Conference Session

Nuclear and Radiological Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bryndol A. Sones, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Nuclear and Radiological

that makes easy the assessment of the some of the trickier ABET Student Outcomes to measureIntroduction This paper describes a one-year nuclear engineering capstone designcourse that is rich in assessment data to evaluate student achievement in severalABET (previously known as the Accreditation Board for Engineering andTechnology) Student Outcomes (SOs). Efforts in the course begin about sixmonths prior to its start by engaging students with a course overview, generalguidance about design project options, and a requirement for students to provideprofessors with their topical interest areas. Over the summer, professors work toalign student interests with faculty capabilities and with possible external projectclients. Students are