the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Prescott campus in northern Arizona. She earned both her M.S. and Ph.D. in so- cial psychology from Texas Christian University and has over 16 years of collegiate teaching experience. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Giving Students Choice in their Capstone ExperienceAbstractMaintaining motivation over an open-ended senior design or capstone project is an ongoingchallenge. We apply self-determination theory which links intrinsic motivation to competence,relatedness, and autonomy (or choice) to motivation in the classroom. Our goal is to see howchoice or perceived choice affects the outcome of students in capstone. We deployed a
Page 25.284.3serve as a web resource for capstone faculty to provide centralized access to effective tools andpractices developed by teachers and researchers across the country, beginning with tools tofacilitate the development of students' communication skills, as discussed below.Design of the Hub: Requirements and SpecificationsOverall GoalsThe CDHub is being designed to serve the needs of a variety of constituents, including • Professors and instructors of capstone design courses • Faculty advisers/coaches for student capstone design teams • Industrial and external sponsors/liaisons for capstone design projects • Students participating in capstone design projects/teams • Academic staff who support capstone design
AC 2007-2851: IMPACT OF STUDENT SELECTION OF DESIGN PROJECTS ONTEAM PERFORMANCEPeter Orono, Indiana University-Purdue University-IndianapolisStephen Ekwaro-Osire, Texas Tech University Page 12.827.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 IMPACT OF STUDENT SELECTION OF DESIGN PROJECTS ON TEAM PERFORMANCEAbstract In the capstone design courses, the instructor can choose among different strategies ofassigning students to project teams. One of these strategies allows the students select the projectthey would like to work on from a list. This sometimes proceeds in an ad-hoc manner. Currently,literature offers limited research that looks at
AC 2007-1699: USE OF ASSESSMENT SURVEY TO ASSIGN PROJECT TEAMSAND ROLESPromiti Dutta, Columbia UniversityAlexander Haubold, Columbia University Page 12.1526.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Use of Assessment Survey to Assign Project Teams and RolesAbstract:Effective assignment of teams and distribution of tasks within a group is an arduous task.Successful teams display harmony, successfully completed projects, and effective skill utilizationof all members. Weak teams demonstrate ineffective dynamics, poorly completed projects, andunderutilized team members. We propose a method to assign team members and to delegatemembers with equally weighted
AC 2007-758: DESIGN TEAM SKILLS CURRICULUM FOR INTERMEDIATELEVEL PROJECT CLASSSteven Zemke, Gonzaga University Steven Zemke is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Gonzaga University. He teaches design classes at the sophomore, junior, and capstone level. His research pursuits are in the pedagogy of design. Steven received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering with a dissertation on pedagogy from the University of Idaho in 2005. Prior to teaching, Steven was a design engineer and engineering manager for 25 years.Diane Zemke, Gonzaga University Diane Zemke is a Doctoral Student in the Leadership Studies Program at Gonzaga University. Her interests include pedagogy, paradigms
AC 2008-1741: SENIOR DESIGN PROJECT: A ROBOTIC SYSTEM USINGSTEREOSCOPIC CAMERAS FOR NAVIGATIONAndrew Willis, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Andrew Willis is an Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. He received his B.Sc. in Computer Science and B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic University in Worcester, Massachusetts. After working in industry for four years, Andrew attended graduate school at Brown University where he obtained a Sc.M. in Applied Mathematics and a Sc.M. in Electrical Engineering completing a Ph.D. in Engineering Sciences in 2004. He is a member of the ASEE, IEEE
wafer to interface with the electrical test equipment. During wafertesting, electrical probes are lowered onto the semiconductor wafer and make electricalconnections to the wafer. This paper presents the design and implementation of a probe stationproject that was carried out as a capstone senior design project in School of Engineering at GrandValley State University. The probe station was designed to have a durable, stable base and a 4inch vacuum-assisted hot chuck as a sample stage. A microscope was integrated to view thewafers and to assist in making the electrical connections. In addition, microprobes with theability to probe the wafers of 25om structure were designed. The project team consisted ofstudents with majors in mechanical and
Engineering graduate student at UNC Charlotte. He received his BSET in Mechanical Engineering Technology from UNC Charlotte in May 2005. He served as project team leader for the 2005 HPV Challenge. Page 11.116.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 A Senior Design Project Team of Engineering and Engineering Technology StudentsAbstractDuring the senior year, both mechanical engineering (ME) and mechanical engineeringtechnology (MET) students take a two-course sequence in senior design. Each version of thecourse includes a design project and acts as a capstone course for the
categories to the work. Unfortunately,the use of professional judgment in this process varies from faculty member to faculty member;as a consequence, one person's "excellent" can be another person's "very good." The lack ofstandard definitions for such terms act as an impedance toward fair and impartial grading ofstudent performance.At its 2002 Faculty Retreat, the Electrical & Computer Engineering and Computer Science(ECCS) Department at Ohio Northern University examined the effectiveness of the senior designevaluation process. Senior design at this school is a year-long endeavor, with multiple teams offaculty grading several capstone projects each at the end of each quarter. The differencesbetween the individual graders and between each team
2006-1676: CAPSTONE DESIGN, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING PROJECT ORPERSONNEL MANAGEMENT CHALLENGE?Richard Goff, Virginia Tech RICHARD M. GOFF Richard Goff is an Associate Professor and Assistant Department Head of the Department of Engineering Education in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech. He is also the Director of the Frith Freshman Engineering Design Laboratory and the Faculty Advisor of the VT Mini-Baja Team. He is actively involved in bringing joy and adventure to the educational process and is the recipient of numerous University teaching awards.Janis Terpenny, Virginia Tech JANIS P. TERPENNY Janis Terpenny is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering
AC 2011-2664: INDUSTRY-BASED PROJECTS AND PREPARING ENGI-NEERS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY WORKFORCEKaren Wosczyna-Birch and the Regional Center for Next Generation Manufacturing, CT College of Technologyand the Regional Center for Next Generation Manufacturing Karen Wosczyna-Birch, a national award winning Professor of Chemistry, is the statewide director for Connecticut’s College of Technology, which includes all 12 Connecticut community colleges, six uni- versities and partner high schools including the technical high school system. She is also the executive director of the Regional Center for Next Generation Manufacturing, a National Science Funded Advanced Technology Center, where she provides leadership for the
AC 2011-2745: INNOVATIVE SENIOR PROJECT PROGRAM PARTNER-ING UNIVERSITY AND CORPORATE PARTNERSEric Paul Pearson, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Electronic Systems Eric P. Pearson is the Sector Director of Development Programs for the Electronic Systems Sector of Northrop Grumman Corporation. After several years as an organizational Staff Manager and the Antenna Integrated Product Team lead for major radar programs he began the development of Internship, Co-op, New Graduate Engineering rotation and Early Career Leadership Training Programs. Eric carries a pas- sion for assisting soon-to-be and recent university graduates as they develop their technical, professional and leadership skills through their early careers in
. Page 25.20.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 A Case Study in Capstone Organization for Continuous Design/Build Projects: Building a Project Brain Trust, and the Experiences of Senior Engineering Students who Joined “Competition” Projects Already In-ProgressAbstractThe year-long Capstone Design course sequence at State University is a key element of both theMechanical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering Technology programs. These twoprograms share a common Capstone course. Given proper pre-requisite coursework, students canenter the Capstone sequence either in the fall or spring, and project involvement
AC 2012-5470: TRACKING DESIGN KNOWLEDGE IN ENGINEERINGSTUDENT PROJECTS AROUND COURSE MILESTONESDr. Sharad Vimal Oberoi, Carnegie Mellon University Sharad Oberoi completed his Ph.D. from the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in 2011. He is currently affiliated with the Institute for Complex Engineered Systems at CMU. His research interests include language in design, computer-supported cooperative learning, collaboration in design, and design education.Prof. Susan Finger, National Science Foundation Susan Finger is currently a Program Director in the Division of Undergraduate Education at the National Science Foundation. She is on leave from Carnegie Mellon
AC 2011-1535: AN OPTIMIZATION ROUTINE FOR ASSIGNING STU-DENTS TO CAPSTONE PROJECT GROUPSPeter L Schmidt, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Peter L. Schmidt received his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Louisville, a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and his doc- torate degree in mechanical engineering from Vanderbilt University. He is currently an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He has served as a research associate and as an instructor at Vanderbilt University. He has also worked at the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Crane, Indiana; at Precision Rubber, now part of Parker Hannifin in
years of industrial work experience. Page 22.281.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Best Practices for Faculty Mentorship of Capstone Design ProjectsAbstractThe mechanical and mechatronic engineering programs at California State University Chicoutilize a common two-semester capstone course in senior design project. Project work isaccomplished in groups, which are assigned a single faculty advisor, or mentor for the durationof the project.Prior to the 2008/2009 academic year, senior exit surveys, along with substantial anecdotalevidence, repeatedly identified advisement of capstone
Paper ID #33438Making it Work in the Virtual Capstone Climate and Beyond: Project-basedPerspectives Across a Variety of Programs and UniversitiesDr. Shraddha Joshi, James Madison University Dr. Shraddha Joshi is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering at James Madison University. She earned her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Clemson University with her research focused on understanding the role of requirements in engineering design by novices. At Clemson, Dr. Joshi has worked on multiple industry sponsored research projects (Michelin tweel –low rolling resistance for non-pneumatic tires
Paper ID #11163Looking back: A Student Review and History of AerosPACE – a Multi-University, Multi-Disciplinary, Distributed, Industry-University Capstone ProjectMrs. Larissa Cannon, Brigham Young University Larissa Cannon participated in AerosPACE for her Senior Capstone project. She has since graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Brigham Young University and is currently working in the aerospace industry. Her undergraduate experience included three internships at Pratt & Whitney and one internship at ATK. She is the co-author of two published papers and has four years experience of
AC 2008-1961: A SEMI-AUTOMATIC APPROACH FOR PROJECT ASSIGNMENTIN A CAPSTONE COURSEMark Chang, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Mark L. Chang is an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering.Allen Downey, Olin College of Engineering Allen Downey is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering. Page 13.99.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 A Semi-Automatic Approach for Project Assignment in a Capstone CourseAbstractThis paper presents a semi-automatic
-authoring several textbooks. She is a certified HBDI practitioner Page 14.637.1 (Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument) and conducts team building workshops in industry, business, and educational institutions. Contact info: www.InnovationToday.biz.© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Forming and Managing Project Teams in Large Capstone Design CoursesAbstractABET and most companies recruiting new engineers expect graduating seniors to haveteamwork and leadership experience and skills. In capstone design, good teamwork is closelyconnected to attaining an optimal design
for Engineering Education, 2020 A Hybrid Approach to Team-Forming for Capstone Design ProjectsAbstractOne of the challenges for capstone design instructors is forming equitable, balanced, andappropriately-skilled student teams to work on projects for a year. For most capstone programs,there are three main parts of this process: identification of projects, presentation of projects tostudents, and selection of student teams. This paper focuses on the third part: While there issignificant useful research about the best ways to form student teams, capstone design teamformation has unique aspects that are not directly addressed by much of the prior work. Inparticular, what is the best approach for team-forming when the participants have
includes design of automation systems, structural/architectural products, and mechanical devices.Dr. Chan Ham, Kennesaw State University He is an Associate Professor in Mechatronics Engineering at the Kennesaw State University since 2010. He has over eighteen year experience in Mechatronics education and research. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Assessment of an Industry-Sponsored Mechatronics Capstone Design Project Matthew Marshall Mechatronics Engineering Dept. Kennesaw State University Marietta, Georgia 30060
objective of the present paper is to describe students’ self-regulation while workingon their senior capstone design projects. The specific focus of this study was to understand howstudents manage their projects with their teammates on three major issues: Team Management,Resources Management and Time Management. Quantitative data associated with student Self-Regulated Learning (SRL) on project management were collected using our Engineering DesignMetacognitive Questionnaire (EDMQ) survey instrument. Three hundred and fourteen studentsparticipated in the study. Data collected were evaluated quantitatively by comparing the meanvalue of each item from the same project-management-related issues (i.e., teamwork, time, andresources) across SRL episodes
AC 2011-870: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CAPSTONE PROJECT:COLLABORATION BETWEEN ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERINGSTUDENTSAnouk Desjardins, Eng., MASc, Ecole Polytechnique de Montral Since 2008, Anouk Desjardins has been developing and teaching the ING4901 Sustainable Development Capstone Project course. She graduated from the cole Polytechnique de Montral (EPM) with a degree in Civil Engineering, and earned her Masters of Applied Sciences in 1999. She worked on engineering design projects for several years as a project engineer and project leader. In 2008, she joined EPM as a research associate for sustainable development projects, and as Instructor for capstone projects in Civil Engineering and sustainable development, and
. Page 22.309.2 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Case Studies in Application of System Engineering Practices to Capstone ProjectsAbstractThe Exploration Systems Mission Directorate (ESMD) of the National Aeronautics and SpaceAdministration (NASA) sponsors a faculty fellowship program that engages researchers withinterests aligned with current ESMD development programs. The faculty members arecommitted to run a capstone senior design project based on the materials and experience gainedduring the fellowship. For the 2010 – 2011 academic year, 5 projects were approved. Theseprojects are in the areas of mechanical and electrical hardware design and
firms. Page 15.419.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Development of High Performance Capstone Project Teams and the Selection ProcessAbstractA successful Capstone Design program including companion design courses has beendeveloped1,2 that has become an integral and important component of the MechanicalEngineering curriculum. A variety of challenging projects are created each year to appeal tostudent academic and career interests. Students work in teams with the assistance of a facultyadvisor to tackle a significant mechanical engineering design project. The formation of studentteams
at Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA, in 2005. She is currently an Associate Professor in the Electronics Systems Engi- neering Technology program at Texas A&M University, in College Station, TX. Her research interests include protocols for real-time voice and video communications and their performance, IP-based emer- gency communications, last-mile communication links for the SmartGrid, rural telecommunications, and behavior-driven development. Page 24.1322.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014Using Behavioral Driven Development (BDD) in a Capstone Design Project
Paper ID #15553The Development of Cross-Institutional Senior Capstone Design Project Col-laboration - A Pilot ProjectDr. Nikhil Gupta, Florida State University Nikhil Gupta received his Bachelor of Technology degree from Y.M.C.A. Institute of Technology, Haryana, India in 2008, Master of Science degree from North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, in 2010, and Ph.D from Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, in 2014, all in Mechanical Engineering. He is cur- rently an Adjunct Professor teaching Senior Design in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He is also serving as Postdoctoral Research Associate at Center of
’ undergraduateengineering program. In this research, both, an independent evaluator and peer evaluatorsevaluate each student’s performance during the group oral presentation. The Spearman's RankCorrelation method was used to determine whether there is a correlation between the teamparticipation and group presentation in the project. For all group members, the result shows astrong correlation between oral presentation score and project participation grades.1. Introduction In the capstone based design projects, the student work together in teams to create solutionsto design problems originating from four sources. In this study, the sources of the design projectswere faculty projects, industry supported projects, projects for design competitions, and
AC 2008-2729: ENHANCEMENT OF CAPSTONE INDUSTRY SPONSOREDSENIOR PROJECTS THROUGH TEAM-BASED, PRODUCT REALIZATIONACTIVITIESJames Widmann, California Polytechnic State University Jim Widmann is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. He received his Ph.D. in 1994 from Stanford University. Currently he teaches mechanics and design courses. He conducts research in the areas of design optimization, machine design, fluid power control and engineering education. Page 13.534.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Enhancement of