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Waleed Smari; Jon Stevens; Andrew Murray

effort from departments including Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and ComputerEngineering, and Biomedical, Industrial & Human Factors Engineering. One of our continuinggoals is to run dispersed projects in a classroom setting every semester. Our administrators andthe instructors of our capstone design experience are enthusiastic about the future of this activity.We are also planning to conduct a second project of greater challenge in the summer of 2001.The project is expected to include a larger team, a wider array of facilitating tools, a designproject with more technical challenges, and more direct input and participation from industrialand government partners

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P Ravikumar

4930) at the University ofWisconsin - Platteville offers a format of instruction and student participation that is centeredaround industry sponsored projects. This capstone design course is offered each fall and springwith an average enrollment per semester of about thirty-five students. Project sponsors’ funding isencouraged but is not mandatory. Students work on projects typically in groups of four or five. Thecourse is designed to serve as a transition from education to the practice of engineering to thegraduating engineering student. The course is designed at the same time to meet the educationalobjectives consistent with the new ABET guidelines which offer flexibility of setting, assessing, andimproving the goals of the course in

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Ann Anderson; Richard Wilk

their professional life and to ensure that students are on a path of life-long learning. Thefirst objective must include synthesis and application of knowledge acquired in the first threeyears of the program, namely application of advanced analysis techniques to design. The secondobjective involves exploration of important issues needed to prepare graduates for professionalpractice and/or graduate school. The third objective needs to instill student confidence in theirability to learn on their own. The mechanical engineering program at Union Collegeaccomplishes these goals through four complementary components of the senior yearcurriculum: (1) a required two term senior research/design project, (2) required capstone designcourses in mechanical

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Michael Gorman; Edmund Russell III; Donald Brown; William Scherer; Kathryn Neeley

range of intended goals. The University of Virginia’s engineering school hasboth an undergraduate thesis that has been required of every student since the early 1900s and anestablished Systems Engineering capstone project that has been in place since 1988. Both projectstreat constraints in areas such as economics, the environment, ethics, politics, sustainability, andsocial considerations as integral parts of engineering problem solving and decision-making. In sodoing, they anticipated and reflect the integrated approach of EC 2000.Most students who major in Systems Engineering (SE) use their capstone project as the basis forthe undergraduate thesis, which is jointly advised and must be jointly approved by a facultymember from the humanities

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D. Smith; James Squire

others. By the late 1920’s,Alfred North Whitehead wrote in his classic Aims of Education 1 that most of what is taught is“…no longer about life as it is known in the midst of living it,” and suggested that efficiency inteaching through subject compartmentalization is achieved at the cost of reducing its ties to thesociety it purports to aid.Community-based projects (CBPs) attempt to restore this link between the undergraduateengineering experience and society by allowing students to learn while creating devices that helppeople or organizations within their immediate community. The projects may be implemented atany level from introductory (such as preparation of a laboratory for local high school seniorslearning Ohm’s Law) through senior capstone

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Danny Bee

equipment required to maintain this approach to manufacturing engineeringeducation.Developing Pragmatic Manufacturing EngineersIt takes a wide array of activities to develop a pragmatic manufacturing engineer, or one that iswell rounded in their abilities to fulfill the different manufacturing engineer roles of the 21stcentury. UW-Stout’s undergraduate manufacturing engineering program utilizes extensive lab-based instruction, two capstone experiences, and industry sponsored projects to developpragmatic engineers. These engineers, as supported by follow-up comments from employers, hitthe ground running, are qualified with practical experience, are disposed to action, and do notneed to be retrained.Extensive Lab-Based InstructionAs previously

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Leo Smith; Hisham Alnajjar; Donald Leone; Mohammad Saleh Keshawarz; Ladimer Nagurney; Devdas Shetty

by (i) Redesign of the Freshman Engineering coursesequence by incorporating Integrative Learning Blocks by involvement of faculty fromengineering, mathematics, physics, humanities and social sciences. (ii) Creation of a newEngineering Design course at Sophomore Year and the development of Integrative Learning witha course on Ethics in the Profession (iii) Redesign of a Junior Year Design course withIntegrated Learning with Civil, Electrical, and Mechanical Engineering. (iv) Partnership withindustry in the creation of real-life engineering projects for all Senior Capstone projects.The paper narrates the interdisciplinary focus taken by the project, involving faculty fromengineering, mathematics, humanities, etc. It has promoted new teaching

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Thomas McCormack; Franz Rad; Dale Richwine; Azad Mohammadi; Scott Huff

course (CivilEngineering Design) began as an experimental course taken by students as an elective, but soonbecame a required course for all seniors. It is taught during the spring quarter of the senior yearas a “capstone” course and constitutes the last required design course in the program. A courseentitled “Engineering Project Management” is a precursor. The goals of the design course are tomake it as near to actual design office practice as possible, for the instructors to “guide” thestudents as opposed to “lecture” them, and to have practitioners guide the design projects.IntroductionPortland State University (PSU) runs on a quarter system, with each quarter spanning ten weeksplus final exams. Civil Engineering curriculum at PSU includes two

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Berrisford Boothe; Todd Watkins; John Ochs

approach to curricular integration includes pre-college outreach, freshmanprojects, curricula support, capstone projects and graduate projects. The educationalenvironment includes a Campus Center for Entrepreneurial projects; an entire building designedto support students project teams. This paper will discuss the design and implementation ofthese programs, our assessment and evaluation methods, lessons learned and future plans forimproving this environment.1. IntroductionThe engineer as inventor is certainly not new. Many innovative products that we enjoy todaywere invented and created by engineers, but what about the engineer as entrepreneur? Textbookauthors write and students study engineering design, concurrent engineering and design in abroad

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David Kelso; John D. Enderle; Kristina Ropella

. Typically, the class is divided into small teams of no more than 5students. Each team meets with the course instructors and faculty advisors on a regular basis, andwhen appropriate, with clinicians and industrial sponsors. Some programs have teams consistingonly of biomedical engineering students, while other programs offer truly interdisciplinary teamsof biomedical, electrical, mechanical and chemical engineers. For example, at MarquetteUniversity1 , all senior biomedical, electrical and mechanical engineering students are combinedinto one capstone design course where students may select projects offered by any of theparticipating departments. Project sponsors typically request that a team be comprised of a mixof engineering disciplines.Typically

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Marie Plumb; Jerry Fong; Arnold Peskin

renowned scientific research institution(Brookhaven National Laboratory). These organizations are collaborating in theimplementation of a two-year demonstration project leading to a capstone experience forstudents in science and engineering. The effort combines state-of-the-art materialsscience, and innovative display and measurement technologiesThe project, which represents a next step in distance education is creating an extendedlearning community which emphasizes campus-based, real-time interactions betweenparticipants at different sites. It includes construction of scientific visualization facilitiesat the two campuses, and mastery of selected measurement and analysis techniquesresident at Brookhaven, drawing on applications from several

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Ali Abul-Fadl; Samuel Owusu-Ofori

Session 1566 Multidisciplinary Design of a Reporting System Utilizing Pager Technology Samuel Owusu-Ofori, Ali Abul-Fadl North Carolina A&T State UniversityAbstractThis is an industrial capstone design project involving the design of an electromechanicaltransfer system capable of winding and unwinding a material from one spool to another.The distance between the spools is provided. It is also specified that the material be underconstant tension during the operation; the linear speed of the material be user-controlledduring run time; and the system be able to

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Michael Ruane

. Even within a single program, e.g. electricalengineering, design challenges are not propagated through the curriculum. Consequently, designis seen as an isolated activity, rather than a driving force for the curriculum. In independentcourse design exercises, students experience little design rework, systems integration, teamdesign and testing. Students seldom have time to follow a complete design cycleA capstone design experience in senior year traditionally addresses these problems. At BostonUnveristy, each program has a required senior design capstone course, usually organized overtwo semesters. In the first semester of senior design, students are instructed in design andprototyping methods, project planning and management, proposal and

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Mohamad Ahmadian

Session 2147 A Senior Seminar Course for Engineering Technology Outcomes Assessment Mohamad H. Ahmadian Electronics Engineering Technology Eastern New Mexico University Portales NM 88130 Mohamad.Ahmadian@enmu.eduAbstract Traditionally, a capstone course includes projects where students work in teams on a givenproblem. Results are reported to the course instructor when the project assignments are completedat the end of the semester

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Kevin Taylor; Emilia Mironovova

Session 3148 An International Collaboration Using Technical English Kevin Taylor and Emília Mironovová Purdue University - Kokomo / Slovak University of Technology - TrnavaAbstractAs we continue to merge global markets it is inevitable that many of today’s graduates willparticipate in international activities when they enter the workforce. It is imperative that weprepare our students for this global work environment. Described is a project between studentsin the United States and the Slovak Republic aimed at improving both technical communicationsand cultural understanding between the two groups

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Leah Jamieson; Edward J. Coyle; William Oakes

has been shown to be an effective means of addressing the needs of engineeringcurricula and the community [4]. Engineering, however, has lagged behind many otherdisciplines in the integration of service learning into the curriculum [5]. Recent examples ofengineering service learning include projects integrated into freshman-level introductory courses[5, 6], capstone senior design courses [7] and multidisciplinary approaches [8]. Other initiativeshave sought to integrate the co-curricular activities of student organizations with engineering Page 6.462.1service learning [9]. Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering

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Donald Goddard

integrated PRP component in undergraduate design courses, there isusually no requirement for product realization prior to the “Capstone Senior Design” course, if itoccurs at all. When students study production techniques using desktop or larger equipment,such as might be utilized in prototype development, they experience product realization and aremotivated to return to this equipment for the creation of parts such as are needed to complete the“capstone senior design” project. This is only possible provided the equipment is capable ofproducing real parts, not just wax models. Even prior to a capstone design course, in a coursesuch as machine component design, product realization equipment allows the students to makeand examine actual components

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Rudy Rogers; Rebecca Toghiani

means, DOE grantedour laboratory a study to determine feasibility of safely storing above-ground natural gas insynthetic gas hydrates. The research suggested a process that provided rapid hydrate formation,complete conversion of interstitial water, and packing of hydrate mass as it formed; 156volumes of gas at standard temperature and pressure stored in 1 volume of the ice-like hydratewas accomplished. Subsequently, as a semester project, a group of five senior chemicalengineering students were asked to put the hydrate research findings into an innovative large-scale plant design for their capstone design course; they were to select, size and cost theequipment; they were to create process flow charts, perform mass/energy balances, and performan

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Pamela Hussen; Jose Castro; Robert J. Gustafson

coverage in current 2.89/4 0.93 courses 4 Increase the business/finance content of the 2.89/4 0.93 capstone/design projectOther Approaches List:Add business/finance courses as Mini design projects in multiple classes technical electives. with cost of technologyProvide a pool of courses (electives)with discussion emphasized. the requirement to take one or Relate importance of finance/business to two of these courses. (2) engineering in all courses.Make business courses BERs. (Basic Integrate into labs. Educational Requirements)(4

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Willis Tompkins, University of Wisconsin, Madison

semester of their degree program is dedicated to testing, evaluation, and documentation oftheir capstone design project. Also they have an outreach requirement in which they must do apresentation in a K-12 school about their design project.I was one of the four BME faculty advisors for the BME200/300 courses in Fall 2000. We had atotal of 64 students—32 sophomores and 32 juniors. They were divided into eight teams of eightstudents each. So each faculty member was responsible for advising two design projects. We metwith our two groups together in the same computer lab for a two-hour period each week. Welimited our discussions at the beginning of each lab to 20 minutes. In these sessions, we focusedon such topics as the design process, ethics case

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Jack Jennings; Vincent Wilczynski

Autocad drawings.Academy Cadets: As previously noted, the Academy cadets were seniors in either theManagement or Mechanical Engineering major, all of whom received academic credit for theirinvolvement. For the five Mechanical Engineering majors, this project represented their capstone Page 6.646.2design project.Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright 2001, American Society for Engineering EducationExternal Agents: The initial external agent was the faculty and staff at the Academy. Otherexternal agents who later assisted the Team included various high school faculty members

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Charles Forsberg

Session #2793 Use of Computers in Undergraduate HVAC Design Charles H. Forsberg Department of Engineering, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY 11549AbstractA senior capstone design course in Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning (HVAC), withemphasis on the use of computers, has been given at Hofstra University for the past severalyears. After learning the fundamentals of psychrometrics and HVAC processes, students areassigned the task of designing an air conditioning system for a commercial or institutionalfacility. Past projects have included university buildings, retail stores, and

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Norman Asper; Bijan Sepahpour

course, which is an introduction to engineering design, is arequired part of the first semester freshman year. The second course that is devoted entirely toengineering design, is the capstone senior design project, which is part of both semesters of thesenior year.There are also two other points in the students’ educational career where required courses focusprimarily on the design process. Both of these courses are outside the engineering program. Theyfulfill liberal studies requirements (are open to, or required of, the entire college) and are taughtby engineering and technical/professional faculty. The first is a course entitled “CreativeDesign”, which is taught by engineering faculty, and fulfills a fine & performing artsrequirement

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Kevin Renken; George Abraham

). Page 6.488.1 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering EducationThe Mechanical Engineering Department at UWM requires our undergraduates to enroll in one oftwo senior design courses we offer each semester. 612-396 Senior Design Project is the senior year“capstone course” the majority of our students participate in. The primary component of this courseis the execution and presentation of a project that involves new product design, productimprovement, failure analysis and resolution, product design changes necessitated by manufacturingprocess changes or other similar endeavors. Projects are generated from

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Jeffrey Higgins

evaluation process as on-campus faculty.The College has used some web-based instruction but considers that instructionalmethodology still experimental; thus more than 90% of the instruction is in the traditionalclassroom and laboratory format.The Senior Project, a capstone experience, is designed by the Senior Project Team: thestudent, a student mentor, a faculty member, and the Head of the Technology ExtensionDivision. The mentor is an engineer or senior technician with the company who helps thestudent identify a project that will not only demonstrate the skills gained from the degreeprogram but will solve an existing engineering or manufacturing problem at thecompany. The faculty member is the instructor-of-record who oversees the

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Lynn Nored; David Compton

thecurrent 2nd Generation systems.The above depth in theory, breadth of laboratory and computer simulation experiences, andexposure to advanced applications, provides the fertile ground for students. They can then ask,“Can we use similar techniques to develop a wireless spread spectrum based system?” And, notonly to answer in the affirmative, but have the confidence that they can do it themselves.IV. Senior Systems Design ProjectWhen the students have completed all of their general courses and are deep into their selectedemphasis, they enroll in a mandatory senior design sequence. The senior design project, alsocalled “Systems” is a three-semester capstone course designed to teach engineers how to conducta real-world project. This project goes

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Carlos Sun; Frances Johnson; David Hutto; Kathryn Hollar; Eric Constans; Jennifer Kadlowec; Beena Sukumaran; Anthony Marchese; Paris von Lockette; Kevin Dahm; Douglas Cleary

Capstone Design ProjectThis 4-year, 20-credit design sequence offers students the opportunity to incrementally learn thescience and art of design by continuously applying the technical skills they have obtained intraditional coursework. And, by applying this just-in-time approach to engineering designeducation it is possible for students to complete ambitious design projects as early as thesophomore year. This paper describes a product design and development project that wascompleted in Fall 2000 within the Sophomore Engineering Clinic I. The project, which wascompleted by 108 students from each of the four engineering departments, consisted of thedesign and development of a portable, residential bridge that could be purchased by a consumerat a

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Eckehard Doerry; Bridget Bero; David Hartman

• Team taught management • Capstone Conference Figure 1: Overview of the four core Design4Practice courses, highlighting key features of each course. Each course also teaches discipline-specific technical skills associated with completing the project.2.1 An integrated curriculumThe Design4Practice curriculum is built around four core design courses, one for each of the fouryears of the degree program: the freshman course, EGR 186 Engineering Design – Introduction;the sophomore course, EGR 286 Engineering Design

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G. Juri Filatovs; Devdas Pai

students, who then wrote a paper on it detailing their analysis and approach to theproblem. Following this, the instructor’s solution was presented and a discussion evolved. Thisdiscussion resulted in advocating for and illustrating the advantages of a fundamental approach toengineering in a manufacturing-design setting.I. IntroductionThis is a case study used in the Senior Capstone design course in the Department of MechanicalEngineering at NCA&T State University. It originated from consulting work with a local industryby one of us (GJF) and was developed into a case study/project. In addition to its technicalaspects, the study presented opportunities for examining and comparing the differences inapproaches between students and working

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Martin Morris; Fred Fry

is judged and scored to reflect theengineering details of the car design. A detailed cost report and presentation is scored to reflectthe cost of the prototype and the anticipated cost of the production vehicle. The final static eventis a presentation that is intended to convince a manufacturer that this concept is a profitablebusiness venture. The presentation event provides the opportunity for developing a multi-disciplinary team that includes engineering, marketing, and entrepreneurship students.Mechanical Engineering Senior ProjectsArguably the most important single course in the mechanical engineering curriculum at BradleyUniversity is the capstone senior design project. The project spans both the fall and springsemesters of the senior