our students that are designed to build on our strengths and provide new areas of success.IntroductionMakerspaces are no longer novel or rare and are regularly being established on campuses and inurban spaces across the United States and beyond. A variety of research has been conducted tocatalog the positive impacts of makerspaces especially as it relates to engineering education. Ascampuses develop makerspaces, they have used the spaces as a type of laboratory to test theimpact of projects and courses related to making. We will build on this growing literature as wedevelop programming and policies for our Innovation Center (expected to open in the Fallsemester of 2022) that will promote an open and inclusive experience for users.New
Paper ID #16319Student use of prototypes to engage stakeholders during designMr. Michael Deininger, University of Michigan Michael Deininger is a Ph.D. student in Design Science at the University of Michigan. He received his B.S. in Industrial Design from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena in 1999. His research focuses on the use of prototypes during design, particularly related to engineering education and medical device development for resource-limited settings. Michael works in the Laboratory for Innovation in Global Health Technology (LIGHT) and is co-advised by Kathleen Sienko and Shanna Daly.Dr. Kathleen
the context of use.22 Leonardand Rayport22 describe the data that can be collected by observing the users utilizing the product/service in their own environment and not in a laboratory. Useful information can be gatheredabout intangible attributes of the product and unarticulated user needs by observing the user andthe customization done by her/ him.22 Many such scenarios for empathic design have beendescribed by Leonard and Rayport22 and are discussed in the paragraphs below. When thedesigner/engineer is observing the user’s interactions with the product, they can identifyintangible attributes of the product that affect the user’s interaction or choice, but may not beexplicitly mentioned by the user in a survey or focus group.The steps in an
AC 2012-4004: A SYMPHONY OF DESIGNIETTES: EXPLORING THEBOUNDARIES OF DESIGN THINKING IN ENGINEERING EDUCATIONProf. Kristin L. Wood, University of Texas, Austin Kristin L. Wood is currently a professor, Head of Pillar, and Co-director of the International Design Center (IDC) at Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD). Wood completed his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering (Division of Engineering and Applied Science) at the California Institute of Technology, where he was an AT&T Bell Laboratories Ph.D. Scholar. Wood joined the faculty at the University of Texas in Sept. 1989 and established a computational and experimental laboratory for research in engineering design and manufacturing
will present the mostrecent versions of these outlines, evaluations, and rubrics so other educators can use these as aresource for their own design courses.A literature research reveals that most papers state the existence of outlines and grading rubrics,but do not describe any details of these (examples2, 3). Bachnak4 gives an example for a peerpresentation evaluation form and Meyer5 shows an evaluation rubric for a laboratory notebook.Report outlines can be found in Bruhn and Camp2 and in Bachnak4. The most detailed templatesand outlines as well as a few grading rubrics the author found in Conrad et al.6 Self and Peerevaluations have been the biggest problem to the author. Finding/developing a meaningful rubricas well as developing a
mostly lectureand laboratory based (Grayson, 1993). Engineers learn and exercise their theories and practiceswithin particular social settings - within classrooms, within a laboratory, and during the designreview (Bucciarelli, 2001 , p. 298). In this study we consider the studio environment as a socialclassroom setting (where some laboratory facilities are within the students reach) and wherestudents are engage in the process of design. IStudio Model Page 24.1113.2 A slightly different teaching and learning model in technical education is the “studio model”(Little & Cardenas, 2001). According to Kuhn (2001), Little and Cardenas (2001
Paper ID #33998Achieving Capstone Design Objectives During Necessitated COVID-19 On-lineTeachingDr. Mohamed E. El-Sayed, Eastern Michigan University Dr. Mohamed El-Sayed, P.E., Professor and former Director, School of Engineering Technology at East- ern Michigan University. For over twenty years, he had served as a professor of mechanical engineering and director of the Vehicle Integration & Durability Laboratory at Kettering University, in Michigan, United States. He is a well-recognized technical leader in vehicle integration, vehicle development, op- timization, and validation. He is the SAE international Medal of
several different treatment approaches, such asfilter paper, sand, or carbon filtration for treatment efficacy. Two-inch PVC piping materialswere provided for the students to serve as their treatment apparatus. Figure 1 presents pictures ofthe silty water used as the treatment challenge, and student-created treatment devices.Figure 1. Water (silted) and student treatment devices for GEEN 1201 (Fall 2019).The treatment testing was conducted in the chemical engineering unit operations laboratory, andwas the first time the freshmen students had been in this facility. The treatment testingperformed by the students provided hands-on experience in basic fluids concepts. The studentsassessed their treatment efficacy qualitatively by visual clarity of
AC 2009-1222: DEVELOPMENT AND OUTCOMES OF A “DESIGN FOR THEENVIRONMENT” COURSEMelissa Bilec, University of PittsburghDavid Torick, University of PittsburghJoe Marriott, University of PittsburghAmy Landis, University of Pittsburgh Page 14.467.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Development and Outcomes of a Design for the Environment CourseAbstractWe have developed a Design for the Environment (DfE) course which is a dynamic mix of non-traditional lectures and hands-on DfE laboratory experiments that are infused with real-worldinteractions. Our engineering teams (E-teams) partner with local green industries
respective program. Thesedesign courses and the respective student projects have traditionally been completelyindependent, even though university resources, such as machine shops and laboratory space, areshared between the programs.During the past academic year, a project team made up of both ME and MET students embarkedon a joint senior project to enter the Human Powered Vehicle (HPV) Challenge, an annualcompetition sponsored by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). Held eachspring, the HPV Challenge is a competition in which teams of students design and build avehicle powered solely by human power. Vehicle classes include single rider, multi-person, andpractical, each with their own design goals and constraints. The competition
multidisciplinaryapproach which draws on various concepts and knowledge base in an iterative process. The ‘Engineering Clinics’ atRowan University a design infused, multidisciplinary, eight-semester sequence of courses in the College ofEngineering. Inter/multi-disciplinary student teams engage in laboratory hands on activities focused on solving realworld problems related to automation, additive manufacturing, embedded systems, renewable energy, artificialintelligence and biomedical technology to name a few. The aim is to prepare the students for highly evolving,competitive marketplaces. It also serves as an excellent testbed for conceptualizing and iterating engineeringinnovation and research.This paper will discuss two projects where multidisciplinary groups of
University of Tennessee in Nuclear Engineering and her Ph.D. is from Georgia Institute of Technology in Mechanical Engineering. Her industrial experience includes Oak Ridge Na- tional Laboratories, Chicago Bridge and Iron, and a sabbatical at Eli Lilly. She is a Licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Tennessee. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Work in Progress: Design, Creativity, and Creativity Techniques: Finding, Encouraging, and Developing the ‘Voice of the Designer’ Allen White, Glen Livesay, Kay C. Dee, and Patsy BrackinAbstractDesign courses commonly discuss the importance of the voice of the customer and the voice ofthe product in the design
11.740.4Strategies for Implementing Design across the CurriculumThe courses throughout the MET curriculum in which the elements of design are to beintroduced are indicated in Table 1. Some of the courses already have significantelements of design in them, while in others the levels are low and some cases the designelement is non-existent. The objective is to have a fair to heavy emphasis of design in allof the courses in the curriculum.A. Freshman Year Courses:The freshman year courses within the program currently are Introduction toManufacturing Industries and Technical Design Graphics.We will integrate elements of design through the introductory course, presently calledIntroduction to Manufacturing Industries. The laboratory experience in this course at
leading to bachelor degrees in both mechanicalengineering and H&SS. The program is administered through our Science and TechnologyStudies (STS) Department in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. The studio designcourses introduce students to a broad range of open-ended design experiences, where they learnhow to combine cultural, aesthetic, and technical skills and knowledge with the insight andcontext of social concerns and issues. As students move through the PDI program, theyultimately have culminating experiences with Rensselaer’s Multidisciplinary Design Laboratory(MDL), which serve as senior capstone design studios. We have found that compared to typicalengineering seniors, PDI students clearly distinguish themselves. They are
University of Technology and Design (SUTD). Wood completed his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering (Division of Engineering and Applied Science) at the California Institute of Technology, where he was an AT&T Bell Laboratories Ph.D. Scholar. Wood joined the faculty at the University of Texas in Sept. 1989 and established a computational and experimental laboratory for research in engineering design and manufacturing. He was a National Science Foundation Young Investigator, the Cullen Trust for Higher Education Endowed Professor in Engineering, and University Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas, Austin.Dr. Richard H. Crawford, University of Texas, Austin Richard H. Crawford is a
laboratory period. We present the implementation of this activity in our optical engineeringand engineering physics capstone design course; sample activity materials will also be providedand discussed.Students are tasked with designing a widget capable of holding a heavy weight at a minimumheight off a table. Specifications are provided on the maximum widget size and allowablematerials which can be used. The activity is organized as a competition with a goal ofmaximizing profit – revenue earned per widget less the cost per widget (material costs,development costs, labor, and cost of poor quality). Students are allowed to choose their teamsize (there are advantages and disadvantages to both small and large teams) and given time todesign and prototype
learning in industrial design and engineering technology programs with anemphasis on design concept prototyping and technological prototyping respectively, thisinterdisciplinary course integrates these parallel tracks to provide a seamless collaborativelearning experience. From the identification of a research problem to the development of aworking prototype, the collaborative studio/laboratory reinforces creative and critical thinkingwith an emphasis on human, technological, and aesthetic aspects of product development. Thisapproach to undergraduate education can provide constructive and authentic learning experiencesto meet the industry needs. This paper reports the preliminary results of the pilot phase of a one-year grant awarded through the
Biomedical Engineering at the University of Michigan (UM). She earned her Ph.D. in 2007 in Medical Engineering and Bioastronautics from the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Science and Technology, and holds an S.M. in Aeronautics & Astronautics from MIT and a B.S. in Materials Engineering from the University of Kentucky. She directs both the Sensory Augmentation and Rehabilitation Laboratory (SARL) and the Laboratory for Innovation in Global Health Technology (LIGHT). SARL focuses on the design, develop- ment, and evaluation of medical devices, especially for balance-impaired populations such as individuals with vestibular loss or advanced age. LIGHT focuses on the co-creative design of frugal innovations to address
impact a students’ perceived importance of teamwork skills in design.Students who perceived Engineering Track Core Courses were important during SD1, onaverage, perceived using machine shop tools skills as more important. Engineering Track CoreCourses offer students the chance to concentrate on a specific area of mechanical engineering. Inthe mechanical engineering curriculum from this study, one of the concentrations available tostudents has a laboratory component that requires students to become familiar with usingmachine shop tools. Additionally, other concentrations in the mechanical engineering curriculumalso have a laboratory component that requires students to work with machinery. However, 8 outof the ten skills tested did not yield a
, whose background is in Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Design, teaches a Fundamentals ofProduct Design Engineering Laboratory course at Ohio State University in the Department of Mechanical& Aerospace Engineering. The course student body is primarily made up of senior- and graduate-levelstudents who are studying in Mechanical Engineering or Industrial & Systems Engineering, howeverstudents from other various engineering majors also enroll in the course. Enrollment in this course hashistorically been around 100 students each semester. As many readers will know, Ohio State University isa large, public, institution in Columbus, Ohio. OSU’s Department of Mechanical & AerospaceEngineering is a large department within a large school
competency with engineering conceptsand design approaches could focus solely on understanding the basics of how the devicescommunicate and how basic mathematics, such as trigonometry, can be used to develop codethat generates real-world movement. Meanwhile, higher-level courses where students are moreadept at use of instrumentation and component manipulation could incorporate those skills intothe troubleshooting process, or be presented with added challenges requiring motivation ofadvanced theoretical knowledge and laboratory techniques toward development of a feasiblesolution.The literature indicated that, in programs where a project-based approach to design integrationwas adopted, improvements in retention rates, increased student satisfaction
conceptual design 2 8 solutions 12 laboratory equipment civil engineering engineering 0 design methods 2 research 8 12 profession projects software knowledge and laboratory hours a 0 2 8 Overview 12 development skills week
this new curriculum in 1997.10 The program was successful inincreasing retention and graduation rates in our engineering disciplines. Recently, we updated theIEC in order to address several factors described by the National Academy of Engineering’sreport: The Engineer of 2020.11 The newly implemented curriculum relies on a concept entitledLiving With the Lab (LWTL).The Living with the Lab ConceptIn the traditional laboratory and shop settings, faculty members or technical staff mustensure that the required equipment is ready and that supplies are on hand so that project activitiescan be performed and/or data can be collected. While it’s possible for energetic faculty membersto guide students through creative design projects and laboratory
outcome.The final evaluation of the effectiveness of changes on the capstone design course is rubric basedevaluation of reflective statements written by students at the end of the course. The rubric scoresstudents on the relevance of what they write to engineering practice, writing ability, analysis ofthe experience, interconnection with other classes, validity or lack of self-criticism, andawareness of ethics. Qualitative analysis of these statements indicated that: 1) the class isvalued by students compared to other, more theory-based classes in the program; 2) students sawother project-based and laboratory classes as providing better preparation for an engineeringcareer than theory-based classes; 3) students valued the certification training and
particular attention paid tosustainable design and systems analysis. Our philosophy of sustainable design incorporatestechnical, financial, environmental, and societal criteria1. The backbone of our curriculumconsists of a 10 credit sequence of design courses that extend through the entire sophomore, Page 14.130.2junior, and senior years. These courses are laboratory courses and contain significant projectwork as well as design instruction. Our approach to teaching design includes instruction incritical thinking practices such as the development of “intentional and directed intellectualprocesses and habits that foster effective thinking”2. This
in two-semester sequences with a corresponding laboratory (e.g., thermal-fluids, mechanics andmaterials, etc.). The teaching of design has been integrated to the curriculum by devoting acertain fraction of the coursework or labs to open-ended design problems. Likewise, formalintroduction to the engineering design method is made at the sophomore level in two courses:Introduction to Mechanical Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering Tools. These coursesintroduce the design cycle, and expose students to design concepts by using problems withinreach at the sophomore level (e.g., statics, simple material selections, etc.). The tools courseintroduces the students to the machine shop and to the software packages they need to master inorder to
11.432.4changes made to several courses during the past six years.Additionally, two exit interview questions were written to address this criterion as follow: Do you feel that you could design and conduct an experiment if required by your first job assignment after graduation? How would your laboratory experiences at CSM including CH 121 (intro to chemistry lab, freshman-level), PEGN 309 (reservoir rock properties, sophomore-level), MEL Labs (multidisciplinary lab, junior-level), and PEGN 413 (gas measurement, senior-level) help you complete this first job assignment? Do you feel prepared to work open-ended design problems such as the Lone Cedar project and the Brazos problem you worked in PEGN 439 (senior
engineering disciplines. Thisprovides students with opportunity to gain experience working in multidisciplinary teams asencountered in industry and national laboratories. Although it did not appear in the internetsearch, the authors are aware of one specific project where the U.S. Department of Energy’sArgonne National Laboratory requested a team of University-of-Idaho students working on theirSenior Design Project to design, fabricate, and test a station capable of disassembling high-efficiency particulate arrestance (HEPA) filters. The HEPA filters are radioactivelycontaminated; consequently, the HEPA station must be located in a hot cell to minimizeradiation exposures to staff and students participating in the project. The potential of this
State University Jacob Leachman is an Assistant Professor in the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Washington State University (WSU). He initiated the HYdrogen Properties for Energy Research (HY- PER) laboratory at WSU in 2010 with the mission to advance the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) of hydrogen systems. He received a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Idaho in 2005 and a M.S. degree in 2007. His master’s thesis has been adopted as the foundation for hydrogen fuel- ing standards and custody exchange, in addition to winning the Western Association of Graduate Schools Distinguished Thesis Award for 2008. He completed his Ph.D. in the Cryogenic Engineering Laboratory
across the nation. Engineering curricula during this period was based on specializedtechnical training to allow graduates to become immediately useful in industrial design careersand to efficiently meet the needs of the quickly developing economy. This trend of educationcontinued and “by 1900, it was generally recognized that American laboratories and methods forthe teaching of engineering were not surpassed and often not equaled in any other part of theworld. This could not be claimed, however, for much of the theoretical instruction in design” 1.Despite the weakness of design theory instruction, the focus on applied learning and hands-onexperience in engineering schools sufficiently met the needs of the booming manufacturing,automobile