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2014 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Tristan Ericson; Scott Kiefer

Capstone Design Assessment and Student Motivation Tristan Ericson, Scott Kiefer, York College of Pennsylvania, Mechanical Engineering type of project is the design and build of a car to complete in Abstract— This paper presents the ongoing the Society of Automotive Engineers Formula Collegiatedevelopment of student assessment strategies, and how they Design Competition (FSAE)2.affect student motivation and satisfaction, in a mechanical While there is some overlap, the first semester of theengineering capstone course sequence. The capstone sequence

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2014 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Holly T. Frederick

hypothesis through their own work. The junior yearlaboratory work. Students are assigned a topic which may placement allow it to serve as a good foundation to their seniorinclude elements of the work of all the students in the team or project capstone work. Students have the have the opportunitymay focus more closely on a facet of their work. The work to design and execute a larger project with fewer boundaries.carries students to the peak of the updated verision or Bloom’s

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2014 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Russell Woleslagle; Brian Swartz P.E.

therelationship with the community and identified the need. The program. This relationship benefits both parties. Specifically,pastor that he partners with operates a very humble church and the commitment to continue sending student interns to thecommunity center that is seasonally separated from residents Collaboratory provides an opportunity for them to pursueduring high water times in rainy season. Dan Cotton large multi-year projects that could never be possible in thecommunicated his visions for a bridge at this site, and sought out senior capstone model. Furthermore, by mixing class years onthe technical design services offered by the Collaboratory to meet the project

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2014 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Pritpal Singh; Maria Virginia Moncada

two course sequence for bothUNI and Villanova engineering students. The first course in the sequence was to be focused onproviding the contextual background for students, especially at Villanova University, and orientthem towards how to identify technology-based, entrepreneurial projects suitable for ruralNicaraguans. The second course was to be focused on the development of sustainable businessmodels for the base of the pyramid customer. In addition, students would prepare a proposal fortheir capstone design project in the first semester course and then execute their design work inparallel with the second course on sustainable business model development. The projects were to beworked on jointly by teams comprising Villanova students and UNI

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2014 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Kanti Prasad

were cited a weakness in our Capstone Project that we are not integrating socialaspect, economic impact, environmental consideration, and ethical considerations. Although thedesign was robust in most of the Capstone Projects but these four aspects were lacking. Afterconsulting the ABET reviewer who agreed in advance that if these four issues were addressed bythe industrial personnel, the weakness may be taken care of. It is because of this reason that welaunched a course 16.400 Engineering Topics which is being offered under my supervision bythe industrial giants of our region, where all these 4 aspects are being addressed along with theState-of-The-Art-Designs in their industries. The students write a two page summary and it isgraded by me

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2014 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Seri Park

1 Modification of Engineering Economics Class at Villanova University Seri Park, PhD., P.T.P. in CEE 4606 Senior Capstone Design and CEE 4602 Abstract—There are several aspects of engineering economics Professional Practices, both senior core courses. Figure 1that depend on cutting-edge technology because it is an area that depicts this relationship.integrates fundamental economic knowledge and several

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2014 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Hong Li; Ashwin Satyanarayana

. . REFERENCES[1] BUTKUS, M.A., AND KELLEY, M.B. 2004. Approach for integrating professional practice issues into undergraduate environmental engineering design projects. Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice 130:3, 166-172.[2] CATALANO, G.D. 2004. Senior capstone design and ethics: a bridge to the professional world. Science and Engineering Ethics 10:2, 409-415.[3] CHUMER, M.J. 2002. Towards An Understanding Of User- Centeredness Within Information Technology Diffusion: A Self- Ethnography. Doctoral dissertation, Rutgers The State University of New Jersey. Advisor: Ronald E. Rice.[4] CSTB99: Committee on Information Technology Literacy, National Research Council 1999. Being Fluent with