complete a storm water 5.61 5.00 drainage design. N/A 6.87 Explain the general process in Civil 3D to complete a roadway design. N/A 3.47 Describe the difference between CAD Elements and Objects 5.50 4.93 Use Civil 3D for a site design project in the Senior Design Course 3.67 4.93 Use Civil 3D for a site design project within five years of graduationAll categories surveyed in 2011 showed improved student confidence over 2009 with theexception of storm water drainage design for the top and bottom third and the bottom third’sconfidence in use of the software during their senior capstone design project. Of particular note astrong majority of students surveyed
student mentors in developing STEM Tech Clubs. The clubs will service girls from underserved school districts. Each club will use service-learning to exam and come up with a design for an environmental issue. The designs will be built using the engineering design model and presented at a capstone event. She served on the Connect To Tech Advisory Board as a member on this network of school personnel, industry leaders, and community members, whose goal is to further the education of students on Long Island in STEM areas. She has been a Long Island Regional Service Learning Network, Advisory Board member. Members provide curriculum and technical assistance to school districts that are interested in developing a service
AC 2012-4526: A WORKSHOP TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATION SKILLSFOR TEACHING ASSISTANTSDr. Elizabeth A. DeBartolo, Rochester Institute of Technology Elizabeth A. DeBartolo is an Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the Rochester Institute of Technology. She earned her B.S.E. at Duke University in 1994 and her Ph.D. at Purdue University in 2000. She works with students on assistive device design and determining mechani- cal properties of materials. DeBartolo serves on her college’s leadership teams for both multi-disciplinary capstone design and outreach program development.Prof. Margaret B. Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology Margaret B. Bailey, P.E., is a professor of mechanical engineering
paper describes laboratory innovations for the enhancement of undergraduate level teachingof a capstone course (MET 205 Robotics and Mechatronics) integrated with emergingtechnology. The trends in emerging fields of renewable energy have changed the teachingschemes with industrial robots. The new developments allow the students to program, monitor,and control robotic operations through the Internet using the LabVIEW. The project at DrexelUniversity addresses this issue and encourages students to investigate in possible methods forbuilding quality solar energy efficient systems. It presents a non-contact-based approach toassess certain performance methods and characteristics of a solar cell of solar cells by using E-Quality and image processing
AC 2012-4226: EMPHASIZING CORE CALCULUS CONCEPTS USINGBIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS TO ENGAGE, MENTOR, AND RETAINSTEM STUDENTSDr. John D. DesJardins, Clemson University John DesJardins received his Ph.D. in bioengineering from Clemson University in Dec. 2006 and has worked for more than 15 years as a biomechanical research engineer. He has co-authored more than 150 peer-reviewed journal and conference publications in the areas of biomechanics, biomaterials tribology and mechanical testing, and is the director of the Laboratory of Orthopaedic Design and Engineering at Clemson University. He currently leads or participates in many multi-disciplinary research teams on projects funded through NASA, DoD, DoT, NSF, biomedical
61%Figure 2. Student survey results regarding the improved learning due to experimental homeworkintervention.Kettering University:The first course is the 4-credit Machine Design where the class work and the homeworkinterventions were applied for many years with positive results. This course is a pre-requisite tothe senior Capstone course and hence the student population is mixed – some are juniors whilefew others are seniors. Ideally, this course should be taken right after they take the pre-requisiteSolid Mechanics course. However, due to the type of curriculum at Kettering University, manystudents of the class had challenges with retaining the Solid Mechanics concepts. Theintervention method helped addressing this issue to some extent as
curriculum teaches students that there is one correct answer, does not provide timefor students to discover and innovate, focuses on grades and competitiveness, and rewardsregurgitation of known solutions. The authors also argue that even capstone design courses limitstudents’ ability to be creative, as projects are “limited to ‘synthesis’ exercises using knownmethodologies. This article provides ten “maxims” that would foster creativity in students: 1)Keep an open mind, 2) Ambiguity is good, 3) Iterative process that includes idea incubation, 4)Reward for creativity, 5) Lead by example, 6) Learning to fail, 7) Encouraging risk, 8) Search formultiple answers, 9) Internal motivation, and 10) Ownership of learning. Another barrier to theintegration of
collaboration and integration. The courses under “history, theory,and technology” category establishes a common list in second and third years. Although the listis not identical for each degree plan, design and construction students share at least three othercourses (two building technology courses and one history of architecture course) in addition tothe common first year.There is a “senior studio” or “capstone” listing in the last semester of each degree plan to serveas a project course where students demonstrate their understanding of the body of knowledge ineach discipline. This creates an, as yet untested, opportunity to teach a comprehensive projectclass where architecture and interior design students perform the design tasks and
mathematics at Jackson (Mich.) Community College in 2007, and finally accepted his current position at Trine University in 2009 as Assistant Professor of design engineering technology. He currently teaches statics, mechanics of materials, machine design, and the senior design capstone sequence. His research interests include integration of industry and academia and utilization of project-based learning to enhance the applicability of learning.Dr. M. Brian Thomas P.E., Trine UniversityProf. R. Thomas Trusty II, Trine University Page 25.490.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012
Cullen note the need to incorporate more self-learning into thecurriculum 8. As part of an industry sponsored product lifecycle management course, Chang andMiller focus on problem solving, project management, communication, and teamwork 9. Earnestnotes that the efficacy of the educational program is dependent on curriculum development andhighlights the need to have clarity among stakeholders who include: curriculum developers,students, teachers, administrators, and industry 10. Gadalla also notes the need of curriculumdevelopers to consult industry 11. Kuo also recognizes the importance of relevance to industryand notes the need for continuous improvement in curricula 12. Again returning to the frameworkof Gannod et al., a curriculum can be
normally presented in the class and a written report is submitted.Students are required to summarize the procedure used to produce the product and represent theoutput. There are usually two projects given in the class. The first project is defined by theinstructor, which helps maintain a focus on course and curriculum objectives. In the secondproject, students are allowed to pick their own topic, which gives them the autonomy to choosetheir own project formulations and strategies, which in turn increases their motivation.Project based learning at the individual course level is familiar in engineering education. It isused almost universally in capstone design and laboratory courses. There has been growingfrequency of project based learning approach
College of Engineering and Technology. Before coming to BYU, he worked in the military aircraft industry developing tools for advanced aircraft design and manufacture. He received a B.S. and M.S. from BYU and his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin. He has pursued research in design tools and processes, team formation and management, design education, and commer- cialization of new mechanism technologies. Magleby teaches design at the graduate and undergraduate level and is interested in educational partnerships with industry. He has been involved with the capstone program at BYU since its inception, has worked with the Business School to establish special graduate programs in product development, and helped to
addressed.Course 5: Engineering Solutions to the Challenges of Energy and Global Change:This capstone course examines both the issues of energy production/consumption and globalclimate change from an engineering and innovation point of view. Using a case study approach,discussions focus on methods being investigated to move to a more sustainable world includingthe development of solar power, wind power and sustainable agriculture, as well as engineeringsolutions to reduce the effects of global climate change. Page 25.260.20Appendix C Energy Production and Consumption: Course 3 Project Presentation Page 25.260.21Appendix D
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the different areas on campus, such as faculty, academic advisors,career advisors and corporate representatives.Time will tell whether we are actually gaining more feedback and assessment tools from thisreorganization, but even after only about 10 months we already see more verbal feedback fromour students and their experiential placement and career paths than we have ever seen fromstudents outside of the co-op program, and higher student turnout at employer events.Employers seek out the engineering career services office as an initial point of contact tocommunicate with faculty about research, capstone design project, and class presentation, withstudents about hiring, and with the engineering development office for student
modules, links,and assignments carried internet-based components. The self-directed learning modulesimplemented in the capstone senior design course required students to reach the ASME’swebsite to read online material.4,5 Some universities and programs developed virtuallearning environments to deliver the online resources to their students, which will in thelong run help the students to develop self learning skills. 6 The components ofinformation technology have been widely used in engineering education.7 As thetechnological advancements are used as an active component of lifelong learning, theconcept of lifelong learning transformed from being taking some courses after graduationto a learning concept that encompasses the entire career. 8The
techniques; self-directed learning started to become an importantcomponent of undergraduate engineering education from freshman to senior level. In manycases, educators benefited from the open-ended nature of the capstone senior design course andimplemented self-directed learning modules to introduce students to the concept of lifelonglearning.6As the application areas of self-directed lifelong learning expanded, researchers started to lookinto the disposition, characteristics and behaviors of the self-directed learners. When examined,it was seen that the people who successfully employ lifelong learning are motivated andengaged.7 Continuous lifelong learning needs to be lifelong, life wide, voluntary and self-motivated.8 The difference between self
2011 has motivated to first year students to enterthe contest for 2012.Finally, the development of the FPGArcade was itself a good learning experience. The twostudents who designed and developed the FPGArcade wished to comment on their learningexperience. Below are their individual comments.Student 1: This project served as a mini-capstone of our education. We combined our collective Page 25.648.7knowledge from engineering, computer science, and mathematics to create a useful and funsystem. Actually seeing the bare circuits illuminate a monitor gave us a dizzying rush. In short, itwas as addicting as it was educational.Student 2: I think this
apparatus is a challenge due to typical budgetarylimitations. In addition, the apparatus designed by companies specializing in educationequipment may not exactly reflect the educational objective intended by the faculty. Theseobstacles had forced us to seek and search different venues to acquire experimental laboratoryapparatus for demonstrating heat transfer principles. We concluded that such an apparatus can bedesigned, developed and constructed “in house” within a manageable budget. This can besuccessfully accomplished by taking advantage of the capstone senior design project andASHRAE Undergraduate Senior Project Grant Program. The purpose of this ASHRAE’sprogram is to fund equipment for undergraduate engineering senior projects on ASHRAE
for incoming freshmen students to get themengaged and connected to the College of Engineering. The main freshmen components are the E2 - Encounter Engineering Bridge campand the ENGR 1050, Introduction to Engineering freshmen class. Based on student,instructor and industry feedback, activities have continuously been adapted andimplemented to improve the quality of the program. For example, development andgrowth of a strong peer-mentoring component has helped support scaling the project forlarger numbers of students. Additional adjustments to staffing and funding have beennecessary through the years to accommodate the changing enrollment. In addition, theinformation presented as been updated and revised to best meet the needs of the
that forward to having them put forth recommendations for improvementsto the design. Other research confirms the idea that having students analyze the buildingcomponents provides similar benefits to engaging in research. Page 25.293.4Students that have not faced open-ended design problems will find that their education isinsufficient when they enter the workforce. There has been a great response to this needincluding accreditation requirements requiring students to work in a collaborative, team-oriented,capstone design project. Another avenue to expose students to this type of work isundergraduate research. But using an existing building as a
engineering community and as stewards of society, are primary program constituents.Many engineering programs make use of industry professionals to affirm program educationalobjectives and to provide input about general preparation of engineering graduates. For example,program industry advisory boards need to cyclically affirm overall program educational Page 25.230.3objectives and participate in program strategic planning, and sometimes teams of industryprofessionals participate in evaluation of student learning through capstone projects (Scales etal., 1998; Napper and Hales, 1999). These efforts are more “top level” reviews or evaluations ofthe
Brannon, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Mary Lynn Brannon is the Instructional Support Specialist at the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education, College of Engineering, at the Pennsylvania State University, USA. She has a master’s of arts degree in education and human development, specializing in educational technology leadership. Her work focuses on projects that measure and assess student perceptions of learning related to their experiences with engineering course innovations. She has worked extensively in the design of as- sessment tools for course methods and activities. She is a Faculty Development Consultant with previous experience in instructional design, and the instructor
,” retaining 10% of read material, but 20 to 30% ofwhat is seen,”12 we move from the verbal learner to a more visual learner. In addition,“documents that are text-based are not as popular as documents rich in images, including screenshots and step-by-step instructions.”12 The focus of the student is primarily visual, and to cater tothis learning style may provide better outcomes in the classroom.As a future skill, time management is a challenge for the millennial. They require coaching on,“how to handle day-to-day tasks and responsibilities in the midst of daily interruptions.”Instruction and training on breaking up, “larger projects into manageable pieces,” is necessaryalong with aid in meeting deadlines and planning their time. They fail to
Engineering Physics program, the Co-founder of the Imagi- nary Lab at Stanford and a lecturer and coach for the capstone master’s course ME310: Global Design Innovation. Page 25.1011.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Session ???Open Process for Entrepreneuring Team Collaboration: Story Parallels from an Academic DesignTeam to the Studied Start-UpEskandari, Mona; Pincheira, Felipe E.; Krauthamer, Rebecca; Aggarwal, Akshit; Forouhar, Pamon;Dua, Janesha; Peng, Christine; Kress, Greg; Karanian
solutions. The exams were an individual effort; thus, giving the Instructor anopportunity to gauge each individual student’s level of understanding and competency with thepavement design concepts and MEPDG software. Because of the smaller class size, the graduate course was structured more of a project-centric course and included very few traditional problem-based homework assignments. Amajority of the homework assignments required the MEPDG software for generating solutionsand were to be completed individually. There were two exams which were take-home, open-note format and individually completed. Because the graduate students are challenged to a morerigorous level, the MEPDG software was required to solve 50 percent of the problems in
include the role of motivation in learning engineering, construction of engineering identities, and faculty development.Dr. Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech Marie C. Paretti is an Associate Professor of engineering education at Virginia Tech, where she co-directs the Virginia Tech Engineering Communications Center (VTECC). Her research focuses on communica- tion in engineering design, interdisciplinary communication and collaboration, and design education. She was awarded a CAREER grant from NSF to study expert teaching practices in capstone design courses nationwide, and is Co-PI on several NSF grants to explore identity and interdisciplinary collaboration in engineering design.Dr. Brett D. Jones, Virginia Tech
Page 25.356.7their prospective advisors. However, simply discussing expectations and work preferencesopenly during recruiting phases can give students and advisors better information on which tobase their decisions. Another tool that participants suggested was to hold a seminar series aboutgraduate school as part of an undergraduate capstone course. Prospective students will thenunderstand what is expected of them before beginning a research project with the advisor.Knowing what is expected of the student before beginning research will limit the number ofcases where they subsequently leave the group due to a mismatch between student and advisorexpectations. Participants also suggested that even if advisor and group expectations are madeclear
take a set of comprehensive assessment exams. The content of the exams coverthe student outcomes for each of the core courses. The exam is set up as a one credit- hourrequired course. After the completion of the core exam course, students then take a selection ofrequired upper-division courses within the EET program. Students also can select aspecialization which includes, Aerospace Electronics, Control Systems, Embedded Systems,Communication Electronics, or a customized emphasis. During the senior year, students arerequired to take a two-semester capstone design course sequence. The first semester consists ofproposing, and designing a ‘senior project’. The second semester has the students build aprototype of that project.A major point of
AC 2012-4304: INSPIRING INTEREST IN STEM THROUGH SUMMERROBOTICS CAMPProf. Richard S. Stansbury, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach Richard S. Stansbury is an Associate Professor computer engineering and computer science in the Depart- ment of Electrical, Computer, Software, and Systems Engineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univer- sity, Daytona Beach, Fla. He teaches courses in artificial intelligence, data structures and algorithms, and the capstone senior design course. His research interests include unmanned aircraft, mobile robotics, and applied artificial intelligence.Prof. Farahzad Behi, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University