Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division: Postcard and Student Essays

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lee Allen Dosse, University of Pittsburgh; Irene B. Mena, University of Pittsburgh; William W. Clark, University of Pittsburgh

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Design in Engineering Education

university. The collected data also helped determine what practices could beimproved. Although the study was done on a specific makerspace, the setup and operation of thefacility are well-defined, and may potentially aid other colleges and universities in creating andmaintaining their own makerspaces.References[1] U. S. National Academy of Engineering, "The Engineer of 2020: Visions of Engineering in the New Century," National Academies Press, Washington, D. C., 2004.[2] M. Itani and I. Srour, "Engineering Students’ Perceptions of Soft Skills," Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, vol. 142, no. 1, p. 04015005, 2015.[3] U. S. Department of Commerce, "The Innovative and Entrepreneurial University: Higher

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division: Capstone Design Practices

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kimberly B. Demoret P.E., Florida Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

TimeCardsystem appears be a useful tool to confront “social loafing” or “freeriding”- where some studentsfail to contribute their fair share of the work. This system may be particularly helpful forCapstone instructors with large classes and large teams who are seeking greater visibility onteam processes and more quantifiable data for evaluating individual effort.Introduction and BackgroundThe practice of engineering requires individuals to work with others towards a common goal,and engineers spend a surprisingly large amount of time interacting with other people tocoordinate and complete work [1]. Capstone Design is typically a team endeavor that allowsengineering students to practice "soft skills" such as teamwork and communication that areessential

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

that involved software tools, these tools werecalled upon and elaborated on extensively throughout the design experience. Project management, whichis typically covered in the Introduction to Industrial Engineering course, turned out to be anothercommonly recognized tool that students really drew on in order to finish their projects. It is interestingthat some of the ‘soft skills’ such as critical thinking and public speaking are less recognized by thestudents as a skill learned in capstone. Student quotes illustrate the range of ways that students interpretedthis question. Some responses were very specific and detailed:“I have learned how to use IE tools to complete a problem. Ex: DMAIC, Fishbone diagram, Agile Development”Others indicated

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ferris Pfeiffer, University of Missouri; Johannes Strobel, University of Missouri; Suzanne Burgoyne, University of Missouri

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Design in Engineering Education

thinking in engineering undergraduates," 8, pp. 1495-1522, 2017.[9] A. Valentine, I. Belski, and M. Hamilton, "Engaging engineering students in creative problem solving tasks: How does it influence future performance?," in 44th SEFI Conference: Engineering Education on Top of the World: Industry University Cooperation, 2016, pp. 1-9: European Society for Engineering Education.[10] H. R. Associates, "Falling Short? College Learning and Career Success," (in English), NACTA Journal, vol. 60, no. 1a, pp. 1-6, 2016.[11] A. Blom and H. Saeki, "Employability and skill sets of newly graduated engineers in India: a study," IUP Journal of Soft Skills, vol. 6, no. 4, p. 7, 2012.[12] P. Tulsi and M. Poonia, "Expectations

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division: Student Empathy & Human-centered Design

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

. Ourresults show that industry team students had the lowest presentation anxiety among all the otherteams. The fall data states that they were confident to present in comparison to students of theother teams. Soft skills play an equal role in the success of an engineer to the technical skill sets.Industry teams get an extra layer of exposure to overcome presentation anxiety and thus wehypothesize that it does plays a significant role in the overall motivation of the senior capstonedesign students.Thus from the ANOVA analysis performed on the cohorts of senior design students, the industryteams started their senior capstone design course with lower cognition and lower self-regulationthan the non-industry teams. They also started with lower

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamed Galaleldin, University of Ottawa; Hanan Anis, University of Ottawa; Patrick Dumond, University of Ottawa

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Design in Engineering Education

them to an authentic and iterative engineering design activity helps studentsincrease their self-efficacy and confidence in relation to their design skills.This paper addresses the research gap in the Maker Movement literature about the impact thatthe integration of making activities into cornerstone design courses has on engineering students.The existing literature lacks studies that aim to determine specific impacts of maker education onstudents’ technical or soft skills [16]. This study follows fourth-year mechanical engineeringstudents in their capstone design course and explores the effects of different students’ learningexperiences on the outcome of their capstone design project. Students who took one or both ofthe courses discussed