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Capstone/ET Projects III - Mechanical and Manufacturing Focus

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Cheng Y. Lin P.E., Old Dominion University; Hamid Eisazadeh, Old Dominion University; Alok K. Verma P.E., Old Dominion University

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Paper ID #28574Design a Class Infusion Project of ASME Geometric Dimensioning andTolerancing StandardDr. Cheng Y. Lin P.E., Old Dominion University Dr. Lin is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology at Old Dominion University. He received his PhD of Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M University in 1989, and is a registered Professional Engineer in Virginia. Dr. Lin has expertise in automation control, machine design, CAD/CAM, CNC, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing, and robotics. He has been active in the technology application research and teaching training courses for the local industries and technology

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Capstone and Design

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Farid Breidi; Jotam E. Chen, University of Southern Indiana; Madelyn D. Sturgeon; Justin Michael Amos, University of Southern Indiana

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Paper ID #30282Educational Opportunities of a Designed-Based Project that ChallengesFreshman Students to Build a Miniature Racing CarProf. Farid Breidi Farid Breidi is an Assistant Professor in Engineering at the University of Southern Indiana. He received his B.E. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the American University of Beirut in 2010, his M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2012, and his Ph.D. in the area of fluid power, dynamic systems and controls from Purdue University in 2016. His research interests include digital fluid power systems, modeling and simulation of dynamic

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Capstone/ET Projects I: Electrical and Computer Focus

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Murat Kuzlu, Old Dominion University; Otilia Popescu, Old Dominion University

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networking, and students with practical experience scored better in thefinal exam than those without practical experience. A classroom environment of computer networklaboratory experiments was developed for an undergraduate course on computer engineering [10].They emphasized the importance of giving attention to theoretical and fundamental knowledge indata communication and networking due to changes quickly. A project was proposed to improvethe learning of students enrolled in the data communications courses through a problem-solvingapproach using OPNET, which is a software environment for modeling, simulating, and analyzingthe performance of communications networks [11]. The project helped students to gain a betterunderstanding of complex

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Capstone/ET Projects III - Mechanical and Manufacturing Focus

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Lei Xie, Texas State University; Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University; Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University

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Engineering) from Anna University [Tamilnadu, India], her MS in Industrial Engineering from Auburn University, her MA in Management Science and MS in Applied Statistics from The University of Alabama. She has experience working with many industries such as automotive, chemical distribution, etc. on transporta- tion and operations management projects. She works extensively with food banks and food pantries on supply chain management and logistics focused initiatives. Her graduate and undergraduate students are an integral part of her service-learning based logistics classes. She teaches courses in strategic relationships among industrial distributors and distribution logistics. Her recent research focuses on engineering

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Capstone/ET Projects I: Electrical and Computer Focus

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Jay R. Porter, Texas A&M University; Anthony T. Cahill, Texas A&M University; Ricardo Eusebi, Texas A&M University

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III. This course is a one lecture hour,three lab hour class and was taught for the first time during the Fall 2019 semester. The lecturecontains topics designed to complement the second engineering physics course onelectromagnetics such as electric fields, magnetic fields, and electric DC and AC circuits as wellas the application of these concepts to real-world engineering problems. In addition, a number ofother topics are addressed including data acquisition, microcontrollers, project management,engineering ethics and art in engineering. The laboratory component is conceptually innovativeand uses a newly developed three-axis positioning and data acquisition system that allowsstudents to automate the sensing and data analysis of electric and

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Capstone/ET Projects III - Mechanical and Manufacturing Focus

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Ranjeet Agarwala, East Carolina University; Robert A. Chin, East Carolina University

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Capstone/ET Projects I: Electrical and Computer Focus

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Ulan Dakeev, Sam Houston State University; Ali Aljaroudi, Sam Houston State University; Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; Reg Recayi Pecen, Sam Houston State University

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faculty members in 2010- 2011 academic year Leadership Award Ceremony. Dr. Pecen received a Milestone Award for outstanding mentoring of graduate students at UNI, and recognition from UNI Graduate College for acknowledging the milestone that has been achieved in successfully chairing ten or more graduate student culminating projects, theses, or dissertations, in 2011 and 2005. He was also nominated for 2004 UNI Book and Supply Outstanding Teaching Award, March 2004, and nominated for 2006, and 2007 Russ Nielson Service Awards, UNI. Dr. Pecen is an Engineering Tech- nology Editor of American Journal of Undergraduate Research (AJUR). He has been serving as a re- viewer on the IEEE Transactions on Electronics

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Before the Capstone: Project-based Experiences Early in the Curriculum

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Mary Roth, Lafayette College; Haritha Malladi, Lafayette College

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Engineering from National In- stitute of Technology, Warangal, India. She earned her Master of Science and doctoral degrees in Civil Engineering from North Carolina State University. Her research interests lie in the area of sustainability in asphalt pavements using material considerations, green technologies, and efficient pavement preservation techniques. Her doctoral work focused on improving the performance of recycled asphalt pavements us- ing warm mix asphalt additives. As a postdoctoral scholar at North Carolina State University, she worked on several NCDOT sponsored research projects including developing specifications for crack sealant ap- plication and performing field measurements of asphalt emulsion application

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Capstone/ET Projects I: Electrical and Computer Focus

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Xiaoxia Li, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Farzin Heidari, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

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users.The processing unit is the core of the VR hardware system, which enables fast reaction andpowerful processing ability. It is critical in generating real-time graphics in VR. The processingunits can be a computer, console, or smartphone with substantial computation and graphics-processing capacity. The actual gestures of the head and body movement are captured by theinput device to the computer to calculate the corresponding real-time synthesized graphics andaudio effects.The most characteristic output is the visual content that can be displayed through Head-MountedDisplay, creating a distraction-free immersive visual and audio environment for the users.However, it is also common to have multiple large projecting screens in specially

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Before the Capstone: Project-based Experiences Early in the Curriculum

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Nicholas Andres Brake, Lamar University; Thinesh Selvaratnam

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Civil Engineering

Paper ID #31353Peer Mentorship and a 3D Printed Design-Build-Test Project: Enhancingthe First Year Civil Engineering ExperienceDr. Nicholas Andres Brake, Lamar University Nicholas Brake is an Associate Professor in the Civil and Environmental Department at Lamar University. His research interests include engineering education, concrete pavements, fatigue and fracture of concrete material systems, the use of reclaimed materials in concrete systems, and wireless power transmission in concrete infrastructure. Dr. Brake received his Ph.D. from Michigan State University.Prof. Thinesh Selvaratnam c

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Capstone/ET Projects III - Mechanical and Manufacturing Focus

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Immanuel Edinbarough P.E., University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Aditya Akundi, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

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field, the Department of Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering provides asetting for technology development and applied research in the Engineering Technology (ENGT)program. According to the program description, engineering technology education emphasizesprimarily on the applied aspects of science and product improvement, industrial practices, andengineering operational functions. A capstone two-semester senior project course is a part of theengineering technology curriculum. This course provides the students an opportunity to addressand experience the critical problems faced in the day-to-day life of an engineer in an advancedmanufacturing industry. One such problem is to find a quick replacement for the damagedcritical part that limits the

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Beyond the Capstone: Integrating Authentic Experiences that Promote Learning and Excitement

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Andrew C. Brown P.E., The University of Auckland; Hugh Watson Morris, University of Auckland, NZ

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his experiences as a consulting engineer into courses covering the practice of civil en- gineering, including a senior level capstone course which runs in parallel with a currently ongoing civil engineering project. His doctoral research was conducted on the long-term field performance of retaining structures in expansive clay.Mr. Hugh Watson Morris, University of Auckland, NZ Hugh Morris is a Senior Lecturer in Civil Engineering who had a short period in local government and consulting before joining the University 30 years ago. He has taught timber engineering design to struc- tural engineering students and introductory design to 1000 first year students from multiple engineering disciplines. He has a passion for

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Design Teams 2

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Peter Schuster, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Lauren Anne Cooper, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Eltahry Elghandour, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Eileen W. Rossman P.E., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Sarah Harding, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Paper ID #31254Senior Capstone Team Formation Based on Project Interest: Team Selectionby Students Compared to Team Selection by InstructorsDr. Peter Schuster, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Peter Schuster earned a B.A. in Physics from Cornell University, an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University, and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan Technological University. He worked at Ford Motor Company as a design engineer and technical specialist for ten years before transi- tioning into academia. He is currently a professor in Mechanical Engineering at California Polytechnic

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College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1

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Jen Symons, University of Portland; Kate Rohl, University of Portland

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capstone programs may enhance student learning and engagement. For students, industry partnerships in capstone are seen as providing an intersection ofstudents’ academic learning and their future careers in industry. Our institution supportssponsored projects that can prepare students to approach open-ended problems, improve designand communication skills, incorporate stakeholder needs, and work effectively on teams. Theconnections they build with industry partners can also be the beginning of a professionalnetwork. Furthermore, experience working on a real-life project can help students identify orclarify their career path within engineering. For engineering programs, these industry partners can serve as a resource to benefit

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Capstone Design Practices

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Zhinan Zhang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Houzhi Liu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Lu Chen, Shanghai JiaoTong University; Yaxin Huang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Jiabin Zhu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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. Thispaper introduces the former capstone design course and presents the function, structure anda three years operation of the redesigned capstone design course at Shanghai Jiao TongUniversity.Keywords: capstone design, engineering design, engineering education; project-basedlearning1. Introduction The higher engineering education in China is reforming (e.g., New EngineeringEducation) for producing high-quality engineering talents with multidimensionalcapabilities, i.e., both professional skills and technical skills. The Accreditation Board forEngineering and Technology (ABET) in the USA also emphasizes the importance of seniorstudents to attend at least one design-oriented (project-based) course [1]. It is widelyacknowledged that capstone design

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Capstone Design Practices

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Kurt Stephen Stresau, University of Central Florida; Mark W. Steiner, University of Central Florida

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Design in Engineering Education

Capstone teams since 2012. Mr. Stresau has also taught a variety of Aerospace courses for the MAE Department. Prior to joining UCF, Mr. Stresau was a faculty member at Eastern Florida State Col- lege (2006-2012). Mr. Stresau began his industry career in mechanical design and manufacturing (1998), and joined United Space Alliance as an engineer on the Solid Rocket Boosters (SRB) for the Space Shuttle Program in 2000. In 2004, he transitioned to a senior engineering position in Engineering Integration and Project Management, working with mechanical, thermal, hydraulic, electrical, pyrotechnic, and propul- sion subsystems. Mr. Stresau served in that capacity until the completion of the Space Shuttle Program in 2011. Mr

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Designing and Implementing Leadership Development Experiences for Engineering Students

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Blake Everett Johnson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Molly H. Goldstein, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Joe Bradley, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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. Joe earned his bachelor’s in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, his master’s in Mechanical Engineering (minor Electrical Engineering) from Iowa State University, and his MBA and PhD in Systems Engineering both from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020Work-in-progress abstract: Identifying Effective Student Leaders to Improve Capstone Design Team AssignmentsAbstractEngineers in industry are required to work in teams to accomplish large goals. Similarly,engineering students often work in teams in course projects cornerstone through capstone. Thestakes of capstone design projects are often high as teams work

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Design Mental Frameworks

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Kaylee A Dunnigan, NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering; Amy Dunford, New York University Tandon School of Engineering; Jack Bringardner, NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering

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Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #30836From Cornerstone to Capstone: Students’ Design Thinking and ProblemSolvingKaylee A Dunnigan, NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering Kaylee Dunnigan is a fourth-year undergraduate student working towards her B.S. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering. They are the head of research and development for the Introduction to Engineering and Design at Tandon. In this position they de- velop semester long design projects for students, hands-on labs, as well as mentor students throughout these projects. They have worked previously at Sandia National Labs Advanced Materials Labs

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Design in Biomedical Engineering (Works in Progress) - June 24th

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Olga Imas, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Jeffrey A. LaMack, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Icaro Dos Santos, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Larry Fennigkoh P.E., Milwaukee School of Engineering; Charles S. Tritt, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Biomedical Engineering

immersion and educationalexperiences that simulate a real-world industrial design process and encourage creativity,innovation and teamwork [2-5].In line with modern practices, our program’s design sequence focuses on system engineering,and includes key design phases of project definition, system-level design, prototypedevelopment, and verification and validation. In the most recent revision, we restructured ourdesign curriculum to ensure better continuity of design topics, to facilitate collaborative projectswith industry partners, and to alleviate various academic challenges noted by faculty andindicated by students in the course evaluation questionnaires. To this end, we reduced theduration of the capstone design sequence by three academic

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Capstone Design Practices

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Jonathan Kralick P.E., United States Military Academy; Barbara A. Karanian, Stanford University

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Design in Engineering Education

Engineering EducationAbstractPersonas are fictional archetypal consumers that aid designers and engineers in more effectivelycreating products with a human interface. As more products shift from strict utilitarian functionto meeting additional physical and psychological needs, designers and engineers must implementemotional design in more domains. Learning to employ personas to explore elements ofemotional design is beneficial in an academic course and capstone project as these personasallow students to consider engineering requirements from the perspective of Donald Norman’sthree aspects of emotional design: visceral, behavioral, and reflective. In this paper, we presentan approach to evaluate the efficacy of using abbreviated personas, which are

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Capstone Design Practices

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Valerie Vanessa Bracho Perez, Florida International University; Anilegna Nuñez Abreu, Florida International University; Ameen Anwar Khan, Florida International University; Indhira María Hasbún, Virginia Tech; Alexandra Coso Strong, Florida International University

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challenges.Designers are faced with the constant need for reiteration and reframing as they work towardsmeeting the often-evolving constraints and specifications of a project. One of the mostchallenging factors designers must account for is the consideration of stakeholders. Stakeholdersare defined as all individuals who affect and/or are affected by the design and design process [1];hence, they play a major role in contributing to the effectiveness of a design. Stakeholder needs,safety, behaviors, and preferences when interacting with a design will impact whatconsiderations engineers must consider when designing. Overlooking these needs not only canbe detrimental to the overall effectiveness of the final design, but more critically, can haveadverse social

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Perspectives and Evaluation of Engineering Design Education

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Radian G. Belu, Southern University and A&M College; Lucian Ionel Cioca, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu; Fred Lacy, Southern University and A&M College

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Educational Research and Methods

joined the faculty at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in August 2002 and is currently a professor and chair of the Electrical Engineering Department. Dr. Lacy specializes in developing, man- ufacturing, and characterizing electronics based microsensors for various applications (including sensors for biomedical applications). c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020A Service-oriented Learning Approach for the Electrical Engineering Capstone DesignCourse Introduction, Senior Design Courses  Project-based learning (PBL) provides a contextual environment that is making learning excitingand relevant to modern industries. Projects are providing opportunities for students to explorereal

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Software Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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Cecilia La Place, Arizona State University; Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University

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students in this opportunistically structured program, hackathonspresent a potentially familiar environment though shorter in duration. The projects developed ineach capstone and hackathons will allow for an exploration into a selection of skillsets softwareengineers bring to hackathons, and the processes used in their projects both consciously andunconsciously.This work will inspire a series of research following knowledge transfer within hackathons asmore domains such as engineering, math, science, and art join the event and shape developmentprocesses. Though motivational studies on hackathons are thorough, considering how thesemotivations play into the projects developed at hackathons may lend to a deeper understandingof student experiences

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Beyond the Capstone: Integrating Authentic Experiences that Promote Learning and Excitement

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Jennifer Retherford P.E., The University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Beth Lin Hartmann, Iowa State University; Rania Al-Hammoud P.Eng., University of Waterloo; George A Hunt P.E., University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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Paper ID #30528Civil Engineering Capstone Inventory: Standards of Practice & The ASCEBody of KnowledgeDr. Jennifer Retherford P.E., The University of Tennessee at Knoxville Dr. Retherford is an alumna of the University of Nebraska, Omaha, and received her graduate degrees from Vanderbilt University. She currently teaches a variety of courses supporting the department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of Tennessee. Among many structural engineer- ing courses, Dr. Retherford also manages the Senior Design Project course for all undergraduate civil & environmental engineering seniors.Dr

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Construction Engineering Division Technical Session 5

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M. Scott Stanford P.E., United States Air Force Academy; Joel Sloan P.E., United States Air Force Academy; James B. Pocock, United States Air Force Academy; M. Mark Russell P.E., DFCE

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Construction Engineering

Education, 2020 A Construction Management Competition as the Basis of a Capstone Culminating EventCulminating design events serve as a hallmark of most undergraduate engineering programs.This paper presents a case study of a novel approach to conduct a compressed-timeframeculminating event just prior to graduation. The event is designed to leverage best practices inliterature related to team-building, competitions, student leadership, real-project case studies, andhigh-impact practices. The culminating event takes place at the conclusion of a two-semestercapstone sequence. In the middle of this two-semester sequence, 12 students from a class ofroughly 40-50 participate in the intercollegiate Associated Schools of

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

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Mary Kay Camarillo P.E., University of the Pacific; Eileen Kogl Camfield, University of California at Merced

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Paper ID #29388Revising Roles: Enhancing an Engineering Capstone Course to ImproveOutcomes for WomenMary Kay Camarillo P.E., University of the Pacific Mary Kay Camarillo is an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of the Pacific in Stockton. She specializes in water treatment and in domestic and industrial waste treatment. Dr. Camar- illo’s research includes development of biomass energy projects for agricultural wastes and treatability assessments for oilfield produced water. She focuses on environmental problems in California. Dr. Ca- marillo earned her Ph.D. at UC Davis and spent many years in

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Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies Division Technical Session 2

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Joshua Pierson, University of Georgia; John M. Mativo, University of Georgia; Edwin Chiuz, University of Georgia; Mark Trudgen, University of Georgia; Christopher Herring, University of Georgia

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(UGA) College of Engineering Capstone Syllabus, acapstone is a “two-semester sequence course that is project based and focused on problemframing, stakeholder analysis, concept generation, and project management skills.” The goal “isto review concepts in the design process and tools in design methodology with a focus onengineering systems development cycle. Students working in multidisciplinary teams areassigned to design problems that are open-ended, requiring creativity and involving iterativesolutions.” It continues to state that “Design systems will work independently with a facultymentor and adopts the design that can be rapid prototyped or manufactured and evaluated againstthe design requirements. Student teams present their design

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Beyond the Capstone: Integrating Authentic Experiences that Promote Learning and Excitement

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Elise Barrella P.E., Wake Forest University ; Mary Katherine Watson, The Citadel; Justyn Daniel Girdner, James Madison University; Robin Dawn Anderson, James Madison University

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differences between groups.This paper reports the outcomes of using the Sustainable Design Rubric as a formativeassessment in a civil engineering capstone design course at a regional, teaching-focusedinstitution in the Southeast. The assignment was given to 35 students across 7 teams. First,students individually scored their projects for a subset of the criteria - teams divided up criteriaamongst their members so that at least two people would score each criterion. Next, studentsdiscussed their individual responses with team members to arrive at a set of consensus scores,with written justifications, for all 14 criteria. We reviewed students’ responses forappropriateness of scores and quality written justifications as part of the structural and

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New Media for Ethics Education

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Joshua Gargac, University of Mount Union

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Paper ID #31052Let’s get ethical: Incorporating ”The Office” and engaging practicesinto an ethics module for capstone studentsDr. Joshua Gargac, University of Mount Union Joshua Gargac is an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Mount Union in Alliance, OH, where he advises the mechanical engineering senior capstone projects and SAE Baja team. In addition, Dr. Gargac teaches first-year engineering courses, computer-aided design, kinematics and dynamics of machinery, design of machine elements, and manufacturing science. He received his BSME from Ohio Northern University and a PhD in

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Dynamics I

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Kamyar Ghavam, University of Waterloo; Homeyra Pourmohammadali, University of Waterloo; Lucas Botelho, University of Waterloo

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towards the newer students [8].Motivation: It has been shown that students felt improvement in communication and problem-solving skills when provided with the opportunity to work with industry partners [9]. If it isassumed that this was mostly due to their ability to work with more experienced individuals andto benefit from more senior perspectives, the effort in introducing a cross-cohort projectmay demonstrate the same benefits albeit to a lesser extent since the difference in experience issignificantly smaller. Lu et al. in 2016 developed a project which started in 2012 and continuedto the date of publishing which allowed over 50 undergraduate students from many differentcohorts to contribute on a capstone project, sometimes over several years