Conference Session

Capstone Design Practices

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

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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Design in Engineering Education

and explorations of engineering students’ pathways in industry support theneed to determine how to better prepare students to incorporate stakeholder considerations intodesign. In an IEEE Spectrum article titled “What keeps engineers from advancing in theircareer,” Hinkle [8] outlines four pieces of advice for early career engineers, one of which isto Know your stakeholders. This can be much more difficult than knowing your customers, who are a subset of your stakeholders. The broad definition of a stakeholder is anyone who is affected by your work in any way, or who affects your work in any way. Think about that, and you’ll start to realize the impact you are having on the world. It’s probably much bigger

Conference Session

Design Communications & Cognition I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dirk Schaefer, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jitesh Panchal, Washington State University; Sammy Haroon, The RBR Group; Farrokh Mistree, University of Oklahoma

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Design in Engineering Education

Organization is “an organization that facilitates thelearning of all its members and consciously transforms itself and its context”. A learningorganization exhibits five main characteristics: (1) systems thinking, (2) personal mastery, (3)mental models, (4) a shared vision, and (5) team learning. A brief overview of these, taken from[26], is presented below.Systems thinking: The idea of the learning organization developed from a body of work calledsystems thinking. This is a conceptual framework that allows people to study businesses asbounded objects. Learning organizations use this method of thinking when assessing theircompany and have information systems that measure the performance of the organization as awhole and of its various components

Conference Session

Professional Skills development in Design

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Mark Dawidow, Harding University; James L. Huff, Harding University; Keelin Siomha Leahy, University of Limerick

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Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #16136Investigating How Design Concepts Evolve in Engineering StudentsMr. John Mark Dawidow, Harding University John Dawidow is a recent graduate of Harding University, receiving his bachelor’s in biomedical engi- neering. His research interests involve investigating how students think about design considerations in relation to social and technical dimensions.Prof. James L. Huff, Harding University James Huff is an assistant professor of engineering at Harding University, where he primarily teaches multidisciplinary engineering design and electrical engineering. His research interests are aligned with how

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division: Capstone Design Practices

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natascha Trellinger Buswell, University of California, Irvine; Mark E. Walter, University of California, Irvine

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best practices, we present an overview of literature on engineering designeducation.Engineering design education has been the subject of numerous research studies. In 2005,Dym et al. published a paper that examined about 200 articles on engineering design educationand determined that teaching and learning design in an engineering context should includehaving the student be able to do the following: 1) think at the scale of systems, 2) makeestimates, 3) conduct experiments, 4) manage ambiguity through convergent-divergent inquiry,5) make decisions under uncertainty, 6) communicate in diverse languages, and 7) function aspart of an interdisciplinary team. Many researchers have explored these seven engineeringdesign experience elements, including

Conference Session

Design Across Curriculum 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Nicole Danielle Trenchard, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences; Christopher Lombardo, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

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application of EWB-USAprojects in the classroom is described in this paper to illustrate the mechanics of applying the co-creation framework in a particular instance, but does not reduce the suitability of this model forother design challenges such as the ASCE Concrete Canoe Competition, the ASME HumanPowered Vehicle Challenge, the RoboCup games, or the iGEM competition.2.2 Staff/Course InstructorsHumanitarian Design Projects is led by a member of the SEAS faculty and is supported by aninstructional staff of undergraduate students, each of whom is a leader and/or an experiencedparticipant of an EWB-USA project team.The course’s success in advising technical projects across a large range of disciplines is due to thecombination of the head instructor’s

Conference Session

Design Mental Frameworks

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

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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team. This structure, combined with long-term participation,enables an organizational structure to the teams. Students begin early in their academic programin a supportive, apprenticeship, mentor/mentee role in which they learn from more seniorstudents. Over time, students grow into leadership roles, sustaining peer-to-peer learningrelationships with newer members. Through long-term engagement, students have time to gaininsights and develop proficiency with the various yet interrelated activities of engineering designon a project that has real-world implications.The VIP team objectives range from faculty-embedded research and discovery efforts toentrepreneurial and service product development to industry-sponsored design competitions.Students

Conference Session

Assessing Design Coursework

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marcia Friesen, University of Manitoba

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Design in Engineering Education

practice, inwhich ‘design’ denotes the systematic selection and articulation of components into an overallsystem. An example may be the typical design of the components of a commercial heating andventilation system, the design of the structural members of a building, or the design of hardwareand software components for a given functionality. Although each scenario allows for a numberof acceptable designs, early-career engineers are generally acculturated into a professionalpractice environment in which a ‘right answer’ or ‘best answer’ is defined based on establisheddesign codes and standards, engineering precedent, and business practices related to maintainingprofitability of the design endeavour.Finally, many design engineers express frustration

Conference Session

Design Projects

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Schultz, University of North Dakota; William Semke, University of North Dakota; Douglas Olsen, University of North Dakota; Arnold Johnson, University of North Dakota; Ofer Beeri, University of North Dakota; George Seielstad, University of North Dakota

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electrical engineering at the University of North Dakota. Prof. Johnson has been an electrical engineering faculty member at the University of North Dakota since 1988, and he served as the department chairperson from 1999 through 2005. Prof. Johnson earned his B.S.E.E. at UND in 1959 and his M.S.E.E. at Iowa State University in 1962. His teaching experience varies from numerous MBA courses to a variety of engineering courses including circuits, electronics, robotics, image processing, and senior design.Douglas Olsen, University of North Dakota Doug Olsen is a Project Manager for the Center for People and the Environment at UND, where he has led the student and faculty development

Conference Session

The Best of Design in Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Betsy Palmer, Montana State University; Patrick T. Terenzini, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Ann F. McKenna, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Betty J. Harper, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Dan Merson, Pennsylvania State University

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othercontexts on engineering solutions.How can engineering programs best develop their students' ability to integrate context anddesign? This paper reports results from two national studies, funded by the National ScienceFoundation, which are exploring educational practices and outcomes at diverse institutions.Prototype to Production: Processes and Conditions for Preparing the Engineer of 2020 (P2P)surveyed faculty members, students, alumni, program chairs, and associate deans ofundergraduate education at 31 four-year U.S. engineering schools. A companion study,Prototyping the Engineer of 2020: A 360-degree Study of Effective Education (P360), developeddetailed qualitative case studies of the engineering programs at six institutions

Conference Session

Design as a Social Process: Teams and Organizations

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

R. Keith Stanfill, University of Florida; Shari Ann Robinson, University of Florida Counseling and Wellness center

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: Page 26.1246.8 Major: Electrical Engineering GPA: 3.9 Degree Aspiration: Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from a prestigious institution Career Aspiration: Tenure-track faculty at a top school Joe is a member of a 6-person project team developing new concepts for a mechanical subsystem on an automotive engine. His discipline is needed for developing the engine test stand and data acquisition system for the performance monitoring sensor network. Joe and his teammates report to a Faculty Project Advisor and communicate each week with a Liaison Engineer at the company that is supporting the design project. Joe’s project is one of many 2-semester projects

Conference Session

Capstone Design

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University; Elise M. Barrella, James Madison University; Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University; Jacquelyn Kay Nagel, James Madison University; Justin J Henriques, James Madison University; Daniel Devon Imholte

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plan and decide on their future career plans, we deliver material to them on finding and seeking out internships (ENGR 331), finding and seeking out Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REUs) (ENGR 331), understanding the graduate school experience and application process (ENGR 332), interviewing tips (ENGR 331 and 432), preparing resumes, cover letters, and personal statements (ENGR 331 and 432).(e) Professional Team Work and Team Management Skills – to prepare students to enter be effective team members and team leaders, we cover topics and have discussions on team building (ENGR 331), team performance evaluation (ENGR 331, 332, 431, 432), and conflict resolution (ENGR 432).During the past four years, the faculty

Conference Session

Research on Design Learning

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farshid Marbouti, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering Education at Purdue University. She received her B.S. and M.S. in Food Science from Cornell University and her Ph.D. in Food Process En- gineering from the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering at Purdue University. She is a member of Purdue’s Teaching Academy. Since 1999, she has been a faculty member within the First- Year Engineering Program, teaching and guiding the design of one of the required first-year engineering courses that engages students in open-ended problem solving and design. Her research focuses on the development, implementation, and assessment of modeling and design activities with authentic engineer- ing contexts. She is currently a member of the educational team for the

Conference Session

DEED Melange

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Wang, University of California, Berkeley; Alice Merner Agogino, University of California, Berkeley

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Design in Engineering Education

Fellow of ASME, 2005; Chancellor’s Award for AdvancingInstitutional Excellence, 2006; Faculty Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring, MechanicalEngineering Graduate Student Council, 2007; Chancellor’s Awards for Public Service:CARES (Commu-nity Assessment for Renewable Energy and Sustainability), 2010; Best Note Honorable Mention, (withKimiko Ryokai, Lora Oehlberg and Michael Manoochehri) ACM CHI (Conference on Human Factors inComputing Systems), 2011; Professor of the Year, UC Berkeley Pi Tau Sigma, 2011; Academy of Dis-tinguished Alumni, University of New Mexico, 2012; and Leon Gaster Award for Lighting Technology(with Yao-Jung Wen), 2012; AAAS Lifetime Mentoring Award, 2012-13; and Reviewers’ Favorite Awardat the 2013

Conference Session

Impact of COVID-19 on Design Education 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Victoria Bill, New York University, Tandon School of Engineering; Anne-Laure Fayard, New York University, Tandon School of Engineering

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Design in Engineering Education

was open to the entire university. The hours variedduring the week but were generally 10AM – 5PM with a few weekend hours. In additionto the manager, there was an additional full-time staff member who split their time 50%with the makerspace and other IT services, and 45-50 student employees. The managerhad created a large team structure for student staff, with sub-teams who focused ondifferent aspects of operational support and student team leads. After training from themanager, graduate students led faculty course prototyping and training requests.Covid-19 and ongoing: In Spring 2020, the space was closed and the manager led PPEproduction, mainly face shields. All student staff were offered the option to workremotely to finish out the

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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. Page 24.948.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 On Engineering Design Education: Exposing Students to Design KnowledgeAbstract: Design is considered by most to be the central activity of engineering. Also, it isknown that engineering programs should graduate engineers who can design effectively to meetsocial and environmental needs. Though the role and perception of design across a wide range ofeducational institutions have improved markedly in recent years; however, both design facultyand design practitioners argue that further improvements are necessary. One of the definingcharacteristics of design is that there is rarely a single correct answer to an

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susannah Howe, Smith College; Mary A. Moriarty, Smith College; Apurva Errabelli

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Design in Engineering Education

knowledge and skills from their capstone experience that they couldtransfer to their future careers. Yet, little is known about what students actually transfer to lifeafter graduation.2. MotivationThe transfer literature is filled with varying definitions and frameworks about what constitutestransfer. While it is not the intent of the authors to advocate for a particular framework, it isimportant to articulate the theoretical background from which our work originates. Our view oftransfer is influenced by the work of Schwartz et al.11 In their view, transfer is not necessarilythe ability to directly apply what one has learned to new situations but rather an identification ofskills and knowledge that best position preparation for future learning

Conference Session

Empathy and Human-Centered Design 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Abbas Ghassemi, University of California, Merced; Christopher A. Butler, University of California, Merced; Marina Shapiro

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Design in Engineering Education

students without early exposure to real-worldapplications of their major, that give positive insight into potential careers, do not always connectwith upper-classmen to use as successful peer role models. This research has shown that accessto peer role models increases academic persistence [1], [2]. It has also been shown that retentionof URM and women is increased through project-based learning or experiential learningpedagogies and techniques[3]-[9].Moreover, URM students often have a limited perspective of their contributions to improvingtechnology due to social issues such as a lack of exposure to engineering and science professionsand having personal role models in their local community who are scientists or engineers.Furthermore, when URM

Conference Session

Making, Hacking, and Extracurricular Design

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Alexander Horton, Arizona State University; Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Steven Weiner, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Micah Lande, Arizona State University

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NSF Revolutionizing Engineering Departments grant ”Additive Innovation: An Educational Ecosystem of Making and Risk Taking.” He was named one of ASEE PRISM’s ”20 Faculty Under 40” in 2014, and received a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers from President Obama in 2017.Steven Weiner, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus Steven Weiner is a PhD student in Human and Social Dimensions of Science and Technology at the School for the Future of Innovation in Society at Arizona State University. His interests include STEM education reform, innovative learning frameworks, and the future of schooling. His previous research focused on how young adults develop identities centered on the Maker

Conference Session

Capstone Design Pedagogy I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Pembridge, Virginia Tech; Marie Paretti, Virginia Tech

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Design in Engineering Education

%) 20Interactions: Not surprisingly, given the emphasis on guiding and mentoring activities,interactions between faculty members and students occur frequently and are often interpersonal Page 15.1217.10in nature. One prominent form of interaction occurs through the administration of feedback tothe students. Feedback is frequently given through written comments on written and oral reports,in person, and through electronic means (Table 7). Other forms of interaction include formal andinformal interactions outside of class, as well as weekly conversations during and immediatelyaround class meetings (Table 8). Interactions that occur in the team’s lab or work

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division: Capstone Design Practices

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kris Jaeger-Helton, Northeastern University; Bridget M. Smyser, Northeastern University; Hugh L. McManus, Northeastern University

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Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #27613Capstone Prepares Engineers for the Real World, Right? ABET Outcomesand Student PerceptionsDr. Kris Jaeger-Helton, Northeastern University Professor Beverly Kris Jaeger-Helton, Ph.D. is on the full-time faculty in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Northeastern University (NU) teaching Simulation Modeling and Analy- sis, Human-Machine Systems, and Facilities Planning. She is the Director of the Galante Engineering Business Program as well as Coordinator of Senior Capstone Design in Industrial Engineering at NU. Dr. Jaeger-Helton has also been an active member of Northeastern’s Gateway

Conference Session

Design Teams 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Margaret Garnett Smallwood, University of Texas at Dallas; Robert Hart P.E., University of Texas at Dallas; Todd W. Polk, University of Texas at Dallas

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Design in Engineering Education

longer meets the 0.05 threshold.Further comparison of the small Engineering cohort and the BCOM cohort shows significantswings in the small Engineering cohort's improvement on Questions 9 and 11-13. This furtherconfirms both the effectiveness of training smaller cohorts and the effect of the communicationstraining on engineering students.ImplicationsSimilar to the smaller engineering cohort, the 105-member BCOM cohort consisted of smaller(35-person) classes. The business students’ prior experience working with more than two teammembers on open-ended projects appeared to help the BCOM cohort in this study navigate someof the areas explored by the Briggs [10] team health check: Team Leadership, Processes,Understanding Differences, and

Conference Session

Design Teams 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Swapneel Thite P.E., University of New South Wales; Jayashri Ravishankar, University of New South Wales; Araceli Martinez Ortiz, NASA Headquarters; Eliathamby Ambikairajah, University of New South Wales

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a Life Member of APSIPA. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Work in Progress: Review of teaching strategies towards development of a framework for online teamworkAbstract:Teamwork and leadership (T&L) skills are highly valued skills in industries allover the world. These graduate attributes significantly influence studentemployability and improve chances of early career growth. Coronavirus (COVID19) pandemic has pushed the higher education sector to convert teaching deliveryfrom face to face (f2f) to online abruptly. Teamwork activities are traditionallyassociated with f2f engagement between students, peers, and faculty. Hence,cultivating teamwork and

Conference Session

Design Assessment

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Crepeau P.E., University of Idaho, Moscow; Michael R. Maughan P.E., University of Idaho, Moscow; Dan Cordon, University of Idaho, Moscow; Steven W. Beyerlein, University of Idaho, Moscow; Matthew John Swenson P.E., University of Idaho, Moscow; Daniel J. Robertson, University of Idaho, Moscow; Sean Michael Quallen, University of Idaho, Moscow

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skills from the time a student begins engineeringstudies until graduation. The differences in the design processes between high schoolengineering students and expert engineers have been explored [29]. High school students tend tospend less time determining the feasibility of their ideas, evaluating alternative ideas anddecision making than expert engineers.Comparative, or longitudinal, studies have proven beneficial in showing the progress of designskills and indicating which skills should be focused on early in the curriculum. Researchers [30]compared design skills between student and professional engineers, and showed that theprofessional teams were more likely to outline an overall design philosophy and not overlookdetailed specifications

Conference Session

DEED Postcard Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Blake Hylton, Ohio Northern University; John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Todd France, Ohio Northern University; Louis A. DiBerardino III, Ohio Northern University

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Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #18260Work in Progress: Do Students Really Understand Design Constraints? ABaseline StudyDr. J. Blake Hylton, Ohio Northern University Dr. Hylton is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Ohio Northern University. He pre- viously completed his graduate studies in Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University, where he con- ducted research in both the School of Mechanical Engineering and the School of Engineering Education. Prior to Purdue, he completed his undergraduate work at the University of Tulsa, also in Mechanical En- gineering. He currently teaches first-year engineering courses as well as

Conference Session

Professional Skills and Teaming in Design

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Design in Engineering Education

motivations for this include “accommodation” of student interests andpreferences in hopes of influencing student learning outcomes and team effectiveness, whileproviding an efficient and fair method of assigning students to project teams.3. Objectives, Assumptions and MethodologyIn the interest of understanding how team selection might impact project results in a capstonesetting, we collected and analyzed data on over eight-two capstone project teams over foursemesters. The data consisted of a combination of quantitative and qualitative parametersincluding academic performance, practical engineering experience, career interests, projectpreferences, personality, and technical skills used to assign individual students to project teamsover four

Conference Session

Design Across Curriculum 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Helen L. Chen, Stanford University; George Toye, Stanford University; Felix Kempf, King's College London; Nada Elfiki, Stanford University

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in a variety of industry sectors and the ‘lessons learned’ andtakeaways from the course and reported over time. This longitudinal approach to course alumnisurveys can be adapted for and implemented in other courses and environments for purposes ofcurriculum refinement and quality improvement in order to accommodate the needs of keystakeholders including the faculty and teaching team, alumni, and current and future students. 1. BACKGROUND/LITERATURE REVIEWIt is well recognized that the engineering degree prepares graduates to work and thrive in adiverse array of fields within and beyond engineering [1-3]. These decisions about what joboptions to pursue often occur again and again throughout one’s professional trajectory, from thefirst job

Conference Session

The Best in DEED

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kris Jaeger-Helton, Northeastern University; Bridget M. Smyser, Northeastern University

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Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #18699Switching Midstream, Floundering Early, and Tolerance for Ambiguity: HowCapstone Students Cope with Changing and Delayed ProjectsDr. Kris Jaeger-Helton, Northeastern University Professor Beverly Kris Jaeger-Helton, Ph.D. is on the full-time faculty in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Northeastern University (NU) teaching Simulation Modeling and Analysis, Facilities Planning, and Human-Machine Systems. She is Director of the Galante Engineering Business Program as well as the Coordinator of Senior Capstone Design in Industrial Engineering at NU. She has also been an active member of

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cesar Luongo, Florida A&M-Florida State University; Chiang Shih, Florida A&M-Florida State University; James Sturges, Lockheed Martin; David Bogle, Lockheed Martin

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Design in Engineering Education

, especially for those who areinclined to join the industry workforce immediately after graduation. It could also be made atechnical elective for seniors under certain circumstances. • Any introduction of systems engineering at the undergraduate level needs to emphasize the importance of developing and exploring the “trade space” as part of the design process.The desired outcome from introducing SE into our curriculum would be an improved designapproach as observed during the capstone experience. Our objective is to inculcate the need tointroduce quantitative models during the concept selection phase, and for the students to do abetter job of exploring trade space aimed at optimizing design solutions.Two other aspects that came out of

Conference Session

Best In DEED

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elisabeth Kames, Florida Institute of Technology ; Devanshi Shah, Florida Institute of Technology; McKenzie Carol Clark; Beshoy Morkos, Florida Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #27578A Mixed Methods Analysis of Motivation Factors in Senior Capstone DesignCoursesElisabeth Kames, Florida Institute of Technology Elisabeth Kames is a graduate student working on her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at Florida Institute of Technology. Her research focuses on the impact of motivation on performance and persistence in mechanical engineering design courses under the guidance of Dr. Beshoy Morkos. She also serves as a graduate student advisor to senior design teams within the mechanical engineering department. Elisabeth is a member of ASME, ASEE, Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society and Pi Tau

Conference Session

Capstone Design Courses II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Pezeshki, Washington State University; Jacob William Leachman, Washington State University; Michael Richey, The Boeing Company

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, theauthors will attempt to provide some insight on what worked, as well as what could useimprovement, through contrast of the three projects.Individual Team Member and Group Composition DynamicsProject 1Not surprisingly, Project 1’s team membership might be described as a ‘Dream Team.’Motivated Ph.D. students, with a combination of strong technical expertise, as well aspast, hands-on experience building and flying R/C aircraft, and buttressed by aparticipatory faculty member, created a tested solution that maximized both reliabilityand validity. What do these terms imply? In Martin’s book on Design Thinking, TheDesign of Business, [12] he develops an argument of the difficulty in creating solutionsthat are both reliable – function as intended; and