract Assessment methodologies that evaluate student development through demonstratedknowledge assure that student education is current, relevant, and comprehensive, thus meetingthe needs of the industry, as well as, that of educational accreditation. However, if theeducational assessment method is a comprehensive exam, or a portfolio, or an exit exam, theremay be little difference in the demonstration of knowledge other than good examinationpreparation or good course work production even if a capstone course is used for the assessmentpurpose This paper focuses on an innovative assessment method used in a capstone course. Thismethod entails analyzing the management of a variety of construction projects by the

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Eduaction - Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Cheville, Oklahoma State University; Christine Co, Oklahoma State University; Bear Turner, Oklahoma State University

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2007-748: IMPROVING TEAM PERFORMANCE IN A CAPSTONE DESIGNCOURSE USING THE JIGSAW TECHNIQUE AND ELECTRONIC PEEREVALUATIONAlan Cheville, Oklahoma State UniversityChristine Co, Oklahoma State UniversityBear Turner, Oklahoma State University Page 12.864.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Improving Team Performance in a Capstone Design Course using the Jigsaw Technique and Electronic Peer EvaluationIntroductionMost engineering departments use capstone design courses to give student teams theopportunity to design, build, and test a complex project. The advantages of capstoneprograms are numerous. Such courses expose students to many of the realistic

Conference Session

Assessing Design Coursework II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Olga Pierrakos, Virginia Tech; Maura Borrego, Virginia Tech; Jenny Lo, Virginia Tech

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2007-849: ASSESSING LEARNING OUTCOMES OF SENIOR MECHANICALENGINEERS IN A CAPSTONE DESIGN EXPERIENCEOlga Pierrakos, Virginia Tech Olga Pierrakos is currently a National Academy of Engineering CASEE AGEP Postdoctoral Engineering Education Researcher (PEER) at Virginia Tech in the Department of Engineering Education. Dr. Pierrakos holds an M.S. in Engineering Mechanics and a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Virginia Tech. Her Ph.D. work pertained to vortex dynamics in left ventricular flows. She has served as faculty advisor to over thirty mechanical engineering seniors involved in biomedical engineering design projects and taught several mechanical engineering fluid mechanics

Conference Session

Intersdisciplinary Courses and Environmental Undergraduate Research

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Braun, California Polytechnic State University; Emmit B. Evans, California Polytechnic State University; Randall Knight, California Polytechnic State University; Thomas Ruehr, California Polytechnic State University

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Environmental Engineering

technicalrecommendations. The preceding steps constitute the milestones in the project, allowing studentsto receive timely feedback prior to project completion.The course webpage, http://www.ee.calpoly.edu/~dbraun/courses/TGE/UNIV350.html1, containsvaluable course resources in addition to those described in this work. Page 12.946.2Learning Objectives and OutcomesConceived as the capstone course for the Minor in Environmental Studies, the course seeks toachieve an ambitious scope of objectives; perhaps too ambitious. The course syllabus describesthe course goals: “This interdisciplinary course enables students to examine global environmental issues from

Conference Session

Design in the ECE Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wagdy Mahmoud, University of the District of Columbia

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2007-2290: INCORPORATING SYSTEM-LEVEL DESIGN TOOLS INTOUPPER-LEVEL DIGITAL DESIGN AND CAPSTONE COURSESWagdy Mahmoud, University of the District of Columbia IEEE Senior Member Page 12.875.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Incorporating System-Level Design Tools into upper-Level Digital Design and Capstone CoursesAbstractThis paper describes the efforts to incorporate system-level digital design tools and state-of-theFPGA boards in the capstone design course sequence. This paper provides the details of twocapstone projects in the areas of digital communications and image processing. This paper alsodetails the challenges

Conference Session

How to Effectively Teach Using Teams

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph Hanus, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Jeffrey Russell

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Civil Engineering

(BOK 15). Effectivecommunication skills are inherent to all the skills in the professional domain (BOK 7, ABET g).These skills are commonly addressed in engineering programs in separate courses and/or an end-of-program team project design course, i.e., capstone course. However, simply having arequisite capstone course with these skills included does not guarantee successful developmentof these skills, and potentially a negative experience could be detrimental in an individual’sprofessional development. Many programs recognize this challenge and try to address thedevelopment of these skills through passive knowledge infusion within the capstone course.Several techniques commonly used to provide information to the students include lectures by

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I: Innovative Models for Curriculum and Assessment

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

April Kedrowicz, University of Utah

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Liberal Education

3910/4000 – Senior Design Sequence. The senior design sequence is atwo semester sequence beginning with ME EN 3910. In this course, lectures and group projectslead to the team project proposal including problem identification and definition, teamorganization, background research, idea generation techniques, needs analysis, scheduling, andbudgeting. This culminates in a formal written document outlining the capstone project proposal.This course presents the opportunity for instruction in résumés and cover letters, such thatstudents have to “apply” to be on a project. Students are instructed in the appropriate format touse for these documents, as well as stylistic considerations, and the appropriate content toinclude. These are reviewed by both

Conference Session

Undergraduate Aerospace Design – General Topics

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karl Siebold, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; James Helbling, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Darin Marriott, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Mischa Kim, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Aerospace

- Table 1 – NASA Program/Project Life Cycle & Related Classes for the Capstone Design Sequence Simulation Concepts In order understand fundamental simulation concepts one needs to have a look at simple numerical integration concepts and their implementation /2/. It is important to visualize that only a first order differential equation of type r r r r s&= f ( s , t ) needs to be solved. s is the state variable and s& is the state derivative, which must be vectors of the same size. This is accomplished in the space systems engineering course using the single step Euler

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Eduaction - Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Miskimins, Colorado School of Mines; Ramona Graves, Colorado School of Mines

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2007-1134: USE OF A SUPPLEMENTAL ABET ASSESSMENT DOCUMENTTO IMPROVE CAPSTONE DESIGN COURSESJennifer Miskimins, Colorado School of Mines Jennifer L. Miskimins is an Assistant Professor in Petroleum Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines. Jennifer received her B.S. degree in petroleum engineering from the Montana College of Mineral Science and Technology and her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in petroleum engineering from the Colorado School of Mines.Ramona Graves, Colorado School of Mines Ramona M. Graves is a Professor of Petroleum Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines. Ramona received her B.S. degree from Kearney State College in Nebraska and her Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering from

Conference Session

Design Methodolgy

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hugh Jack, Grand Valley State University

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Design in Engineering Education

. For example, in one course Inormally have 10 teams of 5-7. In the past it would be normal to have 4 dysfunctional teams persemester. Now, the rate is typically one. The process is much more enjoyable for me and the stu-dents.Another welcome outcome is that the students who are normally having problems in groups findthemselves in teams where they can thrive. As a result many of them produce surprising results. Itis inspiring when a team that (on paper) should have been easily defeated has the strongest show-ing.Bibliography1. Jendrucko, R. J., Wasserman, J.F., “Optimizing Student Learning in a BME Capstone Design Course Sequence”,ASEE Annual Meeting, 2004.2. Jack, H., Ray, J., Farris, J., “Design and Build Projects as a Curriculum Thread

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Measurements: Innovative Course Development

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hong Zhang, Rowan University; Ying Tang, Rowan University; Courtney Richmond, Rowan University; Patricia Mosto, Rowan University

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Instrumentation

Marine Biology Ecology Water Treatment CEE Core Course Water Resources Water Management Figure 8: Impact at college courses. Page 12.823.10VII. SummaryThis paper presents a multi-year project of designing and fabricating a robotic aqua probesystem. The course structure and content described in the paper can be easily adopted byother institutions for their capstone design or pertinent courses as laboratory experiments.The

Conference Session

Improving ME Instructional Laboratories

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Matsson, Oral Roberts University

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Mechanical Engineering

be used as a comparisonwith forces derived from pressure distribution measurements.It is sometimes difficult to get students to fully complete a course project that is a part of acourse with lectures and labs since they have homework problems and reading assignments at thesame time as they work on their project. A project of the extent that has been shown in this paperis probably better suited for a senior capstone design project where the students can concentratemore on the project itself. Alternatively, one can let the students work on the same project duringtwo different courses scheduled either during the same semester or two consecutive semesters.The cost of building the experiment described in this paper was around $3,200 including

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering Education I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Asa, North Dakota State University; Zhili (Jerry) Gao

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Construction

Page 12.470.2environment. Construction graduates must possess technical strength coupled withcommunication (written and speech), and soft skills. In most of the capstone courses, studentsare given a real-world problem to solve over a period of a semester or a year. Many programshave capstone / project-based courses, which are aimed at training students in solving real worldproblems. Some programs have courses which run for a year. Walker and Slotterbeck1, instudying the incorporation of teamwork into software engineering curriculum, concluded that: (i)there is not enough time to teach software engineering skills and also carry out a significantteam-based project in a single term, (ii) the software development process is best learnt

Conference Session

Non-Technical Skills in ET

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Nicholas, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Anthony Brizendine, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Ted Stilgenbauer, Fairmont State University

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Engineering Technology

construction projects that include federal, state and private contracts. Page 12.379.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Community Service Projects as Integrated Undergraduate Learning ExperiencesAbstractCommunity-based projects in engineering and engineering technology education have beenaround for many years in various forms. Recent examples include community-based designprojects and partnerships, community outreach for capstone design, capstone design projects forspecial needs or disabled persons, K-12 community outreach, and international and humanitarianprojects.For obvious reasons

Conference Session

IE and EM Program Mangement

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Hagenberger, Valparaiso University; Peter Johnson, Valparaiso University; Doug Tougaw, Valparaiso University; Jeffrey Will, Valparaiso University; Mark Budnik, Valparaiso University; Kathleen Sevener, Valparaiso University

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Engineering Management

leadership roles in project management andproduct development. MEM 605 is a seminar-based course that provides an open atmosphere,allowing for multiple discussion opportunities and guest speakers that can provide students withreal-world contexts to supplement traditional textbook knowledge.3. Multidisciplinary Design Projects at ________ UniversityThe capstone senior design experience for Mechanical Engineering (ME) and Electrical andComputer Engineering (ECE) students at _________ University has rapidly developed into oneof the most valuable learning experiences for the undergraduate students. The course sequencecovers two semesters and provides a multidisciplinary, team design experience to students inboth the mechanical and electrical/computer

Conference Session

Issues in Computer Education-HDL

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ronald Hayne, The Citadel

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Computers in Education

other models of that hardware. A program of instruction has been developed which augmentsthe classroom instruction with VHDL homework exercises and a capstone design project. Thefocus is kept on demonstration of architectural concepts, rather than turning into a VHDL“programming” course.Course ContentThe existing course and text cover a wide range of computer architecture constructs which canbe supplemented with homework exercises. A fundamental concept is the discussion of variousaddressing modes used to specify the location of operands in an assembly language program.These addressing modes are first discussed generically and then specifically for several moderncomputer architectures. Visualization of the addresses and operands is often

Conference Session

Design in BME Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vladimir Genis, Drexel University

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Biomedical

. Page 12.1268.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Senior Design Project in Biomedical Engineering EducationAbstractThe Senior Design Project for the 2005-2006 academic year’s biomedical engineeringstudents was a capstone experience, in which students participated in a real-worldengineering project in consultation with their advisor. The topic of the project was “APositive Reinforcement System for Children with Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy”. The maingoal of this project was to develop an auditory and visual therapy device for infants andchildren with hemiplegic cerebral palsy (CP) through a non-invasive approach with theincorporation of positive reinforcement. The proposed device incorporates proximitysensors and auditory

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stacy Wilson; Dennis George; john bruni

of course or I,J program requirementsIV.17 7E Foreign language coursework HIV.18 7F Study abroad HIV.19 7G Independent study or self-designed major IIV.20 7H Culminating senior experience (capstone course, senior project or thesis, J,K comprehensive exam, etc)In Table 8, students responded to the following question: “To what extent has you experience at this institution contributed to your knowledge, skills, and personal development in the following areas?”With the

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Teams

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelly Crittenden, Louisiana Tech University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

responsible for the same material and arestill required to participate in team meetings.Attracting and Retaining Other MajorsIt is relatively easy to attract senior engineering students to IMPaCT. These students have beenworking in teams throughout most of their college classes and are required to complete some sortof year-long capstone project. However, other students are not as accustomed to working onteams and are not required to complete a course like IMPaCT. Business students do have anatural connection to IMPaCT through the entrepreneurial aspect of IMPaCT, though it stillremains difficult to retain business students for the entire year. These problems are beingaddressed through increased publication across campus though flyers, webpages