Conference Session

Assessing Design Course Work

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rhonda Young, University of Wyoming; April Heaney, University of Wyoming; James Kladianos, Wyoming Department of Transportation

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Design in Engineering Education

adviser focused on further approaches to integrating writingprocess and heightening students’ awareness of audience and purpose earlier in the researchprocess. These observations led to the course change described above that assessed draftsections of the report throughout the semester.For the Spring 2009, 1 credit portion of the CDE course three writing assignments are beingadded to the course. The Spring portion of the course was chosen since it is generally lessintensive than the second part of the course, which hopefully allows the students more time toreflect on the writing process. Two of the assignments focus on understanding the content of thewriting and the last assignment is on peer evaluations.The first assignment provides the students

Conference Session

Assessing Design Course Work

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith Sheppard, Stevens Institute of Technology; Edward Blicharz, Stevens Institute of Technology; Peter Dominick, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2009-1474: PEER AND SELF ASSESSMENT IN DEVELOPING TEAM SKILLSIN A CORE DESIGN SEQUENCEKeith Sheppard, Stevens Institute of Technology Keith Sheppard is a Professor of Materials Engineering and Associate Dean of Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology. He earned the B.Sc. from the University of Leeds, England and Ph.D. from the University of Birmingham, England, both in Metallurgy. As Associate Dean, Sheppard is primarily responsible for undergraduate programs. He is a past Chair of the ASEE Design in Engineering Education Division.Edward Blicharz, Stevens Institute of Technology Edward Blicharz is a Distinguished Service Associate Professor in the Electrical and Computer

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

the participants. In early after actionreviews a large number of students alluded to “being so close to success but not making it”.Another common sentiment was that the teams had made a large number of avoidable mistakes,none of which was fatal in and of itself but which in combination doomed the project. Reflectingon these statements and making inquiries of other faculty and students in the program it wasdiscovered that nowhere in the degree program was there formal instruction in the process ofengineering design. Comparisons with programs at peer universities found similar curricula.Information on the design process is available in several textbooks that have been published inthe past five years 3,5.There were two hurdles to adoption of

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Regina Hannemann, University of Kentucky

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Design in Engineering Education

two phases of the team dynamics cycle.The new set of changes to the course is not as effective as had been hoped. The amount ofbookkeeping is tremendous due to all the reports and presentations. Students are unable to workefficiently on their technical project due to the overload on report writing. Students alsocomplain that one semester is not enough time to produce a professional prototype. The basicfeedback from the Self/Peer-Reviews also indicates that one semester might not be enough togive the students a positive team experience, which would include the last to phases of normingand performing.Intermediate Conclusion:All changes in phase 2 have been introduced in the author’s first semester teaching the seniordesign course. Even though

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Potpourri

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katie Cadwell, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Greta Zenner, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Naomi Chesler, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Wendy Crone, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Design in Engineering Education

faculty. Typically, up to 20 minutes of in-class timeevery other week is spent educating first semester students about the basics of design: the designprocess, keeping a design notebook, writing a progress report, teamwork and leadership,fundamentals of oral and poster presentations, etc. In addition, outside experts are frequentlybrought in to discuss auxiliary topics that may be relevant to the students’ design projects, suchas designing human and animal experiments, protection of intellectual property, engineeringethics, or global engineering design. However, students’ enthusiasm for and interest in lecturetopics that are not of immediate importance is low. Additionally, there is resistance from bothstudents and faculty to substantially

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Lumsdaine, Michigan Technological University; Josh Loukus, Michigan Technological University; Jason Dreyer, Michigan Technological University; Steve Chenoweth, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Monika Lumsdaine, E&M Lumsdaine Solar Consultants, Inc.

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Design in Engineering Education

Laboratories, where he led teams in reviews of projects and taught courses in design and creativity to newly forming teams. At NCR Corporation he was a manager and consulting analyst in software development projects. He has a PhD in Computer Science and Engineering from Wright State University, Dayton, OH and has attended HBDI workshops.Monika Lumsdaine, E&M Lumsdaine Solar Consultants, Inc. Monika Lumsdaine is management consultant for corporate behavior, with a B.S. degree in mathematics. She won a national design award for the design of a passive solar home from DOE/HUD. She has extensive technical writing experience in solar energy, product quality, and engineering design, including co

Conference Session

Design Communications

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keelin Leahy, University of Limerick; William Gaughran, University of Limerick

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Design in Engineering Education

are exiting concrete operational stages andapproaching formal operations of cognitive development. Thus the design taxonomy is structuredas a workbook-style ‘skill-set’ portfolio and ‘Viewpoints’ (Figure 3). The skill-set portfolio actsas a discovery and development tool, capturing the development of the student as they progressthrough the design ‘skill-set’ portfolio. The portfolio allows students to record their progress andalso as a reference for future activities such as the ‘Viewpoints’. The design skill-set portfolioalso provides students with constructive critical feedback from self, their peers and their teacher.On completion of the skill-set portfolio students will holistically apply the skill-set to a designissue through the

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

AC 2009-136: A COMMON STANDARD FOR ALL: USING ABUSINESS-ORIENTED APPROACH TO CAPSTONE DESIGNJohn K. Estell, Ohio Northern University John K. Estell is Chair of the Electrical & Computer Engineering and Computer Science Department, and Professor of Computer Engineering and Computer Science, at Ohio Northern University. He received his doctorate from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His areas of research include simplifying the outcomes assessment process, first-year engineering instruction, and the pedagogical aspects of writing computer games. Dr. Estell is a Senior Member of IEEE, and a member of ACM, ASEE, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, and Upsilon Pi Epsilon.Juliet

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design in the Classroom

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Foster, University of Toronto; Alexandra Heeney, University of Toronto

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Design in Engineering Education

procrastinate when making decisions and producing deliverables[25]. Thiscoupled with time constraints due to the large Engineering Science workload and the short Page 14.1216.10length of the term, cause many students to delay the writing until shortly before the deadline,leaving them with insufficient time for preparation of the final document and oralpresentation of the project. It is thus necessary to ensure that the course strongly guidesstudents through the desired, iterative design process. We have found that this is generallybest done by requiring interim deliverables, which force iterations in a low-stressenvironment where feedback is readily

Conference Session

Design for Society and the Environment

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Williams, Virginia Tech; Richard Goff, Virginia Tech; Janis Terpenny, Virginia Tech; Jenny Lo, Virginia Tech; Tamara Knott, Virginia Tech; Karen Gilbert, Virginia Tech

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Design in Engineering Education

Preliminary programming of a new analysis tool o Preliminary implementation of a new process/tool • Compose a report of project progress and develop a proposal for further implementation Design of principal design solution documentation • Present project progress and proposal to peers • Write reflective learning essayThrough the implementation of this projects, the students were able to gain first-hand experiencein dealing with real (not speculative) customers, defining project objectives and constraints,generating design alternatives, and performing a systematic selection to identify the designalternative which best fit the community partner’s needs