Paper ID #36738Capstone Project: CPU Design with MultiplexerProf. Yumin Zhang, Southeast Missouri State University Yumin Zhang is a professor in the Department of Engineering and Technology, Southeast Missouri State University. His research interests include semiconductor devices, electronic circuits, neural networks, and engineering education. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Capstone Project: CPU Design with Multiplexer Anthony F. Di Mauro, Michael C. Hawkins, Bradley K. Lindsey, Yumin Zhang Department of Engineering and
in manufacturing from Manchester Community College - NH, BSMET and MSME degrees from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell, and a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of NH. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 VEX College Level Robotic Competition Senior Capstone ProjectAbstractThe Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) requires inclusion of acapstone project to baccalaureate engineering technology programs. Capstone project coursesintegrate technical and non-technical skills from coursework with project management skills. Acapstone project requires the solution of open-ended engineering problems with
McMaster University.Dr. Stephen Andrew Wilkerson, P.E., York College of Pennsylvania Stephen Wilkerson (swilkerson@ycp.edu) received his PhD from Johns Hopkins University in 1990 in Mechanical Engineering. His Thesis and initial work was on underwater explosion bubble dynamics and ship and submarine whipping. After graduation he took a ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 An Interdisciplinary Myoelectric Prosthetic Hand Capstone ProjectAbstractInterdisciplinary capstone projects have been used in engineering education to provide studentsan opportunity to collaborate on a project with students from other disciplines that are differentfrom their
Paper ID #37716Implementation of Sustainability Concept in Capstone ProjectsDr. Asif Ahmed, State University of New York, Polytechnic Institute ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023Implementation of Sustainability Concept in Capstone ProjectsAbstractCapstone or senior design is a mandatory course during the senior year of any undergraduateengineering discipline. The students apply their cumulative knowledge gathered over the othertechnical courses taken during the study. While the capstone projects are designed to check thestudents’ overall scientific understanding of the subject matter, often the sustainabilitycomponent
Paper ID #36841Student Peer Lecture in Capstone Design ProjectDr. Xiaobin Le, Wentworth Institute of Technology Professor, Ph.D, PE., Department of Mechanical Engineering and Technology, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA 02115, Phone: 617-989-4223, Email: Lex@wit.edu, Specialization in Computer Aided Design, Mechanical Design, Finite Element Analysis, F ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 STUDENT PEER LECTURES IN CAPSTONE DESIGN PROJECTS Xaiobin Le Wentworth Institute of Technology1. INTRODUCTIONThe
-course sequences that constitute the capstone designexperience. In the first course, student teams learn about the formal engineering design processand project management then develop a detailed proposal for a project to be implemented in thefollowing semester. Over the years, students from both electrical engineering and electricalengineering technology have worked in teams to complete their capstone projects. Whileelectrical engineering students may have a strong theoretical background, electrical engineeringtechnology students have strong hands-on experience, an important skill for building andtroubleshooting electronic systems. This paper provides details about our approach incoordinating the activities in the two-course capstone design
. Christopher P. Pung P.E., Grand Valley State University Dr. Pung has interests in experiential learning, design processes and student teams. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Evaluating ABET Student Outcome (3) in a Multidisciplinary Capstone Project SequenceAbstractIn 2017, ABET published a revised list of student outcomes detailed under ABET GeneralCriterion 3, which replaced outcomes (a) through (k) with outcomes (1) through (7). The revisedstudent outcomes place greater emphasis on measuring students’ ability to consider a wide rangeof factors in engineering situations and to be able to communicate and work with a wider range ofstakeholders. Outcome (3) is
Paper ID #38629Evolving Engineering Technology Capstone Projects to Bring StudentsCloser to IndustryProf. Susan Scachitti, Purdue University Northwest Susan Scachitti is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Engineering Management, Systems and Technology at the University of Dayton and Professor Emeritus of Industrial Engineering Technology at Purdue University Northwest. Professor Scachitti consults and teaches in traditional areas of Industrial Engineering which include Total Quality techniques and organizational change.Prof. James B. Higley P.E., Purdue University Northwest JAMES B. HIGLEY, P.E. holds the rank of
assist the research on this aspect, a mosquito breedingenvironment testing instrumentation was created by a capstone project team. The capstoneproject was started in Spring 2022 and concluded in Fall 2022. Five undergraduate engineeringtechnology students have conducted this capstone project, and an engineering faculty memberadvised this capstone project. This prototype of a mosquito breeding environment testinginstrumentation has a testing chamber that can contain tires partially filled with water inside, anda sliding light source to emulate the light condition variations. The testing instrumentation hassensors to obtain data such as ambient temperature, humidity, CO2, and light intensity. Inaddition, the testing instrumentation can measure
with Pitt’s core compe- tencies of research and education, Sanchez has built up Pitt Hydroponics in Homewood, founded Con- stellation Energy Inventor labs for K-12 students, and re-created the Mascaro Center’s Teach the Teacher sustainability program for science educators in the region. As a teacher he designed and created the Sustainability capstone course which has annually partnered with community stakeholders to address sustainability challenges at all scales. Past projects have in- cluded evaluating composting stations in Wilkinsburg, studying infrastructure resilience in Homewood, enabling community solar in PA, improving energy efficiency in McCandless Township, and improving
conferences worldwide. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Redesigning Senior Capstone Sequence with Multidisciplinary, Industry-Sponsored ProjectsAbstractCapstone projects performed by engineering senior students in the last year of their studies are aconstituent of the undergraduate curriculums and have a significant role in students’ futurecareers. Currently, some, if not most, of these projects across the country are proposed bystudents and approved by program faculty members. As a result, the projects may not fulfill therequirements published by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) forthe engineering technology baccalaureate-level programs
Paper ID #38740Service Learning Capstone Projects to Enhance Civil Engineering EducationDr. Xi Wang, Drexel University Xi Wang is an Assistant Teaching Professor in Construction Management program at Drexel University. She received her Ph.D. and M.Eng both in Civil Engineering from the University of Kentucky and Auburn University. Her research interests include technology adoption in building trades, learning motivation, and engineering student success.Dr. Hans M. Tritico, University of Mount UnionKathleen M. ShortVahraz Honary ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023Service Learning
Paper ID #39686Evaluating Student Project Choice, Course Satisfaction, and Performancebetween Community Service, Internal Projects, and Industry-SponsoredProjects in a Multidisciplinary Industry-Sponsored Capstone ProgramEdward Latorre, University of Florida Dr. Edward Latorre-Navarro is the Director of the Integrated Product and Process Design (IPPD) program within the Department of Engineering Education at the University of Florida. He joined UF from his pre- vious role as Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo. As an educator, he is interested in improving the academic experience
. Someinstitutions (20%) have design courses throughout the curriculum in addition to the capstonedesign sequence, but more programs (40%) have design projects within non-design coursesthroughout the curriculum. The course or courses in the capstone design sequence are primarilyoffered only once a year (78%) with a slight edge to the spring semester/winter quarter (80%)over the fall semester/quarter (72%). Most institutions (78%) include instruction in software orprogramming as part of the course(s). The culminating design project is most often a theoreticaldesign (68%) as opposed to one based on experiments (3%) or resulting in a prototype (7%), andmost institutions do not use the AIChE Design Competition problems (70%). Professional skillsare mainly
Paper ID #38658Assessment of a Distributed Implementation of the EntrepreneurialMindset in an Experimental Projects CapstoneDr. Brian D. Ritchie, The Ohio State University Dr. Ritchie is an Assistant Professor of Practice in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engi- neering at The Ohio State University. He teaches a variety of courses in thermal and fluid sciences in addition to the introductory course and an experimental projects capstone sequence. He completed this work as part of his Engineering Unleashed Fellowship. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Assessment of
this reason, an amphibious water sampling rover was created by a capstoneproject team. This capstone project team was formed with five undergraduate engineeringtechnology students. This project was started in the Spring semester of 2022 and concluded inthe Fall semester of 2022. This project generated a rover, and the rover can navigate both on landand on water. And it can perform the water sample collection task. The rover can be controlledover a remote PC, and it can collect water temperature data, and the data can be sent remotelyover the internet. For wireless communication, a sub-GHz LoRa module is used. The rover canalso communicate over WiFi. A GUI (Graphical user interface) program was developed tocollect data from the rover and to
engaged in several teaching and research activities, largely focused on furthering the Space Systems Engineering Program at ODU. He has engaged in research collaboration with National Aeronautics and Space Administration as a Science Collaborator and a Principal Investigator and has been awarded grants by the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and National Science Foundation, among others. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Exploring Additive Manufacturing in a Space Environment - A Capstone Design Project ExperienceAbstractThis paper discusses the experiential learning from engaging in a capstone design project
EngineeringCapstone Design Project Dr. Alexis Ortiz-Rosario1 1Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus OH, USA AbstractThe traditional idea of capstone teams is assigning a project to a group of students which willbe tackled throughout an academic term. The team can comprise students from a single majoror multi-disciplinary (e.g., multiple majors). The project can span one or two semesters; in someexceptions, new teams are tasked with further project phases for the following years [1]. Thiswork aims to present a novel approach to structuring capstone teams. By deconstructing asingle project into multi-deliverable components (e.g., heart rate
theanalysis of 10 semi-structured interviews obtained from five senior systems engineering studentsin the capstone project at the lead author’s institution. First, our research indicates theinterdependence among cognitive processes, discursive identity, and the students’ work context.Second, our research explores the interdependence among the various judgments students mustmake in order to construct the knowledge constituting their senior projects. These judgments areclassified within three broad themes—assumptions and model building judgments, rhetorical anddiscursive judgments, and framing and positioning judgments. Our thematic map illustrates therole of social practice in the creation and re-creation of engineering knowledge. Our thematicmaps
Paper ID #37580Relationship between Motivation and Effective Communication inEngineering Capstone Projects Design ClinicsMrs. Nourhan E. Elatky, Rowan University Nourhan El-Atky is a Graduate Assistant in Experimental Engineering Education at Rowan University. She received her BS from The Arab Academy Of Science And Technology in 2018 in Egypt. She is working on her Ph.D. in Engineering Education and MS in Mechanical Engineering at Rowan University.Dr. Juan M. Cruz, Rowan University Juan M. Cruz is an assistant professor in the Experiential Engineering Education Department at Rowan University. He has a B.S. in Electronic
free vibration demonstration, the parametersof the device should be adjustable in vibration demonstration with the moving base.The author worked with his department to create a design project for a senior design team. Theauthor’s engineering school has been operating a well-established capstone design program forsenior students in engineering departments. We used the design education program as a vehicleto implement the educational apparatus. In the one-year course, the author played the role ofclient, and the student team carried out the design task with the allowed budget $2,000. Forpractical use of the device for the vibration course, the device should be deliverable on a cart byone person.III. Design details1. Type of motionMost theoretic
Paper ID #36853Board 323: Integrating Servingness in a Mini-Capstone Project: Resilientand Sustainable Emergency Housing DesignDr. Carla Lopez Del Puerto, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Dr. Carla Lopez del Puerto is a professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez (UPRM).Prof. Humberto Eduardo Cavallin, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Experienced Faculty with a demonstrated history of working in the higher education industry. Strong education professional with a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) focused in Design Theory and Methods in Architecture from University of
engineering at the University of San Diego. He is passionate about creating engaging experiences for his students. His work is primarily focused on two ar ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Work in Progress: Iterating Eco-Social Justice Learning Experiences Through Community-Partnered Capstone Design ProjectsAbstractCapstone design is a critical culminating experience in the academic trajectory of allundergraduate engineering students. At the University of San Diego, each year a handful ofengineering capstone design teams out of the several dozen across the college work oncommunity-partnered projects. The projects are seeded and nurtured by efforts from a formalizeduniversity initiative, the
Paper ID #37390Design of a Unique Industry-Oriented Project-Based Capstone Course forEngineering Technical ManagersDr. Wei Lu, Texas A&M University Dr. Wei Lu is the Assistant Director of Curriculum in the Department of Engineering Technology & Industrial Distribution at Texas A&M University. Her research focuses on Higher Education, instruc- tional design, community engagement & service-learning, eLearning & distance learning technology, K-12 (STEM) Education, Communications, Marketing, and Social Economics. She has been involved in several projects that collaborate with non-profit organizations like
Paper ID #39685Evaluating Student Project Ranking in an Industry-SponsoredMultidisciplinary Capstone Program to Improve Student Placement andProject ProposalsEdward Latorre, University of Florida Dr. Edward Latorre-Navarro is the Director of the Integrated Product and Process Design (IPPD) program within the Department of Engineering Education at the University of Florida. He joined UF from his pre- vious role as Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo. As an educator, he is interested in improving the academic experience based on student engagement with educa- tional goals
quantitative requirements, identification of opportunities, performing analysis andsynthesis, generating multiple solutions, evaluating solutions against requirements, consideringrisks and making trade-offs for the purpose of obtaining a high-quality solution under the givencircumstances. [1] Therefore, engineering design is an important aspect of today’s engineeringcurriculum.For a majority of institutions of higher education, the engineering design courses start early inthe academic career and are meant to encourage first year students’ interest in engineering withfun, hands-on projects that require minimal foundational knowledge. Later in the undergraduatecurriculum, senior capstone engineering design courses are meant to give graduating
original.Machine Shop TrainingTo complete their manufacturing projects, students will need to be trained on the rules ofworking in a machine shop, general safety precautions, and how to use tools important to theunderstanding of machining including band saws, files, taps, drill presses, calipers, and vices.Familiarity with the machine shop should be a prerequisite before lessons on manufacturabilitycan happen because, too frequently, students enter their senior capstone project clueless when itcomes to recognizing even many basic fabrication tools. Additionally, expectations for safebehavior, PPE, and supervision should be instilled early to maintain the integrity of working in aroom full of hazards that could potentially maim or injure. Small group
Paper ID #37731Matilda: A Machine Learning Software Application to Virtually Assistwith Skincare for Visually Acute and Impaired—A Capstone Design ProjectMiss Yu Tong (Rayni) Li, University of Toronto, Canada We are a team of four computer engineering students, supervised by Professor Hamid Timorabadi, com- pleting an undergraduate capstone project. The team comprises of Abby Cheung, Carmen Hsieh, Jenny Li, and Rayni Li.Miss Abby Cheung, University of Toronto, Canada Undergrad student.Yongjie LiCarmen HsiehDr. Hamid S. Timorabadi, P.E., University of Toronto, Canada Hamid Timorabadi received his B.Sc, M.A.Sc, and Ph.D
Paper ID #39941Student-centered design: A capstone design project of a batch vacuumevaporator for food science students by a multidisciplinary team ofengineering seniorsDr. Philip Jackson, University of Florida Dr. Philip B. Jackson earned B.S. degrees in Aerospace Engineering and Mechanical Engineering as well as an M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, all from the University of Florida. He is currently faculty in the Department of Engineering Education at the University of Florida where he leads the Game-Based Learning and Digital Experiences Laboratory (GLaDE)Emily Hope FordAllison Kathleen PorrasAndrew John MacIntosh
condition surveys for various mechanical and electrical and systems. He has conducted several projects to reduce carbon dioxide and other building emission impacts by evaluating and improving the energy practices through the integration of sustainable systems with existing systems. His current research focuses on engaging and educating students in sustainable and green buildings’ design and energy conservation. He is currently investigating various ways to reduce energy consumption in office buildings. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Using Capstone PBL to Demonstrate Achievement of ABET OutcomesAbstractInteractive learning has been proven to increase students’ retention