Systems (Material flow infactories and supply chains), Product Design (Need driven product development and design formanufacture), and Business Management and Operational Excellence (Fundamentals of startinga company, global trends and industry seminars) subjects. The capstone activity is a GroupProject leading to a Project Thesis.The curriculum comprises four course-based components: manufacturing physics, manufacturingsystems, product design, and business fundamentals. Each involves both individual and teamwork on class projects. From the January until the end of the second semester the group projectis pursued on a part-time basis and then full time during the summer, for a total of eight monthsof involvement with the project company
Page 25.778.2undergraduate disciplines that benefit most from experiential learning. Despite acomprehensive classroom and laboratory curriculum, program outcomes are bestachieved when course content includes elements of contextual teaching andlearning (CTL) as even the most complex academic engineering exercises fail tocapture the project and work –based learning experiences that are found inindustry.To address both the outcomes of the program and the expectations of industry, theSoECS embarked on a pilot project with Quanser which led to collaborative andproject-based learning in senior and master level capstone projects. This industrypartnership provided our students with career-oriented education as well as acommitment to practical
wireless sensor networks course offerings of selected universities inthe world. Course offerings of twenty five universities were studied. From this study it can beseen that universities are using five models to integrate wireless sensor concepts into theircomputer science and engineering curriculum: 1. Offering an undergraduate course on Wireless Sensor Networks. 2. Offering a graduate course on Wireless Sensor Networks. 3. Integrating Wireless Sensor Networks concepts into their traditional courses. 4. Offering an undergraduate track in Wireless Sensor Networks. 5. Requiring a Wireless Sensor Networks project in a Capstone course.Model 1 is used by several universities such as the University of Lugano, Lehigh
Green Professional (CGP), Certified Aging in Place Specialist (CAPS), Residential Construction Superintendent (RCS), and Universal Design Build courses. Page 25.1287.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 The Development of an Integrated Residential Construction Management CourseThis paper presents the recent changes to different delivery methods for a residentialconstruction management course at a major university. The project-based course was deliveredsimilarly to a capstone course by combining Residential Methods, Estimating, Scheduling
mechanics, heat transfer, engineering graphics, and product design. He has designed products using AutoCAD, CATIA, Pro/E, and SolidWorks and is a certified SolidWorks Professional.Prof. Greg Murray, Pittsburg State UniversityDr. Robert E. Gerlick, Pittsburg State University Robert Gerlick is Assistant Professor of mechanical engineering technology at Pittsburg State University, where he teaches courses in mechanics, graphics, and capstone design. Page 25.652.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Freshman CAD Modeling Competition to Increase Student
managing partnerships in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Green’s research interests in- clude entrepreneurship education and the psychology of entrepreneurship. Prior to Mtech, he provided business development and product management to WaveCrest Laboratories (acquired by Magna Interna- tional, NYSE: MGA), an innovative start-up in next-generation electric and hybrid-electric propulsion and drive systems. At Cyveillance (acquired by QinetiQ, LSE: QQ.L), he served in operations, client service, and product development roles for this software start-up and world leader in cyber intelligence and intelligence-led security. While at Booz Allen Hamilton, he provided technical and programmatic direction to the DARPA Special Projects Office (SPO
practices, benefits, andchallenges of engaging in Learning Through Service (LTS) activities, with a focus on theengineering faculty perspective. LTS in engineering typically takes two forms: (1) course-basedservice-learning (SL) projects for real communities or individuals (such as assistive technologydevices), and (2) service projects conducted via extracurricular activities such as EngineersWithout Borders (EWB). Studying both of these distinct but related activities was of interestsince extracurricular service activities such as EWB projects have sometimes moved intoengineering courses such as capstone design. The group of engineering faculty and LTSresearchers first described what excited them about LTS. Then the group shared ideas on
More Clash Detection: Updating Files, Redline Tools 15 Navisworks Manage 4D Timeliner: Import Schedules, Create Tasks, Search Sets, ExportCON 453: BIM and Project Management (capstone course)A senior level capstone course in a lecture-lab format introduced BIM in the curriculum four (4)years ago. As the industry has progressed and software workflows have changed, the course hasundergone several changes to keep the course updated. The objectives of the course are - Develop an understanding of the project management process, including defining, planning, executing, controlling and closing and the use of BIM technology to support the construction process. Gain a general
ladders. The small size constraints (based on the 8 inch insertion/extraction bore hole)and the aggressive navigation requirements for these systems pose extremely significant designchallenges.This has been a multi-year project with each year’s final designs originating from varyingcomponents from the CG suite mentioned above. During the 2009-2010 capstone design course,the students designed a dual-powered Ducted Fan Climber robot system using a two-wheeledconfiguration to better facilitate the insertion and extraction requirement. The robot used adifferential steering scheme with a trailing stabilization device and is shown in Figure 5 below. Figure 5. Ducted Fan Climber counter-tunnel robotic system [13].The counter-tunnel robotic
experiences. This model has focuses onthree fundamental dimensions of leadership: the leader as an individual (personalcharacteristics), in an organization (organizational skills), and in a global setting (global andcultural perspective).16 These focus areas and their associated student learning outcomes forleadership development have greatly influenced the BYU Construction Management Program’sinternational travel opportunities. To graduate from the BYU Construction ManagementProgram, students must complete a capstone course, one option of which consists aninternational experience. This course is designed to provide “the culmination and application ofcore construction management principles. Project teams design, analyze, manage, and constructan
Page 25.631.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Faculty Beliefs of Entrepreneurship and Design Education: An Exploratory Study Comparing Entrepreneurship and Design FacultyAbstractEngineering capstone design and certain entrepreneurship courses have some similarities interms of student outcomes, course structure, and instructional methods. Both types of courseshave the tendency to be less structured than traditional courses and utilize teaching methods suchas problem-based or project-based learning. The goals relating to the professional skill set areoften similar and can include communication, writing, business, and team
when developing design solutions. A systems approach to design involves learning thatcomplex systems cannot be optimized by simply optimizing individual sub-systems; it requiresan in-depth knowledge of how the sub-systems interact with each other32-34. It takes place after aconceptual design is established, but before the detailed design solution is completed. It requiresstudents to evaluate the architecture of the design solution and explore the inter-relationships ofits functional requirements and the operating environment.3.2 Capstone Project Design Course SequenceMET 421/422/423 (Senior Project Design) is a sequence of three-quarter capstone project designcourses required for all the BSET majors. The course focuses on planning, development
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.Ms. Andrea M. Motto, Virginia Tech Andrea Motto is a Ph.D. student in social
, students who select the PRM options are tasked with projectsthat allow them to apply concepts learned in the Learning Factory environment that focuses onhigh volume manufacturing. In addition to facilities and technologies, students will also haveaccess to a staff of students and professors who assist with product realization tasks. Studentsare assigned one project per semester until their senior year of study. The curriculum is roundedoff with a capstone project that encompasses the final year of study. ―This capstone courseprovides students with the opportunity to practice the design of products, processes andenterprise from conceptualization to actualization5‖.Learning factories issues:The Learning Factory concept has been a work in progress
them to be closely involved as a project mentor.There is no shortage of students looking for meaningful, challenging projects. All accreditedundergraduate programs of engineering and computer science require a capstone designexperience. ABET criteria states: “Students must be prepared for engineering practice through acurriculum culminating in a major design experience based on the knowledge and skills acquiredin earlier course work and incorporating appropriate engineering standards and multiple realisticconstraints.”1 The criterion also provides a list of student outcomes commonly referred to as 3(a)to 3(k). Many of these student outcomes may be practiced by students participating in an FSBSproject. Potential student outcomes include:• “an
Page 25.458.2from multi-disciplinary projects such as the rapid prototype design of consumer products, awalking robot or various designs related to capstone senior design projects3, 4. Such projectsshow students how to use different types of technology, and demonstrate how advancedtechnology can be used in an actual application. However, many of these courses are offered inface to face format and do not pose many challenges as it is more difficult to duplicate similarexperiences for online students in the online graduate program. Overall, many different fields ofengineering can benefit from this application, enabling the development of skill and knowledgein many different engineering aspects and processes.Preliminary ResultsThe pilot course
engineer.Engineering education researchers and practitioners have acknowledged the problem ofdesign education in engineering programs. In the 1990s first-year design courses werewidely introduced in engineering programs in an attempt to introduce students to thenature of their chosen profession earlier in their college careers.5,6 Capstone designcourses at the end of engineering programs likewise represent an opportunity for studentsto take on both design work and a holistic real world project. However, design is notgenerally included as part of the curriculum in core courses in the second and third yearsof study. There is a critique that this bookending approach (with cornerstone courses inthe first year and capstone in the final year) can create a “valley
asso- ciate’s degree in Automotive Technology from Luzerne County Community College.Alexander Hallden-Abberton, Bloomsburg UniversityJohn R. Pulaski Page 25.1162.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 SMART BOX FOR SECURE DELIVERY OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES IN MEDICAL CENTERSIntroductionThe aim of capstone senior design project is to culminate the undergraduate experience, whereknowledge gained in the classroom is applied to a major design project. A meaningful projectwould be one that is developed in collaboration with the industry and also tailored to meet theABET
conference. Polak18 argued the peopleliving in marginalized communities have resources to purchase various products, but themarket lacks products that meet the unique needs of people living in poverty. In his lecture,Polak challenged engineers to broaden their conceptions of design. This lecture catalyzedframing the freshman capstone project in a poverty alleviation context. As the professorspiloted this innovative course,13, 19-21 they discovered a need to use design personas andcommunity profiles rather than statistical income measures of poverty.This paper introduces theoretical frameworks of wellbeing while explaining the programevolution at Ohio Northern in order to support engineering educators developing communityengagement programs. The
have an external, industry sponsor/customer. Having to respond to their needs more closely emulates product development in the real world. In addition, the capstone course sequence has developed a standardized product and system development document that formalizes the process and emulates the documentation associated with real-world product development. More project-based experiences were integrated throughout the curriculum. These are experiences outside of the normal one-week laboratory experience. The students, often in teams, are given an open-ended problem statement and have to integrate their knowledge to develop a solution in a timely manner. Many of these experiences leverage the product
engineering from the Massachusetts In- stitute of Technology in 1994. He was a lecturer and Director of the Design Studio at Yale University for four years, and then returned to his alma matter, UC, San Diego, in 1999. He is now a tenured lec- turer and Director of the Design Center in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. He teaches hands-on design courses including an introductory design class, a mechatronics class, and a capstone design class. His interests in design education include increasing student motivation, teamwork, and integration of theory into design projects. Page 25.1096.1
NexOne, Inc., in the Center for Aircraft Structural Life Extension (CAStLE) located at the USAF Academy in Colorado Springs. He taught in the AF Academy Department of Engineering Mechanics for four years, where he earned his Assistant Professorship and served as the Director of the Applied Mechanics Laboratory. He currently works as an advisor for a senior capstone research team and mentor to multiple mechanical instrumentation project teams. He earned a B.S. in mechanical engineering with minor in engineering mechanics from the Pennsylvania State University and an M.S. in mechanical engineering from MIT. He spent 22 years on active duty in the U.S. Air Force and is a Flight Test Engineer graduate of the USAF Test
students must be directly exposed to this global ethical environment whilestill in school, and develop an understanding of engineering ethics in the internationalcommunity3, 10.Engineering students are given numerous opportunities to gain exposure to developing countriesthrough classroom capstone design projects, specialized curriculums, study abroad experiences,service-learning projects, and extracurricular service organizations11, 12. For example, formaluniversity-initiated service-learning programs such as Engineering Projects in CommunityService (EPICS) at Purdue University have effectively allowed students to partner withnumerous non-profit organizations, such as Habitat for Humanity, which performs internationalservice-centered engineering
independentjudgment can be most efficiently taught through research or independent study projects. The Page 25.1388.2senior level capstone project included in engineering curriculums provides one opportunity forstudents to improve their skills in these areas. Undergraduate research experience in addition to 1 the capstone experience provides both an effective means to assess program compliance withABET criteria and a valuable opportunity for environmental engineering students to furtherdevelop valuable skills needed for their careers.Undergraduate ResearchThe emphasis on including a research component at the
1.CVEN 4899 Civil Engineering Senior Design Project (Sr. Design)The CVEN 4899 course is the required 4-credit capstone design course for all civil engineeringmajors. The course is only offered in fall semester. The course provides a simulated real worlddesign and construction planning experience with multiple constraints including budget,schedule, technical, regulatory, and societal. Teams of 4 to six students encompass the multiple Page 25.558.6civil engineering sub-disciplines. In fall 2011 multiple student teams competed on two separatedesign projects; the municipal client selected the winning team on each project at the end of
professional practice issuesThe survey asked “Where does your department include/plan to include management, business,public policy, and leadership into the curriculum?” Figure 9 displays the varied opinions of theparticipants. Overall, 39 (68%) chose “Capstone/senior design”, 16 (28%) chose “StudentChapter design project”, and 14 (25%) chose “Seminar courses.” Fourteen choose both capstoneand student chapter activities. These findings are not surprising when considering previousliterature suggesting the great gains from student chapter and design project activities 20.In addition to the categories in Figure 9, respondents that selected the “other” category (13 or23%) recommended including basic concepts in required courses and even development
that provide a significant design experience. While most engineering programs around theworld introduce design at distinct points in a curriculum, such as freshman and capstone design courses,we present the concept of a “4-D” design pedagogy, where design is integrated across courses, semesters,years, and extra-curricular activities. This pedagogy, or framework, may be implemented in whole or inpart in any engineering program.Building on this design pedagogy, we present the context of designiettes in terms of educational theories,the I-Engineering, and assessment. We then explore the strategic development and use of designiettes,and present a literature review on small scale design project efforts as they relate to the concept ofdesigniettes
through the senior capstone engineering design project. All students also take courses inmath and science (including physics, chemistry and biology). Together, these courses provide Page 25.417.4students with their technical fundamentals. Required coursework in arts, humanities, the socialsciences and entrepreneurship, including a capstone experience, provides context to their scienceand engineering background.The BioE program, then, complements this engineering foundation by both providing a deepunderstanding of biological systems and through the application of engineering approaches in abioengineering context. Given the limited number of courses
. Page 25.594.2IntroductionMany undergraduate engineering programs include one or more significant “capstone”experiences, designed to give students an opportunity to demonstrate significant learning throughthe integration of knowledge and skills from across the degree1, 5. Such a learning experience, anindependent research project required for all senior students in a large, Canadian multi-disciplinary engineering program, forms the context for this paper. This thesis course givessenior undergraduate students an opportunity to work with a faculty member to define and designan original research project, as well as to conduct and communicate engineering-related research.In the 2010-11 school year, nearly 200 students in the program worked with 112
the roles and responsibilities of other Clevenger Construction Management disciplines; 2) Understand the complexity and and Structural Engineering variety of information between different Education disciplines; and 3) Learn collaborative work environment for the construction process 3 Capstone Course Difficulty in using BIM tools for a capstone Azhar et al. project; Students’ strong interest in learning BIM technology 16 Estimating