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Design and the Capstone Experience

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gregory K Watkins P.E., California State University, Chico

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Design in Engineering Education

Peer Project Management for Capstone Design TeamsAbstractThe mechanical and mechatronic engineering programs at California State University Chicoconclude with a robust, externally funded, two-semester capstone design experience. Students inboth majors work in interdisciplinary teams on year-long design projects sponsored by industrialpartners. Project teams are assigned a faculty advisor whose role [1] is multi-faceted, but doesnot include day-to-day project management or responsibility for project success.Design projects in industry typically have an assigned project manager (PM) with responsibilityfor overall project success as well as a lead role in initiating, planning, executing, monitoring,and controlling the project

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Design and the Capstone Experience

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew Quincy Marshall, Kennesaw State University; Chan Ham, Kennesaw State University

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Design in Engineering Education

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

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Design and the Capstone Experience

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

Design and the Capstone Experience

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

The BEST InDEED

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

DEED Postcard Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Austin Talley P.E., Texas State University; C. Richard Compeau Jr, Texas State University

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Design in Engineering Education

developed design based curriculum for multiple K-12 teach PDIs and student summer camps.Dr. C. Richard Compeau Jr, Texas State University C. Richard Compeau Jr. is a Professor of Practice in the Ingram School of Engineering, and the Electrical Engineering Program Coordinator. He is interested in teaching and curriculum development. His work is typically project-specific for the EE Capstone courses, with an emphasis on applied electromagnetics. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Work in Progress: Senior Design Day: Multidiscipline and Multidepartment Capstone Presentation EventAbstractSenior Design or "Capstone" projects are one of the most important

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Teamwork and Student Learning in Design

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kimberly B. Demoret P.E., Florida Institute of Technology; Kyi Phyu Nyein, Florida Institute of Technology; Jessica L. Wildman, Florida Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

, Competencies, and Trust Measured in Student SurveysAbstractAerospace engineering students at the Florida Institute of Technology are required to complete a3-semester capstone design project. In their junior year students propose topics, form teams, andwrite a proposal for their senior project, then as seniors they complete preliminary and detaileddesign, then fabricate and test their system. Their efforts culminate in a Student DesignShowcase, where industry participants judge the final projects. Many students identify thecapstone design project as the most significant event in their academic career. In this paper wedescribe changes made in the aerospace engineering capstone curriculum during the 2016-2017season and

Conference Session

The BEST InDEED

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chris Gewirtz, Virginia Tech; Daria A. Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech; Sidharth Arunkumar; Julie Dyke Ford, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; Susannah Howe, Smith College; Laura Mae Rosenbauer, Smith College; Nicholas Emory Alvarez, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; Jessica Deters, Virginia Tech ; Cristian Hernandez

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Jessica Deters is a PhD student at Virginia Tech in the Department of Engineering Education. She holds a B.S. in Applied Mathematics & Statistics and a minor in the McBride Honors Program in Public Affairs from the Colorado School of Mines. Jessica is engaging in projects that emphasize the sociotechnical na- ture of engineering with a focus on social justice and diversity. She aims to educate the next generation of engineers to understand and value the social, political, economic, environmental, and human implications of their designs.Mr. Cristian Hernandez c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 New engineers’ first three months: A study of the transition from capstone

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Teamwork and Student Learning in Design

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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students’ motivation toward design changes between their freshman and senior year,specifically in their cornerstone and capstone design courses.The goal of this study is to determine if motivation is correlated to student performance in designcourses. This study uses longitudinal methods to examine a single cohort of students at thebeginning and the end of their undergraduate tenure at Florida Institute of Technology. The initialobservation is completed at the beginning of the students’ freshman year, during their Introductionto Mechanical Engineering course. This is a design based course, introducing students to the designprocess and culminating with a group design project. The second observation is made in thestudents’ Mechanical Engineering

Conference Session

Design and the Capstone Experience

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Barbara E. Marino, Loyola Marymount University

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Design in Engineering Education

1996, respectively. In addition to her current positions she has held various positions at the Naval Research Lab- oratory and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Breaking Down the Silos with an Integrated Laboratory Experience: Preparing Students for Capstone Design, Part IIIntroduction:In many electrical engineering programs, students are required to demonstrate the success oftheir senior capstone design project by building and testing a prototype of their design.Depending on the nature and complexity of the project, the final prototype may be a blend ofanalog and digital, hardware and

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Design and the Capstone Experience

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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R. Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; Michael S. Thompson, Bucknell University

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Design in Engineering Education

Model Canvas. The Design Canvas classifiesrepresentations by actionable questions on two axes—system development and design choices—which in turn are organized hierarchically by scale. Results of the project and examples ofrepresentations for the current iteration of the Design Canvas are presented along with theDesign Canvas development process.Product, Process and Representations in Capstone Design?Looking at the range of capstone design courses show that there is a wide variation ofapproaches in balancing the importance of design product vs. design process. A 2015 survey [1]indicates that while about three times as many courses emphasize process as do product, themajority of courses seek to balance the result of the capstone experience

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FPD and DEEDs Joint Postcard Sessions

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ryan Anderson, Montana State University; Abigail M. Richards, Montana State University

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Design in Engineering Education, First-Year Programs

first year of integration, these effortsfocused on technical analyses. In the second year of integration, the focus was on enhancedcommunication skills. In the technical analyses, students in a sophomore level Fluid Mechanicscourse worked in teams to analyze the material balance tables and pump sizing specificationsproduced by twenty Capstone Design groups. Each team was responsible for analyzing oneunique design project. Also, in that year students in a junior level Heat Transfer course used thesame design projects to validate the design specifications of heat transfer equipment pertinent toeach project. Assignments were timed such that the sophomore and junior students had justlearned relevant technical information pertaining to these tasks

Conference Session

Studies in Engineering Design

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nicky Wolmarans, University of Cape Town; Jennifer M. Case, Virginia Tech

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Design in Engineering Education

the introduction of a particular design thinking tool orheuristic and suggest ways in which the tools might be simplified for introduction in earlydesign tasks, for example Kline, et al. [25] discussed the modification of a 'design canvas' formore and less complex use in capstone and first year courses respectively. In their discussionof CDIO, Edström and Kolmos [26] refer to progression in complexity of projects, wherecomplexity increases in multiple dimensions including group size, duration of project, andscope of knowledge required. They suggest that the most complex projects are open ended,ill-defined, and have contradictory objectives. However, they don't provide much detail onconstructing a sequence of tasks.At a more general level

Conference Session

Design Assessment

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Crepeau P.E., University of Idaho, Moscow; Michael R. Maughan P.E., University of Idaho, Moscow; Dan Cordon, University of Idaho, Moscow; Steven W. Beyerlein, University of Idaho, Moscow; Matthew John Swenson P.E., University of Idaho, Moscow; Daniel J. Robertson, University of Idaho, Moscow; Sean Michael Quallen, University of Idaho, Moscow

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assesses competencies in system design, implementation,project management and documentation. Each competency is evaluated on a 1 to 5 scale,representing skill levels associated with a Pre-Engineer, Trainee, Intern, Entry-Level Engineerand Professional, respectively. The competencies were assessed using freshman, sophomore andsenior capstone design courses in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University ofIdaho. The data show that the scores improved consistently from freshman to senior years, withthe largest increase in system design skills, followed by implementation, project management,and then documentation. The data provide an overview of the changes in design skills throughthe curriculum, helping to identify weaknesses within

Conference Session

Teamwork and Student Learning in Design

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Erin Jobidon, University of Waterloo; Maria Barichello, University of Waterloo; Rania Al-Hammoud P.Eng., University of Waterloo; Mehrnaz Mostafapour, University of Waterloo; Christopher Rennick, University of Waterloo; Ada Hurst, University of Waterloo; Jason Grove P.E., University of Waterloo

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theirparticular course or project. Several implementations are described below.The workshop was implemented twice in a management engineering capstone design projectseries of courses. In one implementation, it was delivered just after the mid-point of the designprocess, as students were creating detailed design verification plans. In this case, the “concepts”on which the students sought peer feedback were different ideas they had come up with to verifytheir designs. In the other implementation, the workshop was delivered about one-third of theway through the design process, once students had completed their problem formulation phaseand had begun creating a number of different conceptual designs to address the identified need.The workshop was also

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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Design in Engineering Education

necessary.Design faculty across a range of educational institutions still feel that the leaders of engineeringschools (deans, department heads, tenured faculty) are unable or unwilling to recognize theintellectual complexities and resources needed to support good design education.Fortunately, more and more educators are becoming aware of the issues of design, and steps arebeing taken world wide, to address the concerns of industry at large. One approach has been toform “symbiotic” partnership between industry and academia through senior capstone projects.The capstone course has evolved over the years from “made up” projects devised by faculty toindustry-sponsored projects where companies provide “real” problems, along with expertise andfinancial support

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Understanding Student Development in Design

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Samantha Paige Moorzitz, The College of New Jersey; Manuel Alejandro Figueroa, The College of New Jersey

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Design in Engineering Education

  reflections   is   analyzed   elsewhere   but   shows   that  overwhelmingly   students   felt   a   sense   of   vulnerability   during   the   simulation   which   could   have  influenced  their  chosen  design  solution.        Design   Quality   Rubric:   Each   final   project   was   evaluated   by   two   researchers   using   a   design  quality   rubric,   as   described   by   Sobek   and   Jain   [14].   The   assessment   rubric   was   developed   to  evaluate  the  outcome  quality  of  engineering  design  capstone  projects.  The  rubric  is  designed  to  be  objective  so  only  the  prototype  quality  is  assessed.  For  the  present  study,  the  satisfaction  of  the   end   user   was   not   considered   because   there   was

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Making, Hacking, and Extracurricular Design

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew Petney, Rice 360 Institute for Global Health; Samuel Gonthako Ng'anjo, University of Malawi, The Polytechnic; Joseph Chikaphonya Phiri, University of Malawi, The Polytechnic; Matthew Wettergreen, Rice University; Ann Saterbak, Duke University

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participated in hands-on workshops, class workand independent projects since its inception.In conjunction with establishing the PIDS, the required first-year drawing course was modified toinclude design projects scoped at a district hospital. The projects selected were a traction systemfor femoral fractures and a manual cast-cutting device. With the curricular modifications, allfirst-year students completed several steps in the engineering design process and createddimensioned drawings as well as low-fidelity prototypes of their design solutions in the PIDS.The final-year capstone design courses in mechanical and electrical engineering have also beentransformed to emphasize prototyping. Final-year students with access to the PIDS completedmore steps

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DEED Postcard Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yu-Lun Huang, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Chiao Tung University; Chao-Yang Cheng, Institute of Electrical and Control Engineering, National Chiao Tung University

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Design in Engineering Education

member of Open Education Consortium since 2017. Her research inter- ests include wireless security, secure testbed design, embedded software, embedded operating systems, network security, secure payment systems, VoIP, QoS and open education.Dr. Chao-Yang Cheng, Institute of Electrical and Control Engineering, National Chiao Tung University Chao-Yang Cheng is a postdoctoral researcher from the Institute of Electrical and Control Engineering of National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan. He majored in educational psychology and minor in multi- level linear models. Flow theory, daily reconstruction method, classroom experience, immediate process feedback module, capstone teaching and learning, and engineering education are

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Teamwork and Student Learning in Design

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marnie V. Jamieson, University of Alberta; John M. Shaw, University of Alberta

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Design in Engineering Education

student-sponsored teaching/mentorship award in 2009 and led a two-year pilot project to introduce Blended Learning into Engineering Capstone Design Courses. He is a co-author with Marnie V. Jamieson on a number of recent journal, book, and conference contributions on engineering design education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 CATME vs. ITP Metrics - Which one should I use for design team development and assessment? Marnie V. Jamieson and John M. Shaw Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta mvjamies@ualberta.ca  and  jmshaw@ualberta.ca    AbstractThe characteristics of high

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Design Assessment

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer S. Mullin, University of California, Davis; Jean S. VanderGheynst, University of California, Davis

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Design in Engineering Education

Undergraduate Studies (2009- 2013) and Interim Dean (2015) in the College of Engineering. Dr. VanderGheynst’s research focuses on next generation biofuels and bioproducts and agricultural biotechnology. Current projects examine the management of microbial communities in applications including water treatment, food and energy production, and soil treatment for the control of pests and pathogens. More than $9 million of her ex- tramural funding at UC Davis has been in support of undergraduate and graduate student preparation in engineering. This includes a NSF GK-12 award to improve leadership, communication and collaboration skills, and teaching capabilities in engineering graduate students pursuing research in the

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Studies in Engineering Design

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jackson Lyall Autrey, University of Oklahoma; Shalaka Subhash Ghaisas, University of Oklahoma; Xun Ge, University of Oklahoma; Zahed Siddique, University of Oklahoma; Farrokh Mistree, University of Oklahoma

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Design in Engineering Education

. Learning through doing (reading, designing, building, testing, and post-project analysis), reflecting and internalizing the principles of engineering design. 3. Learning to frame, postulate a plan of action, and then implement that plan of action for the capstone project in the following semester. 4. Transitioning from being a student in the School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Oklahoma, Norman to a junior engineer in a company. 3 The Principles of Engineering Design (POEDs) woven into our assignments and based onthe ‘Learning by Reflecting on Doing’ theme

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Making, Hacking, and Extracurricular Design

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Victoria Bill, New York University, Tandon School of Engineering; Anne-Laure Fayard, New York University, Tandon School of Engineering

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Design in Engineering Education

opportunities for students to learn prototyping and design-thinking tocomplement the more formal, in class engineering education. Student led workshops arepresented as the start of a systemic series of extracurricular design learning experiences.IntroductionThe number of academic makerspaces has grown rapidly in the last five years. Many of thesespaces focus on developing engineering design skills and nurturing a design thinking mindset byproviding students with space, resources, and training. Extracurricular activities have beenshown to play an important role in design and innovation learning, particularly in makerspaces[1]. Moreover, peer-to-peer learning in classroom and project-based courses like senior capstonedesign have been found to play a

Conference Session

Student Empathy and Human-Centered Design

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Justin L Hess, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Anusha Sathyanarayanan Rao, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Grant Fore, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Jiangmei Wu, Indiana University, Bloomington; Andres Tovar, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Sohel Anwar, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

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Design in Engineering Education

varies, but one common objective is toimprove students’ creative thinking skills. In this paper, we sought to quantify changes in studentcreativity that resulted from participation in a mechanical engineering course targeted atintegrating engineering, technology, and the arts. The course was team taught by instructors frommechanical engineering and art. The art instructor introduced origami principles and techniquesas a means for students to optimize engineering structures. Through a course project, engineeringstudent teams interacted with art students to perform structural analysis on an origami-based artinstallation, which was the capstone project of the art instructor’s undergraduate origami course.Three engineering student teams extended

Conference Session

Making, Hacking, and Extracurricular Design

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ethan Hilton, Georgia Institute of Technology; Megan Tomko, Georgia Institute of Technology; Wendy C. Newstetter, Georgia Institute of Technology; Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University; Julie S. Linsey, Georgia Institute of Technology

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these spaces through a mixed-method study. A quantitative longitudinal studyof students in a mechanical engineering program collected data on design self-efficacy,makerspace involvement, and user demographics through surveys conducted on freshmen,sophomores, and seniors. In this paper, the student responses from three semesters of freshmenlevel design classes are evaluated for involvement and self-efficacy based on whether or not a 3Dmodeling project requires the use of makerspace equipment. The study finds that students requiredto use the makerspace for the project were significantly more likely to become involved in themakerspace.These results inspired us to integrate a qualitative approach to examine how student involvementand exposure to

Conference Session

DEED Postcard Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Corey T Schimpf, The Concord Consoritum; Rob Sleezer, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Charles Xie

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program which may make the sample less comparable toother engineering students at similar points in their academic career. As such, we delve deeperinto the context of the study. The study happened in an upper division project-based engineeringprogram which is part of the extended campus of a medium size public university in theMidwest. The course had a total of 28 students and 17 of the 28 fully participated and consentedto the research. Each semester the students in the program are placed on vertically integratedteams, meaning first and second semester juniors (J1s and J2s) are working with seniors (S1s andS2s), and assigned a project of the scope and scale of a typical capstone project. Students earnsix credits for completing this project

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Student Empathy and Human-Centered Design

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emily Dringenberg, Ohio State University; Annie Abell, Ohio State University

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of Me- chanical & Aerospace Engineering. Abell received her BS in Mechanical Engineering from Valparaiso University and a MFA in Design Research & Development from The Ohio State University with an em- phasis on Industrial Design. She teaches project-based, product design courses to senior-level and grad- uate engineering students, team-based capstone design courses for mechanical engineering students, as well as an interdisciplinary product development course for entrepreneurship students who come from across OSU. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Characterizations and Portrayals of Intuition in Decision-Making: A Systematic Review of

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Student Empathy and Human-Centered Design

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jacob Thomas Nelson; Julie S. Linsey, Georgia Institute of Technology; Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University; Matt Robert Bohm, Florida Polytechnic University

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after spending 6-years as an Assistant Professor of Mechanical En- gineering at the University of Louisville (UofL). Bohm’s research examines the intersection of 3 distinct areas, engineering design, engineering education, and big data. Currently, Bohm has an active NSF grant under the Division of Undergraduate Education to examine the effects of systems modeling paradigms with respect to design outcomes and systems thinking and understanding. While at UofL, Bohm was primarily responsible for overseeing the Mechanical Engineering Department’s capstone design program. Prior to his position at UofL, Bohm was a visiting researcher at Oregon State University (OSU) after completing his PhD at the Missouri University of