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2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Bhaskar R. Sinha; Pradip P. Dey; Gordon W. Romney; Mohammad N. Amin; Debra A. Bowen

worksettings. This curriculum stresses multidisciplinary knowledge, presented to the students with acombination of theory, lectures, independent research, projects, and presentations, emphasizingand promoting self-directed learning. It also requires students to complete a capstone project intheir final year, as a concluding experience, to determine the students’ ability to apply programknowledge and skills to real-world problems2. These projects are defined, designed,implemented, tested, and presented to a group of experts for thorough review and assessment in athree-month period. This research demonstrates that structuring these capstone projects byfollowing best practice guidelines is a repeatable, measurable and practical way to ensure asuccessful

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2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Pradip Peter Dey; Gordon W. Romney; Amir Rezaei; Amelito G. Enriquez; Bhaskar Raj Sinha; Mohammad Amin

emerging paradigms andtheir implications.Key words: Agile, cloud, distance learning, educational paradigms, experiential learning,innovative problem solving.IntroductionCrouch1 states in a Reader’s Digest article that “research universities are no place forundergraduates. Professors at big research universities are often more interested in doingresearch with graduate students than teaching your child. . . . So, they tend to host huge lecturesand then foist undergrads off on teaching assistants who may or may not be supervised” (page Proceedings of the 2015 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Conference Copyright © 2015, American Society for Engineering Education

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2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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aseducators prepare the next generation of engineers.There were over 90 submissions which resulted in many excellent papers and posters. As you readthese proceedings, you will see a roadmap marked by breadth, depth and innovation that will beused to navigate engineering education. Educators constantly hear that our students are changing.These proceedings demonstrate that our educators are more than prepared for this change.This conference included educators, researchers and practitioners from industry, academia andgovernment. We were fortunate to have several keynote speakers including: Dr. Don Czechowicz,Project Leader at General Atomics, San Diego, CA; Dr. Muzibul Khan, Corporate Planner,Kyocera Communications, Inc. San Diego, CA; Dr. Justin