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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Jenkins; John Kramlich

providing and objective viewpoint.Capstone Design: Of the eleven departments/programs, three use capstone design projects toassess how well programmatic goals and learning outcomes are achieved. An advantage of usingcapstone design projects is that these projects represent the synthesis of coursework, thereforedemonstrating an important step in attaining the professional engineering degree. Adisadvantage is that assessing the intangible soft skills of capstone design projects (e.g.,teamwork, communication, etc) can prove problematic and illusive.Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering reported that design projects illustrate the students

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Innovations in Teaching Mechanics

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2002 Annual Conference

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Wendy Reffeor

-2002 strongly encourage design in the curriculum. This project addresses several of the ABETprogram objectives, specifically a, c, e and g. The objectives met include: (a) an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering . . . (c) an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs . . . (e) an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems . . . (g) an ability to communicate effectively . . .This project is quite unusual as most engineering curricula do not include design and buildprojects in dynamics courses. Design is generally relegated to more traditional courses such asearly level design courses and capstone project

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Innovation in Design Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Anneliese Watt; Jeff Froyd; Julia Williams

communication. The purpose ofassigning students to a capstone design project is to give them the opportunity to developtheir skills in the context of a situated learning experience. As such, we expect studentsto achieve a specific set of learning outcomes that are not customarily required in thetraditional engineering classroom. This paper identifies learning outcomes in both designand writing, then associates strategies from each field as methods to improve studentlearning. Borrowing strategies across disciplinary boundaries, this paper providesvaluable insights for faculty in both engineering and technical communication who areinterested in expanding the repertoire of strategies they use to teach design andcommunication.IntroductionEngineering design

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Poster

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2002 Annual Conference

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Yann-Hang Lee; Sethuraman Panchanathan; Gerald Gannod; Forouzan Golshani; David Pheanis; Ben Huey

Abstract The Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Arizona State University has deployed a novel infrastructure for a concentration track in embedded systems that combines important aspects of academic content with the latest in research and industrial practices. The concentration track emphasizes fundamental issues such as the balance between hardware and software and the respective trade-offs of building embedded systems. It is realized through the use of formal course work and hands-on experience that is channeled through a capstone project implemented as internships.1 IntroductionRapid proliferation of embedded systems in a wide range of consumer and

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Design in the Engineering Core

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2002 Annual Conference

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Josue Njock-Libii

design experienceculminated in a two-semester senior course, which is the capstone design project. The remainderof this paper details how design content was added to the first course in fluid mechanics.3. The Process of Adding Design into the CourseDescription of the course. The first course in fluid mechanics is required of all MechanicalEngineering students. It consists of a lecture and a laboratory. The lecture part is worth threesemester-credit hours and the lab component, one semester-credit hour. The lab session meets forthree consecutive hours, once a week. The program introduced design into the course by assigningopen-ended problems at the beginning of the semester. Students were required to choose a resultor concept of fluid mechanics

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Curriculum Development in BIO Engr.

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2002 Annual Conference

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Michael Nowak; Adrezin Ronald; Donald Leone

graphic (drawing andCAD) skills currently required of all engineers in the major disciplines. As part of the collegesongoing efforts to incorporate engineering and design at all levels of undergraduate education,the students take two engineering courses: “Principles of Engineering”, and “Principles ofEngineering Design”. Capstone Research, Design Project, Mechatronics (or eq.) Biomechanics, Biofluids, Bioinstrumentation, Biomedical Engineering Seminar, Anatomy & Physiology, Cell Biology Statics, Dynamics, Mechanics of Materials, Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Introduction to Electrical Engineering

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Real-World Manufacturing Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald Falkenburg; Tina Harkin

Dictionary wereoverlooked in the initial concept development and added at the end.Overall Performance Rating for Objective 1: +Performance on each task is evaluated using a three-level scale: (+) excellent, (v) good, (-) lessthan satisfactory. In addition to rating each task, the instructor writes an integrated evaluation(the Summary) and assigns an Overall Performance Rating for the objective.A second example of an experiential course is a project-based course. Greenfield requires twocapstone project courses. The first is at the end of the Associates Degree. Here a one creditproject which documents a real experience in the production facility at Focus:HOPE is presentedfor credit. A three-credit design project forms a capstone for both the

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Program Assessment in ET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Erdogan Sener

do and we are looking for a benefit/cost ratio that isfeasible and defendable in this case too.Even though the PSET houses a number of engineering and technology departments most ofwhich are ABET accredited, there is no consensus or uniformity in terms of how to doassessment and how much. As a result some departments have opted to assess selected courses,some are assessing select courses plus a senior capstone course, some are assessing all courses,some are using comprehensive exams or portfolios, and some are using combinations of above inaddition to the usual surveys, exit interviews, and such. As a result, the question lingers in termsof are we doing enough or are we doing too much. The question is more than academic in naturein the sense

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Product and Venture Creation Curriculum

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2002 Annual Conference

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Steven Krumholz; Steve Schiffman; Sean Munson; John Bourne; James Krejcarek; Dan Lindquist; Susan Fredholm

” Year 4: Concurrent Specialization & Realization (Capstone) EAS:Other EAS:E ME ECEOlin’s current curriculum model consists of three time-specific periods: Foundation,Specialization, and Realization (Capstone). The diagram shows one view of how thismight work, with a two-year foundation, one year of specialization, and a one-yearcapstone experience. The arrows indicate cross-discipline, and possibly cross-year,projects and interaction.First Entrepreneurship ExperienceIt is anticipated that Olin students will be exposed to at least one project in theirfreshman year that requires a core collection of entrepreneurial skills. These skillsmay include teaming, opportunity

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Bernhardt; Paul Imhoff; Michael Pearlman; Diane Kukich; Darren O'Neill; Michael Chajes

audiences, interviewing, researching,and organizing and delivering information; and provides them with an opportunity to developand present materials within a variety of group sizes and public contexts.Finally, for the fourth year, the writing and presentational components of the capstone course(CIEG 410, Senior Design) were enhanced. In addition to being mentored by professionalengineers on realistic design projects, student teams now also benefit from a writing instructorwho maintains a clear presence with the class. The writing instructor provides formal lectures onproposal and report writing, offers one-on-one assistance with writing projects at the request ofstudents or teams of students, reviews drafts, and offers additional resources for

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Shawn Gross; David Dinehart

issues in combination, yetthey must be proficient at handling these issues in order to be successful in their professionalcareers. In the spring semester of 2000 the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineeringat Villanova University initiated a structural engineering capstone design course that brings tofocus the role of structural engineers in a global context, highlighted by structural design andconstruction in a third world country. The initial project involved the design and construction of a25 foot tall reinforced concrete cross for a Catholic orphanage in Posas Verdes, Honduras. Theproject was challenging due to many constraints and limitations such as time, third worldconditions, communication, material quality and availability, and

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New Trends in ECE Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Thomas Hemminger; Ralph Ford

engineers. The focus of the course is on both theoretical and applied aspects of DSP, and it is the capstone experience of the DSP education in the curriculum. In the prerequisite course, EE BD 326 (Signals and Systems), students are exposed to the basics of digital filter design (Z-transforms and basic FIR and IIR design). Furthermore, they already have experience with the filter design tools and real-time implementation capabilities available in the Hyperception environment and the Bridgenorth boards. Students are well-versed in the use of MATLAB at this point. In EE BD 473, MATLAB and Hyperception are utilized regularly for both in-class instruction and out-of- class projects. In addition, Texas

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Teaching Industrial Engineers Design

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2002 Annual Conference

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Larry Dunn; Jessica Matson; Kenneth Hunter

designthroughout the curriculum and increased emphasis on capstone design courses and team designprojects.The current ABET Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs requires that graduates possessa wide range of knowledge and abilities, including “an ability to function on multi-disciplinaryteams.”1 Most undergraduate engineering programs utilize team design projects as a means ofdemonstrating compliance with this criterion, and some programs also include formal instructionin teamwork issues. Page 7.625.1 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright

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Assessment Issues

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2002 Annual Conference

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Leonid Preiser

Conference & Exposition Copyright ã 2002, American Society for Engineering Education Intelligence, and CST 452, Human-Computer Interaction.Bachelor of Science in Information Technologyo Based on both assessment of separate course outcomes and assessment of program outcomes, the BSIT program has undergone extensive renovation during 1999-2000 and 2000-2001 academic years: revised course descriptions for CST 431, 432, 433, 434, 435, 437, and 438, enhanced hands-on computer components throughout the program curriculum, and introduction of the two-part capstone project, IS 420A/B.Master of Science in Software Engineeringo The updated MSSE curriculum emphasizes the state-of-the art concepts of SDLC (Software Development

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Design Experiences in Energy Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Robert Mayer

capstone design project, three teams of 1 st-class midshipmen (seniors majoring in oceanengineering at the U.S. Naval Academy) set about to identify and design an ocean energy systemto compete, at least conceptually, with Navy contractors. These teams explored various renew-able energy sources such as ocean thermal, wave, and offshore wind energy. In four-monthstime, each team researched the alternatives and developed a concept design for its selectedenergy source. Results were presented to a Review Panel consisting of Navy representatives andocean engineering professionals. Brief details of this capstone experience and educational oppor-tunities in renewable ocean energies at the U.S. Naval Academy are shared later in the paper.Past developments

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Strategic Issues in EM Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Jeffrey Harwell; Donna Shirley; Hillel Kumin

others) in MDE skills. - Recommendations for improving the efficiency and applicability of basic math and science education for engineers. - Suggestions for streamlining the traditional engineering core curriculum (e.g. Introduction to Engineering, Statics, Fluids, Dynamics, etc.) - Recommendations for the University General Education curriculum (the University Core in Figure 2).Project-Based EducationThe University of Oklahoma requires that every student complete a “capstone” project inher or his field in order to graduate. Typically, engineering capstone projects have beendiscipline-focussed and single-semester. Some projects have been conductedincorporating multiple disciplines in the senior

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Multi-disciplinary Design

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2002 Annual Conference

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Robert B. Stone; Nancy Hubing

the second semester course is shown in Fig. 4. This course begins to lookmore like a traditional capstone design course with the notable exception that the projects areinterdisciplinary. We begin the semester by revisiting the outcome of the second project fromthe design methods course. Here the students spend a considerable amount of time visiting withtheir customer to ensure that the selected concept meets their needs. Three presentations are heldwhere the design teams present key parts of the embodiment design process: a proof of conceptof the critical component(s), a design review of the alpha (or first) prototype and a final designreview/demonstration of the beta (or working) prototype. Students are assessed on individualdesign notebooks

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth DeBartolo

revival of SeniorInterdisciplinary Design and the development of an upper-level Integrated Design course. Thisis in addition to the traditional capstone Senior Design, where students spend 2 quartersdesigning and building a project for external sponsors. Our first year students need a foundationin design education to prepare them for these courses, where they are given responsibility todesign a product for a paying sponsor. In particular, ABET criteria c, e, and h should beaddressed before students enroll in a Senior Design class. These criteria state that studentsshould have: (c) an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs. (e) an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems. (h) the

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International Collaborative Efforts

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2002 Annual Conference

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Sören Östlund; Johan Malmqvist; Ingemar Ingemarsson; Edward F. Crawley; Doris Brodeur

project is to provide students with an education that stresses engineeringfundamentals set in the context of Conceiving-Designing-Implementing-Operating (CDIO)real-world systems and products Page 7.732.1The project strategy to implement CDIO has four themes: Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education 1. curriculum reform to ensure that students have opportunities to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to conceive and design complex systems and products 2. improved teaching and learning

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Cultivating Professional Responsibility

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2002 Annual Conference

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Julia Williams

the Brigham Young University College ofEngineering and Technology demonstrates that the effort to include ethics instruction wasalready gaining momentum in 1995. Responses from 360 engineering departments in NorthAmerican showed that ethics were taught in more than 40% of all capstone engineering designcourses. Topics taught at higher percentages were as follows: Oral Presentations (61%);Creativity, Concept Generation (48%); Teamwork Essentials (44%); and Project Planning andScheduling (42%). Engineering Economics (40%) and Ethics were tied. 5 Absent from theBrigham Young survey, however, is information regarding the nature of the instruction offeredto students. Survey respondents were not required to assess the quality of instruction in

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Technical Issues in Arch. Engr.

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2002 Annual Conference

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Suzanne Bilbeisi; John Phillips

Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education”form of structural drawings that show the final design and detailing for the structure of thebuilding. These design problems are meant to simulate actual structural engineering designproblems to give the students an academic experience that has direct application to professionalpractice.Computer Analysis For Adv. Steel Project Construction Drawing for Adv. Steel ProjectThe capstone design course for the architectural engineering student occurs during the fifth yearof study. This nine hour credit course meets in the studio twenty hours a week, and is taught bytwo architecture professors and two architectural engineering professors

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Mobile Robotics in Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Brian Peterson; Barry Mullins

BattleBots. A television show sponsored byBattleBots Inc. showcases these BattleBots in a radio-controlled robotic combat competition.The show is televised by Comedy Central within the United States. Competitors design, build,and test a fortified robot in hopes of attending the biannual, single-elimination tournament,incapacitating the competition, and walking away with the top prize. During the spring of 2001,two electrical engineering students at the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) built tworobots as their capstone senior design projects and subsequently competed in the May 2001tournament. This paper describes the background of BattleBots, the process by which thestudents completed their robots, how the students were able to attend the

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Assessment in EM Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Terry Collins; Alisha Youngblood

collectdata about the selected EM programs. The following questions were considered for this report:· Who is the target audience and what criteria should they meet? Some programs allowed admission to students just finishing a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering while others required a minimum number of years of industry experience. Also, some programs required a degree in engineering while others were more flexible allowing persons with a degree in math or hard science acceptance into an MSEM program.· How many hours are typical for this type of program? The number of hours required varied slightly and sometimes depended on if a thesis was being incorporated into a person’s degree.· Should a thesis or capstone project be required

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Innovative Curriculum Development in MET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Salvatore Marsico

advisory board,and the Society of Manufacturing Engineers. It is the intent of this article to discuss some of thechanges made to the course, and how it was transformed into a capstone course focused onflexible manufacturing. PRE BENCH-TOPThe lecture and laboratory courses were not concurrent. The former was offered in the springsemester of the sophomore year. The latter was offered during a summer session at thecompletion of the freshman spring semester. This created a problem for many students becausethe laboratory assignments were completed almost a full academic year apart. For example,many topics such as speeds and feeds for machining operations, jigs, fixtures, and die designwould not get proper

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Assessment in EM Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Daughton

principles and concepts Engineering economics and finance Project management Quality, strategy, and value creation Process management methods Leadership and management Technical Electives (9 hours) Technical courses selected from the College of Engineering Capstone Project (3 hours) Original research projectAn alumni survey3 was conducted for our

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Interdisciplinary Engineering Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Naiqian Zhang

work with state-of-the-art design tools, embedded development environments, and target platforms to interconnect a variety of sensors and actuators in complete real-time embedded systems, 3. A theory course covering both traditional scheduling theory and contemporary design methodologies, and 4. A project-based capstone course to complete a comprehensive design for a complex embedded system.Five BAE graduate students have enrolled in these courses. Because of the difference inbackground, the students have experienced different degrees of difficulties. Two studentshad good background in electronics and computer programming before taking thesecourses. They performed very well in all courses of

Conference Session

Design and Innovation

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Durward Sobek

ofevaluation, they were game. Fortunately, the National Science Foundation also saw merit in theproject and funded it.Thus, design journals have been required in ME 404, the senior design capstone course, for thelast 3 semesters. It is a 4-credit, one-semester (15 weeks) course. An instructor facilitates thecourse, meeting with the class once per week to cover course logistics and communicatedeadlines and reporting requirements. The students are assigned to teams of 3-4, each teamworking on a different project, most of which are sponsored by outside organizations. Each teammeets weekly with a faculty advisor (who could be the course instructor). Typical of many seniordesign courses, each team must interact with a client to define his needs, devise a

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Instrumentation Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Darrell Morris; Hesham Shaalan

Session 2559 Using a Microcontroller for Sonar Ranging Hesham Shaalan, Ph.D., and Darrell Morris School of Technology Georgia Southern University Statesboro, Georgia1. Introduction The Senior Project is the capstone course in the Electrical Engineering Technology (EET)curriculum at Georgia Southern University. It consists of an individually chosen project that istaken from concept through design to a finished state. It includes related CAD, specifications,theory of operation, and oral/written

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Graphics Applications in ME

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Holly Ault

required to complete a capstone design project during their senior year. Theseprojects are usually conducted as team projects and require an effort equivalent to three courses.There is no formal course associated with the project; student teams meet with their facultyadvisor weekly during the year. About half of the projects are sponsored by local industry. Allteams are required to submit a formal report; most teams will also participate in the annualproject poster competition. All of the final reports submitted during the academic year 2000-2001 were reviewed to determine what types of graphics were used in the documentation. A totalof forty-two (42) reports were submitted by 104 students, for an average team size of 2.6students/team. Average

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Intra-college Graduate Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve Watkins; Richard Hall; Martha J. Molander; Josh Corra; Bethany Konz; K. Chandrashekhara; Vicki Eller; Abdeldjelil Belarbi

related applied experience and theimplementation of the objectives are based on a cognitive sciences approach. Functionalknowledge is developed through problem-based assignments and laboratory activities.Interdisciplinary collaborative skills are practiced through group problem sets, laboratoryactivities and reports, and capstone design or analysis projects with both written and oraldocumentation. Most activities are conducted in a collaborative team setting. 10 Page 7.726.3 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ã 2002, American Society for