Conference Session

Capstone Design II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cameron J. Turner, Colorado School of Mines

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Design in Engineering Education

eliminating all methods except QFD, Brainstorming and FMEA. • A lack of requirements for the application of engineering analysis in design. The use of engineering analysis being what distinguishes engineering design from craftsman or artistic design.6 This was exemplified by a number of projects, which failed to meet the customer requirements, often due to a lack of design analysis on the part of the project team. • A number of design projects that did not contain appropriate material for a capstone design experience and/or emphasized non-engineering aspects such as the development of marketing materials and business plans

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaobin Le, Wentworth Institute of Technology ; Anthony William Duva, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Richard L. Roberts, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Ali R. Moazed, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

, 2011 Instructional Methodology for Capstone Senior Mechanical DesignAbstract: The capstone design project is a big event in every mechanical program. Thecapstone design project serves as a bridge to help students migrate from an academicenvironment to an industrial environment. Any school normally don‟t have the full capability toconstruct and physically test each capstone design project due to limited equipment, limitedfunds and limited time, which is the primary difference between the industrial environment andthe academic environment. Due to this defect in the academic environment, there are twocommon major problems in lots of capstone designs. Some capstone projects couldn‟t providethe supporting documented analysis to answer whether

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susannah Howe, Smith College; Jessica Wilbarger, Smith College

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Design in Engineering Education

wasimplemented online, with requests sent via email to representatives of all ABET-accreditedengineering programs (1724 programs at 350 institutions, as of 2004). The online survey yieldeda strong response, with 444 programs from 232 institutions submitting responses. Thiscorresponds to a 26% response rate from engineering programs and a 66% response rate frominstitutions. The results of this survey, with a focus on developments in the past ten years, arepresented graphically and discussed. Particular focus areas include course logistics, facultyinvolvement, project coordination, funding details, and industry sponsorship. The results serveas a snapshot of current practices in engineering capstone design education as well as anindication of trends over

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

AC 2010-811: THE CURRENT STATE OF CAPSTONE DESIGN PEDAGOGYJames Pembridge, Virginia TechMarie Paretti, Virginia Tech Page 15.1217.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 The Current State of Capstone Design PedagogyAbstractIn the fall of 2009, faculty involved in capstone design courses were surveyed to track trends inthe course structure and to explore current pedagogical practices. Where prior surveys probedcourse logistics, faculty involvement, project coordination, funding details, and industryinvolvement, this survey complements that work by also addressing the teaching beliefs andpractices of capstone faculty. The results provide a basis for

Conference Session

Capstone Design III

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Kasarda, Virginia Tech; Brenda Brand, Virginia Tech; Eugene Brown, Virginia Tech

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Design in Engineering Education

research has been published in many journals and conference proceedings. Dr. Brown is an Associate Fellow of the American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics. He has served the University and the profession as Virginia Tech’s Associate Provost for Program Development and as Program Manager of the Graduate Research Fellowship Program at the National Science Foundation. Page 12.1348.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Teaching Capstone Design in a Service Learning SettingAbstractThis service-learning-focused capstone design project requires students to design and build one

Conference Session

Design and the Capstone Experience

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shayne Kelly McConomy, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Ruturaj Soman; Nikhil Gupta, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Chiang Shih, Florida A&M University/Florida State University

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Design in Engineering Education

over three semesters, as opposed to thecollege’s traditional two-semester curriculum. The integrated approach used collaborationbetween one semester of Engineering Design Methods (EDM) and two-semesters of the SeniorDesign Project (SDP). The integrated approach, modeled on the engineering design spine withroots in freshman courses, involved both the EDM and SDP cohorts. The interclass involvementincludes participation in design review presentations, senior-to-junior mentorship, and multiclassworkshops. Student feedback through periodic surveys and interviews provided insight into thestudents’ progress and learning outcomes. This paper reports on efforts that would help anintegrated Capstone Design curriculum succeed. The Department’s surveys

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elvin Shields, Youngstown State University

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Design in Engineering Education

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

Conference Session

Design for Special Services

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Don Dekker, University of South Florida; Stephen Sundarrao, University of South Florida; Rajiv Dubey

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Design in Engineering Education

Rehabilitation Engineering & Technology Program that isbased at USF. This program is a unique program that integrates services to individuals withdisabilities with education, research and development. Seven field engineers and six techniciansdeployed throughout the state identify barriers to accessibility for individuals with disabilitiesand refer projects that do not have commercial solutions to the Capstone students. Theseprojects range from devices for personal hygiene, wheelchair mobility, driving adaptations torecreation and sports equipment. The program helps people with disabilities becomeindependent and have a better quality of life. These projects are ideal projects for mechanicalengineering students and several students have proposed their

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Don Dekker, University of South Florida; Stephen Sundarrao, University of South Florida; Rajiv Dubey, University of South Florida

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Design in Engineering Education

howtwo heads are better than one. In fact, two people are necessary to operate a Capstone Designcourse. Directing the student teams, grading tests and papers, and preparing discussions in aCapstone Design course is a full course load. In addition to these usual responsibilities, theinstructor for a Capstone Design course is often required to visit industry and non-profitorganizations to find the projects for students to develop. It seems commonplace for academicinstitutions to expect this extra effort from Capstone Design teachers, but this is unrealistic.Capstone Design is a wonderful course to teach because of the mature, motivated students andthe exciting projects, but it shouldn’t be a time-consuming backbreaker for the instructor.Course

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education (DEED) Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamed E. El-Sayed, Kettering University; Jacqueline A. El-Sayed, Kettering University

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Design in Engineering Education

challenges and the impacts of their design decisions on the environment are themain drivers for the environmental sustainability integration with the capstone experience. Page 23.785.2Environmental Sustainability Educational ModulesFor addressing environmental sustainability and promoting environmentally consciousengineering practices. a dedicated multi-disciplinary group of faculty have developed theinnovative interdisciplinary course materials for Environmentally Conscious Design andManufacturing13. The development project was funded in part by a grant from the NationalScience Foundation. The developed materials are organized in the six topical

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamed E. El-Sayed, Kettering University

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Design in Engineering Education

theses. He has several patents and published more than 100 research papers. Page 25.1072.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Product Realization Experiences in Capstone Design CoursesAbstractProduct realization is the main objective of most engineering processes. While the realization concept ismostly limited to the physical build of a product, the root of any realization process starts at theconceptual level of the individual or engineering team. Considering that engineering capstone designcourses are usually centered on open- ended design projects, to provide

Conference Session

Design and the Capstone Experience

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachael E. Cate, Oregon State University; Donald Heer, Oregon State University

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Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #21693Literature Review and Methods Paper: Identifying Influencers That Con-tribute to Transformative Learning in an Electrical and Computer Engineer-ing Undergraduate Capstone Design Project and Selecting Action ResearchMethods to Frame a StudyDr. Rachael E. Cate, Oregon State University Rachael Cate: Dr. Rachael Cate received her MA in rhetoric and composition from Oregon State Univer- sity in 2011 and her Ph.D. in Higher Education Leadership and Research from Oregon State University in 2016. She joined the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Oregon State University as a member of the

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division: Capstone Design Projects

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gail Baura, Loyola University Chicago; Vincent Chen, Loyola University Chicago; Leanne Kallemeyn, Loyola University Chicago

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Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #26485Building a Functional Cardiograph Over Four Semesters: Part 2 – Program-ming a MicrocontrollerDr. Gail Baura, Loyola University Chicago Dr. Gail Baura is a Professor and Director of Engineering Science at Loyola University Chicago. While creating the curriculum for this new program, she embedded multi-semester projects to increase student engagement and performance. Previously, she was a Professor of Medical Devices at Keck Graduate In- stitute of Applied Life Sciences, which is one of the Claremont Colleges. She received her BS Electrical Engineering degree from Loyola Marymount University, her MS

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division: Capstone Design Projects

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoffrey Recktenwald, Michigan State University; William F. Resh, Michigan State University

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

experientially, on timelines typically longer than available for capstone experiences.As a result, students often lack the time to test or iterate on their design. Because the capstoneexperience is at the end of the undergraduate education, students taking analysis based coursesdo not connect their coursework to design, the key engineering discipline. Additionally, at someuniversities, capstone projects are department specific and projects do not build on anunderstanding of the inter-relationship of different disciplines.In this paper the authors discuss their experience and lessons learned from creating a multi-yearintegrated system design (ISD) project. The experience seeks to mediate the above concerns bybeing multi-disciplinary and engaging all

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Eduaction - Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janis Terpenny, Virginia Tech; Clinton Dancey, Virginia Tech; Doug Nelson, Virginia Tech; Michael Ellis, Virginia Tech; Richard Goff, Virginia Tech; Dennis Hong, Virginia Tech

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2007-2375: SUCCESS STRATEGIES FOR CAPSTONE DESIGN COURSESWITH LARGE CLASSES, DIVERSE PROJECT TYPES, SMALL TO LARGESTUDENT TEAMS, AND VARIED FACULTY INTERESTS AND APPROACHESJanis Terpenny, Virginia Tech Janis Terpenny is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Education with affiliated positions in Mechanical Engineering and Industrial & Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech. She is co-Director of the NSF multi-university Center for e-Design. Her research interests focus on methods and representation schemes to support early design stages of engineered products and systems. She is currently a member of ASEE, ASME, IIE, and Alpha Pi Mu. She is the Design Economics area

Conference Session

Assessing Design Coursework II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Martin Grimheden, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2007-1582: FROM CAPSTONE COURSES TO CORNERSTONE PROJECTS:TRANSFERRING EXPERIENCES FROM DESIGN ENGINEERING FINAL YEARSTUDENTS TO FIRST YEAR STUDENTSMartin Grimheden, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) Page 12.768.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 From Capstone Courses to Cornerstone Projects: Transferring Experiences from Design Engineering Final Year Students to First Year StudentsAbstractAt KTH, the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden, large capstone courses havebeen the base of higher engineering programs in product development during the last 20 years.The capstone courses has since the

Conference Session

Student Feedback and Assessment in Design

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andreas Febrian, Utah State University, Engineering Education; Oenardi Lawanto, Utah State University

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Design in Engineering Education

that the recursive, dynamic, multi-directional, and complex nature of self-regulated learning always occur in a context. This studyintent to learn about the influence of contexts on students’ self-regulation during the Capstonedesign course by comparing the biological engineering (BE) and the mechanical & aerospaceengineering (MAE) students’ self-regulation activities. We recruited four senior student groups.They worked in four different Capstone design projects at a public university in the mountainwest of the United States of America. Two groups were recruited from the BE department, andanother two groups were recruited from the MAE department. Various qualitative andquantitative data was collected. The analyses were framed using Butler

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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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

Northeastern’s Gateway Team, a select group of teaching faculty expressly devoted to the first-year Engineering Program at NU. She also serves as a Technical Faculty Advisor for Senior Capstone Design and graduate-level Challenge Projects in Northeastern’s Gordon Engineering Leadership Program. Dr. Jaeger has been the recipient of numerous awards in engineering education for both teaching and mentoring and has been involved in several engineering educational research initiatives through ASEE and beyond.Dr. Bridget M. Smyser, Northeastern University Dr. Smyser is an Associate Academic Specialist and the Lab Director of the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. c American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

DEED Postcard Session 2 and Presentation of Student Essay Competition Winners

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cory Mettler, South Dakota State University; Robert Fourney, South Dakota State University

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #20201Modifications to a Senior Capstone Program to Improve Project Manage-ment and Design-Cycle Pedagogies and Enhance Student LearningMr. Cory Mettler, South Dakota State University Cory Mettler has been an Electrical Engineering instructor at South Dakota State University since 2005. During much of that time, he was employed in industry and was acting as an adjunct for the University. He developed and managed a microelectronics division for an R&D firm who specialized in Nondestructive Testing analysis. He also was employed as the Chief Sales and Marketing Officer for a consulting firm who specialized in

Conference Session

The BEST InDEED

Collection

2018 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 #22315The Write Background Makes a Difference: What Research and WritingSkills can Predict about Capstone Project SuccessDr. 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 Busi- ness Program as well as the Coordinator of Senior Capstone Design in Industrial Engineering at NU. Dr. Jaeger-Helton has also been an active member of

Conference Session

Design Teams 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Peter Schuster, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Lauren Anne Cooper, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Eltahry Elghandour, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Eileen W. Rossman P.E., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Sarah Harding, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #31254Senior Capstone Team Formation Based on Project Interest: Team Selectionby Students Compared to Team Selection by InstructorsDr. Peter Schuster, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Peter Schuster earned a B.A. in Physics from Cornell University, an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University, and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan Technological University. He worked at Ford Motor Company as a design engineer and technical specialist for ten years before transi- tioning into academia. He is currently a professor in Mechanical Engineering at California Polytechnic

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rob O. Hovsapian, Florida State Univeristy ; Chiang Shih, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Bruce A. Harvey, Florida A&M University/Florida State University, College of Engineering; Okenwa I. Okoli, Florida A&M University/Florida State University

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2011-1665: AN OVERVIEW OF OUR EXPERIENCE INTEGRATINGMULTIDISCIPLINARY AND INTERNATIONAL DESIGN PROJECTS WITHINTHE SENIOR CAPSTONE DESIGN COURSERob O. Hovsapian, Florida State Univeristy Dr. Hovsapian spent almost 15 years working for General Dynamics, TRW and Northrop Grumman. Currently he serves as an associate scholar scientist / faculty, instructor of record for the senior capstone design course, for the Mechanical Engineering department and a program manager at the Center for Advanced Power Systems for the Electric Ship Research and Development Consortium (ESRDC) for the Office of Naval Research. He has been responsible for the successful establishment /deployment of several flexible manufacturing facilities

Conference Session

Best of DEED

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

R. Keith Stanfill, University of Florida; Amy Rigby, www.amywriting.com; Maureen Milch, University of Florida

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Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #10569The Professional Guide: A Resource for Preparing Capstone Design Studentsto Function Effectively on Industry-sponsored Project TeamsDr. R. Keith Stanfill, University of Florida B.S., M.E., and Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering University of Florida Dr. R. Keith Stanfill is the Director of the Integrated Product and Process Design Program and an Engineer for the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering. His interests include technology transfer, entrepreneurship, product development, design education and Design for X. Dr. Stanfill has over ten years’ industrial experience with United

Conference Session

Design for the Environment

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David McStravick, Rice University

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Design in Engineering Education

AC Powered Backpack ProjectAbstractThe human powered backpack1 was developed by four senior mechanical engineering majors atRice University. The backpack was targeted for students in rural third world countries whereelectrical power is rare or non-existent at home. The concept was to have local power foreducational devices available at the student’s home to augment classroom instruction.This project required collecting data from schools in different third world locations to establishthe need. The project was done in the students’ capstone design course and in conjunction withthe Schlumberger Excellence in Educational Development5 (SEED) Foundation. The SEEDprogram provides support to schools in many of the countries where Schlumberger Ltd

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Laguette, University of California-Santa Barbara

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Design in Engineering Education

advisor to tackle aMechanical Engineering design project. Engineering communication, such as reports and oralpresentations are covered. The course emphasizes a practical, hands-on experience, andintegrates analytical and design skills acquired in the companion ME courses. The courseobjectives are (1) design problem solving, creative thinking, project planning and teamworkthrough a challenging design and build project; (2) to provide experience in fundamentalengineering reporting and communication including project plans, design reviews, and projectreports. To address the transition of the three unit, one quarter design course into a six unit, threequarter Capstone Design course, an Academic Coordinator with over twenty-five years ofengineering

Conference Session

The Best of Design in Engineering Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Laguette, University of California-Santa Barbara

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Design in Engineering Education

, hands-on experience, and integrates analytical and designskills acquired in the companion ME courses. The course objectives are (1) designproblem solving, creative thinking, project planning and teamwork through a challengingdesign and build project; (2) to provide experience in fundamental engineering reportingand communication including project plans, design reviews, and project reports. ACapstone Design program has now been developed and has become an integral andimportant component of the mechanical engineering curriculum. This program nowallows the students to address more significant and practical design projects.The ME Capstone Design Program added an Industry Partner Program for the 2005/06student projects. This program was successfully

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Somerton, Michigan State University

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Design in Engineering Education

1982, all in engineering from UCLA. Page 14.84.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 A Partnership between Capstone Design and K-12 OutreachIntroductionThe nation continues to face a shortage of engineers. Concurrently, public schools are strugglingfinancially and making severe budget cuts which significantly impact STEM enrichmentprograms. This can lead to even a further reduction of potential engineers in the pipeline. Themechanical engineering design program at Michigan State University has addressed this issue bypartnering with a local elementary school on capstone design projects. A team of

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Cheville, Oklahoma State University; Steven Welch, Oklahoma State University

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Design in Engineering Education

positive changes to thesuccess of the course and improvements in learning outcomes. The most significant impact hasarisen from changing the focus of the pre-capstone course from completing projects that utilizedspecific knowledge domains of electrical engineering to defining and modeling the designprocess by establishing project milestones which follow the design process. A second changethat had large positive impact on student success is developing resources to improve teamfunctioning, matching team size to project complexity, and creating a project manager role oneach team. Finally, changes to the learning environment which mimic an actual professionalworkplace and reduce the barriers to completing design projects have proven effective

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Juliet Hurtig, Ohio Northern University

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Design in Engineering Education

Criterion 5 states that “[s]tudents must be prepared for engineering practice througha curriculum culminating in a major design experience based on the knowledge and skillsacquired in earlier course work and incorporating appropriate engineering standards and multiplerealistic constraints.” However, the definition of what constitutes an “appropriate engineeringstandard” has been subjected to various interpretations, both wide and narrow. Arguments havebeen made that all capstone design projects must include engineering standards from theappropriate professional society: IEEE Standards for electrical and computer engineers, ASMEStandards for mechanical engineers, and so on. However, members of the educationalcommunity have objected to this approach

Conference Session

Capstone Design Practices

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Zhinan Zhang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Houzhi Liu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Lu Chen, Shanghai JiaoTong University; Yaxin Huang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Jiabin Zhu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

. Thispaper introduces the former capstone design course and presents the function, structure anda three years operation of the redesigned capstone design course at Shanghai Jiao TongUniversity.Keywords: capstone design, engineering design, engineering education; project-basedlearning1. Introduction The higher engineering education in China is reforming (e.g., New EngineeringEducation) for producing high-quality engineering talents with multidimensionalcapabilities, i.e., both professional skills and technical skills. The Accreditation Board forEngineering and Technology (ABET) in the USA also emphasizes the importance of seniorstudents to attend at least one design-oriented (project-based) course [1]. It is widelyacknowledged that capstone design