Conference Session

Capstone Design II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Perry Parendo, University of St. Thomas; Jeff Jalkio, University of St. Thomas

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Design in Engineering Education

availablespots. All indicators point to a successful educational model. Senior Design Interest 30 25 20 Quantity 15 Projects 10 Proposals 5 0 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 YearBibliography 1. Howe, S. and Wilbarger, J.”National Survey of Engineering Capstone Design Courses”, Proceedings of the 2005 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Conrad, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; William Heybruck, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Daniel Hoch, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Martin Kane, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Peter Schmidt, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Frank Skinner, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Linda Thurman, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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Design in Engineering Education

company employee must help define and/or guide the work. This section describes activities we use to increase company/student communication and contact.This paper will present observations on each of these topics from the University of NorthCarolina at Charlotte's programs. Student outcomes are also identified.1. IntroductionSenior design capstone courses offer engineering students an opportunity to apply the skills theyhave learned throughout their undergraduate education to an applied engineering project in ateam environment. The University of North Carolina at Charlotte College of Engineering hasintegrated a multi-disciplinary senior design program that spans all of the engineeringdepartments. Industry sponsors have been identified and

Conference Session

Capstone Design III

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark Chang, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Jessica Townsend, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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Design in Engineering Education

ExperienceAbstractThis paper presents some of the challenges, successes, and experiences in designing a new seniorengineering capstone program at the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering. Senior capstonedesign programs in engineering colleges have evolved over many years and are often modifiedand reinvented to keep up with the needs of both students and external constituencies. HarveyMudd College’s Clinic program is one of the largest and longest-running capstone programs inthe country that relies heavily on industry sponsors to provide real world problems and fundingto execute the projects. For many reasons, and in no small way because of its track record ofsuccess, our own capstone course offering is modeled closely upon the Harvey Mudd

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robb Larson, Montana State University

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Design in Engineering Education

club-to-coursework relationship occurs inthe interdisciplinary (ME and MET) Capstone Design course. Club-sponsored automotivedesign and build projects are treated essentially as any other industry-sponsored project,with the twist that they are funded primarily by students who are primarily enrolled ineither the ME or MET curriculum. Many of the students fill dual roles: That is, they helpdefine the projects in their role as club members and are then enlisted by courseinstructors to design/build/test the components as members of the design teams working,resulting in a course grade. This scenario has resulted in a level of student involvement in– and enthusiasm for – the engineering education process that has rarely been seen beforeat this

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

R. Keith Stanfill, University of Florida

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Design in Engineering Education

, 2008 Web-enabled System for Managing Student Applications for a Selective Industry-sponsored Multidisciplinary Capstone Design ProgramAbstractIntegrated Product and Process Design (IPPD) is an institutionalized two-semester industry-sponsored multidisciplinary capstone design option for seniors in engineering, business, andpackaging science at the University of Florida. Preparing for the launch of the IPPD program inthe fall semester requires coordinating with dozens of project sponsors, faculty and staff fromnine academic departments and students from more than 12 disciplines. Obtaining 25 suitablemultidisciplinary industry projects each year is a time consuming activity. So too is the

Conference Session

Multinational and International Design

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Somerton, Michigan State University

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2008-706: CREATING A SOLAR OVEN INDUSTRY IN TANZANIA: ACAPSTONE DESIGN EXPERIENCECraig Somerton, Michigan State University CRAIG W. SOMERTON Craig W. Somerton is an Associate Professor and Associate Chair of the Undergraduate Program for Mechanical Engineering at Michigan State University. He teaches in the area of thermal engineering including thermodynamics, heat transfer, and thermal design. He also teaches the capstone design course for the department. Dr. Somerton has research interests in computer design of thermal systems, transport phenomena in porous media, and application of continuous quality improvement principles to engineering education. He received his B.S. in 1976

Conference Session

Capstone Design III

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg Kremer, Ohio University-Athens; David Burnette, Ohio University

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Design in Engineering Education

Mechanical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati in 1998, and has five years of experience as a Mechanical Design Engineer at General Electric Aircraft Engines.David Burnette, Ohio University David Burnette was both an undergraduate student who participated in the OU ME Sr. capstone design project, and an OU ME graduate student who helped compile the student comments and complete the literature search for this study. He is currently an employee of the Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory. Page 13.1349.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 USING PERFORMANCE REVIEWS IN CAPSTONE

Conference Session

Focus on IE Course Design and Assessment

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Judith Norback, Georgia Institute of Technology; Paul Griffin, Georgia Tech; Garlie Forehand, Georgia Tech

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Industrial Engineering

skills has beenintegrated into the Stewart School of ISyE at Georgia Tech Capstone Design course since2002[15]. The course involves student teams working on real-life design projects with for-profitcorporations, non-profits, health care organizations and government agencies. Students give sixpresentations during the course. The proposal presentation, interim presentation, and finalpresentation are each given to the Faculty Committee and class and to the client.ApproachThe presentation instruction is unique in its stress on information about communication collecteddirectly from people in the workforce: practicing industrial engineers, managers, and seniorexecutives of organizations employing many IEs. The interview process is described in

Conference Session

Capstone Design III

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamed El-Sayed, Kettering University; Steven Beyerlein, University of Idaho

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Design in Engineering Education

-based classroom practitioners at the University of Idaho Page 13.362.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 DESIGN AND INTEGRATION OF A CAPSTONE COURSE TO ACHIEVE PROGRAM OUTCOMESAbstractA capstone is the top and last stone in a building. Similarly, a capstone course is usually the peakand last experience for students in a higher education program. Depending on the discipline andinstitution capstone courses may take the form of group projects, senior seminars, research, orany other activity that successfully integrates and synthesizes what students have learned throughthe academic program

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technology Curriculum

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jorge Alvarado, Texas A&M University; Angie Hill Price; Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

. Page 13.375.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Design, Build and Test: An Approach for a Capstone Design Course in Engineering TechnologyAbstractUndergraduate engineering technology students traditionally take a capstone or senior designcourse during their last semester which involves the design of an engineering system that has areal application. Senior design projects usually focus on specific design aspects includingequipment sizing, cost analysis, and material selection; however, many senior design courses donot give students the opportunity to apply hands-on skills or produce a real physical prototype.Furthermore, few engineering technology courses provide the opportunity to approach

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

, and tested results of instruments they have developed specificallyfor their course application13-17. Although this rich repository of information is valuable andeffective for individual uses and situations, missing is an organized system of assessments thatare generalizable and yet focused enough to be valid for multiple programs, disciplines, andfaculty needs. This need led participants of TIDEE to embark on an NSF supported project todevelop a package of transferable assessments for capstone design courses18.TIDEE was formed for the purpose of developing, testing, and disseminating effectiveeducational materials for engineering design education18, and consists of participatinginstitutions across the US. In 2004 it began development of

Conference Session

Service - Learning Projects

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heather Wright, Michigan Technological University; Linda Phillips, Michigan Technological University; James Mihelcic, Michigan Technological University

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Environmental Engineering

Director of the International Senior Design program that allows undergraduates to combine the engineering capstone design course with field construction in a developing country. She is a co-author and illustrator for a book to be published in 2008 titled Field Guide in Engineering for Development Workers: Water Supply, Sanitation Systems, and Indoor Air Quality (American Society for Civil Engineers (ASCE) Press). Ms. Phillips brings over 20 years of project and company management experience to her professional practice-type classes.James Mihelcic, Michigan Technological University Dr. James R. Mihelcic is a Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Michigan Technological

Conference Session

Service - Learning Projects

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Boyle, Rice University; Brent Houchens, Rice University

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Environmental Engineering

determined the effectiveness of the various purification techniques for removingcontaminants ranging from dirt and sediment to chlorine and bacteria. Also, the studentcompared the various techniques based on the rates of production of clean water, operation costs,energy efficiencies and sustainability.IntroductionA senior capstone design project was undertaken in the 2006-2007 academic year to create adevice for use as an educational tool for water quality and purification. Inspiration for theproject came from the fallout after hurricane Katrina. The project eventually lead to thefounding of a long-term water project for education and implementation in developing nations,where potable water is scarce1. Initially, the project built on a collaboration

Conference Session

Undergraduate Space Design and Project Courses

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Kuhlman, West Virginia University; Donald Gray, West Virginia University

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Aerospace

at Purdue University is offered as one section of therequired senior year capstone design course in the Aerospace Engineering curriculum4. Thatcourse is structured such that several local teams are formed, and at least two projectproposals are formally submitted to the RGSFOP program, with the best from among thelocal project plans being selected for submission to RGSFOP. This obviously would be abetter format, but is only feasible with a greater commitment of resources from the offeringdepartment (e.g., what appears to be secure funding for two or more teams per year, and fullcourse load credit for the course instructor). However, at WVU the Aerospace Engineeringsenior capstone design course has always been, and appears likely to remain for

Conference Session

Undergraduate Space Design and Project Courses

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Kuhlman, West Virginia University; G. Michael Palmer, West Virginia University

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Aerospace

organization and course procedures aredescribed, along with a summary of the types of student payloads that have been developedand flown by the student teams to date. Introduction The WVU Balloon Satellites course instructors are both professors in the combinedMechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) Department at West Virginia University. TheWVU MAE Department has a long history of providing high-quality “hands-on” seniordesign projects as options for the required capstone senior design course in the MechanicalEngineering (ME) curriculum (e.g., formerly, the SAE Formula Race Car and Future Truckprojects, and currently the SAE Mini-Baja Car, and Challenge-X, among others). However,there has been much

Conference Session

Design Communications

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Lumsdaine, Michigan Technological University; Monika Lumsdaine, E&M Lumsdaine Solar Consultants, Inc.

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Design in Engineering Education

corporate behavior and president of her own company. She won a national design award for a passive solar house plan from DOE/HUD. She has extensive technical writing experience in solar energy, product quality, and engineering design. She is certified in the administration and interpretation of the Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument (HBDI) and conducts team building workshops in industry, business, and educational institutions. She assisted in the 2007/2008 capstone design course as a technical writer as well as the HBDI practitioner/evaluator for project team formation and monitoring. Contact info: www.InnovationToday.biz

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Schmaltz, Western Kentucky University

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Mechanical Engineering

less Page 13.1107.2expensive than conventional heating was desired. The Agriculture Department hopes toincrease revenue to the school by using a non-conventional source of heat to lengthen thegrowing season, and also to provide a model for local farmers to replicate this heatingsystem.In 2006 – 2007 a team of four ME seniors began the project investigation andaccomplished design, selection and acquisition of major project components during theiryear-long capstone design course sequence. The team performed preliminary tests todetermine leaf pile temperatures and the duration of heating that would be expected.Concurrently, the team gathered historical

Conference Session

SE Curriculum and Course Management

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Clifton, University of Wisconsin-Platteville

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

Page 13.105.10platform. The author is considering redoing the project in fall 2008 and treating the currentproduct as an extensive prototype. The question would again arise of whether or not it should bebuilt upon an existing framework such as Software Process Dashboard.AcknowledgementThe author would like to acknowledge the students in the software engineering capstone projectcourses that worked on the tool: Tim Bauman, Bryan Boyer, Aaron Carlson, Nate Edwards, WillFritz, Kyle Heins, Chris Herrick, Dennis Kalinowski, Gavin Kinsley, Nick Klauer, ScottMessner, Simon Polkowske, Bill Pyne, Dallas Ramsden, Eric Rice, Andy Schaumberg, KyleStangel, Chris Treml, Nate Weiss, and Aaron Westerdale.References[1] Clifton, J (2006), “Software Engineering

Conference Session

Design Communications

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Riddell, Rowan University; Maria Simone, Rowan University; Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Peter Mark Jansson, Rowan University

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Design in Engineering Education

design.IntroductionThe significant changes that accompanied the ABET 2000 document1 reflected theobservation by academia and industry that engineering education needed to change tobetter prepare engineering graduates for the current work environment2,3. One result ofthese changes is that both design and communication have been given increasinglyimportant treatment in undergraduate engineering curriculum. Project-based courseshave been gaining acceptance as a means to introduce design experiences into thecurriculum prior to the senior capstone design course4-6. In some cases, communicationcontent has been integrated into engineering content as well7.Undergraduate students in the College of Engineering at Rowan University take asequence of eight project based

Conference Session

Innovation & Assessment in the delivery of IT/IET

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Akbar Eslami, Elizabeth City State University; Andrew Oxendine, Elizabeth City State University; Chelsey Daniels, Elizabeth City State University

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Engineering Technology

, collecting and analyzing data, and generating a report. However, in this lab project,students had to design the system, integrate and wire the electrical and mechanical components,test, troubleshoot, and analyze the system. The project can be used either in a manufacturinglaboratory or in a Capstone Project for assessing student learning. It is also a useful method tomeasure educational outcomes through an effective assessment program to improve programcurriculum, course content, and instructional delivery.II. MethodologyThe objective of this project was to design and construct a fully automated labeling system foreducational purposes. Several steps were necessary to accomplish the project.Step one: Identify necessary components with appropriate

Conference Session

Experiential and Service Learning

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jim Chamberlain, Clemson University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

conducted at this university have thus farfocused on students leaving engineering rather than students staying. A finely-focusedsurvey given to participants both before involvement and after involvement with theproject is suggested as a research tool of real value.ConclusionMany institutions offer design courses (such as “capstone”) to students as upper-levelundergraduates. However, the excitement of being part of a real engineering project thatincludes requirements for sustainability, a cost estimate, and a real world application, andthat will (usually) be built or implemented is one that bears repeating outside theclassroom setting. The multidisciplinary IPD adventure is one that gives the student anactual engineering experience while engaging

Conference Session

Alternative Energy Source Projects

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Somerton, Michigan State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

AC 2008-1054: AN OCEAN ENERGY PROJECT: THE OSCILLATING WATERCOLUMNCraig Somerton, Michigan State University CRAIG W. SOMERTON Craig W. Somerton is an Associate Professor and Associate Chair of the Undergraduate Program for Mechanical Engineering at Michigan State University. He teaches in the area of thermal engineering including thermodynamics, heat transfer, and thermal design. He also teaches the capstone design course for the department. Dr. Somerton has research interests in computer design of thermal systems, transport phenomena in porous media, and application of continuous quality improvement principles to engineering education. He received his B.S. in 1976, his M.S. in 1979

Conference Session

FPD6 - First Year Curricula Development

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gregory Wight, Norwich University; R. Danner Friend, Norwich University; Jacques Beneat, Norwich University; William Barry, Norwich University

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First-Year Programs

semester includes hands-on work in the fluids laboratory. Students will measure the height of water above a weir and the amount of water flowing over it. They will then use MATLAB to show the relationship between the two and determine the appropriate weir coefficients.8. The final project of the second semester, which will serve as a capstone for the two-course sequence, involves the design of a water system for a medium-sized town. The design will include economic, environmental, and societal considerations as well as technical aspects of the design such as the size of reservoirs and pipes and the locations and capacities of pumps. Each team will be required to design, test, and debug a small scale model of the water system based

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary and Capstone Experiences in Manufacturing Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Ejiwale, Jackson State University

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Manufacturing

arenas,as shown by feedback from various internship sponsors. Similarly, topics in nanoscale scienceand other cutting edge research are presented in a weekly seminar series and each semester theseminar features a number of presentations by outside speakers, and a forum where studentspresent their research projects. Through this media, students from the Department of Technologytaking ITMF 420 are required to participate in the lectures and seminars series to enhance thehands-on application of the AFM and STM tools as a partial fulfillment of the course.Utilization of the core laboratories and facilities at JSUThe core laboratories and facilities at JSU provide researchers with adequate resources such asequipment, technologies, and support

Conference Session

Design: Content and Context

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Melnyk, United States Military Academy; Daisie Boettner, United States Military Academy

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Educational Research and Methods

, faculty can encounter difficulty ensuring individualgrades reflect the quantity and value of individual work and not just the collective grade of thegroup. This paper outlines the various steps the mechanical engineering faculty took to provide amore standardized, objective, fair grading process in the capstone course. These steps includeuse of a non-numeric rubric for grading briefings, graded peer reviews, a more objective rubricfor grading written documents, and the use of course directors to standardize the grading process.Introduction The mechanical engineering curriculum at the United States Military Academy (USMA)includes a capstone design project as a culminating experience that draws on fundamentalengineering concepts students have

Conference Session

Projects & Laboratories in Mechanical ET

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jorge Rodriguez, Western Michigan University; Pavel Ikonomov, Western Michigan University; Luis Rodriguez, University of Wisconsin - Waukesha; Alamgir Choudhury, Western Michigan University

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Engineering Technology

currently beingutilized in the automotive industry is required. Page 13.831.2The implemented tool has been tested with brake hoses. The use of three-dimensional cubicsplines in combination with discrete flexible links has resulted in an adequate solidrepresentation of the flexible elements. As with all software-based engineering tools, it isrequired to have validation of the implementation. In order to do so with the proposed CAD-based tool it was necessary to apply Reverse Engineering (RE) techniques. Towards this end, asa Capstone Design Project in our Engineering Design Technology program, a testing fixture tohave wheel/suspension components was

Conference Session

Projects & Laboratories in Mechanical ET

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Edwards, Pennsylvania State University-Erie

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Engineering Technology

students to think about the principles involvedrather than just record and analyze data.This device was designed and built by one Mechanical Engineering Technology student duringone semester as a senior project. There are many well recognized benefits for a studentparticipating in this type of project. First, the project exposes the student to the difficultiesinvolved in defining real world problems and in meeting important deadlines. At Penn State Page 13.49.9Behrend, the capstone experience requires the student to formally define the scope andlimitations of the project and to provide a Gnatt chart showing the project schedule. Studentsmust

Conference Session

Mechanics Education Programs and Projects

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cliff Lissenden, Pennsylvania State University; Nicholas Salamon, Pennsylvania State University; Andrew Miller, Pennsylvania State University

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Mechanics

mustpractice divergent thinking to explore the entire design space, which is an immensely importantskill for developing creative and effective solutions. Learning design via a team-based designproject promotes cognitive skills, social skills, management skills, and positive personal traits.Design and development of an open ended design project is discussed. The team-based projectprogresses over approximately ten weeks in an elementary strength of materials course. Thisprovides a significant design experience for engineering students that helps bridge the gapbetween the first-year engineering design course and the capstone design project that engineeringstudents typically do in their senior year. The project requires student teams to: work together

Conference Session

Alternative Energy Source Projects

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Henderson, Arizona State University; Bradley Rogers, Arizona State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

AC 2008-1306: THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ECONOMIC MODEL FORBIODIESEL PRODUCTION IN GHANAMark Henderson, Arizona State UniversityBradley Rogers, Arizona State University Page 13.1216.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 The Development of an Economic Model for Biodiesel Production in GhanaAbstractIn this paper, the results of a project in which an interdisciplinary team of honors studentstravelled to Ghana in West Africa for the purpose of developing an economic model of biodieselproduction from energy crops in this region is described. The students included majors inengineering, business and finance, economics, and global studies

Conference Session

Mechanics Education Programs and Projects

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sridhar Condoor, Saint Louis University, Parks College of Eng.; Sanjay Jayaram, Saint Louis University, Parks College of Eng.; Lawrence Boyer, Saint Louis University

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Mechanics

in a state of rest or uniform motion, is afundamental course. The concepts in statics serve as the building blocks for future courses inengineering, mechanics of solids in particular. However, from our experience in teaching follow-on courses to statics, mechanics of solids, machine design, aircraft structures, aerospace andmechanical engineering capstone design courses, and finite element analysis, we found twofundamental disconnects present in some of the most popular statics textbooks: • Emphasis, perhaps overemphasis, of the role of vectors in analyzing structures. This may be attributed to a strong influence of physics in the texts. Then, the text-books in mechanics of solids do not even mention the vector concepts