Conference Session

Design Teamwork

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Junichi Kanai, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Mark Anderson, Rensselaer

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Design in Engineering Education

issue tool to manage their projects. On the otherhand, various user statistics obtained from the system allowed the faculty advisors to monitor thefrequency of each student's contributions and to quickly review the content and quality. Thesystem made a significant impact on the outcome of the project results. This paper will presentissues in deploying the tools, the best practices for using these tools, and assessing students’performance in capstone design courses.1. IntroductionTo become successful engineers, students must learn technical knowledge, good communication,skills, and teamwork skills. Traditional lecture-based coursework focuses on providing a solidtheoretical foundation and analytical skills for each of the various disciplines. On

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division: Design Methodology

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Design in Engineering Education

systems, like Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) orEnvisionTM, are essentially rubrics for professional projects and have been used to introduce civilengineering students about sustainable design and evaluate capstone projects [4, 9]. Althoughthey are valuable learning tools, professional rating systems are often limited to a subset ofproject topics (i.e., infrastructure) and may be difficult for students to apply to their morenarrowly scoped projects.In order to address the assessment tool gap, we sought to develop a sustainable design rubric thatcould be applied to student projects across engineering disciplines and to employ a rigorousconstruct validation process for the rubric’s development. Benson opens her article on

Conference Session

Design Methodolgy

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rudolph Eggert, Boise State University

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Design in Engineering Education

1994. The largest group of respondents came from mechanical engineering,however, civil, industrial and electrical programs were fairly represented. The survey includedinformation on faculty involvement, industrial involvement, duration of projects, instructionhours per week, and most pertinent to this paper, the most frequently taught subjects as shown inTable 3. The rightmost column labeled “%” represents the proportion of responding schools thattaught the subject in their capstone course. The table is one of the earliest quantitative reports ofdesign topics and or subjects actually taught across North America. It provides an importantglimpse of specific engineering design topics that can be included in a design curriculum.In 1995, ASME6

Conference Session

Design Pedagogy and Curriculum 1

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jay R. Goldberg P.E., Marquette University; David B. Rank, Root Cause Consortium, LLC

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Design in Engineering Education

, Development,Production, Installation, and Servicing, requires a company’s product design and developmentprocess to include specific components.1 These include design and development planning, designinput, design output, design review, design verification and validation, and design transfer. Themore our students become familiar with each of these components, the better prepared they willbe for careers in industry. Ideally, capstone design projects would involve each of thesecomponents. In situations where this is not feasible, lectures regarding the details of each designcontrol component can be included in the capstone course.A recent survey of capstone design instructors indicates that the duration of capstone designcourses varies in length.2 As a

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation in Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Regina Hannemann, University of Kentucky

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Design in Engineering Education

Internet as well as experienced in FIEworkshops. The author has adapted/developed evaluation rubrics to grade the reports andpresentations. Finally a rubric to evaluate the students’ performance and their projects on thefinal showcase has been developed. Graduate students, faculty, and industrial advisors have usedthis rubric now for several semesters to find the best-presented project of the showcase.The author hopes that the full set of outlines along with evaluation rubrics stimulate ideas in thecommunity to develop new and better means of teaching and evaluating the technical as well asprofessional skills needed by our graduating seniors.IntroductionSenior Design or Capstone courses are common for most engineering degrees. These coursesprovide

Conference Session

Design for Society and the Environment

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emily Callaway, CH2M HILL; Sean St. Clair, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

and light gauge steel design and construction. Page 13.1130.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Sustainable Research and Design in a Civil Engineering Senior Design CourseAbstractIn an effort to help students understand the broader impacts of land development, a significantsustainability component was added to a capstone senior design project course in a small civilengineering program. This year-long course traditionally involves students completingstraightforward designs in the areas of structural, transportation, geotechnical, and municipalenvironmental engineering. In a

Conference Session

The Best of Design in Engineering

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael S. Trevisan, Washington State University; Denny C. Davis, Washington State University; Steven W. Beyerlein, University of Idaho, Moscow; Jay Patrick McCormack, University of Idaho; Phillip L. Thompson, Seattle University; Paul R. Leiffer, LeTourneau University; Howard P. Davis, Washington State University; Susannah Howe, Smith College; Jennifer E. LeBeau, Washington State University; Robert E. Gerlick, Pittsburg State University; Patricia Brackin, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; M. Javed Khan, Tuskegee University

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Design in Engineering Education

, including the Integrated Design Engineering Assessment and Learning (IDEALS) project, which seeks to enhance learning and assessment in design. Davis has taught multidisciplinary de- sign that integrates engineering and business development skills. He is a Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education.Dr. Steven W. Beyerlein, University of Idaho, Moscow Steven Beyerlein is professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Idaho, where he coordinates the capstone design program and regularly participates in ongoing program assessment activities. He re- ceived a Ph.D. in M.E. from Washington State University in 1987. His research interests include catalytic combustion systems, application of educational

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design in the Classroom

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Pines, University of Hartford; Hisham Alnajjar, University of Hartford

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Design in Engineering Education

engineering curriculum went through a major curriculum change in2001 that included adding an interdisciplinary sophomore and junior design course to theexisting freshman and senior design capstone courses. The new courses were added as part of aNSF grant entitled “Integrating Engineering Design with the Humanities, Social Sciences,Sciences and Mathematics.” The interdisciplinary sophomore design course has undergoneseveral iterations since its inception. Initially, the sophomore course paralleled our seniorcapstone design course with each project team of 3 to 6 students working on industrial sponsoredproject with a practicing engineer as the technical mentor. This approach has worked extremelywell for our senor design course because of the effort put

Conference Session

Assessing Design Course Work

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rhonda Young, University of Wyoming; April Heaney, University of Wyoming; James Kladianos, Wyoming Department of Transportation

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Design in Engineering Education

. Spretnak, C. M. (1982). A Survey of the Frequency and Importance of Technical Communication in an Engineering Career. In The Technical Writing Teacher (pp. 133-136).3. Wheeler, E., & McDonald, R. L. (2000, Oct). Writing in Engineering Courses. Journal of Engineering Education .4. Sharp, Julie E. "Selecting and presenting Writing Assignments in Engineering Classes: Tips for New Professors." Frontiers in Education Conference. IEEE, 1995. Session 4b5.5. Kampf, Constance, Stephan Heinz, and Joseph Labuz. "The Rhetoric of the Capstone Project: Workign Towards and Explicit Definition of the Capstone Project Writing Process." IEEE International Professional Communication Conference. 2004. 89-96.6. Pappas, Eric C. "Holistic Grading in

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Ekwaro-Osire, Texas Tech University; Peter Orono, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

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Design in Engineering Education

learning process is more critical, for the capstone designclass the final product is imperative. Both the pan-mentor and the industrial client will conductthe product evaluation.3. Course Assessment The pan-mentor, the students, and industrial clients at the end of project will assess the Page 11.435.4course. For each, the assessment tool will be a questionnaire developed by the pan-mentor. Forthe industrial clients, the questionnaire will ask for input regarding the relevance of the course totheir company, including areas of improvements, as well as the strong points of the course. Mostdesign projects, for example capstone design projects, will

Conference Session

Design Spine

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Teresa Genevieve Wojcik, Villanova University; M. Clayton, Villanova University; Aleksandra Radlinska, Villanova University; Noelle K. Comolli, Villanova University

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Design in Engineering Education

use of impromptudesign exercises across the engineering curriculum. The paper concludes by describing a pilotstudy on impromptu design exercises being conducted by the authors.1. Mind the gapThe call for more design experience in engineering curricula draws attention to a problem indesign education that engineering educators have noted for quite some time. Traditionalengineering programs lack curricular coherence when it comes to design. Students typicallyhave design experiences during introductory coursework (or “cornerstone” courses2) as freshmenand then again later as seniors during capstone projects or seminars. Thus, design experiencescomprise disjointed bookends in students‟ college careers. Their sophomore and junior years aredevoted

Conference Session

Design Tools & Methodology II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel D. Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy; Kendra Crider, U.S. Air Force Academy; Kristin L. Wood, University of Texas, Austin; John J. Wood, U.S. Air Force Academy

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Design in Engineering Education

using empirically- based prediction techniques. Dr. Wood’s research also includes the development of robotic ground and air vehicle systems using innovative conceptual design techniques for current technology implementations, as well as futuristic projections, applied in the framework of a senior capstone design course. Page 22.292.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Body-Storming, Super Heroes and Sci-Tech Publications: Techniques to Enhance the Ideation ProcessAbstractThe ideation (concept generation) step in the design process likely has

Conference Session

Design Spine

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Salah Badjou, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

reports on the results of efforts at integrating online learning to the junior-level and capstone fifth-year-level interdisciplinary electromechanical andelectromechanical/biomedical design courses at Wentworth Institute of Technology. Themotivation is to enhance student time management as well as develop an effective model ofhybrid interdisciplinary engineering design course with the most appropriate technology. Thejunior-level course is an intense course where students are expected to complete an originaldesign and a prototype in one semester. Project and time management are critical. The capstoneproject is made of a sequence of 2 semester courses and involves the same requirements as thejunior design course. Groups typically include 3 to 5

Conference Session

Assessing Design Coursework

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Plumley, US Coast Guard Academy; Vincent Wilczynski, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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Design in Engineering Education

instance, students will draw on their knowledge of all courses fortheir capstone design project, including strengths of materials, thermodynamics, and machinedesign to name but a few. The presence of small design, build, and test projects in these coursesis intended to help students develop problem solving and design skills in the context of thosecourses. The portfolio provides a means for instructors of those courses to quickly see how theirclass contributes to the design goals of the program. More importantly, it allows instructors ofcore courses who may be from different departments to see the importance of their course to theMechanical Engineering program. At a small institution like the Coast Guard Academy, whereover 50% of students

Conference Session

Communication in Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cherian Mathews, University of the Pacific

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Design in Engineering Education

at Purdue University and Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Page 15.1312.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Using a Design Course to Augment Program Curriculum and Foster Development of Professional SkillsAbstractThis paper describes the structure of a recently reorganized senior design project coursesequence in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of the Pacific.The paper focuses on the first course in a two course senior project sequence, a course that wasrecently reorganized with a view to improve student design and professional skills. Previously

Conference Session

Design Spine

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Trivett, University of Prince Edward Island; Daria A. Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado, Boulder; Pemberton Cyrus, Dalhousie University

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Design in Engineering Education

substantial body of research into the PBL methods,many engineering faculty continue to come to the model reluctantly. In an effort to give moreweight to the benefits of PBL teaching within the Dalhousie University experience, DalhousieUniversity is eager to assess and evaluate the impact of PBL additions to the curriculum..Motivated by new accreditation rules that will take effect in 2012, the first group of studentsentering Dalhousie University engineering program will encounter a core PBL design course ineach semester of their first two years, as well as a capstone design project in their final year.Thus, we are moving from a “bookend” design experience—having PBL courses in the first andfinal years of the program—to a three-year PBL design

Conference Session

Creativity and Innovation in Engineering Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Micah Lande, Stanford University; Larry Leifer, Stanford University

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Design in Engineering Education

both better ask and answerquestions and have prototyping skills and Design Thinking as part of their repertoire. Byobserving student engineers learning a design process in the safe environs of a master’s levelcourse, we can more easily follow and analyze their design activities than might be possible in anindustry setting.For mechanical engineering students, especially the cohort of master’s students observed in thecourse of this study, their prior exposure to Design Thinking was mostly limited. They mighthave been exposed to Design Thinking and design activity through a capstone mechanicalengineering course or had summer internship experiences in industry. Projects, though, oftentimes were focused on mechanical engineering optimization and

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David C. Che, Geneva College; David Allen Clark, Geneva College; David W. Shaw, Geneva College; James S. Gidley, Geneva College

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Design in Engineering Education

of a SAE Baja team tobe formed and financed was a distant one. But a series of events happened in the 2008/2009academic year that prompted the birth of the college‟s first ever SAE Baja team. It was quite ajourney for all involved. We started from scratch with no experience and little resources. Thelearning curve was steep during the first year, and there were crisis moments during the secondyear. And now we are on our journey of a third year.It was set up as a two semester senior capstone design project since its start. We soon realizedthat it was not all vehicle dynamics that we had to deal with, but also team/group dynamics.Lessons were learned in building a successful team and the importance of team work, individualaccountability and

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael M. Umbriac, University of Michigan; Amy Hortop, University of Michigan

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Design in Engineering Education

 process is described in more detail in a later section.  In this way, we aim to greatly reduce the occurrence of “rushing to get a job done”, knowing that mistakes and accidents could occur as a result.  (Jiminez et al, 2014)  Similarly, for a capstone design class in which each student team is building a unique project, we believe that requiring the students to write a safety plan and to get it approved by the instructors before construction will ensure that they will consider the safety risks that could occur during the build and test phases of their project, and to take corrective actions to eliminate or minimize these risks.  Some peer institutions also have a similar requirement (Kemsley, 2011.)  Design­Build­Test [Work space] Upon

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamed Galaleldin, University of Ottawa; Hanan Anis, University of Ottawa; Patrick Dumond, University of Ottawa

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Design in Engineering Education

them to an authentic and iterative engineering design activity helps studentsincrease their self-efficacy and confidence in relation to their design skills.This paper addresses the research gap in the Maker Movement literature about the impact thatthe integration of making activities into cornerstone design courses has on engineering students.The existing literature lacks studies that aim to determine specific impacts of maker education onstudents’ technical or soft skills [16]. This study follows fourth-year mechanical engineeringstudents in their capstone design course and explores the effects of different students’ learningexperiences on the outcome of their capstone design project. Students who took one or both ofthe courses discussed

Conference Session

Design Tools and Methodology II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan Delson, University of California, San Diego; Mark Anderson, University of California, San Diego

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Design in Engineering Education

projects we have chosen arereduced degree-of-freedom systems with very specific and quantifiable performance objectives.There still remain many areas of optimization, yet these optimizations relate more to parameterselection and detail design, rather than conceptual changes. We do not intend to minimize theimportance of conceptual design, but rather have specifically chosen to have students focus intheir first senior design effort on a challenge where the concept generation component of theproject has already been determined. The second set of projects is truly open-ended and similarto traditional capstone design courses.The working baseline approach emphasizes analysis, but is distinct from experimental lab coursewhere students conduct a set of

Conference Session

The Best of Design in Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eckehard Doerry, Northern Arizona University; Bridget N. Bero, Northern Arizona University

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Design in Engineering Education

a larger,more challenging real-world project selected by faculty, e.g., designing, prototyping, and testingan anaerobic waste digester for a sewage treatment plant. Although not required by the program,interdisciplinary projects were envisioned at the senior capstone level as well, where teamsexecute real projects solicited from actual industry sponsors.Although the Design4Practice program overall has been very successful, the interdisciplinary Page 22.1037.3aspects have proven to be challenging, resulting a slow deterioration of the interdisciplinaryfacets of the program, particularly in the upper division; only the freshman level course

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation in Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen Facciol, University of Toronto; Lisa Romkey, University of Toronto; Jason Foster, University of Toronto

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Design in Engineering Education

methodologies and expectations within specific engineeringdisciplines is an important first step in developing a curriculum that enables engineers to workacross those disciplines. An instrument that supports the analysis of a Faculty’s progressiontowards this end is a valuable addition to the engineering design educator’s toolbox.Introduction and MotivationThe goal of this project was to design an instrument to assess the student perception ofengineering design and how it evolves through courses and over time. The instrument design wasinformed by examining four capstone design courses from across the Faculty of Applied Scienceand Engineering at the University of Toronto; more specifically, from the disciplines ofChemical, Electrical & Computer

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Eduaction - Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Helbling, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Darin Marriott, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Thomas Gally, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Design in Engineering Education

freshmen course in the introduction to design and the senior capstone design courses.Also, the positioning of this course in the sophomore year allows for the use of more advancedconcepts than can realistically be expected for freshman while providing an introduction to theconcepts and analysis methods the students will learn as juniors. The use of CAD tools in thedesign reinforces the computer skills the students need later, particularly in capstone design, andprovides a motivation for our students who are excited by aerospace vehicles.The content of the course provides for a parallel development of CAD skills with theintroduction of aerospace vehicle concepts and analysis tools. The course includes an experiencein both spacecraft design

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Ekwaro-Osire, Texas Tech University; Fisseha Meresa Alemayehu, Texas Tech University; Haileyesus Belay Endeshaw, Texas Tech University; Ricardo Cruz Lozano, Texas Tech University

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Design in Engineering Education

categorized in three groups as follows:Design Prerequisite • R4.2.1.1: “It is addressed in other courses but is often considered in the design course” • R4.2.1.2: “There is no a lot of room in the didactic part of our design courses to include topics. My feeling is that uncertainty is best introduced in courses that come before the capstone design course and then students use it, if needed, in their design project.” • R4.2.1.3: “Students should have already been exposed to it as part of a sequence of courses on measurements - probably a better fit than in my machine elements course.” • R4.2.1.4: “We have 3 courses in design. One of them incorporates Probability and Statistics. One I teach does not

Conference Session

Design with External Clients

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Conrad, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Design in Engineering Education

so that the students were able to meet nearly all of the projectrequirements.NASA Faculty Fellow ProgramIn early 2009, NASA’s Exploration Systems Mission Directorate (ESMD) solicited involvementfor a summer 2009 higher education opportunity for faculty. The purpose of their program was toprepare faculty to enable their students to complete senior design projects with the potential forcontribution to NASA ESMD objectives. The goal of this program was to select five faculty whowould work for several weeks at a NASA field center on a specific ESMD project andincorporate the ESMD project into an existing senior design course or capstone course at theiruniversity in the 2009/2010 academic year. The course could have all students involved in

Conference Session

Design Spine

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Frank, Queen's University; David S. Strong, Queen's University; Rick Sellens, Queen's University

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Design in Engineering Education

first year introduces designprocess, constraints, project management and teamwork. Second year builds on these skills andbegins to integrate the engineering sciences and adds additional elements including creativityconcepts. The third year continues the progression of sk ills development and projects are drawnfrom industry, government and non-profits. The final year capstone design course allowsstudents to pursue entrepreneurial projects of their own choosing or with external partners. In allyears, students are free to work in multidisciplinary teams according to their own preferences. 21Guelph is one of the only documented North American engineering schools with separatediscipline-specific programs that offers fully multi-disciplinary design

Conference Session

Design Communications

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Ekwaro-Osire, Texas Tech University; Innocent Afuh, Texas Tech University; Peter Orono, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis

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Design in Engineering Education

students the ability to develop search strategies that will come up with moremeaningful results. Reading through the results, they will see and learn how to relate and useinformation not only in their final reports, but also in their design notebooks and presentations.The rubrics developed here are applied at two major engineering programs. The rubrics wereused in a capstone course. The implications of the results in the context of engineering designeducation are discussed.1. Introduction Engineering design education is a central element of student training in engineering schools.Design projects are usually open ended and thus present students with challenges. This requiresthem to sift through large amounts of information in all formats. Blake

Conference Session

Professional Skills and Teaming in Design

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Colin M. Gray, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Marisa Exter, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Terri S. Krause, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

incorporation of groupwork experiences into cornerstone and capstone experiences, where individual work hashistorically been typical. However, as many institutions are experimenting with alternativemodels that incorporate group work throughout a degree program, there is little understanding ofhow—or whether—students are able to develop the skills they need to work on their own. In thisstudy, we address students’ views towards collaboration and their construction of individualcompetence in a novel transdisciplinary learning environment, where group projects are typicaland individual work is highly atypical.Collaboration and Teamwork SkillsEngineering education researchers have long recognized the importance of collaboration andteamwork, reflecting the

Conference Session

Design Tools & Methodology I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denny C. Davis, Washington State University; Michael S. Trevisan, Washington State University; Howard P. Davis, Washington State University; Steven W. Beyerlein, University of Idaho, Moscow; Susannah Howe, Smith College; Phillip L. Thompson, Seattle University; Jay McCormack, University of Idaho; Patricia Brackin, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Javed Khan, Tuskegee University

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Design in Engineering Education

Technologies, a company started by former students of the capstone class that he teaches. His interests include engineering and entrepreneurship pedagogy and assessment, technology development and clinical applications of biomedical instrumentation.Steven W. Beyerlein, University of Idaho, Moscow Dr. Beyerlein serves as the coordinator for an inter-disciplinary capstone design course in the College of Engineering at the University of Idaho. In this endeavor, he collaborates with five other colleagues from the departments of Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Biological Engineering, and Computer Science. He is engaged in multiple research projects associated with engine testing, alternative