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Capstone Design II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jon-Michael Hardin, Virginia Military Institute; Gerald Sullivan, Virginia Military Institute

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Design in Engineering Education

Polytechnic Institute in 1987 and 1991 respectively. He has held teaching positions at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, and the University of Vermont. Prior to joining the faculty at the Virginia Military Institute in the fall of 2004, Dr. Sullivan was employed by JMAR Inc. where he was involved in research and development of next generation lithography systems for the semiconductor industry. Page 11.1426.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Vertical-Integration Framework for Capstone Design ProjectsThe importance of Capstone design projects within an undergraduate engineeringcurriculum is

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Design Projects

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cesar Luongo, Florida A&M/Florida State University; Chiang Shih, Florida A&M/Florida State University

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2006-717: SENIOR DESIGN PROJECTS IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING – ACASE STUDY OF CAPSTONE EXPERIENCE WITH STRONG INDUSTRIALPARTICIPATIONCesar Luongo, Florida A&M/Florida State UniversityChiang Shih, Florida A&M/Florida State University Page 11.1116.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Senior Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering -- A Case Study of Capstone Experience with Strong Industrial ParticipationAbstractThe Department of Mechanical Engineering at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering adoptedan integrated curriculum in the late 90s. The curriculum features a capstone one-year seniordesign course in which students work in teams tackling

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lihong (Heidi) Jiao, Grand Valley State University; Jeffrey Ray, Grand Valley State University

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Design in Engineering Education

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

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gregory Watkins, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Michael Smith, University of North Carolina-Charlotte

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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

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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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

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Capstone Design II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Goff, Virginia Tech; Janis Terpenny, Virginia Tech

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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

Conference Session

Design for Manufacture and Industry

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Betsy Aller, Western Michigan University; Alamgir Choudhury, Western Michigan University; James Kamman, Western Michigan University; Jorge Rodriguez, Western Michigan University; Mohammed Elsamawal, Western Michigan University; Michael Desjardins, Western Michigan University

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Education, 2006Industry-sponsored Design Competition: Opportunities and Challenges for a Capstone Senior Design ProjectAbstract. Industry-sponsored product development competitions pose both opportunities andchallenges for senior design projects in engineering and engineering technology programs.Capstone design faculty recognize the value of industry-sponsored projects for involvingstudents in genuine practice of the design process, and participating in major competitions canresult in substantial resources, supportive sponsors, and enhanced motivation for students.However, such competitions may also impose timing, process, materials, fabrication, andperformance constraints that are not always encountered in a more typical

Conference Session

Assessing Design Coursework

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven Beyerlein, University of Idaho; Denny Davis, Washington State University; Phillip Thompson, Seattle University; Michael Trevisan, Washington State University; Olakunle Harrison, Tuskegee University

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design instructors indicates that most use a collectionof custom-designed, single-purpose assessments that are not well-integrated with one anotherand are largely untested for reliability or validity11. This led participants in the TransferableIntegrated Design Engineering Education (TIDEE) consortium to shift their focus fromarticulation between 2-year and 4-year programs12,13,14 to capstone course assessment15,16. In2004, TIDEE received a National Science Foundation grant to develop transferable assessmentfor capstone engineering design courses. This research project responds to the need for a deeper,richer, more rigorous definition of the knowledge, behaviors, and attitudes that are important toengineering practice.The assessment framework

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Design for Community and Environment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Kimes, University of Missouri-Kansas City; Deborah O'Bannon, University of Missouri-Kansas City

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completed the work within the two semesterclass time and worked closely with City of Kansas City engineering staff. The construction isplanned for late 2006 and will use the students’ design.IntroductionThe Civil Engineering Capstone Design course at the University of Missouri-Kansas City haspartnered with the City of Kansas City, Missouri Department of Public Works to design useful,traffic-bearing structures since 2003. Civil engineering projects for the senior design class areparticularly difficult to identify because civil engineering projects are typically large andcomplex. Past projects at the University of Missouri-Kansas City were usually eitherretrospective/paper designs or projects of such great scope that the students seldom got a senseof

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susannah Howe, Smith College; Jessica Wilbarger, Smith College

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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 I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark W. Steiner, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Richard Smith, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Design in Engineering Education

and the solutions they comeup with into a broader social context.Experiences with Real World Multidisciplinary Design ProblemsThe mission of Rensselaer’s O.T. Swanson Multidisciplinary Design Laboratory (MDL)is to provide clinical real-world experiences that build confidence in and teach students tointegrate discipline-specific knowledge with practice on challenging design projects. The Page 11.806.3MDL provides a capstone experience intended to prepare engineering students to enterthe workforce. In the past seven years, since the MDL first opened, we have secured anddelivered results on 44 industry-sponsored projects from global companies

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth Soda, U.S. Air Force Academy; Gregory Toussaint, U.S. Air Force Academy; Albert Batten, U.S. Air Force Academy

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recentlyestablished interdisciplinary capstone design experiences. Design experiences involvingstudents of differing engineering disciplines offer the possibility of more complex,meaningful projects and introduce traditional engineering students to the terminology andtechnology of related disciplines. At the same time, the value of undergraduates trainedin the Systems Engineering and Systems Engineering Management disciplines has beenrealized both by industry and the Department of Defense. While capstone designexperiences which involve interaction among students schooled in different engineeringand engineering technology disciplines are becoming more common, those which alsoinclude students trained in Systems Engineering and Systems Engineering Managementare

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alan Dutson, Brigham Young University-Idaho

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summarized as follows: ‚ Provide marketable skills ‚ Provide a significant design experience ‚ Require an appropriate amount of effortIndustry: Industry can be a customer of a capstone course in multiple ways. First, manycapstone projects are sponsored by industry. The capstone course must provide students with thetools and guidance necessary to provide a quality product to their industrial customers. Second,since many students seek employment after graduation, industry becomes an important customeras they hire new graduates. A capstone course should assist in providing students with the skillsthat are valuable to industry. Providing students with marketable skills, therefore, serves theneeds of both students and industry. Customer needs

Conference Session

Design Projects

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Gershenson, Michigan Technological University

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Design in Engineering Education

. Research sponsors include NSF, General Motors, Ford, Lucent Technologies, SME, and ALCOA. He has approximately 32 refereed publications and has been the PI on research projects with a total value of about $2.5 million. Page 11.698.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 How to Engineer a Winning Competition Project:Lessons Learned from the Human Powered Vehicle Challenge Page 11.698.2AbstractEngineering society competitions, such as the ASME Human Powered Vehicle Challenge, arecommonly used as projects in capstone engineering projects. At MTU, we

Conference Session

Design Projects

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Todd Taylor, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Kurt Colella, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; William Simpson, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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Design in Engineering Education

particularly in the areas such as ship design. It is sobering to recognize that ourgraduates will be responsible for billions of dollars worth of ship design and construction and formaritime safety and environmental protection around the world. We believe the lessons theylearn in our ship design sequence will help them do these jobs well.Wrap UpThe combination of a broad based, highly integrated subject area, and an extremely demandingmilitary academy setting require USCGA NA&ME faculty to work as a team in coordinating andmanaging an effective capstone design project. At USCGA, three faculty, teaching threedifferent courses, have developed a semester-long design project approach that incorporatesprinciples and practices from each subject area

Conference Session

Assessing Design Coursework

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Trevisan, Washington State University; Denny Davis, Washington State University; Steven Beyerlein, University of Idaho; Phillip Thompson, Seattle University; Olakunle Harrison, Tuskegee University

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Design in Engineering Education

education are addressed.BackgroundA critical component of the education and training of engineering professionals is thecapstone design course. The purpose of this course is to provide a culminating experiencefor senior engineering students that foreshadows the type of project work practicingengineers encounter on the job. In these courses students must work under real-worldconstraints on ill-defined problems, typically in teams, and often receive industryfeedback during various phases of a design project1.A recent national survey of capstone engineering design course instructors acrossprograms and disciplines found that respondents reported using the capstone designcourse to document student achievement for accountability and accreditation

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Assessing Design Coursework

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Miskimins, Colorado School of Mines; Ramona Graves, Colorado School of Mines; Craig Van Kirk, Colorado School of Mines

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Design in Engineering Education

techniques, skills, and modern engineering toolsnecessary for engineering practice is addressed by assessing homework and project samples fromfour classes including the capstone design class (Table 2). One interview question addresses thisissue: Have your computer skills improved while at CSM? Have you used the computer program @Risk™ or Crystal Ball™? Have you used the computer program BOAST4D/WINB4D™? Additional Assessment Document ComponentsIn addition to individual breakdowns of the Criterion 3 components, the assessment documentcontains an Action Plan for Improvement based on the results of the data analysis. This actionplan ties directly to the assessment portion of the self-study document. The report also

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Design for Community and Environment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Craig Somerton, Michigan State University; Brian Thompson, Michigan State University; Alan Haddow, Michigan State University

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Design in Engineering Education

publicity and visibility aspects ofhumanitarian projects.Project LogisticsThese humanitarian projects are undertaken by teams of senior-level mechanical engineeringstudents registered in the capstone design course ME 481, Mechanical Engineering DesignProjects, for a team of senior-level mechanical engineering students. Most of the projects areindustrially-based in this course with the student team working on a funded project. However,each semester, at least one project is humanitarian-based where the student team is challenged to Page 11.705.2make a difference in the lives of people that are less fortunate than themselves. Such projectsrequire

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Assessing Design Coursework

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Martha Green, Texas A&M University; Parag Ravindran, Texas A&M University; Rita Caso, Texas A&M University; Jeffrey Froyd; Xiafeng Li, Texas A&M University; L. Alan Minnick, Texas A&M University; Ram Shukla, Texas A&M University

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Senior Engineering Capstone DesignCourse Learning with a Variation on the TIDEE Design TeamReadiness Assessment I and IIAbstract:Efficacy of engineering design education in an interdisciplinary team-based course setting,with exposure to the broader concerns of business, finance and management, interestsmany educators. This paper reports on the use of design knowledge assessment patternedafter the Transferable Integrated Design Engineering Education (TIDEE) Design TeamReadiness Assessment (DTRA) I and II [1,2,3,4] to evaluate what aerospace, mechanical,electrical and computer science students learned about engineering design as a result ofparticipating in a Boeing-supported, two-semester, project-based senior capstone designcourse at Texas A&

Conference Session

Teaching Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Bannerot, University of Houston

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Design in Engineering Education

2006-832: HOW WOMEN PERFORM ON INDIVIDUAL DESIGN PROJECTSCOMPARED TO MENRichard Bannerot, University of Houston Richard Bannerot is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Houston. His research interests are in the thermal sciences and in engineering design education. For the past fifteen years he has taught the required "Introduction to Design" course at the sophomore level and has been involved in the teaching of the department's capstone design course. He is a registered professional engineer in the State of Texas. Page 11.704.1© American Society for Engineering Education

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Design in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jose Guevara, University of Puerto Rico; Ismael Pagan-Trinidad, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Didier Valdes-Diaz, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Eileen Pesantes, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Francisco Maldonado-Fortunet, University of Puerto Rico; Miguel Pando, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez

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2006-1605: INCORPORATION OF A COMPREHENSIVE DESIGN EXPERIENCEIN THE INTEGRATED ENGINEERING PROJECT DESIGN MODELJose Guevara, University of Puerto Rico Dr. Guevara is an associate professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Puerto Rico, he is leading the work to make improvements to the capstone course and helping also in the improvements to the curriculum. He has also work as a structural consultant for a wide variety of projects including commercial, residential, industrial, transportation, marine facilities as well as the tren urbano.Ismael Pagan-Trinidad, University of Puerto Rico-MayaguezDidier Valdes-Diaz, University of Puerto Rico-MayaguezEileen Pesantes, University of Puerto Rico

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Teams and Teamwork in Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gregory Davis, Kettering University; Craig Hoff, Kettering University

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Design in Engineering Education

4. Reasons cited for not participating in SAE student activities.When asked to provide ideas on how to increase student participation in Kettering SAEactivities, these alumni offered the following advice: 1. Offer course capstone credit for participation in the competition projects. For many students receiving credit for the time spent to develop the project vehicles could be justified, if they received course credit for their effort. It would in effect allow them to ‘double-dip’ on their time commitments. Said one student, “Is it possible to get some minimal credits for fulfilling tasks as part of the team?? Linking activities to some sort of educational credit would allow a higher priority.” 2. Integrate SAE

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Design for Manufacture and Industry

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Semke, University of North Dakota; Richard Schultz, University of North Dakota; James Albrecht, Imation Corp.; Jason Moses, Imation Corp.; Peter Ridl, Imation Corp.

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Design in Engineering Education

Corporation to conductresearch on precision engineering projects. The cooperation between these groups hasestablished a successful, unique, effective, and synergistic program that would not be possiblewithout the contributions of each partner. The projects have been ongoing for four years andcontinue to evolve. The lessons learned from this experience are presented to share insightslearned on developing long-term professional relationships between university and industrypartners. Topics include the choice of appropriate projects, the use of capstone design courses,the contributions of graduate students, opportunities for internal and external funding,management strategies, and dealing with intellectual property ownership issues.Thus far, the

Conference Session

Design for Manufacture and Industry

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Somnath Chattopadhyay, Ball State University

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Design in Engineering Education

aided design which is primarily geared todrafting; this is supplemented further by courses in automation and computer integratedmanufacturing. As a part of the curriculum, there are courses on mechanics of materialsand engineering materials (metals and plastics), and also on electronics andinstrumentation. There is some emphasis on design for quality through courses in qualitycontrol and design of experiments. The capstone projects do however, focus on variousaspects of design, namely design for manufacturability as well as design for assembly.However, the perspectives of design, as such are not uniformly and strictly emphasized ina traditional manufacturing engineering technology curriculum. Furthermore, in theprogram at the author’s

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Teams and Teamwork in Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen Ekwaro-Osire, Texas Tech University; Peter Orono, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

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Design in Engineering Education

learning process is more critical, for the capstone designclass the final product is imperative. Both the pan-mentor and the industrial client will conductthe product evaluation.3. Course Assessment The pan-mentor, the students, and industrial clients at the end of project will assess the Page 11.435.4course. For each, the assessment tool will be a questionnaire developed by the pan-mentor. Forthe industrial clients, the questionnaire will ask for input regarding the relevance of the course totheir company, including areas of improvements, as well as the strong points of the course. Mostdesign projects, for example capstone design projects, will

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Teams and Teamwork in Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carla Zoltowski, Purdue University; William Oakes, Purdue University; Barrett Myers, Purdue University

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Design in Engineering Education

used inEPICS.IntroductionThe importance of significant design experiences to prepare undergraduate engineering studentsfor engineering careers has been well-documented 1, 2. These experiences typically emphasizethe application of the technical skills as well as the professional skills such as communication,working as a team and customer interaction 3-5. The need for such experiences has spawnedmany innovative approaches to senior capstone design courses 6, 7 as well as design courses forunderclassmen 8-11. Most of these courses are confined to one semester or quarter and areintended to give the students an intense exposure to the design process. The model that guidedthe creation of the Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS

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Teams and Teamwork in Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Bannerot, University of Houston

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Design in Engineering Education

2006-833: HOW THE PRESENCE OF WOMEN AFFECTS THE PERFORMANCEOF DESIGN TEAMS IN A PREDOMINATELY MALE ENVIRONMENTRichard Bannerot, University of Houston Richard Bannerot is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Houston. His research interests are in the thermal sciences and in engineering design education. For the past fifteen years he has taught the required "Introduction to Design" course at the sophomore level and has been involved in the teaching of the department's capstone design course. He is a registered professional engineer in the State of Texas. Page 11.697.1

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Teaching Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carolyn Conner Seepersad; Matthew Green, LeTourneau University; Kathy Schmidt, University of Texas-Austin

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Design in Engineering Education

semester-long team projectprovides an opportunity for students to practice their design skills by reverse engineering and re-designing a complex mechanical artifact. The project also provides concrete experiences thatform the basis for personalized observations and lessons learned about the design process. Theentire course is designed to encourage students to develop a deeper understanding of the designprocess and a mental framework for design that can be applied to future projects, including anindustry-sponsored capstone design project in the following semester.In this context, the learning journal provides an opportunity for students to record theirobservations, reflections, and lessons learned from class lectures and activities, projects

Conference Session

Teaching Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rashmi Jain, Stevens Institute of Technology; Anithashree Chandrasekaran, Stevens Institute of Technology; Bernard Gallois, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

V) or thestudent’s capstone design, which may include multidisciplinary projects (Design VI to VIII).In this paper the authors report on a pilot experience to design, develop, and implement changesto the first course of the design spine (Design I or E121), aimed at introducing the first elementsof a comprehensive approach rooted in “Total Design,” with implementation of other elements inother courses to follow. Total design9 is the systematic activity necessary, from the identificationof the market/user need, to the selling of the successful product to satisfy that need – an activitythat encompasses product, process, people and organization.Rationale for Total Design Engineering education is, by necessity, mostly concerned with the

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Design in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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W. Lawrence Neeley, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Larry Leifer, Stanford University

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Design in Engineering Education

” engineering practice and approximating professional practice. Course Title: Senior Project From the Syllabus: To provide senior students an opportunity to acquire a working understanding of the principles of mechanical engineering through a capstone design project. The emphasis of the course is on guiding students in the design process while working in teams. To prepare the senior undergraduate student for the industrial work environment, to develop professional skills of the students, and to apply fundamental. basic scientific and engineering principles to a design that satisfies a need.Another, increasingly common, design experience course is the introductory complement to thecapstone design course: the