Conference Session

Design Projects

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hansen Lukman, Bucknell University; Steven Shooter, Bucknell University; Fabrice Alizon, Bucknell University; Asli Sahin, Virginia Tech; Robert Stone, University of Missouri-Rolla; Janis Terpenny, Virginia Tech; Timothy Simpson, Pennsylvania State University; Soundar Kumara, Pennsylvania State University

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enable the planned development anddeployment of families of related products whereas a traditional design processes optimize on asingle design. Product family design places an increased emphasis on management ofinformation due to the reuse aspect of having a platform. This has prompted a multi-prongedcollaborative research effort by four universities that covers many facets of the product platformrealm. The National Science Foundation’s Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)Program was one of these research efforts. The REU Program gave five students from the fouruniversities the opportunity to discover platform design and participate in ongoing researchbetween the four universities. The students spent a month each at Bucknell University

Conference Session

Assessing Design Coursework

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Asli Sahin, Virginia Tech; Janis Terpenny, Virginia Tech; Timothy Simpson, Pennsylvania State University; Steven Shooter, Bucknell University; Robert Stone, University of Missouri-Rolla

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Page 11.68.1 design competition activities of eight teams and guides the Center’s new engineering design and experiential learning initiative.© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 A Method to Evaluate Relative Instructional Efficiencies of Design Activities for Product Platform PlanningAbstractProduct Platform Planning is markedly different from the traditional product developmentprocess and a relatively new development in engineering design. Different than optimizingproducts independently, it requires integration of principles from both management andengineering design for developing a set of products that share common features, components,and/or modules. To present the basic principles of

Conference Session

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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sized the culvert4, ‚ specified the geotechnical and land surveys (completed by outside contractors), ‚ presented the preferred design alternative to City supervisory staff, ‚ fitted the designed culvert into the site and planned the grading and riprap placement, ‚ redesigned intersection, ‚ prepared the US Army Corps of Engineers 404 wetlands permit and Missouri Dept. of Natural Resources 401 permit applications, ‚ prepared the easement requests for right-of-way coordinator, ‚ generated a project and construction budget, ‚ produced a project and construction schedule, ‚ generated a set of construction drawings (see attached drawings): ̇ title/location sheet ̇ specifications and quantities

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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Page 11.740.3Sophomore Year • Computer-aided Design • Industrial Plastics • Machine Tool Processing • Manufacturing Materials • Applied Quality Control • Industrial ElectronicsJunior Year • Automation and CIM Systems • Applied Statics • Fluid Power: Hydraulic Systems • Industrial Control and Digital InstrumentationSenior Year • Applied Strength of Materials • Manufacturing Planning and ControlIn addition the students are required to take 4 additional courses as technical electives,which are;Junior Year• Plastic Product Design• Plastic Production SystemsSenior Year• Design of Experiments in Manufacturing• Projects in Computer-aided ManufacturingThe last course is the capstone course typically taken by the seniors during

Conference Session

Design Methods and Concepts

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Voltmer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Bruce Ferguson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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demonstrations of team communication skills and written assignments such as meetingminutes and agendas, project presentations in the form of a design review and test plan, and ateam final report. The students are seen applying course-supplied techniques in their teamprocess and design and test of their robotic solutions. The course is structured to allow for peer-reviewed writing assignments, professional development, and team skills coaching. The coursealso provides a convenient opportunity to discuss relevant professional issues such asprofessionalism, ethics, registration, and engineering societies. Student feedback on the coursehas been positive, and students carry enthusiasm into subsequent design sequence courses.IntroductionEngineering is a

Conference Session

Design Methods and Concepts

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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S. Balachandran, University of Wisconsin-Platteville

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ofScience in Project Management Program.MIE 7440 Taguchi Methods of Designing Experiments This course was developed in 2001 and made available online with the assistanceprovided by the University of Wisconsin Learning Innovations (UWLI). It was taughtusing the Prometheus course management system once. In 2002, the course was move tothe Blackboard course management system. It was taught using the Desire-to-Learn(D2L) course management system from 2003. This DOE course provides experience in planning, conducting, and analyzingstatistically designed experiments using the Taguchi methods. The primary objective ofthe course is to educate and train students in the quantitative and qualitative methods forquality planning, measurement

Conference Session

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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the creation of the company, the feasibility analysis of the selected site for the proposed use,and the development of conceptual drawings, preliminary drawings, and final drawings, along with a costestimate and specifications for the selected alternate solution. It must be pointed out that due to thelimited amount of time, the level of construction drawings are limited to a complete set of plan drawingsof the site plan, architectural, structural and transportation but without the level of detail and quality in thedrawings. The mechanical, electrical and plumbing drawings are limited also to the site information. Thespecifications are also limited to the architectural, site and structural.1. IntroductionFor the past years, the current

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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an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the United States Air Force Academy and the Chief of the Electronic Systems Division. He received his BS degree in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University in 1989. He completed his MS degree in Systems Engineering at the Air Force Institute of Technology in 1992. In 2000, he completed his PhD in Electrical Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His graduate work and research have focused on nonlinear control theory, automated path planning, and decision making. His current research is exploring the control aspects of multiple unmanned aerial vehicles. In 2004, he completed a one-year exchange

Conference Session

Design for Community and Environment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Serdar Tumkor, Istanbul Technical University; Karl Haapala, Michigan Technological University; Vishesh Kumar, Michigan Technological University; John Sutherland, Michigan Technological University

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design, process planning and manufacturing, gear and continuously variable transmission manufacturing, design for optimum cost, online design catalogs, and web-based collaboration.Karl Haapala, Michigan Technological University Karl R. Haapala is an NSF IGERT Doctoral Trainee and Graduate Scholar in the Sustainable Futures Institute at Michigan Technological University. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering – Engineering Mechanics focusing on predictive manufacturing process models for improving product environmental performance. He received his B.S. (2001) and M.S. (2003) in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan Technological University.Vishesh Kumar, Michigan Technological

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Juri Filatovs, North Carolina A&T State University; Devdas Pai, North Carolina A&T State University

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final measure of their success lies in the future in the way they developtheir careers and is unforeseeable, and therefore they require skills which will sustain them for along time. These include the establishment of habits and methods for picking up needed newskills, and remaining current in their profession. They need to understand that there is continualerosion of their worth, driven by the new technology which engineers advance. They must haveinformation gathering skills, how to obtain information on current technology throughout theircareers.3) Management Skills: Professionals must be able to set goals, plan, and deploy, and manageresources. They must understand risk analysis, costing, legal/regulatory issues, and ethics.4) Technical

Conference Session

Teaching Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ann McKenna, Northwestern University; James Colgate, Northwestern University; Gregory Olson, Northwestern University

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suggest in the future that [the mentor] try to focus on encouraging the teams on whatthey have accomplished instead of stressing what needs to be done in the future. That is not tosay the "plan" for quarterly progress isn’t important, but it is difficult to motivate the team whenafter many sweaty hours in the shop all they hear is what they haven’t done yet.” Page 11.321.7Similar comments were voiced by the mentors. For example, one mentor summed up his role assomeone who “needs to be caring and needs to love the field.” This comment was given in thecontext of understanding the emotional needs of students. Specifically, that the majority ofdesign

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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aboutcustomer requirements definition, engineering specifications, project planning, conceptgeneration and selection, risk assessment, problem decomposition, engineering analysis,design for manufacture, prototype development, experimental methods, and testing.Faculty members take on multiple roles of coach, consultant, referee, advisor, manager,and ultimate assessor. The use of traditional lecture is minimal. Impromptu and informalpresentations by or to students are a more frequent occurrence.The multidisciplinary aspects of a project present themselves as a natural occurrence ofthe design process. Most, if not all, real design projects are inherently multidisciplinary.Working with sponsors, faculty will configure teams based upon the

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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engineeringtechnology majors – received the hydraulic bicycle design as their senior project.The project team then began the typical process of defining the project, researching necessarybackground information, articulating a plan to solve the problem, writing an official proposal,undertaking the appropriate tasks, testing, evaluating, refining, and finally, reporting findings andmaking recommendations7,8. Along the way, this industry-sponsored team, working under thespecific needs of the competition, encountered and ultimately worked through a number ofconstraints and expectations most of their classmates did not experience.Design ObjectivesThe main objective of the hydraulic bicycle project was innovative design of a safe one personbicycle that will use a

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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professorholistically assigns a grade of ‘D’ for an oral presentation, how can one properly evaluate studentperformance such that appropriate action can be taken as part of a continuous improvementprocess? It could be that the low grade was for glaring grammatical errors, or for a flaweddesign based on a poor understanding of certain engineering concepts. If it was determined thatthe curriculum was to blame, an action plan for correcting poor grammar would be radicallydifferent that an action plan for reinforcing the pertinent engineering concepts. Furthermore, assenior design projects usually involve multiple faculty members, there is a question of fairness,as grading standards will often differ between faculty members. Simply put, the holisticapproach does

Conference Session

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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thirdtype of entry, students related course topics to their own industrial experiences or to their futurecareer plans and identified which topics would be most useful to them and why. (4) In a fourthcategory, students discussed their projects, either to make connections with course topics or todiscuss teamwork and leadership styles. Table 1. Four categories of journal entries received. 1) Direct answers to reflection questions – applying course topics to product design scenarios. 2) Recounting in-class activities and resulting changes in design perspective. 3) Relationship (and relevance) of course topics to industry experience or career plans. 4) Relationship of reverse engineering projects to course topics.Regardless of the

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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achieve their individual and collective goals.Professional Roles Holistic Professional BehaviorsSelf-Grower Motivated for lifelong success, the engineer plans, self-assesses, and achieves necessary personal growth in knowledge, skills, and attitudes.Achiever When given an assignment, the engineer demonstrates initiative, focus, and flexibility to deliver quality results in a timely manner.Practitioner Driven by personal and professional values, the engineer demonstrates integrity and responsibility in engineering practice and contributes engineering perspectives in addressing societal issues

Conference Session

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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thing.Some students learned to be good leaders, some learned to be good workers and trouble shootersand some learned that sometimes even when you don’t give it your all, you do get by (albeit witha lower grade. Some of the personnel problems grew from this hands off approach and somewould have developed in anycase. At the same time, earlier interventions and a closer watch onall design groups and individuals could have prevented some of the personnel managementchallenges.Clearly a smaller team is easier to deal with. It is also easier to keep ones hand on the pulse ofthe smaller group. This year and in future years, the plan is to keep the team size to twenty-fiveor less. The team is working much more cohesively this year as a result of the smaller

Conference Session

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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-hour meeting of his/her team in theEPICS laboratory. During this laboratory time the team members will take care ofadministrative matters, do project planning and tracking, and work on their project. All studentsalso attend a common one-hour lecture each week. A majority of the lectures are by guestexperts, and have covered a wide range of topics related to engineering design, communication,and community service. The long-term nature of the program has required some innovation inthe lecture series since students may be involved in the program for several semesters. This hasbeen addressed by rotating the lecture topics on a cycle of two to three years and by creatingspecialized lecture supplements called skill sessions that students can

Conference Session

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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presentation skills? Why or why not? What could be done to improve your oral presentation skills? ABET Criterion 3h: the need for abroad education necessary to understand the impact ofengineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context is met throughCSM’s system and stem courses and many of the junior and senior PE courses. Minimalsupporting evidence is necessary or provided in the supplemental document. ABET Criterion 3i: a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-longlearning is demonstrated based on six data sets including the preparation of “Individual Life-Long Learning Plans” by students, alumni surveys, research activities, student involvement instudent professional groups

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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investment to maintain a level of production quality, and these materials and processesrequire a significantly higher level of engineering and planning. By going with a larger budget,we actually have precluded most possibilities of designing on the fly.Team GoalsOur team goals were to win the engineering portion of the competition, increase studentconfidence, and gain exposure for our program. We have done well on all three fronts. Page 11.698.10Winning in engineering as a goalThe choice of a win in overall engineering rather than an overall performance win was veryspecific to the ASME HPV Challenge and its rules. Unlike other engineering

Conference Session

Teaching Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paul Santi, Colorado School of Mines

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devices so that they are not buried by later constructionModularization Product designed in separate units • rockfall fences are built as that are easily removed and replaced individual, connected panels that can easily be replaced when damagedStandardization Limit the variety of parts and use • plan for large slurry wall readily-available parts if at all construction

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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the past decade.1. IntroductionCapstone design courses offer engineering students a culminating design experience on anapplied engineering project. With a longstanding history reinforced by support from theAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), these courses have becomecommon in engineering departments across the United States. The composition of capstonecourses, however, varies widely. In 1994, Todd et al.1 conducted a survey of engineeringdepartments throughout North America to capture educational and logistical practices incapstone design courses at the time. Their results2,3 provided a wealth of information about theirrespondents' capstone courses plus comments about plans for future modifications.Since then, a number

Conference Session

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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opportunity to hone their written and oralcommunication skills. The senior presentations and the actual project work done by thelower-level students allowed the lower-level students to see first-hand and in practice theusefulness and applicability of the engineering theory and skills they were learning.ConclusionAs this case study has shown, the vertical integration of lower-level engineering studentsinto a Capstone design project can provide significant benefits to both the senior- andlower-level engineering students involved. However, successful vertical integrationrequires a high level of planning and preparation to ensure that the organizationalstructure developed is robust enough to provide sufficient technical, communication,administrative

Conference Session

Design for Manufacture and Industry

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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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. Software: Custom programming versus software package usage, embedded systems programming, graphical user interface development, etc. Point of Contact: System Integration & Test: Integration of subsystems and Name multilevel verification plan. Title University/Company Address Telephone, Fax, E-Mail

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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of the project and an application forparticipating in the senior capstone courses. The purpose of the application is to learn of theskills acquired while the students were participating in their cooperative education program.Other essential information obtained includes major, technical electives taken or planned to take,and strengths and weaknesses. Following project assignment students began the process oflearning their team members, assigning roles and responsibilities within the team, meeting withthe corporate sponsor, and design proposal development. This gives students an opportunity togain experiences to be successful in their future careers. Faculty members were used as designconsultants throughout the courses. The course coordinator

Conference Session

Design for Community and Environment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Odis Griffin, Virginia Tech; Vinod Lohani, Virginia Tech; Jennifer Mullin, Virginia Tech; Jenny Lo, Virginia Tech

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under consideration at the time of this writing. In lieu of the world fact quiz, a hands-onactivity is being designed which examines a projected growth in world population and theresulting energy and water resource requirements. The predominance of water filter solutionsfueled much speculation and reflection on the part of the project designers. Ultimately, it wasfelt that presenting the students with examples of design solutions early in the projectpredisposed a large percentage to consider only these solutions. It is being planned to presentthese examples to the students later in the project. Construction materials deserved serious re-consideration, as too many students felt the constraints limited creativity and design options. Inresponse to

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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, T., Kramlich, J. C., & Fridley, J. L. (2000). A design attribute framework for course planning and learning assessment. IEEE Transactions on Education, 43(2), 188-199. 24. Salama, P., Rizkalla, M. E., & Yokomoto, C. F. (2004). Screening and assessing a capstone senior design project: Video compression and error concealment over the internet. International Journal of Engineering Education, 20(6), 1055-1064. 25. Shaeiwitz, J. A. (2001). Teaching design by integration throughout the curriculum and assessing the curriculum using design projects. International Journal of Engineering Education, 17(4 & 5), 479-482. 26. Sobek, D. K., & Jain, V. K. (2004, June 20-23). Two instruments for

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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available for analysis, none was completed. As thecompetition neared, it became apparent that backup plans had to be made, as the competitionrules require all vehicles be equipped with a fairing that covers at a minimum 1/3 of the vehicle'sfrontal area. A pre-fabricated, commercially available fairing was purchased and attached to thefront of the vehicle, as can be seen in Figure 9. Page 11.116.10 Figure 9 – UNC Charlotte Team Members and Vehicle at Design PresentationThe failure of one part of the team did not bring down the whole team, but it did weaken it. Hadthe fairing design been a success, the team most likely would have scored higher

Conference Session

Design for Community and Environment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew Mehalik, University of Pittsburgh; Yaron Doppelt, University of Pittsburgh; Christian Schunn, University of Pittsburgh

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students electricity concepts in science classes.Design-based learning is intended to engage students in ways that enhance their abilities to solvereal-life problems and to reflect on their learning processes. This style of active learning is anextension of project-based learning, which is argued to enable students to relate problems toscience concepts.10, 15 Design-based learning differs from project based learning in that, inaddition to constructing and building, students engage in a design and planning process thatfollows engineering design.Typically, as was the case in the subject school district, electricity (and science in general) istaught using a guided/scripted inquiry approach to learning. Students are given materials andprocedural

Conference Session

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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a challenging project that involves the planning and manufacturing tasks found inintroducing a new product to the consumer industrial market. Each team’s goal is to design andbuild a prototype of a rugged, single seat, off-road recreational vehicle intended for sale to theweekend off-road enthusiast. The vehicle must be designed to be safe, easily transported andmaintained. It should be fun to drive and be able to negotiate rough terrain in all types ofweather without damage. An example of a Baja vehicle in action is shown in Figure 1. Figure 1. The Kettering University Entry into the 2004 SAE Baja Competition.Baja vehicles are judged in two different categories: static events (which include a salespresentation, an engineering