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Best Practices and Lessons Learned in Capstone Design Projects

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University

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Manufacturing

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Interdisciplinary Capstone ProjectsIntroductionConducting a literature survey in capstone projects via the ASEE conference database aloneyields 1000 entries, with each entry to offer something valuable, by either looking at a largerpicture such as trends in capstone projects in the US for improving undergraduate education1 orstudying characteristics of similar projects in China2 or something specific such as integratingexternally funded research into capstone experiences3, utilizing service projects4, or just workingin thermal science in mechanical engineering5.A good portion of the capstone courses seen in engineering curricula are focusing on singlediscipline

Conference Session

Manufacturing Materials and Processes

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shekar Viswanathan, National University; Gary Bright Ph.D., National University

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Manufacturing

Paper ID #10293Effective Capstone Project in Manufacturing Design Engineering ProgramDr. Shekar Viswanathan, National University Dr. Viswanathan is a Professor at National University with the department of Applied Engineering. He has over 20 years of industrial and 20 years of teaching experience.Gary Bright Ph.D., National University Dr. Bright is an adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Engineering at National Univer- sity. He has an interdisciplinary background in cell biology, bioengineering, and biophysics with a Ph.D. in Cell Biology and Post-doctoral work in Biophyics and Bioengineering. After 9

Conference Session

Best Practices and Lessons Learned in Capstone Design Projects

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Morteza Sadat-Hossieny, Northern Kentucky University; Mauricio Torres, Northern Kentucky University

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Manufacturing

relationship has produced graduates that often fail tomeet the changing needs of industry. One of the objectives of cooperation with our industrialpartners in senior projects is to be able to receive feedback from our industrial customers.Faculty from Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Technology at Northern KentuckyUniversity are determined to improve the capstone project course to make one of its centralobjectives to undertake projects that are essential to our industrial partner’s needs. Theseprojects are intended to involve both product and process design activities. Multidisciplinaryteams of students are selected and taught a structured development approach to produce typicalindustrial deliverables. These deliverables include a functional

Conference Session

Best Practices and Lessons Learned in Capstone Design Projects

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher P. Pung, Grand Valley State University; Hugh Jack, Grand Valley State University

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Manufacturing

 employers, and the program well supported by industry.The paper explores the relationship between the four pillars model and industry focused senior project.This will includes a sample project description and analysis.The Capstone Senior Project CourseThe final test of the student preparation is the senior project capstone course. This course uses many,but not all of the topics taught in prerequisite courses. In addition it introduces a few topics of aprofessional nature. The projects in this course are sponsored by local companies. Faculty vet theprojects for suitability including technical challenge, well defined goals, and adequate financial support.The first segment of the project begins in the winter of the senior year. During this semester

Conference Session

Best Practices and Lessons Learned in Capstone Design Projects

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yalcin Ertekin, Drexel University (Tech.); Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University (Tech.); Richard Chiou, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Joshua Konstantinos

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Manufacturing

3D printer will be useful for engineering technology classes – because itcontinues the trend of technology being more powerful, more hands on, and available for afraction of the cost of other alternatives. The Dragon 3D printer will make prototyping viable forlarger parts – in a way that was not possible with smaller printers and expensive filament. TheDragon 3D printer will be a boon to students, prototypes, and hobbyists interested in the excitingfield of rapid prototyping.The significance of the methodology to be applied in this capstone course project is to combinetheory and practice to prepare the students to become better problem solvers and obtainpractical solutions to real life/simulated problems using a project based

Conference Session

Teaching and Assessment Methodologies

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bimal P. Nepal, Texas A&M University; Barry Lawrence, Texas A&M University; Esther Rodriguez-Silva PhD, Texas A&M University

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Manufacturing

prepared (upon graduation) to take on challenges of the real world.Unlike in traditional learning method, in experiential learning students are involved in hands onreal world problem solving environment. Thus, in experiential learning student learning takesplace based on the experience of the project they work on. Capstone or senior design projects aregreat examples of experiential learning environment. By realizing the need of project-basedlearning, the US government has been encouraging the academic institutions to create suchlearning environment in the STEM disciplines through its funding agencies like National ScienceFoundation (NSF) [1]. This has generated huge interest among the engineering educators onhands-on freshmen engineering programs

Conference Session

Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Ethics Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald W. Welch, The Citadel; Keith Plemmons PE, PMP, The Citadel

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Manufacturing

brings the graduates together to commemorate the hours of hard work and study and to celebrate with family and faculty. To mark the event, a distinguished speaker provides a presentation that attempts to place their achievements in a business or career positive perspective. Poster presentations are required by TPM graduates to present their Capstone project at the graduation dinner. For about one and a half hours, prior to the graduation dinner, the students make poster presentations to friends, faculty, and distinguished guests. Each student makes his/her presentation from the perspective of having recently completed the project, thereby giving the listener the opportunity to understand the finished project and to ask

Conference Session

Green and Sustainable Manufacturing Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Chiou, Drexel University; Radian G Belu, Drexel University (Tech.); Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso; M. Eric Carr, Drexel University; Bharadwaj Ramesh, Drexel University

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Manufacturing

, etc., and 3. Changing the education to include sustainability, greenmanufacturing, and efficient design into the engineering and engineering technology curricula9-13.The purpose of this paper is to describe a capstone senior design project involved in the cleanenergy manufacturing14. The experience to introduce the use of renewable energy and theconstruction of a green factory in the project is discussed. Our senior design project course is a 3-term core course sequence usually taken by the students during their terminal year in theEngineering Technology program at Drexel University. The design involves an educationaleffort that incorporates clean energy in the senior design project. During the past several years,our senior design capstone

Conference Session

Manufacturing Materials and Processes

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University; Selin Frances Sirinterlikci, Carnegie Mellon University

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Manufacturing

– G28.In a similar effort, David Beddard and Charles Mura’s senior capstone project group startedworking on a Digital Light Processing (DLP) machine where ultraviolet light from a projector isused to cure photosensitive resin layer by layer. After three semesters of capstone projectsstarting from Fall Semester 2013, the machine has been fully designed and developed and now inworking condition but requires further improvement in accuracy6.Utilization in the CourseThe Rapid Prototyping and Reverse Engineering course has 3D printing process and associatedmaterials content. Applications in rapid prototyping (for product development), rapid tooling,and manufacturing as well as tissue engineering and bio-printing are also included. Studentshave to

Conference Session

Green and Sustainable Manufacturing Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian G Belu, Drexel University (Tech.); Richard Chiou, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso; Lucian Ionel Cioca, "Lucian Blaga" University Sibiu, Romania

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Manufacturing

Electronics Course with an Increased Content of Renewable EnergyApplications, June 14-17, 2009 Annual ASEE Conference and Exposition, Austin, Texas, 2009 (CD Proceedings).13. R.G. Belu – Design and Development of Simulation System for Renewable Energy Laboratory, 2010 ASEEE Page 24.730.12Conference & Exposition, June 20 - 23, Louisville, Kentucky (CD Proceedings).14. R.G. Belu and D. Koracin – E-learning Platform for Renewable Energy Sources, 2010 ASEEE Conference &Exposition, June 20 - 23, Louisville, Kentucky (CD Proceedings)15. R.G. Belu - Renewable Energy Based Capstone Senior Design Projects for an Undergraduate

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Manufacturing Materials and Processes

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert L. Mott, University of Dayton; Ronald J. Bennett F.ASEE, F.ABET P.E., University of St. Thomas; Mark J. Stratton, SME; Mel Cossette, Edmonds Community College; Thomas G. Stoebe, University of Washington; Frank Zeh Cox, National Resource Center for Materials Tecnology Education

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Manufacturing

educational institutions and industry. He also is the Principal Investigator for Project TEAM: Tech-nician Education in Additive Manufacturing. He has served on numerous community based and collegeadvisory committees and has held faculty and administrative positions at several community and technicalcolleges in the areas of Career Development, Workforce Development, Industry Liaison, Internships andCooperative Education, and grant management. Page 24.789.2 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 INTEGRATION OF MATERIALS INSTRUCTION IN THE FIELD OF MANUFACTURINGAbstractThis