Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Walter W. Schilling Jr., Milwaukee School of Engineering; John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Khalid S. Al-Olimat P.E., Ohio Northern University

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Computers in Education

expected to have acurriculum culminating in a major design experience, commonly referred to as either a “seniordesign” or a “capstone” project, based on the knowledge and skills acquired in earlier coursework. One challenge that programs face is providing appropriate technical and professionalfeedback to students on their capstone projects. For example, students may be working in anapplication domain in which the faculty member has limited knowledge, or may be using newertechnologies that the faculty member has not used before. To overcome these problems, it isoften advantageous for the team to partner with an industrial mentor. The industrial mentor canprovide technical assistance to the project as well as provide impartial and unbiased feedback

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denise H. Bauer, University of Idaho, Moscow; Edwin M. Odom, University of Idaho, Moscow

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Computers in Education

short, fast statistical experiments (must use either confidence intervals,factorial ANOVA, or regression) from the capstone projects. With the widespread use ofSmartphones and mobile computing devices, we thought using these devices would be aninteresting and inexpensive way to develop new projects each semester.In the Fall 2013 semester, we had two student teams develop experiments to obtain engineeringdata on human balance using a balance board and their Smartphone with a purchased app. Thepurpose of the experiments was not to teach students to use Smartphone apps, they can alreadydo that effortlessly, but to have an inexpensive way for them to collect engineering data that theycould analyze and make statistical conclusions. We did anticipate

Conference Session

Computers in Education General Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shuju Wu, Central Connecticut State University; Shane Michael Carroll; Keith Boyd-Carter; James Krostoski

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Computers in Education

with bus schedules, real-time bus location and delayinformation so they can plan trips accordingly, and to provide useful information to thetransportation center for management purpose. The developed system has been tested anddemonstrated successfully.IntroductionThe presented work is the outcome of an undergraduate capstone project. Students in theComputer Engineering Technology (CET) major at Central Connecticut State University arerequired to finish a capstone project in their senior year study. The capstone project isaccomplished by successful taking two consecutive courses, Capstone Project I and CapstoneProject II. The Capstone Project I course is 1-credit in which students research, propose andfinalize project ideas. The Capstone

Conference Session

Laboratory Applications of Computers

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammad Rafiq Muqri, DeVry University, Pomona; Shih Ek Chng, DeVry University, Pomona

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Computers in Education

deprived of the opportunity to take background courses such as 2D-signal processing,computer communications, radiography, and sensors and instrumentation. Compare to traditionalelectrical engineering students, the lack of hands-on lab experience becomes more apparentwhen students are working on capstone senior projects.One strategy we used to solve this issue was to include a mixed capstone project groupcomprising of computer, electronic, and biomedical engineering students. This strategy workedfor few groups but the success rate was less than thirty five percent due to the students’ lack ofpreparation and disadvantage of knowledge compared to traditional electrical engineeringstudents.To rectify this situation we proposed and developed this

Conference Session

Computer Hardware

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark A. Hopkins, Rochester Institute of Technology (KGCOE); Alexander Michael Kibbe, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

they have installed the student version of Matlab. Many of them have done that. Feedback about the lab from students, including official course evaluations, has been almostuniformly positive, which we attribute largely to the fact that many students consider the Arduinoto be something like state-of-the-art, want to know more about it, and feel that this lab gives themgood exposure to it. Another major factor in student satisfaction is that on the relatively rareoccasions when technical problems do arise, they are fairly easy to understand and to fix. Severalstudents have gone on to use the Arduino in other projects, such as Senior Capstone projects.References[1] D. Wilcher, “Physical Computing and DC Motor Control” in Learn Electronics