software product is likethat used to specify any other type of software product. However, unlike most software products,games have an entertainment dimension. People play computer games because games are fun[6].The authors believe that the capstone design course should not be the only opportunity forstudents to manage complex software development projects. This suggests the use of othercourses in the curriculum such as a game design course as a means of providing additionalsoftware engineering experiences. This paper describes the authors’ experiences revising andemploying active learning materials to teach software engineering content in a sequence of twogame design courses offered in both face-to-face and asynchronous online modalities during
learn while pursuing anengineering technology degree at Ohio State. Since the previous paper was published, there havebeen major developments in the curriculum, especially with the development of the final-yearcourses. The capstone project is still two-semester long and involves project management andtechnical aspects of manufacturing and industrial automation. Figure 1: Course Framework for the BSET ProgramIV. Program Delivery MethodsThe Engineering Technology program is developed to be administered by the regional campusesbecause of their strong history of supporting the needs of their surrounding communities andcollaboration with co-located community/technical colleges and area manufacturers. It will beoffered at four
to work in groups to complete projects, which fosterscollaboration and teamwork skills. They help to prepare students for their future careers byexposing them to the safety training, tools, equipment, and processes that they will encounter intheir future professional engineering practice.Since 2000, there have been reported research on exploring virtual laboratory in engineering andscience. A virtual engineering laboratory is presented in [3] for hybrid electric vehiclestarter/alternator experimentation. A virtual laboratory environment is developed in [4] for anelectronic circuits course. Using interactive TV and the internet, Gurocak [5] created a newapproach for distance delivery of a Manufacturing Automation laboratory course. Compared
Engineering DesignProgramConstanza Miranda, PhD 1*, Elizabeth Logsdon, PhD 1, Amadea Martino Smith 11 Johns Hopkins University, Biomedical Engineering DepartmentABSTRACTThis is a work in progress. To instruct design abilities in undergraduate engineering students, it iscommon for programs to engage in problem-based learning projects. In addition, project-based instructionis often done with students in teams and these teams have formal or informal leadership structures. In thiscontext, the success of the student project is usually attributed to the mindset of the leader, managementstyles, team dynamics that are cultivated by the leader, as well as a clear team structure and goals. Thisvertically operating leadership model is manifested as an
.[9] J. McManus, P. Costello, “Project-based learning in computer science: a student and researchadvisor's perspective,” Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, 34(3), 38–46, 2019.[10] N. Ismail, N. A. Aziz, C. K. Hong, M. Z. Zainal, Assessing Teamwork Value in Project-Based Learning of Capstone Project Course. Atlantis Press, 2020.https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200921.025[11] C. Cortázar, M. Nussbaum, J. Harcha, D. Alvares, F. López, J. Goñi, V. Cabezas.“Promoting Critical Thinking in an Online, Project-Based Course.” Computers in HumanBehavior 119, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2021.106705[12] K. Kuladinithi, L. Fisser, K. Fuger, D. Stolpmann, Z. Vatandas, A. Timm-Giel, A. Dürkop.“Online teaching of project-based learning courses
) master’s degrees, there isa need for students to assume control of their personalized educational journeys from programselection to becoming lifelong learners. Acquisition of transferable professional skills andexploration of careers through experiential learning are widely promoted among many master’s(and undergraduate) programs as desirable features of IDPs. In practice, transferable skills havesector specific definitions and delivery of training is variable in quality and modes. Experientiallearning has a wide range of manifestations from individual internships/apprenticeships atcompanies, capstone projects which are common in engineering, and group industrial projects thatmay be done at the university. Inclusion of transferable skills
mechanical engineering capstone projects, introducing non-profit partnerships related to designs for persons with disabilities, and founding the Social/Environmental Design Impact Award. He manages several outreach and diversity efforts including the large-scale Get Out And Learn (GOAL) engineering kit program that reaches thousands of local K-12 students.Jennifer Bishop, University of Maryland, College Park Jen Bishop is the Assistant Director - Outreach and Recruitment for the Women in Engineering Program at the University of Maryland, A. James Clark School of Engineering, where she draws upon her 10+ years of STEM and Maker education experience to inspire future engineers. Jen has a Bachelor’s degree in
faculty collaborate with engineeringfaculty on Capstone courses, and offer their input and expertise on clear communication,persuasive argumentation and cogent and clear writing in senior design engineering courses. 8AppendixAs we collect date for this work in progress project, we are constantly gathering evidencethrough surveys, focus group interviews and anecdotal evidence. Below, please find solicitedreflections from engineering and English faculty.Faculty 2 (Division of Arts and Sciences, Writing Faculty)Although the Engineering and English faculty on this project is still working on developingvarious activities, I'm impressed with the impact of our efforts on students' writing,communication, and
Paper ID #39098Data-driven Strategy for Maintaining an Effective Team Collaboration ina First-year Engineering CourseDr. Rui Li, New York University Tandon School of Engineering Dr. Rui Li earned his Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering in 2009 from Imperial College of London and his Ph.D in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2020 from the University of Georgia, College of Engineering. He is currently an industrial assistant professor, who works in General Engineering program at New York University. He taught first-year engineering course as well as vertically integrated project. He has strong interests in
strategies include: ● Introduction to codes or rules ● Case Study Exposure ● Discussion or debate ● Individual written assignments ● Ethical tools, processes, or heuristics ● Philosophical ethics ● Team project/position paperDespite the improvements in content and pedagogical strategies, educators are often still stymiedby the structural barriers that exist within their course, program, or institution [8]. The mostnoted barrier noted that engineering ethics is typically relegated to the overcrowded first-yearand capstone courses. This is often attributed to the belief that ethics is an “add-on” rather than acore competency of engineering. There is also a dearth of faculty eager to teach or develop newethics-related content. In
capstone design course about theirdesign decisions. From the interviews, the authors analyzed the students’ interactions withstakeholders and their perception of the interaction. They found that in order for students toconsider a stakeholder interaction as “useful,” the students would either predefine clear goals forthe interaction, only interact with stakeholders whose expertise closely-aligned to their project, orgive control of the decisions to the stakeholder entirely. Information variability and interpretationand application of that information are a key part of engaging stakeholders that is avoided by thesestrategies. Expanding engineering students understanding of the value and purpose of stakeholders isincreasing in engineering
grow.The certification framework is still being developed as the research team continues to identifythe specific ways that students may obtain the required professional and technical skills throughtheir formal academic curriculum, internships, capstone projects, research, and other co-curricular and extra-curricular activities. Discovering the relevant and accessible options foracquiring each level of the certification framework is in process and will be completed in thecoming year through the research team’s work with the assistance of subject matter experts.3.3 Professional SkillsThe workforce needs assessment findings informed the professional skills used for thecertification project. The full list of professional skills is shown in Table 3
undergraduate education including developing laboratories to enhance experimental design skills and mentoring and guiding student teams through the capstone design and a translational course following capstone design. In her Director role, she works closely with the departmental leadership to manage the undergraduate program including: developing course offering plan, chairing the undergrad- uate curriculum committee, reviewing and approving course articulations for study abroad, serving as Chief Advisor, and representing the department at the college level meetings. She is also engaged with college recruiting and outreach; she coordinates three summer experiences for high school students visit- ing Bioengineering and co
University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana in 1990 and 1999, respectively. He taught at The United States Military Academy during his 25 year military career. After retiring form the military he has taught at the University of Texas at Tyler and The Citadel, where he was the Dean of Engineering for 10 years.Dr. Nahid Vesali, P.E., Pennsylvania State University Dr. Nahid Vesali is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Leadership and Program Management (ELPM) in the School of Engineering (SOE) at The Citadel. She joined the program in Aug 2020. She teaches project management, technical planning ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 From Need Assessment to Accreditation
, UA students have solid CADskills. During advising sessions, many students (from GPA 2.6 to 3.9) also confirmed that theywere very confident with their CAD skills and found CAD among the most important skillsduring their internships. This strength relates to the CAD involvement in every semester’s coursesince the initial introduction. As shown in Fig. 1, CAD is initially offered to undergraduatestudents in the 3rd semester (labeled in yellow circle). Starting from the 4th semester, manycourses will have homework assignments or projects that require CAD, including coursesinvolving CAD for manufacturing such as Introduction to Machine Analysis, Mechanics ofFluids, Machine Element Design, Lab III, Capstone Project II (labeled in blue circles
at Charlotte. She currently serves as the Associate Chair for Graduate Programs. Her research interest is in the field ofDr. H. P. Cherukuri, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Harish Cherukuri is the Chair and Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science at UNC Charlotte. Dr. Cherukuri obtained his Ph.D. from the Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Lessons Learned in Adopting a New, Patent-based Doctoral Pathway ModelAbstractThis Work in Progress paper describes the lessons learned from a new pathway for doctoralcandidates in STEM programs allowing capstone degree
, the program members canbenefit from local partnerships to grant access to a copious amount of resources for the solepurpose of designing and creating vehicles.Student AdvantagesThrough the development of the Rover, students gain hands on experience and real-worldapplication which makes them appealing to employers. Many of these students are ahead of theirclassmates in several courses because they are trained in programs like “Inventor” during thedesign phase of the Rover. Seniors that assist in the design and manufacturing of the Roverchoose to use the Rover as their Senior Capstone Project. These students gain recognition fortheir hard work when the vehicle enters the competition. Along with the various awards thesestudents receive, there
Competence for Engineering Formation (Work in Progress)1. IntroductionThe purpose of this project is to determine to what extent global engineering competence can bedeveloped in engineering students through the use of four minimally to moderately intensiveglobal engagement interventions. The specific global engagement interventions evaluatedinclude the use of international engineering case studies in a quantitative analysis course, theintentional formation of multinational student design teams within a capstone design course, aCollaborative Online International Learning (COIL) research project in a fluid flow (transportphenomena) course, and an engineering short course coupled to a community engaged project.The specific
of the new assessment and grading format for the course as well asfailures or “cracks”. Qualitative and quantitative student survey data will be presented.MotivationIn the past 2-3 years, the instructor has been leading the Civil Engineering Senior Design courses,in which students work together to complete a capstone design project within one semester.Throughout the course, the instructor’s main duty is not to teach new content, but to serve as anengineering mentor and reviewer of the work performed. Compared to traditional classroomswhere topics are taught and students are evaluated, this course more accurately models therelationship of a practicing professional engineer who oversees entry level engineers. Throughthese close relationships
increase the sophistication of MATLAB algorithms. By junior year, the required coursesinvolve MATLAB coding so that the students can now apply their software knowledge toengineering design problems and simulation projects. Senior year, the students apply the skillsthey learned thus far to their project oriented and capstone design courses. As Figure 1 shows,space may exist to implement PLM concepts as well as select software packages each year throughPLM software workshops for interested students. Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior ENGR 1020: ME 2220: ME 3330: ME 4010: Engineering Mechanical Mechanical
, evaluation, and results of these integrated curricula in chemicalengineering has been provided elsewhere [A1], [A2], [A3], [A4], [A5]. The technical content ofthese courses and unit operation laboratories have been progressively enriched with training insafety. Lectures on safety have been added in close connection with the specific content of someof the six pillar courses. Projects have been included in several pillars for students to incorporatesafety analysis and proposals. Table 1. CHE Core CurriculumYear (Semester) Core course Cr Companion course CrSophomore (I) Foundations in Chemical 6 Foundations of CHE Lab 1
% 25% 100% Engineering Graphics 80% 27.3% 50% Geotechnical Engineering / Soil Mechanics 42.8% 50% 100% Heavy Civil Construction 37.5% 54.5% 100% Introduction to Construction 13.3% 36.3 50.0% Mechanical Systems 11.1% 23.1% 0% Project Management 47.1% 47.8% 25% Senior Design / Capstone 83.3% 69.2% 76.9% Statics 60% 71.4% 100% Steel Design
capstone course of the RISE-UP curriculum and requires theintegration of concepts and skills learned throughout previous courses on the design of a resilientand sustainable structure. For this group, the project consisted of designing a module that couldbe easily constructed or assembled to temporarily substitute a school building or classroomdamaged by a natural disaster. The general instructions for this project were the following: The exercise requires each team to design a modular classroom unit, which when joined with one or more of other similar units will function as a system that operates as a microgrid under the premise of operating in a net-zero manner. As a group, you will select the School or Schools in Southern
faculty plan to maintain this focus with the support of Green Dot Bioplastics and otherindustrial partners. We have been communicating with PSU alumni at iMFLUX in order tomodify a test bar mold for the Arburg injection molder. The modification will allow pressuresensors for iMFLUX Automatic Viscosity Adjustment (AVA) technology to be introduced intothe mold. AVA technology can then adjust parameters to maintain consistent production withvaried materials including PCR and bioplastics. Our capstone course gives students the ability towork in teams with one focused project over the course of two semesters, allowing them to learnabout the details of their project at a much greater depth than shorter-term laboratory orclassroom learning
help reinforce classroom knowledge and help students understandthe creation of and adherence to a timeline. However, the pandemic forced these projects to goremote. Some research has been done on hands-on team projects during the pandemic, such asstudying the impact of COVID-19 on senior capstone design courses (see, e.g., [13]), but there isless research on team projects in regular lecture and laboratory courses. As universities begin toreturn to pre-pandemic instruction methods and experiment with hybrid classes, it is important tostudy these courses in which students are again having to adjust study habits and team-workingbehaviors.We present a quantitative analysis of engineering students’ responses to survey questions relatedto their
community vision 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 water quality in
in improved understanding and exposure to real-life product development practices. Furthermore, AM can unlock the creativity of students byenabling them to produce innovative parts with almost no restrictions on part geometricalcomplexity. Building on students’ interest in drones, Tipker et al. [3] presented freshmanengineering class basic drone electronics kit and asked them to design and build, using AM,suitable drone structure, assemble it, and fly it. In a senior capstone project, Hur et al. [4]demonstrated how students used AM to manufacture metal and plastic propellers for small-scalethrusters for underwater robots. Rios [5], 3D-printed and compared them to their CAD models toillustrate several geometric dimensioning and tolerancing
projects and buildingparticipants’ confidence as educational researchers. This project was funded based on impactrather than knowledge generation; thus, this paper will report on the impacts of the ProQualInstitute in terms of participants served and evaluated outcomes and project team observations.The key evaluation questions we answered were: 1. To what extent did the project design and implement a high-quality and culturally responsive training program? 2. What knowledge and skills did participants gain because of participation in the ProQual Institute? 3. How could the ProQual Institute be built upon to improve participant outcomes?Background & Conceptual FrameworkThe target audiences for the ProQual Institute were STEM
efforts and the successes and challenges encountered as we work toaddress business research needs in the engineering curriculum.Introduction and Literature ReviewThe teaching of business competencies to engineering students is exploding in engineeringeducation due to a variety of factors. First, there is a critical need to develop professional skills,including leadership, communication and teamwork, and capabilities for “real-world”engineering design and operations, along with learning the core math, science, and technicalaspects of engineering [1], [2]. Interviews and surveys of early-career engineers revealed notonly technical skills were needed but also skills for industry, like complex project managementand soft skills, that newcomers had to
Professional Engineers (SHPE), National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), andSociety of Women Engineers (SWE) to reach out to URM students in engineering through peermentoring, tutoring, and networking. Also, the ESC will promote engagement and a sense ofbelonging by connecting URMs with successful alumni and industry experts through paneldiscussions, workshops, networking, seminars, career fairs, and other forums. The ESC directorwill establish partnerships with local Bay Area companies to seek internship opportunities for ourdiverse student body, sponsor our Capstone Design Projects, and organize semiannual career fairsand interviews on campus. Industry partnership in senior design projects will provide a year-longculminating hands-on experience on