Conference Session

Curricular Advancements in ECE

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Chad Eric Davis P.E., University of Oklahoma; Paul Moses, University of Oklahoma

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

reduced, but the more important reason forimplementing groups is the benefits to the students by helping them develop teamwork andcommunication skills. These so-called soft skills are often just as important as the technicalskills and abilities gained in lab courses. Engineering students need to gain as muchexperience working on teams as possible, so they are prepared for the teaming environmentthat is prevalent in industry. When implementing groups in a course, the group selection process is a vital aspectthat people often overlook. The number of people to put in a group is the first question thatneeds to be answered. For this study, two-person groups are used because it works best forthe type of course it was implemented in. However, the

Conference Session

Capstone, Undergraduate Research, and Projects in ECE

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Joel C. Adams, Calvin University; Noah Pirrotta, Medallion Instrumentation Systems; Mark Michmerhuizen, Calvin University; Philip M. Holmes, Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences; Peter Oostema, Carnegie Mellon University; Benjamin Kastner, Churchill Navigation

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

. CSE graduates willincreasingly need communication and other “soft” skills to work with specialists from non-CSEbackgrounds.The senior capstone course is a place in which students can experience multidisciplinaryteamwork. Such courses provide several beneficial learning outcomes for students, including:• Apply learning from pre-capstone courses.• Design and implement solutions to “real world” problems.• Solve problems in a “real world” team setting.• Develop the teamwork (i.e., communication, professional, and social) skills needed for the workplace.• Practice the skills needed for life-long learning.The literature describes a variety of capstone courses with different emphases and benefits. Forexample: Schneider [19] describes a capstone

Conference Session

New Developments in ECE

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Branimir Pejcinovic, Portland State University; Melinda Holtzman, Portland State University; Phillip Wong, Portland State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

curriculum with constant tensionbetween the need to cover ever-expanding technical topics and, at the same time, teach studentsthe “soft skills” that they need to be effective engineers. This ties into accreditation, with ABETissuing a new set of criteria for evaluation of engineering programs [5]. One new item thatABET explicitly calls for is the development of teamwork and project management skills: Criterion 5: “an ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives”Most programs are constrained to 120 semester hours or, equivalently, 180 quarter hours for theiroverall program. This limited the number of

Conference Session

Capstone, Undergraduate Research, and Projects in ECE

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ahmed Abul Hussain, Prince Mohammad bin Fahd University; Nizar Tayem, Texas A&M University; Chedly B. Yahya, Prince Mohammad bin Fahd University; Sadiq A. Alhuwaidi, Prince Mohammad bin Fahd University; Jamal Nayfeh, Prince Mohammad bin Fahd University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

changes would be effected to improve the quality of projects done, enhance studentlearning, impart valuable technical and soft skills, and meet learning outcomes. Table 5: Triggers in the evolution of the Quality Assurance Process # Trigger/Issue Solution Prior to the year 2014/15, EEEN 4311 and linked the two courses to improve the quality 1 ASSE 4311 used to be offered as two and scope of the project and administer it over independent courses without any linkage; two consecutive semesters students would carry out one project for each course; projects were very simple due to short time Decided no more IP