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Capstone Projects, Design Projects, and Teamwork

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jacob T Allenstein, The Ohio State University; Bob Rhoads, Ohio State University; Peter Rogers, The Ohio State University; Clifford A Whitfield, Ohio State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

of a Multidisciplinary Engineering Capstone Design Program Page 23.560.2AbstractThe Engineering Education Innovation Center (EEIC) at The Ohio State University offersstudents through its Multidisciplinary Engineering Capstone Design Program, a broad range ofopportunities for both engineering and non-engineering students to work directly with industrypersonnel on company-sponsored product and process design projects. The EEIC providesstudents an opportunity to apply their academics and practical skills to real-world problemswhile working on a multidisciplinary team. The program has been arranged as a two-semesterdesign sequence beginning with a pre-capstone course for the

Conference Session

Capstone Projects, Design Projects, and Teamwork

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tomas Enrique Estrada, Elizabethtown College

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Paper ID #6306A Multidisciplinary Capstone Project Experience in a Small Liberal Arts Col-lege Setting: The Hybrid Solar TrackerDr. Tomas Enrique Estrada, Elizabethtown College Page 23.72.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 A Multidisciplinary Capstone Project Experience in a Small Liberal Arts College Setting: The Hybrid Solar TrackerAbstractOver the past two decades, the overall scope and expectations for capstone projects inundergraduate engineering project has evolved. There has been an increased

Conference Session

Capstone Projects, Design Projects, and Teamwork

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emil H Salib, James Madison University; Joshua Alfred Erney, James Madison University; Matthew Edwin Schumaker

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

solution of a problem of their choice.The literature on capstone project experiences is fairly robust particularly in terms of thediversity of the approaches explored. A team at Ohio Northern University (ONU) asserted in [2]that students who get involved in extracurricular design activities instead of the mandatory seniorCapstone Projects tend to be highly motivated, gain the Engineering and Technology experiencethey need and have better chances in finding jobs upon graduation. There is also a growing trendto encourage students to take a more active role in their own education where the instructor is afacilitator of learning. In this model [3], the emphasis is more on learning and less on teaching,and it requires instructors to incorporate more

Conference Session

Capstone Projects, Design Projects, and Teamwork

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael W. Prairie, Norwich University; Gregory Wight P.E., Norwich University; Peter Kjeer, Harvard University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

immediate change to be made is to move the project earlier inthe semester. It was originally deployed near the end of the semester as a four-week “capstone”project for the course so that other projects could be done before it that would develop some ofthe necessary background. This worked well for some teams, but not for others that had otherend-of-semester requirements that generated conflicts at the end, and the final system testoccurred on the last day of classes, lasting into the early evening. A final complaint was that thescope of some of the tasks, although technically appropriate, was too limited to engage allstudents in all groups. This was true for the larger teams across the disciplines, but the membersof the smaller teams appeared to be

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Integrating Art, Humanities, and Engineering

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Timothy W. Simpson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Marcus Shaffer, Penn State Architecture; Elisha Clark Halpin, Penn State University, School of Theatre, Dance Program; Amy Dupain Vashaw, Center for the Performing Arts @ Penn State; Dorothy H. Evensen, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Paper ID #7070Integrating Engineering and Arts through Capstone Design: Creative Cam-pus Meets the Learning FactoryProf. Timothy W. Simpson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Timothy W. Simpson is a Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Penn State with affiliate appointments in Engineering Design and the College of Information Sciences and Technology. As the Director of the Learning Factory, he coordinated 150 industry-sponsored senior design projects each year for over 700 students in the College of Engineering. He also serves as the Director of the Product Re- alization Minor. His research

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Micro-Technology and Nanotechnology

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University (Tech.); Radian G Belu, Drexel University (Tech.); Patrick Lee Kirby, Drexel University (Eng.); Justin Bryan Gillander

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course is one of the main precursors of Senior Design capstone course, having embedded inits curricula, besides seven laboratory activities, a final student-led team project that has the mainoutcome, a working prototype of a thermo-fluid system. The unique character of this courseconsists in being the only exposure that our students will have to heat and mass transferphenomena through laboratory activities enhanced by lectures. Laboratory activities account fortwo thirds of the course, while the classroom-lecture part, only for one third. The materialconveyed primarily, is using hands-on approaches.During this course students will explore experimentally basic thermodynamic relations; they willconduct experiments related to flow of compressible

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Intercollegiate and Cross-disciplinary Collaboration

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University; James M Widmann, California Polytechnic State University; Lynne A Slivovsky, California Polytechnic State University; J.Kevin Taylor; David W. Hey, California Polytechnic State University

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conduct focus groups to explore the barriers people were experiencing to exercise and eating healthfully. For this particular research study David was responsible for collecting and analyzing the engineering student’s focus group data on their capstone projects, specifically in learning design. He credits the cross collaboration between kinesiology and engineering as a most satisfying and rewarding experience. Page 23.139.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Adapted Physical Activity Design Projects: A Collaboration Between

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Robotics, Mechatronics, and Control Systems - Multidisciplinary Perspectives

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chad Eric Davis P.E., University of Oklahoma; Pakize S. Pulat, University of Oklahoma

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Page 23.1027.6Additional, survey responses are discussed in later sections of the paper. Figure 2 shows thatmost ChemE students are second semester seniors (4.5) and most of the ME students are secondsemester sophomores (2.5).Fig. 2: Spring 2012 Survey: progress towards degree. 1.5 = 2nd semester freshman.From experience with this course, the sophomore level ME students tend to embrace theopportunity to do a robot competition, but the ChemE students are more resistant because seniorsdon't feel they have time for an additional project as they are busy working on capstone courserequirements and making preparations to graduate. III. Implementation of a Robotics ProjectThe decision to incorporate a robotics project into the ENGR 3431 course came

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Robotics, Mechatronics, and Control Systems - Multidisciplinary Perspectives

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Devdas Shetty, University of District of Columbia, DC; Arunkumar Chandrashekarappa Giriyapur, B.V.Bhoomaraddi College of Engineering & Technology

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

systemdesign process. More important is the student experience if they are to become industryready. In this paper an attempt has been made to evolve a prescriptive approach tomechatronics system design for engineering undergraduate students.2. Background Four years ago, the B.V.B. College of Engineering and Technology, India had starteda School of Automation and Robotics with the intention of developing engineering graduateswith a multidisciplinary experience in system development. The new integrated curriculumwas introduced in this programme. In addition, a project mechatronics course was started atthe third year level to give the students an experience in mechatronics system design beforethey move to the final year capstone project. This

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Robotics, Mechatronics, and Control Systems - Multidisciplinary Perspectives

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael A. Gennert, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Taskin Padir, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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, designedtop-down, incorporates a number of best practices, including spiral curriculum, a unified set ofcore courses, multiple pathways, inclusion of social issues and entrepreneurship, an emphasis onprojects-based learning, and capstone design projects. This paper provides a brief synopsis,comparison with other approaches, and multi-year retrospective on the program. The curriculumhas evolved rapidly from the original to its current state, including changes in requirements,courses, hardware, software, labs, and projects. The guiding philosophy remains unchanged,however, providing continuity of purpose to the program. The program has been highlysuccessful in meeting its desired outcomes, including: quantity and quality of enrolled students,ABET EAC

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Micro-Technology and Nanotechnology

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maher E. Rizkalla, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Mangilal Agarwal, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Sudhir Shrestha, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis; Hazim A El-Mounayri, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Kody Varahramyan, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis

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has enhanced the quality ofundergraduate research thereby making the transition from undergraduate to graduate programsnatural and part of the culture. Involvement of undergraduates in research has taken variousforms:  Research shadowing of MS and PhD students coupled with hands-on learning and simulation  Summer research opportunities  Internships  Senior design and capstone projects  Research poster sessions and oral presentations  National conferences  PublicationsIn the poster session, students present their research work at the school conference hall, wherefaculty members, post-doctoral fellows, industrial representatives, and other graduate studentsattend and participate in the discussions with

Conference Session

Micro-Technology and Nanotechnology

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hisham Hegab P.E., Louisiana Tech University; James D Palmer, Louisiana Tech University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

conducted by the NSE program chair with each graduating NSE student during his/her last quarter. The survey provides a measure of student impression of achievement for all a-k outcomes. Figure 1 provides a historical set of data that the NSE program has collected on the student outcomes. 3. Capstone Project Evaluations. At the completion of the senior design project sequence, all student teams participate in the senior design conference hosted by the college. This conference is held in conjunction with an industrial advisory board meeting for the NSE program. Advisory board members attend the senior design conference and provide an assessment of the senior projects. 4. NSE faculty assessment. In their junior

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Intercollegiate and Cross-disciplinary Collaboration

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Barbara Burks Fasse PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology; James William Schwoebel, Georgia Institute of Technology; Ethan James Craig, Georgia Institute of Technology; Anish Joseph, Georgia Institute of Technology; Ajit Vakharia, Georgia Institute of Technology; Steve M. Potter PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kim Dooley, Texas A&M University; James DUPE Linder, Texas A&M University

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Paper ID #7102Developing Interdisciplinary Research Partners: The Learning by InnovativeNeuro Collaborations Research UREDr. Barbara Burks Fasse PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology Barbara Burks Fasse is the Director of Learning Sciences Innovation and Research in the Coulter De- partment of Biomedical Engineering (BME) at Georgia Tech. Dr. Fasse studies the efficacy and value of student-centered learning initiatives and reform pedagogy, specifically Problem-Based and Project-Based Learning, in classrooms, instructional labs, capstone design, and undergraduate research experiences. She joined the BME faculty in 2007

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Multidisciplinary Learning, Evaluation, and Assessment

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lawrence E. Whitman, Wichita State University; Cindi Mason, Wichita State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

paper.SERVICE LEARNING IN ENGINEERINGThe aim of this section is to answer four basic questions regarding service learning:1. What is it?2. Why is it necessary?3. How can it be incorporated?4. How can it be assessed?Although concise definitions of the term ―service learning‖ vary in presentation, there are somedefinitive attributes associated with the term. Service learning is ―experiential education‖12 or―hands-on learning‖13 in which students learn academic objectives by completing a project thataddresses human and community needs12, 13, 14. Factors that differentiate service learning from Page 23.215.3community service are the credit

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Integrating Art, Humanities, and Engineering

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adeel Khalid, Southern Polytechnic State University (ENG); Craig A Chin, Southern Polytechnic State University; Mir M. Atiqullah, Southern Polytechnic State University; John F. Sweigart P.E., Southern Polytechnic State University; Beth Stutzmann, Southern Polytechnic State University; Wei Zhou

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signal processing, pattern recog- nition, and active learning techniques applied to engineering education.Dr. Mir M. Atiqullah, Southern Polytechnic State University Dr. Mir Atiqullah is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Southern Polytechnic State University, in Marietta, Georgia. He received his MS and PhD in mechanical engineering from Purdue University. He teaches mainly Materials Science, Machine Design, Capstone Design as well as various engineering mechanics courses and labs. He is also interested in the pedagogy of teaching and learning. He is a member of a campus group called Research Learning Community studying various opportunities and methodologies to engage students for improved learning. He is also

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Multidisciplinary Learning, Evaluation, and Assessment

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew E. McFarland, University of Virginia; Reid Bailey, University of Virginia

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comprisedof a three year curriculum that fosters a learning environment in which electrical, computer and systemsengineering students collaborate to engage in the designing, prototyping and testing of engineeringprojects. At the end of the curriculum, students of both majors will have developed a unique skillsetwhich allows for them to effectively solve the real world engineering challenges faced in industry.Specifically, fourth year systems engineering graduates will have the ability to work on technology-oriented projects while electrical and computer engineering graduates with have the ability to integratedomain-specific technical designs into larger systems.During the spring semester of 2012, a pilot study was conducted at the Sunapee State