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Design for Society and the Environment

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Scott Reichle, Old Dominion University; Avery Bang, University of Colorado; Carol Considine, Old Dominion University

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AC 2009-1875: INTERNATIONAL SERVICE-LEARNING PROJECTS FORSENIOR CAPSTONE PROJECTSScott Reichle, Old Dominion University Scott L. Reichle is an Assistant Professor in Civil Engineering Technology at Old Dominion University. His prior work experience includes work within the construction industry, engineering design and approximately 10 years as an attorney handling a wide range of matters including construction law. He has a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Virginia Tech, a M.S. in Civil Engineering from Old Dominion University and a Juris Doctor from Loyola Law School in New Orleans. He is also a registered Professional Engineer in the Commonwealth of Virginia.Avery Bang, University of

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Capstone Design II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph Hitt, United States Military Academy; Daisie Boettner, United States Military Academy; Stephen Suhr, United States Military Academy; Joel Dillon, United States Military Academy

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provided about the efficacy of those changes. In theinitial offering of the course, students were assigned to their senior capstone project teams andthe formal design process was taught “just in time” for students to apply the process to theircapstone projects. Based on both student and instructor assessments from the initial offering, thecourse was revised to teach the design process in the context of two simple projects (design aportable illumination device and design a device to store a West Point class ring) followed by thesenior capstone project. The illumination device project served as an in-class examplethroughout formal instruction and the ring storage device project provided context for students‟individual out-of-class work (homework

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Teams and Teamwork in Design I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Edward Lumsdaine, Michigan Technological University; Josh Loukus, Michigan Technological University; Jason Dreyer, Michigan Technological University; Steve Chenoweth, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Monika Lumsdaine, E&M Lumsdaine Solar Consultants, Inc.

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-authoring several textbooks. She is a certified HBDI practitioner Page 14.637.1 (Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument) and conducts team building workshops in industry, business, and educational institutions. Contact info: www.InnovationToday.biz.© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Forming and Managing Project Teams in Large Capstone Design CoursesAbstractABET and most companies recruiting new engineers expect graduating seniors to haveteamwork and leadership experience and skills. In capstone design, good teamwork is closelyconnected to attaining an optimal design

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Capstone Design I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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R. Keith Stanfill, University of Florida; Thuriya Rajkumar, University of Florida

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Supply Management and Distribution. Page 14.1233.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 The Liaison Engineer’s Guide: A Resource for Capstone Design Project Industrial Sponsors and Faculty MentorsAbstractIndustrially sponsored capstone design projects are rarely successful unless the sponsor companyprovides an engineering resource to support the project team. This liaison engineer serves as theprimary advocate for the sponsor company’s needs and helps to focus the development team’sefforts on achieving the goals for the design project. These engineers play a crucial role in thesuccessful

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Capstone Design II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Todd, Brigham Young University; Christopher Mattson, Brigham Young University; Gregg Warnick, Brigham Young University; Ryan Dymock, Brigham Young University

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AC 2009-2243: A STUDENT BIDDING PROCESS APPLIED TO INDUSTRIALLYSPONSORED SENIOR CAPSTONE DESIGN PROJECTSRobert Todd, Brigham Young University Robert H. Todd is a professor of Mechanical Engineering at Brigham Young University and the founding director of BYU’s Capstone program. During the 2008-2009 academic year BYU completed its 515th industrially sponsored project with cross-functional teams of Sr. engineering and technology students through the Capstone course. Dr. Todd received his PhD from Stanford University in Mechanical Engineering Design, taught engineering courses and served in department and college administration at BYU-Idaho (then Ricks College) before spending 10 years

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Capstone Design I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Craig Somerton, Michigan State University

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1982, all in engineering from UCLA. Page 14.84.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 A Partnership between Capstone Design and K-12 OutreachIntroductionThe nation continues to face a shortage of engineers. Concurrently, public schools are strugglingfinancially and making severe budget cuts which significantly impact STEM enrichmentprograms. This can lead to even a further reduction of potential engineers in the pipeline. Themechanical engineering design program at Michigan State University has addressed this issue bypartnering with a local elementary school on capstone design projects. A team of

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Capstone Design I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alan Cheville, Oklahoma State University; Steven Welch, Oklahoma State University

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positive changes to thesuccess of the course and improvements in learning outcomes. The most significant impact hasarisen from changing the focus of the pre-capstone course from completing projects that utilizedspecific knowledge domains of electrical engineering to defining and modeling the designprocess by establishing project milestones which follow the design process. A second changethat had large positive impact on student success is developing resources to improve teamfunctioning, matching team size to project complexity, and creating a project manager role oneach team. Finally, changes to the learning environment which mimic an actual professionalworkplace and reduce the barriers to completing design projects have proven effective

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Capstone Design II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Juliet Hurtig, Ohio Northern University

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Criterion 5 states that “[s]tudents must be prepared for engineering practice througha curriculum culminating in a major design experience based on the knowledge and skillsacquired in earlier course work and incorporating appropriate engineering standards and multiplerealistic constraints.” However, the definition of what constitutes an “appropriate engineeringstandard” has been subjected to various interpretations, both wide and narrow. Arguments havebeen made that all capstone design projects must include engineering standards from theappropriate professional society: IEEE Standards for electrical and computer engineers, ASMEStandards for mechanical engineers, and so on. However, members of the educationalcommunity have objected to this approach

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Capstone Design I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gregory Watkins, California State University, Chico

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Central Piedmont Community College. He also has nine years of industrial work experience. Page 14.404.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Defining the Role of the Faculty Advisor in a Mechanical Engineering Capstone Design CourseAbstractThe mechanical engineering program at California State University Chico utilizes atwo-semester capstone course in senior design project. Project work is accomplished in groups,which are assigned a single faculty advisor for the duration of the project.Senior exit surveys, along with substantial anecdotal evidence, have repeatedly identifiedadvisement of

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Capstone Design I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Widmann, California Polytechnic State University; Lynne Slivovsky, California Polytechnic State University; Brian Self, California Polytechnic State University; J. Kevin Taylor, California Polytechnic State University

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. Page 14.169.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Aligning Goals of Capstone Design, Service Learning and Adapted Physical ActivityAbstractGiven that senior capstone design courses are critical elements in achieving importantundergraduate engineering education outcomes and that universities are increasinglyemphasizing a humanitarian component in institutional-level outcomes, we posit service learningpedagogy is well suited to accomplish both. In this paper, we describe the integration of servicelearning projects into existing senior level mechanical, computer and multidisciplinary seniordesign classes. These projects focus on the design, building and testing of adapted physicalactivity

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Capstone Design I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ding Yuan, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Nebojsa Jaksic, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Jane Fraser, Colorado State University, Pueblo

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. She holds BA, MS, and PhD degrees. Page 14.1071.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Start Earlier, Prepare Better: An Engineering Senior Seminar CourseAbstractThis paper describes a seminar course offered to senior engineering students to prepare them fortheir senior design projects and to prepare them for their future professional careers.Most undergraduate curricula, especially in the field of engineering, include senior design as oneof the capstone courses. Successful senior projects demonstrate the knowledge and problem-solving abilities of students as well as

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Capstone Design II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Janak Dave, University of Cincinnati; Janet Dong, University of Cincinnati

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the 2006-2007 academic year two MET students proposed, for their“senior project”, to convert an existing Mustang automobile to a rechargeable electric vehicle(REV) for commuter transportation. They derived a great deal of personal satisfaction byworking on a technically complex project.This paper will give a short description of the Mechanical Engineering Technology seniorcapstone design course sequence at University of Cincinnati, the list of pre-requisites of thissequence, and describe the 2006-2007 REV project, providing information about an affordable,efficient and cleaner method for commuter transportation.IntroductionCompleting a senior capstone design project is a graduation requirement for all students in theMechanical Engineering

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Regina Hannemann, University of Kentucky

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stillongoing. The author started teaching the class in Spring 2006. Since then each semester between19 and 33 students have been enrolled in the class, forming between five and nine teams.Status before RedesignThe senior design course prior to the redesign was structured as follows: • Each project became its own section of the senior design class. • Individual students or a team of students would work on a project, no rule existed on how many students were a minimum or maximum number for a team. • Each project had a faculty advisor. • The faculty advisor decided what deliverables were necessary for the project; no consistency existed for the whole class on reports or presentations. • The faculty advisor graded the projectThis

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Capstone Design II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susannah Howe, Smith College; Ron Lasser, Tufts University; Katie Su, Smith College; Sarah Pedicini, Smith College

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and developmentand b) the disconnect between perceived and expected proficiency for capstone graduates. Thiseffort adds to a growing body of work to understand and ultimately improve capstone education.1. Introduction and MotivationCapstone engineering design course program instantiations are based upon academic institution,department, and instructor. Each brings a unique perspective to the course and the learningenvironment. Capstone engineering design projects are each unique in their own right sinceindividuals or teams may select a project that has never been done before. In this context ofvariations of uniqueness, if that can be used as a means to define an educational environment, isit possible to evaluate a capstone engineering design

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Assessing Design Course Work

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter Schmidt, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; James Conrad, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; William Heybruck, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Daniel Hoch, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Deborah Sharer, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Linda Thurman, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Nabila (Nan) BouSaba, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Patricia Tolley, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Martin Kane, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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has shown, the Millennial student does not respond to traditional instructionaltechniques as past experience might indicate. This readjustment must also be made by employersin general and by first line managers in particular.Assessing the experience that students had with an interdisciplinary capstone senior designcourse provides valuable insight into workforce expectations and areas for management styleadaptation to maximize retention of technical staff. This work details and evaluates the responsesreceived from students taking an anonymous survey of their experiences working with technicalcontacts associated with sponsored design projects. This body of knowledge is important forfaculty in capstone design programs to understand, and more

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Assessing Design Course Work

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Oliver Platts-Mills, University of Virginia; Reid Bailey, University of Virginia

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introduced which assesses theeffect that differences between capstone experiences have on student outcomes.The proposed framework identifies sources of variation in a student’s capstoneexperience that are endogenous to the course (e.g., project type, team size) andexogenous to it (e.g., students’ prior knowledge, students’ demographics). This approachemphasizes an understanding of the underlying aspects of each student’s individualcapstone experience. In addition, differences that students bring with them to capstone,including prior industrial experience, academic performance, and demographicdifferences, are integrated into the framework. Understanding the connection betweenthese differences and the fulfillment of desired outcomes is important to

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DEED Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Laura Ruhala, University of Southern Indiana

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Universal Eye Speculum with Vibrational AnesthesiaAbstractIn these days of universities encouraging interaction between students and the community,faculty members sometimes need look no further than their own personal lives to find suchopportunities. This professor was undergoing a simple ophthalmological procedure when shenoticed the discomfort related not to the procedure itself, but to the eye speculum used to holdback her lashes during the procedure.Discussions began immediately with the ophthalmologist regarding the causes of the discomfortand other limitations of what appeared to be a simple, mechanical device; from these discussionsa senior capstone design project was proposed. The goal of the project was

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Multidisciplinary Design in the Classroom

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patricia Mellodge, University of Hartford; Diane Folz, Virginia Tech

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Materials Science and Engineering at Virginia Tech. She also is the faculty advisor for the Material Advantage Student Professional Organization and of the Journal of Undergraduate Materials Research (JUMR). In addition to teaching the materials processing laboratories, she mentors at least one team each year in their senior capstone project. Page 14.68.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 A Multi-University, Interdisciplinary Senior Design Project in EngineeringAbstractA senior capstone design project is being conducted jointly by research teams at two

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Design Methodology

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven Kurtz, University of Notre Dame; Jay Brockman, University of Notre Dame; Ramzi Bualuan, University of Notre Dame

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MOSIS demonstrates the feasibility of the first design process. Better yet,the robot is currently operated via an FPGA board running Verilog code written by Page 14.989.10undergraduate students at Notre Dame. Throughout the process of reworking the controlstructure for Godzilla, undergraduate students have been exposed to numerous differentCAD tools, design strategies, and circuit properties. Based on all of our experiences, wehave learned that while both approaches offer different benefits, the FPGA approach ismore conducive to a capstone project for a VLSI Design class.AcknowledgmentsSpecial thanks goes to visiting professor Dr. Michael Ciletti for

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Design Methodology

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Saeed Monemi, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Weicong Pan, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Edward Varnado, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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due dates. The EGR 481 syllabus is as follows:Course Syllabus: EGR 481 - Fall 08 Project Design Principles and ApplicationsProfessor’s name: Dr. S. MonemiOffice location & phone: 9-527, 909-869-2520Email: ssmonemi@csupomona.eduClass time and location: MW 1:00-1:50 PM, Room 9-329Course prerequisites: Upper division standingOffice Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 8:00 - 10:00 AMTextbook: Class notes and handoutsCourse Description: Completion of a capstone senior design team project under faculty supervision. Results are presented in a formal report.Course Coverage: Learn how to design, develop, and analyze

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The Best of Design in Engineering Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Younker; Ann McKenna

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calculation or series of calculations, plotting experimental data and finding line ofbest fit, or modeling). Of the cases where students did not show evidence for a design decision,we noted the lack of evidence.The reports analyzed in this study come from three different courses. The first of which is asenior capstone design course in Biomedical Engineering (BME). Students in this course areevaluated on initial and midterm presentations and reports on progress in addition to the finalreport and presentation. The final report must showcase a single product concept and include asummary of the market, technical feasibility, and analysis of the challenges to development,manufacture, and delivery of product. Projects in this course ranged from the

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Multidisciplinary Design in the Classroom

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Taskin Padir, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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AC 2009-1176: A PORTABLE WORKCELL DESIGN FOR THE ROBOTICSINDUSTRYTaskin Padir, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Dr. Taskin Padir is a visiting assistant professor in the robotics engineering program at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Prior to WPI, he was an assistant professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Lake Superior State University where he taught undergraduate courses in robotics, machine vision and systems integration, circuit analysis, electronics, and introduction to engineering and advised capstone design projects within the robotics and automation option. He received his PhD and M.S. degrees from Purdue University, both in electrical engineering. He received his

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Design Cognition

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Micah Lande, Stanford University; Larry Leifer, Stanford University

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. Page 14.796.6Figure 4. Array of Project Content Categories Figure 5. Dispersal of Project Content Focus in Selected ME310 Projects (1979, 1999, 2006)Map to Current ME310 Course Content FocusMechanical Engineering 310 is a master’s level course at Stanford University in mechanicalengineering and design. Students are set up in teams and spend the school year, over threequarters, attacking a problem supplied by industry, having the freedom of time, money ($15K)and plenty of self-efficacy. Many students have had design classes their senior year but ME310serves as a Capstone Plus course wherein rather than learning through a problem-based learningenvironment, the students are in a product

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Design in Freshman and Sophomore Courses

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Saeed Niku, California Polytechnic State University; Frank Owen, California Polytechnic State University

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course, also described later, thateveryone takes. Therefore, all students, whether freshman or transfer, take the samecourses.MethodologyAn important aspect of this learn-by-doing approach is design. We incorporate designinto most of our engineering courses, from freshman to senior capstone classes and evensome of our graduate classes. Design opportunities are also provided through extra-curricular activities. These activities include human-powered vehicles, hybrid cars,formula cars, super-mileage cars (our latest achieved close to 2000 miles per gallon),solar car, HVAC projects, a sustainable-house project, robotic projects, chainless bicycleproject, and many more. All of these devices are designed and built by students in ourmachine shops on

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Design for Society and the Environment

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zesheng Chen, Florida International University; Erik Pazos, Florida International University; Darian Garcia, Florida International University; Dayron Garcia, Florida International University; Julio Duharte, Florida International University

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Harvesting Control PanelAbstractReducing high energy consumption and costs is imperative and significant to our daily life. Inthis paper, we describe a capstone senior design project that develops an efficient energy-savingsolution. The solution is called the GreenLite system and consists of two components: a self-adjustable solar tracker panel and a light harvesting control panel.The solar tracker panel tends to maximize the absorption of solar power. Specifically, the solartracker panel can adjust itself automatically to the direction where the panel is directly facing theSun. To achieve this, the component employs photo-sensors to measure the irradiance of the Sunand to provide the feedback signal on the current position of the panel. The

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Assessing Design Course Work

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rhonda Young, University of Wyoming; April Heaney, University of Wyoming; James Kladianos, Wyoming Department of Transportation

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. Spretnak, C. M. (1982). A Survey of the Frequency and Importance of Technical Communication in an Engineering Career. In The Technical Writing Teacher (pp. 133-136).3. Wheeler, E., & McDonald, R. L. (2000, Oct). Writing in Engineering Courses. Journal of Engineering Education .4. Sharp, Julie E. "Selecting and presenting Writing Assignments in Engineering Classes: Tips for New Professors." Frontiers in Education Conference. IEEE, 1995. Session 4b5.5. Kampf, Constance, Stephan Heinz, and Joseph Labuz. "The Rhetoric of the Capstone Project: Workign Towards and Explicit Definition of the Capstone Project Writing Process." IEEE International Professional Communication Conference. 2004. 89-96.6. Pappas, Eric C. "Holistic Grading in

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Design in Freshman and Sophomore Courses

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kip Coonley, Duke University; Martin Brooke, Duke University; Philip Ethier, Duke University; Hisham Massoud, Duke University

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motivation and creative thinkingskills, especially when design is targeted toward realistic projects. In addition, the project focusearly on serves to better prepare students for their capstone design projects in their senior year.1To address the issues of a traditional engineering curriculum, the authors are part of a recentcurriculum redesign in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at DukeUniversity. This redesign is funded by the National Science Foundation and is centered upon thetheme of Integrated Sensing and Information Processing (ISIP).4 The redesigned curriculum hasfocused on real-world problems as a means for the successful training of modern engineers. Thetheme of ISIP has been implemented in the development of the first

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Design Communications

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen Ekwaro-Osire, Texas Tech; Peter Orono, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

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AC 2009-2227: USE OF RESEARCH NOTEBOOKS BY UNDERGRADUATESTUDENTSStephen Ekwaro-Osire, Texas TechPeter Orono, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis Page 14.1304.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Use of Research Notebooks by Undergraduate StudentsAbstract Previously, the authors investigated the use of design notebooks as indicators of studentparticipation in team activities. The authors have used design notebooks in freshman designclasses and senior capstone design class. It was demonstrated that design notebooks are a goodindicator of teamwork practices. The motivation of this study is to enhance creativity in designresearch by

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Teams and Teamwork in Design I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Xiaobo Peng, Prairie View A&M University; Katie Grantham Lough, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Benjamin Dow, Missouri University of Science and Technology

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Collaborative Engineering and Product DataManagement,” presented at PACE Annual Forum, Mexico City, Mexico, July 27-30.15. Jensen, C. G., Dean, C. , Bohn, J. H., and Marshall, J., 2005, “Using Collaboration and PLM Tools to LinkRemote Capstone Team Members,” presented at PACE Annual Forum, Mexico City, Mexico, July 27-30.16. McCammon, J. B., Brooks, B. W., and Jensen, C. G., 2006, “Hosting/Participating in Global CollaborativePACE Projects,” presented at PACE Annual Forum, Provo, Utah, July 24-29.17. Hinds, T. J. and Lloyd, J. R., 2006, “Teamcenter Tools Collaboration Project,” presented at PACE AnnualForum, Provo, Utah, July 24-29.18. Anderson, J., Eastein, M., Nielsen, B., and Rochow, T., 2006, “Virtual Engineering Design Collaboration: AJourney into

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The Best of Design in Engineering Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Renee Rogge, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Kay C Dee, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Glen Livesay, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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supplemental design evaluation was administered in paper form to biomedical engineeringseniors in the capstone design course at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, at the conclusionsof the Fall, Winter, and Spring 2007-2008 terms (IRB approved protocol #RHS0054). Duringthe Fall quarter, teams of biomedical engineering seniors selected projects with corporate clientsor individuals within the community, worked up at least three distinct design options, created andused merit and feasibility criteria to select one option, and completed a full design proposal forthat option. During the Winter quarter the teams built and tested their designs, and completedextensive design documentation. The completed projects were delivered to clients early in theSpring