Conference Session

Innovation in Design Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Vincent Wilczynski

, motors,connecting wires and a programmable remote control system. The teams use these materials todesign and construct robotic devices that accomplish a simulated maritime mission. The kit ofparts is reusable each year and requires little machine-shop work to create machines, therebymaking this project ideal for repeated use. The experience is modeled on the capstone designactivity and contains many attributes of the final design experience. The U.S. Coast GuardAcademy has been the only program using this commercially available kit of parts and hasworked with the vendors to improve the system as a tool for engineering design education.IntroductionProviding engineering undergraduates with a sound introduction to the fundamental tools forsuccess

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Sridhar Condoor

electricalengineering. It is becoming increasing important with the new smart products whichrequire close integration of both mechanical and electrical engineering concepts. Wenoticed two opportunities which can be addressed by introducing mechatronicscurriculum. The opportunities are: 1. ME students are unsure of handling electrical engineering portion of any project. The deficiencies range from their inability to: a. translate wiring diagrams into physical hardware, b. pick the right actuator or a control system, and c. design and implement a mechatronics system in the capstone design course. These observations are consistent with other members of mechatronics teaching community [2] 2. A current competency gap

Conference Session

Related Engineering Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

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Robert Bowman

studio classroom arrangement and related pedagogical stylecombine to form a very effective teaching environment for introductory design-orientedcourses.26The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), through their EngineeringCriteria 2000 (EC2000), has prompted engineering programs to incorporate capstone projectengineering courses in their programs.27 Early design experiences in the curriculum prepare thestudent with the tools and laboratory practice for more meaningful senior capstone projects. Sixof the EC2000 criteria appear to be logical goals for the Practicum course, albeit at anintroductory level. • Ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering. • Ability to design and conduct experiments as well

Conference Session

Strategic Issues in EM Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Elise Barrella; Keith Buffinton

Undergraduate Individual courses offered withinMaryland different disciplinesRowan University Engineering Undergraduate Project-based learning Clinics Table 1. Programs in Engineering ManagementThe undergraduate SE (major in Systems Engineering) curriculum at UVA includes engineeringcourses, general education electives (commerce, economics, etc.), applications electives, andtechnical electives. The program concludes with a senior-year capstone design project thatassigns small teams of students to work with a client on solving an open-ended design problem.It is designed to prepare students for graduate work in a variety

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Deisenroth

emphasis would shift to team presentations with a technicalemphasis. Material would be presented in class to indicate aspects of presenting and sellingtechnical ideas. The student presentations are group oriented and focus on the results of thestudents’ design efforts. In the capstone design course, ISE 4005/4006, oral communication hashistorically been emphasized from a number of different perspectives. As the student teams areinvolved in a number of meetings with their faculty advisors, the course coordinator, and thecompany contacts, basics of planning and conducting meetings are discussed. Additionally,personal interactions with people from the companies “at the shop floor level” are frequentelements of a project and communications aspects of

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Stephen Carr

engineering design with writing (primarily), but secondarilyspeaking and drawing (free-hand and CAD); there are now in the implementation stagesnew capstone-level courses combining engineering design with speaking (primarily), andsecondarily writing and prototyping. The pioneer department to do this is BiomedicalEngineering (BME), and the second department to join in this year is IndustrialEngineering and Management Sciences. An indication that this evolution represents morevalue-adding to our educational experience is the fact that three of the four college-wideawards for capstone projects last year went to BME projects.The other emerging development is the formation of a new organizational unit of theMcCormick School, the Institute for Design and

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Steven Peretti; James Spivey; Paula Berardinelli; Naomi Kleid; Deanna Dannels; Chris Anson; Lisa Bullard; Dave Kmiec

] and portfolio-based additions to capstone courses at the senior level.For the past two years, a research and teaching team in the chemical engineering department at NorthCarolina State University has been iteratively designing and implementing a junior-level writing andspeaking module as part of a larger NSF grant.[4] The purpose of this module is to provide instruction intechnical writing, oral presentation, teaming, and project management skills within the context of thelaboratory course. This serves as a precursor to a similar senior capstone course that includes instructionin multidisciplinary teaming.Design featuresThe Teaming, Writing, and Speaking (TWS) instruction series is a discipline-specific module andconsultation series that was

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality Assuranc in Engr Ed

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Swami Karunamoorthy

, donation of used equipments, new equipmentgrants, capstone design projects, recruitment, etc. This committee is a valuable asset to a Page 8.633.3 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education”program and it creates a great partnership between academia, industry and/orgovernment.Educational objectives should be General, Executable, and Measurable (GEM). Also,these objectives should be flexible, comprehensive, defined and documented. Theyshould be systematically reviewed and updated with inputs from various

Conference Session

Raising the Bar and Body of Knowledge

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Nelson; Osama Abudayyeh; Edmund Tsang; Molly Williams

—Small—Big Picture. This part of the curriculum is designed to provide the students with abroad overview of civil engineering systems, then to address design of individual components,and then move back to the big picture. This will be accomplished through the codes andspecifications course, the usual design courses, and capstone design. In the codes andspecifications course, students learn about the various design codes applicable to civilengineering projects—IBC, AREA, and AASHTO to name a few—and the application of thesecode to global design requirements. The intent is not to delve into the requirements for designbut rather study the requirements for systems. For example, students would study the globalrequirements for an office building

Conference Session

Environmental Justice and Sustainability

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2003 Annual Conference

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Walter Weber; Deborah Ross; Angela Lueking

addressing environmental issues in the context of his/her professional practice. ConsEnSus requires two common courses for all participants, including the course Industrial Ecology and the course Case Studies in Environmental Sustainability. The case studies class was recently added to the curriculum specifically for the ConsEnSus Program, and has led to industrial collaborations, which provide students experiential learning opportunities in terms of in class activities and student term projects. The details of the class and the project collaborations are described in detail in the following sections.• Capstone Case Studies Course The class, “Case Studies in Environmental Sustainability”, is required of all ConsEnSus

Conference Session

International Collaborative Efforts

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sandra Courter; Rebecca Cors; Pat Eagan

or more design courses, which require students to work in teams. Examples include Hydraulic Design, Wastewater Treatment Plant Design, and Circuit Design courses. - Capstone Design Courses: Each engineering department requires a capstone design course, which is structured around real projects for bona fide or imaginary clients. While engineering curricula at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and many other universities, offer opportunities to practice teamwork and leadership, many students enter the workforce unprepared to facilitate and lead17,18. This, along with the foregoing investigation results and literature review about the importance of facilitation skills in the

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Hankley

from otherengineering disciplines. The course is prerequisite to our capstone project course on softwareengineering. The architecture course does not cover general software engineering topics (such astesting, estimation, and management), but it does provide students in the capstone course withfoundation skills for software design and development. This type of architecture and designcourse should be an appropriate second level course for engineers with a minor emphasis ofsoftware.IntroductionThis paper addresses the underlying issue of where and how and why architecture and design fitinto the curriculum of courses for majors in computing and for service computing courses, whichare often taken by engineering and science majors. Historically, the

Conference Session

Building Cross-Disciplinary Partnerships

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Bryant; Paul Swamidass

identify business and engineering issues associated withcomplex business problems with a strong engineering component.ENGR/BUSI 3520: Integrating Business and Engineering Theories with Practice(Semester 2. First offered in Spring 2002).BUSI 3530: Entrepreneurship and E-Commerce, (first offered in spring 2002)BUSI 4540: Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation(Semester 3. First offering fall 2002). Selected case studies included in this course are:ATT Automotive, BMW AG: The digital auto project, Duriron: Cell manufacturing,Boeing 777 development, Campbell Soup Company, Spin Master Toys (A), PlusDevelopment Corporation, and Quantum Corporation.ENGR/BUSI 4970 and 4980: Capstone Project I (1 credit) and II (3 credits)(Semesters 3 and 4

Conference Session

Computer Assisted Data Acquisition

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Hosni Abu-Mulaweh

profiles in the fin to both analytical and numerical (finitedifference) solutions. This kind of experience enhances the understanding of the transfer ofthermal energy by undergraduate mechanical engineering students and exposes them to severalimportant concepts in heat transfer.I. IntroductionThe Design-Build-Test (DBT) concept has, recently, been used in undergraduate engineeringlaboratories [1, 2] and also in capstone senior design projects in which students design, develop,build, and test [3]. Traditional undergraduate heat transfer laboratories in mechanical engineeringexpose the students to heat transfer concepts presented in lecture classes, but do not provide themwith design experiences similar to what they might face as thermal

Conference Session

Building Cross-Disciplinary Partnerships

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Todd A. Watkins; Drew Snyder; John Ochs

§ Develop sustainable support o Number of new implementat ioncourse process learning through capstone IPD o o Quantify permanent Provide feedback on new product project courses

Conference Session

Related Engineering Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Rick Shoemaker

Senior Capstone Project2 Opti 471 A Optics Lab I 3 Specialized Course from Selected Track3 Engr 498A Senior Capstone Project 3 Specialized Course from Selected Track2-3 Specialized Course from Selected Track or Tier 1 Traditions and Cultures Page 8.178.3"Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education"The TracksOptics Track - The optics core is supplemented with courses chosen from one or more scienceor engineering departments

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Improving Communication Skills in ME

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Chasnov

began expanding its programs from the traditional liberal arts programs toinclude education, business, nursing, and in 1990, engineering. The state of Ohio authorized the twomost popular engineering majors at that time, electrical and mechanical, for baccalaureate degreeprograms. Now a university, the 400-acre campus is home to about 3000 undergraduate and graduatestudents. Page 8.630.1 -1-MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AT CEDARVILLEThe mechanical engineering (ME) curriculum at Cedarville emphasizes hands-on experience boththrough many laboratory courses (13 total) and competition projects. The

Conference Session

Real-Time and Embedded Systems

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

J.W. Bruce

areas described by objectives given in [2]. Many influences are involved Page 8.369.5in a student’s education, and the design experience described here is only a part of that education. Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society of Engineering EducationHowever, I take some pride in learning that several external faculty reviewers commented thatmany students from this cohort executed some of the most successful capstone projects in recentyears. Finally, students in this initial offering were seen in the student common

Conference Session

Student Teams and Active Learning

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Janet Schmidt; David Bigio; Linda Schmidt; Paige Smith

8.506.3students as they approach the completion of their senior capstone team experience. While this isProceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationthe "ideal," the independence of the modules allows faculty members to "pick and choose" themodules they feel are most appropriate to a given project or class. Initially, we worried aboutredundancy, both in terms of students being exposed to the same module twice or overlap interms of the material across levels of the curriculum. However, in practice, "one shot learning" isnot usually effective for subject mastery. Depending on the circumstances, an individual

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Moriarty

product design and development problemsincluding team dynamics. This paper describes the details of the design experience,discusses efforts that were found to be successful, presents sample team prototype results,and discusses student comments and feedback. I. INTRODUCTIONWestern New England College has a long history of incorporating engineering design intoits laboratories and courses. This year marks the College’s 41 st annual capstone designeffort. In addition, interdisciplinary team efforts are initiated in the freshman year andcontinue for all four years [1]. This paper describes one such interdisciplinary lab exercise,performed in the fall of the student’s senior year. This focused effort brings together

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

THEO MARYONOVICH; Chris Netherton; Chandra Sekhar; Jai Agrawal; Omer Farook

Session 1292 Computer-Assisted GOAL-Oriented Walking Robot Omer Farook, Chandra R. Sekhar, Jai P. Agrawal, Theo Maryonovich and Chris Netherton Purdue University Calumet Hammond, IN 46323AbstractThe paper discusses a senior design project which was implemented during a two-semestercourse, Senior Design. These two courses are the capstone courses in ElectricalEngineering Technology curriculum offered in seventh and eighth semester. This projectand similar projects provides the student a unique opportunity to design and integrate theknowledge and

Conference Session

Instructional Technology

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Norb Delatte

lifelong learning. Threeapproaches for bringing forensics and failure case studies into the civil engineering curriculumare available. These are stand-alone forensic engineering or failure case study courses, capstonedesign projects, and integration of case studies into the curriculum. Since it is not practical toadd another required course to the crowded civil engineering curriculum, the latter approach willbe more practical for most undergraduate programs. Some cases have been developed and usedin courses at the United States Military Academy (USMA) and the University of Alabama atBirmingham (UAB), as well as at other institutions. Currently an NSF-funded research project isunderway at UAB to develop and disseminate case study materials. Under

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

puszynski jan; David Dixon; Bhavani Puli; James Munro

recently, baccalaureate programs in engineering have traditionally used laboratoryexperiences to reinforce engineering science theory presented in lecture classes. Designconcepts were presented in a senior capstone design course but were not incorporatedinto laboratory experiments. In the last fifteen years there has been a move towardintegrating design experiences throughout the curriculum in response to ABETaccreditation requirements for engineering programs. A number of engineering programshave developed courses or methods to introduce design at early stages of the engineeringcurriculum, or even at the secondary or elementary school level.3, 4 In their text TeachingEngineering, Wankat and Oreovicz note that "hardware projects, which mix design

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Renee Rogge; Joan Burtner

quite good. The new president was quite enthusiastic and veryoptimistic. She began the meeting with an extensive list of projects she planned to initiate duringher reign. Her enthusiasm was contagious. A volunteer list was distributed and many of thosepresent signed up to work. As the year went on, however, enthusiasm on the part of themembership began to wane. Although the president had taken responsibility at the beginning ofthe fall term for setting up two service projects, she had not finalized arrangements beforeChristmas. In a meeting with the faculty advisor, the president explained that the fall term courseswere too demanding, and as the term progressed she became more involved in her studies. Thepresident assured the advisor that

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerrolyn Hebert; Dawn McKinney

, prerequisite courses could anticipate the use of certain concepts or equipment andbe given a preview. Likewise follow-up courses could build on prior efforts. The most likelyfollow-up courses would be the senior projects capstone or individual research projects (directedstudy, MS theses). For the sake of the proposal document many technical details were notenumerated. However, even at this initial stage of planning, additional working documents werecreated for each course which detailed projects and how topical coverage could be enhanced. Itis certainly the case that most of this could not have been accomplished without the in-depthknowledge provided by the recent graduates of the CS program. These graduates were able tobalance the needs of a specific

Conference Session

Instructional Technology

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Anthony Barrett; Steve Kuennen

environmental engineeringcurriculum. Hands-on activities in the course were developed to support typical lecture-basedcourses within the civil and environmental majors. These activities also supplement traditionallaboratory exercises that students experience in their civil and environmental engineeringcourses. Figure 1 below illustrates how the field engineering course provides baselineexperiences for the major’s courses which follow (Pocock et al 2000).The Concrete Beam Design, Construction and Testing activity is especially beneficial to studentstaking our course in Concrete Design, required by every civil engineering major. As shown inFigure 1, Concrete Design is a technical design course that directly supports our civilengineering capstone course

Conference Session

Assessment of Entrepreneurship Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas K. Miller; Catherine E. Brawner; Matthew Ohland; Guili Zhang

design team, are also expected to playa leadership role. It is their responsibility to define the team’s mission, organization, goals, andobjectives. This contrasts with the traditional student role in a capstone design course whereteams of peers work on a project, in that team participants who are not in leadership positionsplay a supporting role. They are expected to participate at an effort level commensurate with one Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Page 8.64.3 Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationhour of credit, and to

Conference Session

Introduction to Engineering: The Present State

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sandra Courter; Jay Martin

Session 1653 2nd and 3rd Order Refinements/Improvements to an Experiential Design and Introduction to Engineering Course for First-Year Students Sandra Shaw Courter and Jay K. Martin University of Wisconsin-MadisonABSTRACT A three-credit course for first-year students with the objective of providing anauthentic engineering design experience and an introduction to engineering has been inplace at the University of Wisconsin-Madison since 1994. From the inception, the coursehas been centered on real projects the students carry out in collaboration with bona fideclients. During

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Lucy King; Jacqueline El-Sayed

Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationwith math, physics, communication or graphic arts [Pearson, 1999] 3 [Wood et. al., 2001] 5 [Goffet. al. 2001]2. Other approaches entail consecutive classes where one class of students utilize thereports of a previous class’ work or team taught labs with instructors from different disciplines[Drake et. al., 2002]1.At Kettering University, collaborative efforts have been tested involving a selected number ofstudents in two non-concurrent courses or utilizing reports from previous course work to developa project in another class [Scheller, 2000]4. There has not been any attempt in conducting a trulyinterdisciplinary

Conference Session

Experienced-Based Instruction

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

George List; Stacy Eisenman

various projects and learn how the disciplines of civil engineering overlap and integrate withother disciplines to solve real-world problems. The firm presents a series of engineering tasks tothe students. Each of the tasks represents a problem focused on one of the civil engineeringconcentrations. Working in teams, the students consult with the firms’ field experts to recognizethe complexities of the problems. They then use their theoretical knowledge to developconceptual solutions. In addition to gains in experiential knowledge, the retreat provides anopportunity for the students to network with the firm’s top engineers and more importantly withtheir fellow classmates. The retreat is a fully funded experience, which offers students