curriculum in earthquake engineering and spatial visualization. In 2016 Lelli co-founded eGrove Education, Inc. an educational software company focused on teaching sketching and spatial visualization skills.Nathan Delson (Professor) Nathan Delson is a Teaching Professor at the University of California at San Diego. His research interests include robotics, biomedical devices, and engineering education. He teaches introductory design, mechanics, mechatronics, capstone design, medical devices, and product design & entrepreneurship. His interests in design education includes increasing student motivation, teamwork, hands-on projects, and integration of theory into design projects. In 1999 he co- founded Coactive Drive
Paper ID #36866Enhancing Engineering Students’ Innovation Self-Efficacythrough Design of K-12 STEM ProjectsAzadeh Bolhari (Associate Teaching Professor) Dr. Bolhari is a professor of environmental engineering in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering (CEAE) at the University of Colorado Boulder. Her teaching focuses on fate and transport of contaminants, capstone design and aqueous chemistry. Dr. Bolhari is passionate about broadening participation in engineering through community-based participatory action research. Her research interests explore the boundaries of engineering and social
Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and a member of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), and the Project Management Institute (PMI).Marisha RawlinsWayne Bynoe (Assistant Professor)James R Mccusker (Associate Professor) © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.comQuantifying Compliance of Computer Engineering Curricula with IEEE and ACM GuidelinesAbstractThis paper presents a methodology, applied via a novel framework, that quantifies the degree towhich computer engineering curricula meet the most current guidelines prescribed by the IEEEand ACM. By using our framework, engineering educators can identify
outcomes of REU programs. The goal of this project is toestablish a closed-loop evaluation structure for identifying significant factors topromote undergraduate students in the engineering career path, and integrating theexperiences learned from the previous REU program into an ongoing REUprogram.Methods: We executed a survey for 26 former REU trainees who were trained 10years ago. Questions in the survey for former REU trainees include when and wherethey earned their highest academic degree, GPA at graduation, a career path inacademic or industrial sectors, careers in STEM or not, regions of current locations,trainees-advisor interactions using email/social media, and REU trainees’ follow-up evaluation of the REU site. Among all 26 former REU
the professional academic advisors. The white paper isnot the only means to perform this work of advising translation to the faculty. However, it servesas an example. For that reason, the remainder of this paper discusses three key considerations thatwent into choosing and developing this project that can be utilized by other similar departments.The first part of this paper provides a brief background to the history of academic advising andhow it has changed over the last two hundred years. This background concludes with researchdetailing the shift from the faculty advising model to the professional advising model and the needto facilitate communication between these two department stakeholders. The second part describesthe two research
more substantial engagements, such as in the aforementioned Economicscourse, would be most beneficial to students. Such “checkpoints” could be structured as guestlectures and/or course modules that focus on specific communication competencies that fit intothe structures and lesson plans of existing engineering courses. For example, courses that useteamwork could import teamwork specific modules Dr. Olukemi Akintewe is the Director of theFoundations of Engineering Lab course, which is required for all first-year engineering students.Drs. Akintewe and Burchfield collaborated to investigate how students might be impacted by ashort, targeted lecture on intercultural communication and teamwork prior to being assigned totheir course project teams
implementedthe survey in a first-year and in senior courses for the purpose of validating items using factoranalysis. Following this, we conducted analysis of survey and interview data restricted to thefirst-year course, including epistemic beliefs and analysis of students’ agency.Through exploratory factor analysis, we found that factors did not converge around constructs asdescribed in the literature. Rather, factors formed around the forms of information leveraged todevelop requirements. Through qualitative analysis of students’ responses on the survey and tointerviews, we evaluated the extent to which students expressed agency over their use ofrequirements to make decisions within a course project. We describe implications of thisexploratory study
project that helped to prepare them for a capstone senior design project. This projectwill be improved, repeated, and expanded with future groups of students.Introduction Since long before the first airplanes were built, the wind tunnel has been used to describeaerodynamic principles. The first known wind tunnel was built by Francis Wenham in 1871. Inthe subsequent years the number of wind tunnels and the facilities that housed them slowly andsteadily increased until the Wright brothers’ historic flight in 1903. The number of wind tunnelsin use took off, as it were, as their value in aerodynamic research became apparent according toAnderson [1]. Simply put, the wind tunnel is a tool used by engineers to study air flow. The original designof
. These projects can therefore address the new ABET student outcomes that are placingmore emphasis on including global, social, and cultural issues into system design considerationsas well as in teaching students professional and ethical responsibilities [11].Villanova University has been supporting students for over two decades on internationaldevelopment capstone student design projects. The model that has been used is one wherestudents work with international development partners in developing countries serving astechnical support for the international partner. One particularly close partner with whomVillanova University has collaborated is Catholic Relief Services (CRS). Projects in variouscountries have been conducted in partnership with CRS
involving global markets for medical devices [12].The study used pre-and post-surveys to track the changes self-reported by students. Resultsshowed that the module increased various EML skills tested in the study, such as investigatingthe market and building partnerships [12]. A study at the University of California, Irvine,modified a senior capstone course to stress professional skill and entrepreneurship development[15]. Researchers witnessed improvements in student confidence, with 39% of students havingprovincial patents for their projects, highlighting the efficiency of the course in entrepreneurshipand innovation. These studies have shown the dramatic impact of introducing entrepreneurial-minded learning modules in the classroom.Although
courses within an Interdisciplinary Innovation Minor, and is leading the new Interdisciplinary Senior Design Capstone course within the College of Engineering. David maintains an active undergraduate research group. His research interests focus on teamwork and interdisciplinary curricula. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.comStudent Perception of Virtual Collaboration Environments on Teaming Success in an Online Project-Based First-Year Engineering Design CourseIntroductionTeaming is an essential outcome in the accreditation process for undergraduate engineeringprograms. Among other requirements, institutions must provide
of retentionand persistence among students in the College of Engineering, especially for minority studentsand those underrepresented in engineering fields. Emphasis has been placed on courses taken bystudents early in the engineering curricula. In particular the first-year introductory engineeringcourses taught within three departments have been augmented to include an engaging, team-based, hands-on engineering design project.Collaborative design projects are already included in the curriculum of engineering programs atmany US universities. However, most often these take the form of a capstone project to beconducted by upper level (senior) students as they prepare to complete their undergraduatestudies. The inclusion of an engineering design
Paper ID #37119Within-team Task Choices: Comparison of Team-basedDesign Project Engagement in Online and Face-to-faceInstructionMarcia Gail Headley (Data Scientist) Dr. Headley is a Data Scientist at the Center for Research in Education and Social Policy (CRESP) at the University of Delaware. She specializes in the development of mixed methods research designs and strategies for integrating quantitative and qualitative research approaches. Her work has been published in the Journal of Mixed Method Research. In her current role, she uses her methodological expertise to support a variety of CRESP projects. Dr
the statement that the expectations for the individual tasks wereclear. The open-ended nature of the design task is bound to create some frustration for the students,and this is actually something they need to become comfortable with as they prepare for their upper-division design classes (e.g., capstone design) and professional careers. Student feedback to open-ended questions about the project, presented in the next section, helped to determine whether theseresponses were accompanied by significant negative perceptions about the project.Table 6. Students rated how much they agreed with the statements, several of which were about the use of EM skills and severalof which were about the project itself.Qualitative Project AssessmentThe project
) Nathan Delson is a Teaching Professor at the University of California at San Diego. His research interests include robotics, biomedical devices, and engineering education. He teaches introductory design, mechanics, mechatronics, capstone design, medical devices, and product design & entrepreneurship. His interests in design education includes increasing student motivation, teamwork, hands-on projects, and integration of theory into design projects. In 1999 he co- founded Coactive Drive Corporation (currently General Vibration), a company that provides haptic solutions. In 2016 Nate co-founded eGrove Education, Inc. an educational software company focused on teaching sketching and spatial visualization skills
) students/lab students/bench Fall 2020 (COVID) 8-12 3 - 50-minute 12 physically 1 student per students/lab labs + 10 min spaced benches bench sanitizationTable 1: ECE Capstone Physical distancing occupancy changes to meet COVID restrictions 2) Modify types of projectsSenior electrical engineers and computer engineers within the Department of Electrical andComputer Engineering are required to complete a two-semester capstone sequence. Capstone isteam-based design on the same project for both semesters. To accommodate the skills of bothelectrical and computer engineers, traditionally, 10-20% of capstone
science and engineering students. High-impact practices reportedon include Capstone Courses, Collaborative Projects, First-Year Experiences, Internships,Undergraduate Research, and Writing Intensive Courses.IntroductionTo address the national need to increase substantially the number of American scientists andengineers, the National Science Foundation (NSF) established the Scholarships in STEM(S-STEM) program in accordance with the American Competitiveness and WorkforceImprovement Act of 1998 [1]. S-STEM programs award scholarships to academically talentedstudents who demonstrate financial need. S-STEM programs are designed to increase the numberand diversity of students entering science and engineering programs as well as to retain morestudents
dealing with, are provided. In particular, the paper looks atinstruction for typical ECE Problem-Based-Learning course such as Capstone Design course, anda highly mathematical Systems and Systems Analysis course in ET. Meaningful recommendationsas to how to avoid some of the pitfalls encountered and how to make the course more accessibleand meaningful for the students will be presented.Index Terms – Problem-Based-Learning, Senior Capstone Design Project, Electrical andComputer Engineering (ECE), Engineering Technology (ET), Virtual Learning, Accessibility.I. IntroductionEngineering and Engineering Technology programs are generally considered as some of the moredifficult disciplines to master because of the complex concepts and practical skills
Thermal Scan that wasdeveloped as part of a Senior Capstone Design Projects course at Kennesaw State University(KSU).The design of the Automated Door System with Thermal Scan was tested to verify thefunctionality of the design, and most of the objectives for the design project were met. However,this is an ongoing project and recommendations for further research and development work willbe documented. Some specific recommendations for future work include more rigorous testing indifferent outdoor environments, designing a housing unit to house the components to create amore controlled environment for the system, and testing the performance at different distanceswith the thermal scanner.Background The project was undertaken to fulfill the
of IoT kits. The instructors work on developing IoT relatedcourse material appropriate for the targeted courses to assist students with the IoT concepts,devices, applications and implementation. Finally, student learning is assessed through surveysand student performance. Student learning is improved from lessons learned by fine tuning theprocess as well as teaching material, delivery, and other methods based on feedback and otherobjective methods.Student RecruitmentThree categories of courses are targeted for remote engaged student learning through IoT at thetwo HSIs. The first category of courses includes senior capstone design project courses, whichare a sequence of two courses which incorporate PBL in collaborative team projects in the
documenting our experience integrating a series ofactivities into existing bioengineering courses.We first considered how to effectively integrate this topic into capstone given constraints such astime, other curriculum requirements, and student expectations for a focus on their own projects.We chose an approach that involved an introductory lecture on disability, accessibility, and UDfrom a local expert, follow-up individual reflection, and a team-based assignment that requiredstudents to apply UD concepts to their capstone projects. Based on the success and feedbackfrom seniors regarding the module, we next added a UD module to an Introduction toBioengineering Problem Solving course. Our multi-faceted approach included an overviewlesson, student
based on their Acquiring computing and data science skills isfindings in the United States. Similarly, it has been essential for innovation and competitiveness thatpredicted [4] that in many states, mathematical and enables many underserved students to navigate successful STEM career pathways. Recent studies [9,10] found that students’ exposure to advanced CS research can be part of their senior capstone project ortechniques, such as machine learning (ML) as new thesis required for graduation supervised by both CSresearch tools for a variety of majors, can potentially and non-CS faculty. To implement effective SUREengage them in computing and
Dynamic Systems X Thermodynamics 2 X Heat Transfer X Machine Design X Mechatronics X Design Capstone XCourses are fairly evenly split between single solution projects and design projects. Somecourses, such as Heat Transfer course, had multiple options for the project that could be done buthad a set list of problems to work out. Single solution problems for these courses may looksimilar to the assignment shown below in Figure 5 for Solid Mechanics course
enhancesthe ECE material with more experience in prototyping. The inclusion of hands-on projects andthe utilization of maker-like spaces have been shown to increase student engagement andimprove retention. The one course in the ECE curriculum that previously had Makerspaceactivities embedded in is the Introduction to Engineering course, a college-wide course studentstake in their first year. Students in their senior capstone course have been using the Makerspacefor prototyping in the past few semesters. Coincidentally, most of the capstone students who usethe Makerspace prototyping tools are multidisciplinary teams, including mechanical engineeringstudents. By including the makerspace module in the SoC course, ECE now has a course thatallows students
Mechanisms and Robotics course. The nextsection describes a fifth project used to introduce automation from a robotics perspective.Robotics – Design and Construction of a 2 Degree-of-Freedom Planar ManipulatorThe fifth project is a “capstone project” for the course. The last four weeks of the semester-longcourse introduce robotics, with a focus on the position analysis of both serial and parallel robots.In the fifth project, students create a two degree-of-freedom planar manipulator - a five-barmechanism with a tracer point. The planar manipulator is a simple parallel robot that introducesstudents to stepper motors and the control of multiple degree-of-freedom systems.The fifth project has several parts. The first is a CAD design and simulation. The
sustainable infrastructure ratingsystems into architectural design studios, capstone engineering, and sustainability constructioncourses.Keywords: Sustainability Professional, Sustainable infrastructure, Equitable infrastructure,Engineering education.Introduction and BackgroundInfrastructure projects play a critical role in the built environment providing the basis forpersonal security and public health, influencing the economic growth and competitiveness ofcommunities, providing drinking water and waste removal, and, most importantly, allowingbuilding and industrial projects to connect with all main utilities. Realizing the importance ofinfrastructures, on August 10, the U.S. Senate passed a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill[1]. The bill
Paper ID #37759Design and Fabrication of an Accelerated CorrosionChamber for Naval ApplicationsNathan M. Kathir (Associate Professor and Director of Senior Projects) Nathan M. Kathir, Ph.D., P.E.(CO), F.ASCE Director of Senior Design (Capstone), Dept of Mechanical Eng., George Mason Univ. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.comDesign and Fabrication of an Accelerated Corrosion Chamber for Naval applicationsAbstractAn improvement in capability to better manage and reduce degradation of materials in theDepartment of Navy (DON)’s
) · Describe role of ethics in students’ capstone capstone design project design report 2.2 CE Codes and Regulations Course at Rose-HulmanAt Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, the CE Codes and Regulations course was initiallyincluded in the undergraduate curriculum to complement technical courses by teaching codeawareness and execution. Historically, students were introduced to major building codes, theAmericans with Disabilities Act, zoning regulations, construction techniques, indoor air qualityand moisture problems, environmental regulations, wind loading, seismic design category, firerating, and site development including feasibility and environmental site
students to analyze the instructor’s lab data, this did not provide thestudents with hands-on practical lab skills and experience with the associated equipment. Wedecided to develop a lab kit that students can borrow to work on lab-based assignments off campusto address this issue.Raspberry Pi and IoT AssignmentsA basic IoT learning kit that uses a Raspberry Pi board (or similar basic processor board) alongwith a collection of sensors will be utilized for IoT-based applications and projects as part of thesenior design capstone courses in computer science and electrical engineering at Texas A&MUniversity-Kingsville. The initial offering of these assignments will be in two senior designcourses with a total enrollment of about 30-40 students
active learning exercises such as machine dissections [7] and mini-projects [3,6], aswell as semester-long team-based design projects that culminate in a “paper design” or physicalprototype [2,8,9].Substantive, open-ended design projects are frequently used in middle years Machine Designcourses [2,8,9], and there is an entire body of educational research to support and guide thispractice. First, middle years design experiences are an opportunity to orient students towardsmore technically and logistically complex project scopes that serve real-world clients. Theseexperiences are preparation for not only senior capstone, which frequently involves interactingwith external sponsors or end-users [10], but also professional practice. Second, team