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Outreach: Future Women in Engineering I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth Parry; Laura Bottomley

are dependenton each other to maximize benefits and results. Universities, through the program, get graduatestudents who are better teachers, and potential future faculty. The K12 teacher deepens his/hercontent knowledge in STEM subjects, and develops an expertise is integrating these topics acrosscurriculum. K12 students benefit by both the positive role model and interaction of theuniversity student and from the teacher’s increased comfort level in STEM subjects.Other best practices abound. At Iowa State University, a K12 Engineering Educational OutreachCenter was established to address curriculum and pipeline issues. Recognizing that “teachersworking with a base knowledge of engineering can naturally encourage students to

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Retention: Keeping the Women Students

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth Eschenbach

University SWE student section, as well as the environmental resourcesengineering department gained much visibility. Many engineering students benefited from thehands-on involvement in the project. Lastly, many children continue to be inspired to beenvironmental engineers and have fun with water physics at the Redwood Discovery Museum.The authors hope that this project description will inspire others to consider their engineeringdisciplines and organize similar projects that integrate student leadership opportunities, K-12outreach, Service Learning and peer mentoring. By integrating a student initiated project into theengineering curriculum, all students become more empowered.AcknowledgementsSWE Student Leaders Anne Shatara, Monica Martin, Lynn

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Engineering/Education Collaborators

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2004 Annual Conference

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Jeffrey Connor; Vinod Lohani

• Development of a continual assessment scheme • Integration of GE curriculum with curricula in other engineering departmentsIn the following sections, a brief progress report of above activities is presented.At Virginia Tech, students’ retention, graduation, and intra-college migration data is maintainedby the Institutional Research and Planning Analysis department online2. However, thisinformation is not available in the form that can be readily used or interpreted. Therefore, thisraw data was collected and processed to infer useful graduation and intra-college migrationinformation. This information will be used as a tool in assessment. Based on analysis of 1994-1996 cohorts, it was found that: • On average, 59% of students who enter

Conference Session

The Best of Interdisciplinary Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

kenneth weaver

. (2001). The Sophomore Engineering Clinic I: Integrating Statics, Solid Mechanicsand Product Development in a Sophomore Level Design Course. Proc. Conf. Amer. Soc. Eng. Edu., Albuquerque,NM.11. Marchese, A. J., Mandayam, S., Chen, J. C., and Schmalzel, J. L (2000). Reinventing the Design Curriculum.4th Annual Conference of National Collegiate Invention and Innovation Alliance, Washington, DC.12. SnoRhino: The Only Attachable Footrest for Chairlifts. www.snorhino.com. December 2002.13. Rowan, H. M. (1995). The Fire Within: The Story of Inductotherm. Penton Publishing. Cleveland, OH.Biographical InformationK. Mark Weaker is the Rohrer Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies and the Director of the Center for Innovation atRowan University. He is an

Conference Session

TIME 7: ABET Issues and Capstone Courses

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ever Barbero; Larry Banta

. Page 9.976.1Outcome PortfoliosUsing outcome portfolios is an idea that evolved from the compilation of course portfolios, apractice that is traditional in our department. An outcome portfolio is assembled separately foreach program outcome by compiling evidence of student work related to that particular outcomefrom material that is routinely collected and assembled in the form of course portfolios. Everyinstructor develops a course portfolio for every course that he teaches in a given semester bycollecting a mix of student work, instructor lecture notes, handouts, and other materials. All ofaforementioned materials are important to the curriculum committee in assessing course contentand plotting general pedagogical strategy. However, EC-2000

Conference Session

Technology, Communications & Ethics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Silliman; Leo Hubbard McWilliams

Session Number: 2531 Observations on Benefits/Limitations of an Audience Response System Stephen E. Silliman and Leo McWilliams 257 Fitzpatrick Hall College of Engineering University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN 46556 Silliman.1@nd.edu Mcwilliams.3@nd.eduAbstractThe audience response system (ARS) used in this study integrates fully into existing presentationsoftware and has been applied in a range of settings from high-school

Conference Session

EM Skills and Real-World Concepts, Pt. 2

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2004 Annual Conference

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LTC Robert Powell

as importantly, how all disciplines interact in a true systems environment to produce a product that is integral to the mission of every U.S. Army unit.Upon completion, agencies and cadets are asked to complete an After Action Report (AAR) onthe AIAD.Phase 6: Follow-UpIn Phase 6, feedback on the AIAD program is solicited through an AAR that is developed byUSMA for both the participating agency and cadet. Although we solicit and encourage feedbackfrom agencies, we rarely receive it. Additionally, the level of feedback received from cadets isnot to our satisfaction. We can obviously do a better job in canvassing

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Programs: Look Ahead

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Doanh Van

disciplines that are projected to bein demand among the industries. Consultancy was sought to explore the feasibility of startingand sustaining an engineering program in a university rich with liberal arts educational heritage.An internal study was conducted to explore the fit between a new engineering curriculum and therest of the campus academically. An internal study was also commissioned to identify thesupport for this new professional program among the faculty of the university at large.4. Understand the ConstraintsCertain constraints were determined during the study of the feasibility of starting an engineeringeducation at Union.  The new engineering program must be designed on a liberal arts educational foundation.  It must not

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Undergraduate Research & New Directions

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Georgiopoulos

for theCurrent Topics in Machine Learning II, where they will have a hands-on experience withMachine Learning research. Based on the module evaluation we feel that this module served thispurpose (of generating student interest in Machine Learning).In this paper, we presented an overview of some of our experiences with an NSF project inprogress, whose goal is to integrate research results in Machine Learning into the undergraduateand first year graduate engineering and science curriculum. We focused on one of the methodsthat we have pursued to achieve this goal (that of the machine learning modules). This methodrelies on incorporating simple but effective Machine Learning modules in appropriateintroductory computer programming classes of the

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Frank Pietryga; Gregory Dick

ondesktop PCs running Windows XP. Microsoft Visual Studio, an integrated developmentenvironment, is the platform. Additional details (syllabus, assignments, tests and quizzes,example programs and other handouts) about the current state of this course are availableat the course web site1. Related information about the EET program is available in theCollege Catalog2. Page 9.146.21 http://faculty.upj.pitt.edu/gmDick/courses/sea/2 http://www.upj.pitt.edu/coursecatalog/default.cfm Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for

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ECE Online Courses, Labs and Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Feng Jao; Khalid Al-Olimat

Department of Technological Studies at Ohio Northern University. Herprofessional interests include integration of instructional technology across curriculum, software training, digitalmedia, and web-based instructional material design and development. Dr. Jao holds several certifications includingMicrosoft Office XP Word 2002 Expert, Office XP Excel 2002 Expert, Office XP PowerPoint 2002 Comprehensive,Office XP Access 2002 Core and Office XP Outlook 2002 Core. She is an active member in AECT and ITEAprofessional organizations. Dr. Jao is listed in the International Who’s Who of Professional Management.Dr. Khalid S. Al-Olimat is an associate professor in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering andComputer Science at Ohio Northern

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Learning & Teaching Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James Houdeshell

inquiry-based, hands-on learning goal, the Center’s Project Development Team(PDT) proposed a new instructional systems design model during the summer of 1995 [15, 16]. Anessential element of the design is the use of a transfer activity that allows the students toreinforce and extend competencies mastered in previous learning tasks to a new problem solvingcontext. Transfer is defined as “the ability to perform an acquired skill in new, unfamiliarsituations” [5]. The purpose of the transfer activity is to provide integration of the competenciesintroduced through the module's previous learning events and to provide an opportunity to applythe learned skills to a real world problem. The real world problem is based on a virtual company,a macrocontext

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Engineers & Engineering Education in Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, and Turkey

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Lerzan Özkale; Fatma Küskü; Gülsün Saglamer

in most of the developed countries [5, 6, 7]. There are several reasons to that:engineering profession is still an attractive one in terms of social status; engineers are employedin a large spectrum and not only in their own field; top management positions are generallyoccupied by engineers. This is why boys as well as girls continue to prefer engineeringdepartments to other fields of study. This explains why the enrolment rate in engineering inTurkey is not decreasing, as it is the case in most of the developed western countries. Yet theenrolment of women in engineering education is almost half of the overall women enrolment inhigher education in Turkey which is 42.6%.Kennedy and Parks [8] stated that the reasons of low female participation

Conference Session

Outreach and Recruitment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dae-Wook Kim

, amanufacturing company. The primary purpose was to build an interaction betweenmiddle schools, high schools, community and technical colleges, and industry whilepromoting manufacturing careers to students. The first field trip concentrated onmachine technology, computer-aided drafting, electronics, and surveying. The secondincluded a materials lab and manufacturing plant tour. The format included hands-onexperiences, interaction with college faculty and students, and involvement ofmanufacturing industry innovators. This paper presents details of organizing andmanaging such an outreach activity for manufacturing technology programs. Overallstudent experience and lessons learned in organizing such an outreach event are alsodiscussed.1. Intr

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Electrical ET Laboratory Practicum

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stanley Dick; Russell Aubrey

doinghas been successful and well accepted by the students and faculty. Positive feedback fromstudents entering the next level (EET 296) of project orientated courses also supports thisconclusion.Bibliography1. L.E Carlson, J.F. Sullivan, “Hands-on Engineering: Learning by Doing in the Integrated Teaching and LearningProgram,” International Journal of Engineering Education Vol. 15 No. 1 pp. 20-31(1999).2. W. Branzhaf, A. Gold, “The Evolution of an EET Program’s Introductory Course in Electricity/Electronics,” 2003ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, June 2003, Session 2548, Nashville, TN.3. N.T. Le, “The Coin Detector Circuit,” 2003 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, June 2003, Session 2526,Nashville, TN.RUSSELL A. AUBREYRussell A. Aubrey is a

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Frederick Stern

methodology and in some cases UA.Recent developments have focused on development of CFD courses using specialty3, 4 andcommercial5-7 software, which are sometimes combined with EFD8, 9. Computer assistedlearning has also impacted fluid dynamics courses, such as using multi-media in teaching fluidmechanics10, application of studio model11, and development of computer-based textbook12.These studies have shown enhancement of the curriculum, increased learning efficiency andunderstanding, effectiveness of novel and hands-on learning methods, importance and need foreducational interface design and pedagogy, and positive student response.Authors2 have contributed to integration of simulation technology into undergraduateengineering courses and laboratories

Conference Session

Creative Ways to Present Basic Materials

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hilary Lackritz; Stacy Gleixner

. Page 9.1351.1 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright . 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationFor this reason, most engineering programs require their students to take an introductorymaterials class. This includes community colleges with engineering transfer programs. In theU.S. alone, the “Introduction to Materials” course enrolls over 50,000 students a year.1 Theprimary goal of the class is to provide a foundation in materials science and engineering that thestudents can build upon in their major classes and future careers.The curriculum and lab content for the existing “Introduction to Materials” course taught at SanJose

Conference Session

Design for Community

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Edmund Tsang

itdemonstrates the iterative processes of engineering design and product development. It is alsothe sum of the creative efforts of first-year engineering students, senior Industrial Designstudents, junior business students, and senior industrial and manufacturing students. Finally, thisproject is an example of the products and services of the Engineering Design Center for Service-Learning located at Western Michigan University to enhance K-12 mathematics and scienceteaching and learning.IntroductionThe subject of light reflection, refraction, absorption, and transmission is first introduced in themiddle-school science curriculum (often taught in 7th grade). However, middle-school textbooksgive incomplete and sometimes even incorrect impression of these

Conference Session

CE Body of Knowledge

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

R. Knox; K. Muraleetharan; G. Miller; D. Sabatini; Randall Kolar

student learning is project-driven and delivered “just-in-time.”At a workshop in 2004, representatives from the OU faculty and ASCE PS 465 met to assess theextent to which a Sooner City-based curriculum meets BOK outcomes, as well as how Sooner Citycould be modified to meet more of the BOK outcomes within the confines of the undergraduatedegree program. This manuscript, solicited by Stu Walesh for “The Civil Engineering Body ofKnowledge Where Are We Today?” session, presents the results of that workshop, which hasimplications for other schools who use the Sooner City approach to address PS 465.1. Background of Sooner City.Basically, Sooner City is a comprehensive, integrated, infrastructure design project that is threadedthroughout the University

Conference Session

Retention: Keeping the Women Students

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Ellen Litzinger; Barbara Bogue

an impact on persistence.Course Description“Wellness Strategies for Women Engineers” is an interdisciplinary course that offers femaleengineering students an introduction to wellness by combining traditional and non-traditionalphysical activities with current research in gender communication and career development. Thisthree-credit course (which satisfies the health and physical activities general educationrequirement at Penn State and is included in the calculation of a student’s overall GPA) providesthe information that students need to plan and integrate a wellness-based lifestyle into ademanding curriculum and into the development of their career plans. Integrated throughout thecourse is a recognition that engineering as a course of

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Prathivadi Ravikumar

and experience in specific areas of their speciality An understanding ofDFM principles and methods can help them understand the importance of an integrated approachto design and manufacturing. This will enable them to contribute to or lead in implementingDFM in their practice.MAJOR TOPICS PLANNED FOR COVERAGE IN THE COURSEDesign Methodology This section begins with an introduction to DFM, highlighting the background of DFM, the need for DFM, and the general approach needed for successful DFM. Specific principles and methodologies such as Concurrent Engineering, concurrent engineering design teams, empowerment, early consideration of design considerations / constraints, good product architecture, generation and

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Innovative & Computer-Assisted Lab Study

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Nadezda Berezkina; Ilya Leipunsky; Guido Lopez

results are presented in order to substantiate the suitability ofGAIM as an educational tool in laboratory instruction of engineering students in disciplines suchas, Mechanical, Chemical, Aerospace, and Nuclear.INTRODUCTIONNon Destructive Testing (NDT) is defined as the examination of objects using techniques that do Page 9.633.1not affect their future usefulness 7,8. There are several techniques that fit this definition. The Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationfollowing are some examples of

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International Case Studies, Interactive Learning, Student Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Paula Baty; Patricia Fox

industry isincorporating active learning in the curriculum: learning through listening, observation,interaction, and activity. Today, engaging students in a world filled with information anddistractions, we need to create learning environments for students that promote amultidimensional approach 1. The GO GREEN course at IUPUI is an excellent example ofovercoming the problem emphasized by George Bernard Shaw. The course instructors for GOGREEN used a series of intensified sessions which included short lectures, cultural interactions,international industrial site visits, case studies, readings, class discussions, and independentstudent work. The combination of all these experiences enabled the students to learn from seeingfirst hand examples of

Conference Session

Novel Upper-Level Materials Curricula

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rajiv Asthana; Richard Rothaupt; Danny Bee

experimental results provided a basis for this paper. Thanks are also dueTechnology Department, UW-Stout, for support of this activity.References1. W.D. Kingery, H.K. Bowen and D.R. Uhlmann, Introduction to Ceramics, 2nd ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., NewYork, 1976.2. J.S. Reed, Principles of Ceramic Processing, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1988.3. C. Demetry and J.E. Groccia, `A comparative assessment of students’ experiences in two instructional formats ofan introductory materials science course’, J. Engineering Educ., 86(3), 1997, 203.4. N. Yu and P.K. Liaw, ‘Ceramic-matrix composites: An integrated interdisciplinary curriculum’, J. EngineeringEduc., 87(5), 1998, 539.5. `All things great and small’ (nanotechnology major at University of

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ECE Online Courses, Labs and Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Genevieve Sapijaszko; Carlo Sapijaszko

(electronics training circuit board), which are designed to offer a completeset of laboratory experiments in DC and AC circuit analysis and design courses. The lab manualand eTCB form a complete package that does not require students to add extra components. TheeTCB was designed in such a way as to replace the functionality of a traditional breadboard, withthe concept of a configurable circuit.Well-chosen configurable circuit blocks have been embedded in the eTCB, and the connectionsbetween the various circuit blocks are made with relays driven by software. With NI ELVISseamlessly integrated into this solution, students have access to an array of instruments,including a DMM, an Oscilloscope, a Function Generator, a Variable Power Supply, a

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hyun Kim

developing skills needed for advance experimentation.The ABET 2000 assessment criteria [1] requires the outcome of students’ academicperformances that includes students’ ability of designing and conducting their own experiments.For the past several years a variety of assessment surveys have been conducted in the MechanicalEngineering Program to investigate students’ opinion on the educational effects of laboratorycourses through the exit interviews, alumni surveys, and student focus groups. The numericaldata compiled from those surveys have showed that the ratings on certain categories such asdesigning components, systems, and experiments are lower than the other remaining outcomes[2]. Although the integration of design in the entire curriculum and

Conference Session

Teaching Engineers to Teach

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Neil S. Grigg; Darrell G. Fontane; Marvin Criswell; Thomas Siller

technology (IT) and their utilization are rapidly changing both civilengineering practice and the management and operation of civil engineering systems. A criticalcurrent challenge for civil engineering education is how it needs to change, both in pedagogyand, more crucially, in its content, to better prepare its graduates for tomorrow’s professionalenvironment. What needs to be added, with what priority and what depth of coverage? How canit best be integrated into the curriculum? To make room, which existing topics may need to be Page 9.827.1de-emphasized or even dropped (very often an unpopular, difficult subject)? What knowledge Proceedings

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International Case Studies, Interactive Learning, Student Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Vera Galishnikova; Thomas Maleck; Paul Streng; Jason Merrill; David Prestel; Darren Mason; Ronald Harichandran

experiences in the engineering sciences.First, academic obstacles include vertically integrated and rigid curriculum requirementsand the need for quality computational and non-computational laboratory facilities.Second, recent geo-political developments have made increasing the size of study-abroadprograms (or even maintaining current levels) more difficult. After September 11, 2001and the war with Iraq, complications of student security and international travel logisticshave only increased the difficulty of arranging for safe and secure educational travel.Our innovative program in international engineering education, recently developed atMichigan State University (MSU), addresses these challenges with great success.The organization of the paper is

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Entrepreneurship Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James Gibson; Dorene Perez; Rose Marie Lynch

, which includes principles of adders, encoders, and multiplexers. • BUS 2260 -- Integrated Business Operations, a capstone course which offers students credit for the business side of MIMIC companies.In the past, the project has included students enrolled in an introductory Industrial Plastics classand in an introductory HTML and Web Page Development class. Because of staffing andscheduling changes, the plastics and web page students are not participating in the currentproject, but they may return in the future.The students’ classes continue to be scheduled at a common time to allow for companymeetings and training sessions as needed. Integrating students from various disciplines notonly fulfills the technical needs of the

Conference Session

Industry-Based Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Rothaupt

will all require a different skill set. But, all projects mustaddress common areas as defined in the curriculum and must provide opportunities for studentsto demonstrate that they can properly analyze problems, gather information and makeappropriate engineering decisions.Scope of CourseThe capstone experience in the Manufacturing Engineering program at UW-Stout is a two-semester course sequence. The projects are managed by teams of students with input fromindustry contacts and faculty advisors. In the first course, Capstone I, students experience theengineering design process by designing products or machines. The final detailed design is usedin Capstone II, where students design and build an automated manufacturing system to producethe