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Angela Beck; Jim Helbling

allow the team to solve pertinent design problems. In the meantime, each studentalso gets supplementary communication in a low-risk environment (as opposed to the midtermand final presentations which contribute significantly to their grade) as well as timelypersonalized feedback from the COM instructor at the end of the meeting. Thus, the inclusion ofbriefings in team meetings was a small change to the structure of the team meeting that has hadmany positive returns.A third key challenge that the team teachers faced was how to best deal with a high stressclassroom environment. Most students enrolled in AE 421properly view their capstone project asthe culmination of their undergraduate career. These projects are typically multifaceted andrequire

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Shoba Krishnan; Ruth Davis; Marco Bravo; Melissa Gilbert

the learning outcomes for the engineers, and to identify possible improvements;  Interviews of Masters students in education who are also classroom teachers;  Surveys of all senior engineering undergraduates in order to compare learning outcomes for students who work on community projects with those who work on traditional capstone projects;  Pre- and post-lesson surveys to gauge middle school students’ comfort level with science, math, and engineering, and understanding of engineers and what they do; and  Teacher-generated assessments in science class and math class to measure the student learning from the lesson plans developed.Learning Outcomes for Engineering Students These projects

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Bradley A. Hyatt

secondary approach was to create andimplement surveys that indirectly assess the industry’s participation. Both of these methodsprovided meaningful feedback for the students’ performance and ultimately for programmaticstudent outcomes.IntroductionThe benefit of involving industry members in engineering education has been well documentedover the past several decades. Specifically, contemporary academic literature supports the use ofindustry sponsorship of senior design projects, also known as “capstone” projects (Smith, 2009).Industry sponsorship can take many forms, but most of the time this primarily entails industrymembers working with and/or reviewing the work of the students (O’Brien et.al., 2003). Thisprovides an outstanding mechanism for

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Mohammad N. Amin; Pradip Peter Dey; Bhaskar Raj Sinha; Gordon W. Romney

Mobile Apps need to bedeveloped. This paper analyzes the growth of wireless communication in society, business andeducation, and describes how National University is meeting the need for increased applicationdevelopment skills in its engineering curricula. In 2004, National University initiated a uniqueMaster of Science in Wireless Communications (MSWC) program, in order to better preparewireless communications professionals. To date, many cohorts of students have graduated fromthe MSWC program and are now actively contributing to the field. In order to meet the degreerequirements, students of MSWC are required to complete a relevant research project that is thedeliverable product of the Capstone course. This paper i) investigates the outcomes

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Jennifer Van Donk; Justin Lekos; Sarah Baker; Kevin Yamauchi; Adam Paicely; Brian P. Self; A. Matthew Robinson

projectseries. Mechanical Engineering students at Cal Poly participate in a year-long design project of Proceedings of the 2011 PSW American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference  Copyright © 2011, American Society for Engineering Education  33    their choice that serves as a capstone to their education. The students have the option of participating in a variety of projects that may be sponsored by industry professionals or tailored specifically by the students themselves. During this nine month project

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) – Indicates a Work in Progress Friday, April 1, 2011 (Morning)08:30 – 09:45 AM Concurrent Session Presentations Experiential Learning  Jim Helbling, et al., Configuration Of Senior Capstone Course Using Team- 1 Teaching To Maximize Communication Skills And Minimize Team Conflict  Mohammad Amin, et al., Investigation of a Masters Research Project for 13 Validation of Program's Goals and Student Learning Outcomes  Jennifer Van Donk, et al., Developing a low cost prosthetic foot for the Vida Nueva 30 Clinic: A multidisciplinary senior design project Instrumentation & Lab Studies  Ricardo Medina, et

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James Guthrie

freedom in themethodologies employed in their classrooms. These methodologies have included graphicanalysis, computer modeling, physical model building and individual and team projects withsometimes more than one approach used in a class. This variety of approaches provides thoseteaching the courses with a wealth of approaches to use in the classroom and may also provideother institutions with examples they may incorporate into their programs.The ARCE Department, with the Architecture and Construction Management departments, isnow reviewing the five support course sequence and especially the two capstone courses. Thelikely outcome will be to further define and reinforce learning outcomes and content but also toallow diversity in instructor