Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Capstone Design Courses: Content RecognitionIntroduction:The Capstone Design course at The University of South Florida brings realistic designexperiences into the academic environment. The course is completed in each of the two 15 weeksemesters. The students do all of the design phases: define the project, conceptual design,embodiment design and detail design, plus other experiences, such as report writing, makingdrawings, and presentation skills. In addition, the students read and discuss two engineeringethics case studies, are instructed in Pro-Engineer, and have lectures on several pertinent topics,such as patents and licensing, entrepreneurship, professionalism, and safety. The
design to freshmen. From its start in 2008 through 2014, she was also co-PI and project manager of Penn State’s $2.5M, NSF-sponsored, Toys’n MORE project.Dr. Kathleen Fadigan, Pennsylvania State University - Abington Kathy Fadigan received her BS in Biology and her Ed.D. in Curriculum, Instruction, and Technology in Education from Temple University. She is currently the Program Chair for Education at Penn State Abington. She teaches courses in sustainability, early childhood and STEM education for pre-service elementary teachers. Her research investigates the long-term effects of out-of-school STEM programs on students’ educational and career trajectories. c American Society for Engineering
AC 2011-2562: INTERACTIVE DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH:Farrokh Attarzadeh, University of Houston FARROKH ATTARZADEH earned his PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Houston in 1983. He is an associate professor in the Engineering Technology Department, College of Technology at the University of Houston. He teaches software programming and is in charge of the senior project course in the Computer Engineering Technology Program. He is a member of ASEE and has been with the University of Houston since 1983. Dr. Attarzadeh may be reached at FAttarzadeh@central.uh.edu Page 22.938.1
. However, resources are limited for assessing students’ abilitiesto consider design from a broad perspective and to account for a design’s impact on itsstakeholders. The purpose of this paper is to introduce a rubric to assess how students perceiveand integrate stakeholders into the design of a complex system. Following a description of therubric and its development, this paper describes results from the initial application and evaluationof the rubric by a panel of faculty, graduate students, and research scientists, as they used therubric to assess aircraft design projects. This initial evaluation demonstrated the strengths of therubric (particularly with regards to validity) and how the reliability of the ratings among raterswas sensitive to the
University (2003, Summa Cum Laude and University Hon- ors Scholar), the MSCE from the University of California, Berkeley (2004), and the Ph.D in Civil Engi- neering from Vanderbilt University (2008). As a researcher, he has published over 40 research papers in archival journals and in conference proceedings in the areas of probabilistic methods in engineering, de- sign optimization, transportation engineering, structural engineering, and multidisciplinary analysis and optimization applications for civil systems with a focus on optimization of hydropower generation. As an educator he has taught a wide variety of courses in structural and transportation engineering and men- tored numerous student projects, including the
responsibility fordecisions and actions as the course progressed. In this paper we present the results of revisingthis supplemental evaluation and administering it to a new longitudinal student cohort ofbiomedical engineers during the 2007-2008 academic year. Correlational analysis of the studentresponses revealed three themes that appear to have a major role in shaping student attitudestoward the overall design experience: attitudes regarding the transition from student toprofessional; varied academic hardiness characteristics that would influence efforts and attitudestoward the completion of an open-ended senior design project; and perceived work efforts (byboth the individual and the team) and the quality of learning in senior design. Overall the
Paper ID #24833Student Perceptions of Teamwork SupportDr. Robin Fowler, University of Michigan Robin Fowler is a lecturer in the Program in Technical Communication at the University of Michigan. She enjoys serving as a ”communication coach” to students throughout the curriculum, and she’s especially excited to work with first year and senior students, as well as engineering project teams, as they navigate the more open-ended communication decisions involved in describing the products of open-ended design scenarios.Dr. Laura K. Alford, University of Michigan Laura K. Alford is a Lecturer and Research Investigator at
space.The aim of the new makerspace was to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship by engagingstudents in both formal and informal multidisciplinary design projects. In the long term, the goalis to integrate the space into all levels of the engineering curriculum and encourage project-basedlearning. The university has a strong entrepreneurial center with ongoing programs as well asseveral incubators. The new space was designed to supplement the current innovation andentrepreneurship options available to students and student startups by providing prototypingequipment. A mixed method approach (a survey combined with ethnographic observations andinterviews) was used to analyze student use and perception of the new space. Of particularinterest was
first year of integration, these effortsfocused on technical analyses. In the second year of integration, the focus was on enhancedcommunication skills. In the technical analyses, students in a sophomore level Fluid Mechanicscourse worked in teams to analyze the material balance tables and pump sizing specificationsproduced by twenty Capstone Design groups. Each team was responsible for analyzing oneunique design project. Also, in that year students in a junior level Heat Transfer course used thesame design projects to validate the design specifications of heat transfer equipment pertinent toeach project. Assignments were timed such that the sophomore and junior students had justlearned relevant technical information pertaining to these tasks
practical engineering knowledge to the classroom, student projects, and research. His approach is to inspire and apply critical thinking to real-life problems, then look toward innovation and technology to provide a solution. His research interests include digital image processing and animation, innovation, product portfolio design and dynamics, and structuring organizational ecosystems for success. He works with the Nerd Girls on renewable energy technology and design.Katie Su, Smith College Katie Su is a sophomore economics major at Smith College.Sarah Pedicini, Smith College Sarah Pedicini is a sophomore engineering major at Smith College
, DesignBuildTest spine of required classes. In each of these design courses, students are tasked with solving an openended problem using the appropriate engineering skills and tools. Laboratories and equipment are made available to students for fabrication and testing of their design concept, giving them realworld exposure to engineering. In an effort to continue to keep our students safe, we have implemented several safety procedures for all undergraduate students working on projects. In this paper we present the procedures that are currently used for promoting the safety of our undergraduate students while they are building and testing their projects for these classes. We aim to provide students with appropriate guidance regarding the use of the
Paper ID #11556Student Perspectives on Capstone Design LearningMr. Ben David Lutz, Virginia Tech Ben Lutz is a PhD student in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. His research interests include capstone design teaching and learning, mentoring in design and project work, student experiences of senior design, and the transition from senior design into the workplace. His current work is related to understanding how students describe their own learning in capstone and how that learning supports the transition from engineering school to professional practice.Mr. Mike Ekoniak, Virginia TechDr. Marie C
of research grants.Dr. Kristin L. Wood, Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD)Lt. Kyle Fitle, United States Air ForceDavid Carte, United States Air Force Page 23.1327.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Using Mini Design Competitions in Capstone Courses to Teach the Design ProcessAbstractFor many senior undergraduate engineering students, the capstone design project is their firstexperience implementing the design process. As a result many capstone teams do not grasp theimportance of the early stages of the design process. To help
reconfigurable manufacturing system (RMS)11. Thisproduct family research project was a subset of a larger project that focused on the developmentof a RMS, which was named the Western Reconfigurable Manufacturing System, WeRMST12.This need to design the product family for the manufacturing system posed an additionalchallenge as manufacturing systems are typically built for product families, not the other wayaround. However, for this project, this was indeed the case.This project was a beneficial learning experience for the students in many regards. Not only didthe students involved in the project have to develop a design for a new product family, but theyalso had to learn the concepts of product family design and manufacturing system design on theirown
Institute of Technology. He is coordinator of leadership development education for the School’s Executive MBA, Project Management and Undergraduate Business and Technology programs. His research interests focus on leadership and leadership development and his consulting work includes executive coaching, team-building and process consultation. Prof. Dominick received his Ph.D. in Applied Psychology from Stevens, earned his MA in Organizational Psychology from Columbia University, and completed his undergraduate studies in Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University.Edward Blicharz, Stevens Institute of Technology Edward Blicharz is a Distinguished Service Associate Professor in the
of projects. Craemer [1] identified Introduction toEngineering as a pivotal course in the curriculum at Dartmouth for generating interest amongstudents, especially those who identify as women.Building on the study by Craemer [1], faculty teaching Introduction to Engineering haveadministered pre- and post-course surveys to further assess students’ interests and self-efficacyrelated to engineering, among all students but among those who identify as women in particular.Self-efficacy refers to an individual’s belief that they can do certain things [2], in this case thebelief that they can succeed in engineering. Results of these surveys as well as a description ofthe course and of the projects and problems addressed by student groups are
been re-designed to have project-based components, highlighting the engineering uses of chemistry, such as using chemistryknowledge to evaluate material properties for an engineering application. Alongside moretraditional chemistry exams, students complete a set of smaller individual projects and asemester-long team-based design challenge. In the design challenge they use the design processto develop a solution to an environmental or health issue of their choosing. While completing theindividual projects, students apply their chemistry knowledge to engineering situations. The teamdesign challenge incorporates the same engineering design process as used in the first yearengineering design course, which many students take concurrently. Prior to
Design (PtD) National Initiative. He continues to work on PtD through a project that brings PtD principles into engineering textbooks as they are being updated.Donna Heidel, NIOSH Donna Heidel is a certified industrial hygienist with over 25 years' experience in the health care industry. Ms. Heidel received a B.A. from DeSales University and an M.S. from Temple University. She has spent the last 15 years of her career building a world-class, global, integrated occupational toxicology and industrial hygiene program at Johnson & Johnson, a decentralized company consisting of 230 operating companies in 57 countries. At J&J, she developed and implemented their global health hazard and control
Understanding of Reflection in Engineering EducationAbstractThe use of reflection in engineering education is often used but with little investigation to theutility or effectiveness in engineering education. Efforts made by the Consortium to PromoteReflection in Engineering Education (CPREE) have drawn attention to how reflection is used inthe engineering curriculum. What is unknown is whether students recognize why their coursesembed reflection activities. The following paper assessed student conceptions of what it means toreflect and why they are asked to reflect in their project-based design courses. Our intended goalwas to see if students understood what reflection is and appreciate reflection as a lifelong skillrather
, she is involved in the following projects: National Science Foundation project: Midwest Coalition for Comprehensive Design Education, Society of Manufacturing Engineers Education Foundation Project: Product Lifecycle Management Curriculum Modules and Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development (WIRED) Opportunity Fund for North Central Indiana: Development of Integrated Digital Manufacturing Curriculum. She is a student member of the American Society of Engineering Education, Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), Society of Woman Engineers (SWE), and Woman in Technology (WIT). She published two chapters in two textbooks, two journal articles and presented 23
. Through a National Science Foundation sponsored REU (ResearchExperience for Undergraduates) supplement, 6 undergraduate students were given theopportunity to work closely with a faculty, a post-doctoral researcher, and graduate students inthe realm of engineering design. This paper presents an overview of the research conducted bythe REU students in the area of engineering design, the structure of the REU program, and thestudents’ overall experience including the effects on student interest in graduate school.Research OverviewThe research projects for the undergraduate students (here after referred as REUs) are mainlyconcentrated in the areas of product family and product obsolescence. These areas representemerging fields in engineering design
AC 2007-71: FOSTERING CREATIVITY IN THE CAPSTONE ENGINEERINGDESIGN EXPERIENCEElvin Shields, Youngstown State University Dr. Elvin Shields is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering. His research has been generously sponsored by a University Research Professorship during the 2005-2006 academic year at Youngstown State University. Since 1995, Dr. Shields has coached approximately 250 mechanical engineering students through nearly 90 capstone design projects ranging from collegiate competitions to industrial problems. Page 12.756.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007
converting student co-op work term reports into case studies andimplementing them across all courses in the Faculty of Engineering curriculum. Cases havebeen implemented successfully, and show promise in addressing and demonstrating newCanadian Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB) graduate attribute requirements. The casemethod also shows promise in integrating these required attributes by expressing real situationsencountered in practice and allowing individual students and student teams to experiencerealistic challenges in a classroom setting.In addition to developing cases from work term reports, cases have been developed from studentcapstone project experiences, Master of Engineering (MEng) design project experiences, anddirectly from the
a Learning Tool in Design ProcessAbstractTo include an element of practice in an engineering design course, a reverse engineering activityin the form of a project could enhance engineering students’ learning experiences through thetear down of an existing product or device. This activity helps the student learn the principlesbehind the design of the product under study, uncover the inner workings of the device, as wellas ways to redesign and improve the performance of the system.In the body of this paper, a preliminary reverse-engineering design methodology is presentedfollowed by case studies in which students as groups of three to four take an existing product andapply the reverse engineering technique to learn the design process behind
toMotorsports Engineering) and re-activation of one that had been in hiatus (Internal CombustionEngines), the program quickly gained momentum1. The three classes filled easily and there werenumerous volunteers after the announcement of a student project to build a racecar on campus.Within two years, the motorsports program had grown to the point that the classes were beingoffered as part of a Motorsports Technology Certificate. The racecar which was built as astudent project, shown in Figure 1, was actively and successfully competing in Sports Car Clubof America (SCCA) competition. Additionally, the School of Liberal Arts had recognized themomentum of the engineering program and created its own Motorsports Studies Certificate2 for
developing campus digital twin through collaboration with companies such asAutodesk and Amazon Web Service (AWS). The presented pilot project results and discussionscan be used for larger application at the other campuses and communities, while addressing awide range of privacy, security, and ethical concerns.Introduction The global smart cities market is growing. From $99 billion in 2020 to almost $460billion in 2027. This is a global movement for improving the quality of life and tackling some ofthe most challenging issues such as climate change, by using information and communicationtechnology Universities have a critical role in growing implementation through training theworkforce with cutting-edge skills and knowledge and conducting
to Fortune 500 sized companies in the fields of government electronics (satellite communications, smart munitions, radar, drone), biomedical (pace- maker, drug pump, deep brain stimulation), semiconductors (PIC microcomputers), energy IT (smart electric meters, domestic and international). Most recently Instructed college level engineering courses for 7 years.Ms. Celia . Jenkins, Cochise College As STEM and Recruitment Coordinator, Jenkins is responsible for STEM student support in university transfers and in job placement, research opportunities and internships. Jenkins is the PI of the NSF ASAP Project Based Engineering grant with Arizona State University. Jenkins has increased enrollment in Engineering from
American Society for Engineering Education, 2018Differences and Similarities in Student, Instructor, and Professional Perceptions of “GoodEngineering Design" through Adaptive Comparative JudgmentScott R. Bartholomew, Purdue UniversityGreg J. Strimel, Purdue UniversityLiwei Zhang, Purdue UniversityEmily Yoshikawa, Purdue UniversitySenay Purzer, Purdue UniversityAbstract This project details the results from first-year undergraduate engineering students,engineering instructors, and industry professionals collaborating to assess student designprojects. Each group (students, instructors, and industry professionals) used adaptivecomparative judgment to rank the final projects from a first-year engineering course designed toengage students in
Unmanned Systems Program Committee. His research at the Academy focuses on innovative design methodologies applied to UAV problems. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Designettes in Capstone: Impact of Early Design Experiences in Capstone Education with Emphasis on Depth of Design Process Content Cory A. Cooper, Daniel D. Jensen, and Michael L. Anderson United States Air Force Academy, Colorado, USAAbstractThe engineering design process can be a complex and lengthy process, and be considered adaunting experience for engineering students embarking on their first full-length project.“Designettes” are a
UNICAMP in the area of solid state device processing and semiconductor devices design. In 1995, he began a career as a consultant. In 2006, he founded the BiLab-Business and Innovation Lab at UNIFACS, Salvador-BA, Brazil. Recently, Dr. Mons˜ao has been involved in nationwide science and technology outreach projects using a Robotic Musical Instrument he and a colleague have developed. His current research interests are in the areas of engineering education, robotics, mechatronics, automation, electronic instrumentation and innovation. He has now a Post Doc position in the Graduate Program of Mechatronics at the Federal University of Bahia, UFBA.Dr. Jes Fiais Cerqueira P.E., Federal University of Bahia (Brazil) J´es de