Conference Session

Best Practices and Lessons Learned in Capstone Design Projects

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

Capstone Courses and Project Based-Learning

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John-David S. Yoder, Ohio Northern University

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Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #10985Design Projects Concurrent with Capstone DesignDr. John-David S Yoder, Ohio Northern University Page 24.373.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Design Projects Concurrent with Capstone DesignABSTRACTNearly all Mechanical Engineering programs have a capstone design experience. In manycurricula, there is a classroom component that complements the capstone course. Thispaper presents a novel approach to that “complementary” class – one in which students areasked to complete two design projects

Conference Session

Manufacturing Materials and Processes

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

FPD 11: Culminating Considerations

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John A. Mirth, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; John P Iselin, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

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First-Year Programs

Platteville. Dr. Iselin’s interests are in Computational Fluid Dynamics and undergraduate pedagogy. Page 24.254.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Capstone Project in a Freshman Solid Modeling CourseAbstractThis paper examines the use of rapid prototyping technology to introduce underclass mechanicalengineering students to topics associated with their future studies. The course environment is anintroductory modeling course where students study solid modeling and perform reverseengineering studies on several mechanical systems. The focus of this paper is a capstone

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carrie Steinlicht, South Dakota State University; Byron G. Garry, South Dakota State University

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College Industry Partnerships

Paper ID #8820Capstone project challenges: How industry sponsored projects offer newlearning experiencesDr. Carrie Steinlicht, South Dakota State University Dr. Carrie Steinlicht is an Asst. Professor of Operations Management. She has directed many Capstone projects with Industry partners for students in Manufacturing Engineering Technology and Operations Management. She has several years of industry experience as an advanced development engineer and has served as a consultant to industry for over 10 years.Prof. Byron G. Garry, South Dakota State University Byron Garry is an Associate Professor of Electronics Technology

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Capstone Design

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adam Kaplan, California State University, Northridge; James Flynn, California State University, Northridge; Sharlene Katz P.E., California State University, Northridge

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

the CubeSat comprised their Capstone project (partially fulfillingthe requirements of the computer science Senior Design Project course). A professor from theComputer Science Department acted as manager and advisor to these computer science students.Upholding the requirements of the Senior Design Project course, the Agile Project ManagementMethodology was employed in managing the software team. In this section, we provide a briefintroduction to Agile Project Management5 with Scrum6, and provide the specifics of how Agileis employed in our computer science Senior Design Project. We also discuss the aspects of theCubeSat Project that coincide with a traditional computer science undergraduate education.Further, we discuss how the software team

Conference Session

Capstone & Senior Design Projects

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph A. Morgan, Texas A&M University; Jay R. Porter, Texas A&M University; Kristina Rojdev, NASA; Daniel Carrejo, NASA; Anthony J. Colozza

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Engineering Technology

Page 24.927.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 NASA Wireless Smart Plug: A Successful ESET Capstone Design ProjectAbstract – NASA has been interested in technology development for deep space exploration, and one avenue of developingthese technologies is via the eXploration Habitat (X-Hab) Academic Innovation Challenge. In 2013, NASA’s Deep SpaceHabitat (DSH) project was in need of sensors that could monitor the power consumption of various devices in the habitatwith added capability to control the power to these devices for load shedding in emergency situations. Texas A&MUniversity’s Electronic Systems Engineering Technology Program

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark Ardis, Stevens Institute of Technology; Christina L. Carmen, University of Alabama in Huntsville; Michael Delorme, Stevens Institute of Technology; Eirik Hole, Stevens Institute of Technology (SSE)

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Systems Engineering

, 2014 Using a Marketplace to Form Multidisciplinary Systems Engineering Capstone Project TeamsAbstractOur previous research has shown that multidisciplinary capstone projects can enhancedevelopment of Systems Engineering (SE) competencies. However, undergraduate engineeringcapstone projects typically focus on only one engineering discipline. In order to assist facultyand students in forming multidisciplinary teams, a marketplace for multidisciplinary SE capstoneprojects has been created by a Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC) project conductedat Stevens Institute of Technology. The marketplace enables potential project sponsors toadvertise opportunities to a broad audience of potential student teams

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ana Elisa E. Goulart, Texas A&M University

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Design in Engineering Education

at Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA, in 2005. She is currently an Associate Professor in the Electronics Systems Engi- neering Technology program at Texas A&M University, in College Station, TX. Her research interests include protocols for real-time voice and video communications and their performance, IP-based emer- gency communications, last-mile communication links for the SmartGrid, rural telecommunications, and behavior-driven development. Page 24.1322.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014Using Behavioral Driven Development (BDD) in a Capstone Design Project

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Capstone Courses and Project Based-Learning

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David R. Sawyers Jr., Ohio Northern University

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Mechanical Engineering

engineering curriculum, in engineering sciencecourses such as Statics, Circuits, Kinematics, and Heat Transfer. Its importance is also reflectedin several of the ABET criteria for accreditation of engineering programs (Criterion 3), as shownbelow1: (a) an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering (e) an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems (k) an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice.While the Capstone Design project usually provides a mechanism for applying engineeringanalysis beyond the context of a topical course, it also often highlights the difficulty studentshave in applying prior knowledge in new situations. In

Conference Session

Capstone and Online Courses in Construction Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cameron J. Turner P.E., Colorado School of Mines; Susan Michelle Reynolds P.E., Colorado School of Mines

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Construction

individual students and the needs of the project. Improving this balanceis a major focus of the program going forward.6.0 Conclusions and Future WorkThe nature of a multidisciplinary capstone course is significantly different than a capstone courselimited to one discipline. Such a multidisciplinary course can provide meaningfulinterdisciplinary experiences for students and faculty, cross-pollination of design methodsbetween sectors, and can robustly demonstrate compliance with ABET outcome D, “An abilityto function on multidisciplinary teams.”Such a course also imposes significant challenges. This section contains a discussion of twoongoing initiatives to improve the course: the need to match suitable students and faculty to eachproject, and the

Conference Session

Capstone & Senior Design Projects

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aleksandr Sergeyev, Michigan Technological University; Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University; Quinn Alexander Parnell; Turki Arif Aldulaijan, Michigan Technological University; Kerry O'Conner

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Engineering Technology

Paper ID #8476EET Capstone Student Project: Chemical Mixing Plant Integrated with Pro-grammable Logical Controller and Human Machine InterfaceProf. Aleksandr Sergeyev, Michigan Technological University Aleksandr Sergeyev is currently an Associate Professor in the Electrical Engineering Technology program in the School of Technology at Michigan Technological University. Dr. Aleksandr Sergeyev earned his bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering at Moscow University of Electronics and Automation in 1995. He obtained the Master degree in Physics from Michigan Technological University in 2004 and the PhD degree in Electrical

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Courses and Projects

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amit Shashikant Jariwala, Georgia Institute of Technology; Feng Zhou, Georgia Institute of Technology; Wen-hao Zeng, Georgia Institute of Technology; Shijiao Li, Georgia Institute of Technology; Charles Drexler; Chong Wang; Hongrui Zhang, Georgia institute of Technology; Roger Jianinx Jiao, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Paper ID #10350Case study of a Multidisciplinary Engineering Capstone Design Project: Elec-tric Drive Control SystemDr. Amit Shashikant Jariwala, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Jariwala is the Director of Design & Innovation for the School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech. He graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Production Engineering from the University of Mum- bai, India with honors in 2005 and received Masters of Technology degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2007 from IIT Bombay, India. He was awarded a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech in 2013, with minors in Entrepreneurship. Dr

Conference Session

Capstone & Senior Design Projects

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Everardo Frias Rios; Ahmed S. Khan, DeVry University, DuPage; Darryl Vince Padgett, DeVry University, Addison

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Engineering Technology

University’s Senior Project Capstone Course SequenceDeVry University’s Electronics Engineering Technology program senior project is a four sessioncourse sequence in which students synthesize knowledge and skills learned in the previouscourses. In the first course (ECET-390 Product Development), students research, plan anddevelop a project proposal. In the next three courses (ECET-492/493/494), Senior Project Page 24.102.2Laboratory) students implement the project plan by building and testing a prototype. A typicalproject involves a solution to a software/hardware based engineering problem. The process ofdeveloping and implementing a solution to the

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Capstone Design

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael P. Frank, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering; Kamal E. Amin, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Okenwa I. Okoli, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Sungmoon Jung Ph.D., FAMU-FSU College of Engineering; Robert A. Van Engelen, Florida State University; Chiang Shih, Florida A&M University/Florida State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

and is currently the Director of the Aeropropulsion, Mechatronics and Energy Center established in 2012. He is also the coordinator of the ME Senior Capstone Design Curriculum since 2008. Page 24.566.2 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Expanding and Improving the Integration of Multidisciplinary Projects in a Capstone Senior Design Course: Experience Gained and Future PlansAbstract Over the last several years, the multidisciplinary capstone Senior Design Project programimplemented by the departments of Mechanical

Conference Session

Integrating Engineering Economy into Curricula

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gene Dixon, East Carolina University; Joseph Wilck IV, East Carolina University

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Engineering Economy

Paper ID #8760Integrating Economic Analysis into Capstone DesignDr. Gene Dixon, East Carolina University Gene Dixon is an Associate Professor at East Carolina where he teaches aspiring engineers at the under- graduate level. Previously he has held positions of responsibility in industry with Union Carbide, Chicago Bridge & Iron, E.I. DuPont & deNemours, Westinghouse Electric, CBS, Viacom and Washington Group. Positions include project engineer, program assessor, senior shift manager, TQM coach, and production reactor outage planner. He received a Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering and Engineering Man

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Capstone Design

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph Thomas Emison, Taylor University; Kate Yoshino, Taylor University; Stephen Edward Straits, Taylor University; Hank D. Voss, Taylor University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

: stephen straits@taylor.eduDr. Hank D. Voss, Taylor University Dr. Hank D. Voss received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from University of Illinois in 1977.He then worked for Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratories prior to coming to Taylor University in 1994. He is currently a Professor of Engineering and Physics at Taylor University. Some of the courses that he reg- ularly has taught include Principles of Engineering, Intro to Electronics, Statics, Advanced Electronics, Jr. Engineering Projects, FE Review, Control Systems, Fundamentals of Space Flight Systems, Astronomy, and Sr. Capstone Sequence. He enjoys mentoring undergraduate students in aerospace, sensors, and energy-related research projects. Some of

Conference Session

Capstone Design

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gene Dixon, East Carolina University

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Design in Engineering Education

Award Committee for the Engineering Economy Division of ASEE. He has been active in leading capstone projects, capstone courses and industry-community relations for eight years. Page 24.1178.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Technical Design Reviews in Engineering CapstoneAbstractTechnical design reviews are used throughout industry to assess, question, improve and approvedesign. The review process is a frank exploration of the design efficacy. This paper reports onthe use of the industrial style technical design review or its equivalent in the

Conference Session

Capstone and Online Courses in Construction Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James W. Jones, Ball State University; Mike Mezo, Ball State University

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Construction

study for other construction engineering andmanagement programs considering enhancing or revising their own capstone courses.Capstone course overviewA well-designed construction engineering and management curriculum should build upon itselfin an interconnected and integrated process2. The capstone course in a construction program iswhere a student‟s prior coursework is wrapped up in a single, comprehensive course3. Theauthors‟ intent when creating this course was to provide as much of a realistic, team-basedsimulation of managing the construction process as was possible within a college classroomenvironment.To that end, a common project of approximately $1-7 million is used by all students, who worktogether on teams of 3-5 members each. While

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Walter W. Schilling Jr., Milwaukee School of Engineering; John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Khalid S. Al-Olimat P.E., Ohio Northern University

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Computers in Education

expected to have acurriculum culminating in a major design experience, commonly referred to as either a “seniordesign” or a “capstone” project, based on the knowledge and skills acquired in earlier coursework. One challenge that programs face is providing appropriate technical and professionalfeedback to students on their capstone projects. For example, students may be working in anapplication domain in which the faculty member has limited knowledge, or may be using newertechnologies that the faculty member has not used before. To overcome these problems, it isoften advantageous for the team to partner with an industrial mentor. The industrial mentor canprovide technical assistance to the project as well as provide impartial and unbiased feedback

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey T. Huffman P.E. P.E., Marshall University

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Design in Engineering Education

engineering materials, and directs the senior capstone design course effort. Page 24.96.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 A Real World Design Project in a One Semester Civil Engineering Capstone Design CourseAbstractAll engineering programs have a senior capstone project requirement with the intent that thestudents demonstrate that they are prepared to work as a staff design engineer upon graduation.Hundreds of papers have been published on engineering capstone projects, dozens specificallyon civil engineering capstone projects, and very few on

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 1

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Don Bowie P.E., Aurasen Limited; Xuping Xu, California Baptist University; Anthony L. Donaldson, California Baptist University

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Engineering Management

Paper ID #10635Teaching Engineering Project Management via Capstone Designs that De-velop a Viable ProductDon Bowie P.E., Aurasen Limited Don Bowie is a Systems Engineer with an extensive background in engineering design and management, labor relations, and various academic positions. His undergraduate degree is in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois, with a Masters in Engineering from Seattle University. Mr. Bowie is an honors graduate from The Executive Program at the Darden Graduate School of Business Admin- istration, University of Virginia. His engineering and management background spans four

Conference Session

Topics Enhancing ET Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University; Jorge L Alvarado, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

Paper ID #8997The Use of an Iterative Industry Project in a One Semester Capstone CourseDr. Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University Dr. Michael D. Johnson is an associate professor in the Department of Engineering Technology and In- dustrial Distribution at Texas A&M University. Prior to joining the faculty at Texas A&M, he was a senior product development engineer at the 3M Corporate Research Laboratory in St. Paul, Minnesota. He received his B.S. in mechanical engineering from Michigan State University and his S.M. and Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Johnson’s research focuses on

Conference Session

Topics Related to Civil Engineering Curriculum

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jim Nelson, Brigham Young University; Erick Hollenbaugh; M. Brett Borup, Brigham Young University

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Civil Engineering

aprofessionally focused, two-semester capstone program involving 10-20 sponsors from thepublic and private sectors and undergraduate teams guided by graduate student-mentors andfaculty advisers. As they are able, sponsors provide a financial contribution for the project workdone by the team. However, the work is performed and provided to the sponsor “as is”, meaningthat it is not stamped by a professional engineer and no warranties are given. Most sponsorsreturn to the program each year, even as new sponsors have been added. The class is divided intoteams of three or four students. The class is educated on topics relevant to professional practicessuch as team building and professional engagement, namely, Request for Qualifications (RFQ),Statement of

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

Capstone Courses and Project Based-Learning

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diana Bairaktarova, The University of Oklahoma; Mary K. Pilotte, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Nathan McNeill, University of Colorado Boulder

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Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #10525Challenging Students’ Values and Assumptions Through Project-Based Learn-ingDr. Diana Bairaktarova, The University of Oklahoma Diana Bairaktarova is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Practice in the College of Engineering, School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at University of Oklahoma. Diana has over a decade of experience working as a Design Engineer. Her research is focused on human learning and engineering, i.e. understanding how individual differences and aptitudes affect interaction with mechanical objects, and how engineering students’ personality traits influence ethical decision-making

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Capstone Courses and Project Based-Learning

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vincent Wilczynski, Yale University; Corey S. O'Hern, Yale University; Eric R. Dufresne, Yale University

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Mechanical Engineering

ProgramAbstractDesign and Innovation Centers are becoming popular creativity hubs on many engineeringcampuses. While a number of centers, such as Stanford University’s d-school and NorthwesternUniversity’s Segal Design Institute have existed for a long time, a significant number of otherengineering centers have recently been established and even more are in the planning phase.These centers generally offer a location, infrastructure, and support for the university communityto learn and work in a hands-on project-centered environment. Though each design center has aunique purpose relative to its home institution, the centers have all had a significant impactinstilling design experiences into the campus culture. This paper examines the impact of thearrival of an

Conference Session

Capstone Design

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bridget M. Smyser, Northeastern University; Beverly Kris Jaeger, Northeastern University

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Design in Engineering Education

building prototypes to solve real-worldproblems sponsored by industry and research faculty. Industrial Engineers (IE), by the nature oftheir discipline, often work on problems that do not involve a physical object. Instead, thedeliverables may be simulations, facility layouts, procedural modifications, databases, or otherprocesses or products less tangible than a physical prototype. Previous work by one of theauthors presented a validated scheme for assessing Mechanical Engineering (ME) solutionsbased on examination of the Executive Summary document written three weeks before the end ofthe Capstone course. For the present work, this same evaluation scheme was applied to theIndustrial Engineering projects presented during the past seven years. The

Conference Session

Capstone Design

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Design in Engineering Education

CapstoneDesign course where teams work on company-sponsored projects. Teams include bothengineering and non-engineering students and projects include product, process, and systemdesign opportunities. This active learning opportunity allows students to apply their academic,professional, and practical skills to real-world problem solving. This two-semester programbegins with a seven-week pre-capstone course. During this time the capstone coordinators formteams based on student preference and disciplines appropriate to the project scope. Thecoordinators assign a faculty advisor and identify an industry liaison to provide leadership andcoaching throughout the project.The program enhances critical thinking skills by providing open-ended projects. By

Conference Session

Capstone Design

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Briana Lucero, Colorado School of Mines; Cameron J Turner P.E., Colorado School of Mines

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Design in Engineering Education

incorporating communities in the design process. Teaching students to designwith communities and not for communities is dependent upon the context of the design process.This paper addresses the pedagogy of social engineering in the capstone design projects rooted inthe framing of the design process for collaborative creativity.The programs that enact multidisciplinary curriculums are exemplar in satisfying the ABET a-kguidelines. Institutions of higher education that additionally use multi-year projects and employdesign progression though the undergraduate curriculum have more success in generatingprojects that have lasting effects on the communities. Due to the long-term commitment of thestudents to a specific project or community, there is greater