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ASEE Middle Atlantic 2022 Fall Conference

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Shashi S. Marikunte, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, The Capital College; Saravanan Gurupackiam, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, The Capital College

through Inter-Disciplinary Capstone Design ProjectShashi S. Marikunte, Ph.D., P.E.Penn State HarrisburgSaravanan Gurupackiam, Ph.D., P.E.Penn State HarrisburgAbstractIn many universities, capstone project is associated with an advanced course, which focus on theexpertise in one concentration area. This limits student learning of interdependency of otherdisciplines within the major for problem solving. At our program, we formulated a creative wayto use the traditional course offering yet provide an opportunity for students to work on an inter-disciplinary project in civil engineering. Students from three concentration areas within civilengineering (structures, construction, and transportation) were offered an

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ASEE Middle Atlantic 2022 Fall Conference

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Raymond K.F. Lam, The City University of New York, Queensborough Community College; Dugwon Seo, Queensborough Community College; Merlinda Drini; Guozhen Tony An, CUNY Queensborough Community College

the MechanicalEngineering Technology Associate in Applied Science (A.A.S) degree program atQueensborough Community College, City University of New York. The course is a study of theprinciples and practices involved in conceiving, designing, producing, and measuring productsquickly and effectively using additive manufacturing processes or three-dimensional (3D)printing and coordinate measuring machine technology.A PBL pedagogy is assigned to student groups for (1) designing a three-dimensional modelconsisted of required geometric shapes using a 3D modeling software, (2) manufacturing themodel using a 3D printer, (3) presenting a presentation of the project, and (4) writing a technicalreport in a team.The project is an integrating or capstone

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ASEE Middle Atlantic 2022 Fall Conference

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Luka Baramidze, Bucknell University; Peter Mark Jansson PE, Bucknell University

are similar in manyways to experiences we seek to provide in our engineering capstone design course sequence.When the students are given agency, they can often produce their best work. They can applycreativity and explore unconventional approaches in their research and practice.Research Project Ongoing ObjectivesOne of the notable student enhancements from version 3, 3-a to version 4 of the device is the useof the rigid-flexible printed circuits boards (PCBs) described earlier to eliminate wiring issuesand reduce noise. An advantage of the novel PCBs is that they enable the real-time collectionand analysis of each individual battery’s voltage. Since each outlier observation is always anindividual battery, this will give the research team