Conference Session

Practice II: Curricular Innovations

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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George Stefanek, Purdue University Northwest; Niranjan Hemant Desai, Purdue University Northwest

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: Alan H. Yorkdale Memorial Award, 2014. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Integration of Research Topics into Undergraduate Information Technology Courses and ProjectsIntroductionUndergraduate information technology, computer science and software engineering courses oftenrequire that software projects be completed in courses that allow students to gain experienceworking on real-world-like problems. Senior technology projects (Capstone projects) requirestudents to work on real-world projects that may require collaborating with companies. Research[1], [2], [3] has shown the advantages of using real-world-like projects in courses. Courseprojects, however, can also

Conference Session

Novel Pedagogies 1

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Arthur C Heinricher, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Paula Quinn, Quinn Evaluation Consulting; Richard F. Vaz, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Kent J Rissmiller, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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application of existingknowledge. Each of the projects considered here are viewed (by faculty and students) as in somesense a capstone experience and so the emphasis is on application of knowledge. Every goodproject will, in fact, involve both.All of the alumni in this study graduated from WPI with a Bachelor of Science degree in atraditional discipline of science or engineering between 1974 and 2011. The undergraduateprogram at WPI was completely redesigned in the late 1960’s when a very traditional curriculum Page 23.874.3was replaced with a project-based program which emphasized the students’ ability to applyknowledge in authentic settings. In

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Student Teams and Project-Based Learning

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven Zemke, Gonzaga University; Diane Zemke, Gonzaga University

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AC 2007-773: ANALYZING STUDENT TEAM DIALOGUES TO GUIDE THEDESIGN OF ACTIVE LEARNING SESSIONSSteven Zemke, Gonzaga University Steven Zemke is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Gonzaga University. He teaches design classes at the sophomore, junior, and capstone level. His research pursuits are in the pedagogy of design. Steven received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering with a dissertation on pedagogy from the University of Idaho in 2005. Prior to teaching, Steven was a design engineer and engineering manager for 25 years.Diane Zemke, Gonzaga University Diane Zemke is a Doctoral Student in the Leadership Studies Program at Gonzaga University. Her interests include

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bruce Murray, State University of New York, Binghamton; Roy McGrann, State University of New York, Binghamton

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Systems, Fall 20065 Dym, op. cit., p. 1116 The percentage of the semester grade that is allocated for this project has changed in the six years the course has been offered. When the course was an elective course (2002-2004) there was an additional Project #4 that was an individual project usually tied to the capstone project that students took at the same time as this course.7 Artobolevsky, Ivan I., Mechanisms in Modern Engineering Design, Vol. II, Lever Mechanisms, Part 1, trans. Nicholas Weinstein (Moscow: Mir Publishers, 1976)8 ME 481 Syllabus, Fall 20079 Toogood, Roger, Pro/Engineer Wildfire 3.0 Mechanica Tutorial (Structure/Thermal), (SDC Publications, 2006

Conference Session

Digital Technologies and Learning

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debra Gilbuena, Oregon State University; Ben Uriel Sherrett, Oregon State University; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

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capstonelaboratory course. The four teams studied were self-selected, maintained for the entire course,and comprised of three students each. The teams studied consisted of a total of eight femalestudents and four male students. Two teams each were selected from consecutive years.Approximately 80 students were enrolled in the capstone course each year.The process for choosing teams to participate in think aloud protocol study addressed severalfactors, the most fundamental of which was simply schedule; teams were only chosen if aresearcher was available during the team’s laboratory section and projected worktimes. Furthermore, gender distribution also contributed. During the selection of the cohortspresented in this paper, a preference was given to mixed

Conference Session

Life After Graduation

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aisosa Ayela-Uwangue, Arizona State University; Micah Lande, Arizona State University

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Paper ID #19332What Does Career and Personal Success Look Like? Engineering Students’Projections for Post-Graduation PlansMr. Aisosa Ayela-Uwangue, Arizona State UniversityDr. Micah Lande, Arizona State University Micah Lande, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Engineering and Manufacturing Engineering pro- grams and Tooker Professor at the Polytechnic School in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. He teaches human-centered engineering design, design thinking, and design innovation project courses. Dr. Lande researches how technical and non-technical people learn and apply a design

Conference Session

Assessment of Student Learning 2

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debra Gilbuena, Oregon State University; Audrey Briggs Champagne, University at Albany, SUNY; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

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sample size andsampling strategy are limitations. However, we are not intending to provide generalizable data.Instead, we focus our qualitative efforts to afford transferable findings. Also, more than half ofthe students had previous experience in engineering internships or laboratory research positions.One coach provided feedback to all student teams. This coach has coached over 60 teams in thesame capstone course over several years and has many years of thin films processing experience.The coach has also published research papers and developed courses on the subject.Data Collection & AnalysisData sources include audio recordings and transcripts of student teams, researcher field notes,student work products, and post-project, semi

Conference Session

Studies of Student Teams and Student Interactions

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Marcia Gail Headley, University of Delaware; Amy Trauth, University of Delaware; Haritha Malladi, University of Delaware; Jenni Buckley, University of Delaware

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Paper ID #32748Examining the Me in Team-based Projects: Students’ Perceptions of Timeand TasksDr. Marcia Gail Headley, University of Delaware Dr. Headley is a Research Associate III at the Center for Research in Education and Social Policy (CRESP) at the University of Delaware. She specializes in the development of mixed methods research designs and strategies for integrating quantitative and qualitative research approaches. She is the recip- ient of the 2017 American Education Research Association (AERA) Mixed Methods SIG Outstanding Dissertation Award. Her methodological work has been published in the prestigious

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Learning 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Hirshfield, Oregon State University; Jaynie L. Whinnery, Oregon State University; Debra M. Gilbuena, Oregon State University; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

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student studying Public Policy at Oregon State University. She also holds an M.S. in Environmental Engineering and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Oregon State Univer- sity. Her research in engineering education is focused on student teams engaged in the Virtual Bioreactor (VBioR) Laboratory project. She is specifically interested in understanding the student-instructor interac- tions and feedback that occur during this project and how these factors influence student learning.Dr. Debra M. Gilbuena, Oregon State University Debra Gilbuena is a postdoctoral scholar in the School of Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engi- neering at Oregon State University. Debra has an M.BA, an M.S, and four years of industrial

Conference Session

New Learning Paradigms II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Hahn, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Alan Hansen, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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):“design-oriented project-organized education which deals with the practical problems ofconstructing and designing on the basis of a synthesis of knowledge from many disciplines and istherefore having students learn to know how.”14 Smith et al. suggest that PCL is a “pedagogy ofengagement,” a practice that deepens student learning through “student-faculty contact,cooperation among students, and active learning.”15 Page 14.840.3Sheppard et al. advocate team-based PCL as a way to improve students’ competencies inteamwork and communication strategies. They also found that capstone design courses (a type ofPCL) promote student excitement, build “skills

Conference Session

Special Session: Impacts of Service in Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University; Eric Pappas, James Madison University

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sustainability characteristics 8) Effectively document and present the process used during this design projectAs can be seen from the problem statement and project objectives of this PBSL design project,this is not only a real-world problem with a “real” customer, but certainly one that is open-endedand fairly ill-defined. In fact, it is a project that some would find in a capstone designexperience. Our motivation in integrating such an authentic and complex problem in asophomore design sequence was to expose students to not only real-world problem solving butalso a project that enabled students to help a member of our university community. In assessingstudents’ learning outcomes during this PBSL design project, we were guided by the followingresearch

Conference Session

Student Experiences with Undergraduate Research

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Wookwon Lee P.E., Gannon University; Nicholas B. Conklin, Gannon University

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Industrial Engineering and Applications (ICIEA), April 21-23, 2017, Nagoya, Japan, pp. 275-278.[4] O. Lawanto and A. Febrian, “Student self-regulation in Capstone design courses: A case study of two project teams,” in Proc. IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Oct 12-15, 2016, Erie, PA, pp. 1-5.[5] W. Lee, “Assessment of self-regulated learning in senior capstone design,” in Proc. 8th Annual Process Education Conf., June 14-17, 2018, Erie, PA, pp. 1-8.[6] M.M. Vázquez, M.C. Rodríguez, and M.L. Nistal, “Analysis of Self-Regulated Learning Strategies Oriented to the Design of Software Support,” in Proc. 2014 Frontiers in Education Conf. (FIE), Oct. 22-25, 2014, Madrid, Spain, pp. 1-9.[7] K. Arnsdorff, A. Chen, R. McCord, and S

Conference Session

Undergraduate Students' Development of Computational and Programming Skills

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Tajmilur Rahman, Gannon University; Stephen T. Frezza, Gannon University

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, 2019, pp. 1–9. [6] D. R. Schachter and D. Schwartz, “The value of capstone projects to participating client agencies,” Journal of Public Affairs Education, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 445–462, 2009. [7] L. M. Grabowski, C. F. Reilly, and W. A. Lawrence-Fowler, “Emulating a corporate software development environment through collaboration between student projects in six courses,” in 2014 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE) Proceedings. IEEE, 2014, pp. 1–7. [8] M. Kropp, A. Meier, and R. Biddle, “Teaching agile collaboration skills in the classroom,” in 2016 IEEE 29th International Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training (CSEET). IEEE, 2016, pp. 118–127. [9] A. Mishra and D. Mishra, “Software project

Conference Session

Collaboration and Communication in Problem-based Learning

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kakan C Dey P.E., West Virginia University; Md Tawhidur Rahman, West Virginia University; V. Dimitra Pyrialakou, West Virginia University; David Martinelli, West Virginia University; Karen E Rambo-Hernandez, Texas A&M University; Julia Daisy Fraustino, West Virginia University; John Deskins; L Christopher Plein, West Virginia University; Abhik Ranjan Roy, West Virginia University

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Paper ID #31050Development of A Holistic Cross-Disciplinary Project Course Experienceas a Research Platform for the Professional Formation of EngineersDr. Kakan C Dey P.E., West Virginia University Dr. Kakan Dey is an Assistant Professor at the Wadsworth Department of Civil and Environmental Engi- neering, West Virginia University, WV, USA. He completed his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Clemson University in 2014 and M.Sc. in Civil Engineering from Wayne State University in 2010. Dr. Dey was the recipient of the Clemson University 2016 Distinguished Postdoctoral Award. His primary research area includes intelligent

Conference Session

Studies of Classroom Assessment: Exam Wrappers, Equitable Grading, Test Anxiety, and Use of Reflection

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kaela M. Martin, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott; Todd M. Fernandez, Georgia Institute of Technology; Richard Mangum, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott

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Work-in-progress: Examining engineering seniors students’ perception of justice and fairness of grading practicesThis work-in-progress paper reports preliminary results about engineering students’ perceptions of thejustice and fairness in grading. The paper quantitatively compares students’ perceptions between aspecifications graded and traditionally graded capstone class and analyzes qualitative comments aboutstudents’ overall perceptions of grading. Specifications grading, as defined by Nilson (2015), is a systemof assigning grades primarily characterized by grading each assignment as pass or no-pass (i.e., fail).Specifications grading responds to the call for grading reform in education (Brookhart, 2011) and buildson

Conference Session

Student Teams and Design Skills

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Mohammed, Pennsylvania State University; Gül Okudan, Pennsylvania State University; Madara Ogot, Pennsylvania State University

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thebeneficial effects of higher tolerance for ambiguity on increased efficacy, satisfaction, andconflict resolution in the context of an open-ended, team-based, industry-sponsored engineeringdesign project.Keywords: Design teams, tolerance for ambiguity, efficacy, design performance.1. IntroductionBecause “engineering programs must demonstrate that their graduates have: …an ability todesign a system, component, or process to meet desired needs,” and “an ability to function inmulti-disciplinary teams….”1, design is integrated to the engineering curricula through the use ofdesign teams. In many cases, this integration also uses industry-sponsored design projects. Mostof the industry-sponsored design project applications are at the capstone design level

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session 12: Creativity and Problem Framing

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Lawrence Anderson P.E., United States Air Force Academy; Karen Elaine Anderson, Destination Imagination Inc.; Daniel D. Jensen, Singapore University of Technology and Design/MIT International Design Center

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engineering design studentsAbstractThis evidence-based practice paper describes the use of creativity practice exercises intended toenhance student creativity in a capstone design program. Engineering programs, in general, andcapstone design programs, in particular, that seek innovative conceptual solutions to complexproblems would benefit from techniques to develop and assess student creativity. Therefore, astudy was performed to evaluate two such techniques. Over the first two years of the study,capstone design students in the United States Air Force Academy’s Department of EngineeringMechanics were each assigned to one of 14 teams which received various learning experiences(treatments) intended to enhance individual creativity and design project

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching and Learning

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monica Cardella, Center for the Advancement of Scholarships on Engineering Education (CASEE); Cynthia Atman, University of Washington

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mathematics is considered to be a fundamental element of engineering education, littleempirical research has been conducted to understand how engineering students actually usemathematics. This project takes a research- informed approach towards understanding the role ofmathematics in engineering design by combining two studies of engineering students’ use ofmathematical thinking: a study of engineering students’ use of mathematics during an industry-based senior design project and a study of engineering students’ use of mathematics during alaboratory based design problem.The capstone study used a combination of qualitative methodologies to investigate engineeringstudents’ use of mathematics during one of their first real- world design projects. For

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session 4: Professional Development in Undergraduate Programs

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alejandro Gutierrez, University of California, Merced; Christopher A. Butler, University of California, Merced; Abbas Ghassemi, University of California, Merced

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Paper ID #25651Work in Progress: The Professional Development Track: A Cooperative Ex-periential Learning Approach to Academic Success for Underserved Engi-neering StudentsDr. Alejandro Gutierrez, University of California, Merced Dr Guti´errez is a teaching professor at UC Merced, where he runs the Capstone Design Program in the School of Engineering. This program is the culminating experience for all students in mechanical engineering, civil & environmental engineering, bioengineering, and materials science. All projects in the UC Merced Capstone Design Program are initiated by industry partners, and the main goal of the

Conference Session

Fostering and Assessing Effective Teaming

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Cheville, Oklahoma State University; James Duvall, Oklahoma State University

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that low performers overestimate theirabilities across multiple contexts 14, 15. In evaluating peers in engineering courses anothervariable is where the teamwork experience falls on the spectrum of team projects. On oneextreme of this spectrum are fully cooperative experiences in which the team works togethertowards a common goal. This extreme is defined by a single shared experience. On the otherextreme are “divide-and-conquer” projects. Here a team assigns each individual separate taskswhich each contribute to a shared team goal. Such approaches—an example is the jigsawteaching technique—are defined by unique experiences for each individual. This approach iscommon to many capstone design courses.This report looks at peer evaluation in a

Conference Session

Faculty Attitudes and Perceptions

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cathy Burack, Brandeis University; John Duffy, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Alan Melchior, Brandeis University; Eric Morgan, University of Massachusetts Lowell

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exercise, it can potentially help someone.” They also sawservice-learning as a way of reinforcing the idea that engineering (and engineers) can contributeto the solution of social problems in the community. However, these benefits were generallyframed as coincidental outcomes rather than as an intentional, integrated part of the community-based learning experience for students. One faculty member noted that it is “difficult to focus onsocial implications. In the capstone, we do ask students to think about environmental and socialissues as part of review questions. But we don’t have significant discussions on socialconnections as part of projects.” Another faculty member in a different department said, “Wedon’t talk about social impacts much. We

Conference Session

Broadening Participation in Engineering

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marie Anne L Mundy, Texas A&M Kingsville; Sel Ozcelik, Texas A&M University Kingsville; Mohamed Abdelrahman, Texas A&M University-Kingsville; David Ramirez, Texas A&M University-Kingsville

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-mentoring. Incorporation of engineering design experiences across the undergraduatecurriculum with linkages to the university’s engineering innovation laboratory for access toindustry projects contributes to increased student retention and persistence to graduation.CASCADE uses promising practices from research to create a retention program that includesintegrated curriculum, peer-mentoring, learning communities, and efforts that build innovationand creativity into the engineering curriculum. CASCADE vertically aligns 32 problem-baseddesign efforts from the first-year to senior-year (capstone) courses. Research on engineeringstudent learning communities indicates increased retention and student satisfaction with theirfirst-year experience 18, 33

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Danielle Amatore, Oregon State University; Edith Gummer, Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

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project evolved and demonstrated effective social interactions, breaking into well definedroles. The contrasting performance of the other two groups is also discussed. The use ofreflection tools in the form of experimental journals and design meetings appeared to be effectivein keeping students from “video-game” mode. Assessment based improvements of the VirtualCVD laboratory are identified.IntroductionCapstone courses in which students have an opportunity to practice engineering are an importantaspect of undergraduate engineering curriculum. In the last 20 years, capstone courses have beenintegrated into engineering curricula nationwide in response to ABET accreditation requirementsand feedback from industry. Specific ABET guidelines are the

Conference Session

Changing the Engineering Classroom

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacie I. Ringleb, Old Dominion University; Orlando M. Ayala, Old Dominion University; Jennifer Kidd, Old Dominion University

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engineering and mechanicalengineering technology, using different class size, delivery methods, and assignments on studentperformance and student attitudes toward peer review. We hypothesized that student writingperformance would improve, regardless of the methods used.MethodsA fluid mechanics class and a capstone design class were selected for this project. The fluidsmechanics students worked in groups of two for their writing assignments, while the students inthe capstone design course worked individually on an assignment that would ultimately lead to acollaborative report. In both classes, students engaged in formative peer reviews, where studentfeedback was provided on preliminary assignments leading to an end-of-semester final report.Students

Conference Session

Assessment Instruments

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Gerlick, Pittsburg State University; Denny C. Davis, Washington State University; Michael S. Trevisan, Washington State University; Shane A. Brown, Washington State University

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AC 2011-907: ESTABLISHING INTER-RATER AGREEMENT FOR TIDEE’STEAMWORK AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSESSMENTSRobert Gerlick, Pittsburg State University Dr. Robert Gerlick is Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology at Pittsburg State Uni- versity.Denny C. Davis, Washington State University Dr. Davis is Professor of Bioengineering and Director of the Engineering Education Research Center at Washington State University. He has led numerous multidisciplinary research projects to enhance engi- neering education. He currently leads projects creating and testing assessments and curriculum materials for engineering design and professional skills, especially for use in capstone engineering design courses

Conference Session

Curricula of the Past, Present, and Future

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Banzaert, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; John Duffy, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; David Wallace, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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to introduceS-L into engineering, which add approximately eight more universities to the list. Tsangi andLima and Oakesx describe more examples of S-L in engineering courses.However, Service-Learning is not commonly integrated into core engineering classes; when it isused, it is most often incorporated into elective and capstone courses, such as with the EPICS Page 11.1150.3program started at Purdue, now expanded to 15 universities, that involves electiveinterdisciplinary S-L courses that students can take from first year to senior yearxi and thecapstone projects explored by civil engineering students at the University of Utahxii. There

Conference Session

Research on Engineering Design Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ann F. McKenna, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Gül E. Okudan Kremer, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Carolyn Plumb, Montana State University; Hyun Kyoung Ro, Penn State University; Alexander Yin, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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industry connections also provide a pool of adjunct faculty that has, historically, beenengaged in teaching engineering at ASU, particularly at the capstone design level. Thesepractitioners have the potential to provide a valuable connection for students in the areas ofdesign and problem solving.Another theme that arose from our study was instructional innovation, initially stimulated byinvolvement in the Foundation Coalition in the early 1990’s. An education faculty membernoted that the Foundation Coalition was very influential in the area of engineering design and“thinking about what that capstone design project should be. . .and they spent a long timeworking on it very, very hard.” One outcome of the Foundation Coalition and two other

Conference Session

Graduate Education Expectations, Preparation, and Pathways

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Maya Denton, University of Texas at Austin; Maura J. Borrego, University of Texas at Austin; Chi-Ning Chang, University of Kansas; Audrey Boklage, University of Texas at Austin; Raymundo Arroyave, Texas A&M University

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disciplines. In the second-year training, students took multidisciplinarycourses (i.e., materials science, informatics, and engineering design), and then engaged in aninterdisciplinary capstone course (materials design studio). This sequencing is designed toprovide students with well-grounded experience that would integrate the materials science,engineering design, and informatics into their interdisciplinary capstone design projects andinternships. Students were encouraged to complete summer internships during the two years oftraining. Additional program components, such as mentoring resources and tools for careerdevelopment, were offered during the academic year for all students in the program. Theseprogram components included ePortfolios

Conference Session

Assessment of Student Work

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leanne Petry, Central State University; Morris M. Girgis, Central State University

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or capstone projects are usually the first experience college students have withexperimental or engineering design processes.4 Incorporation of authentic PBL methods to teachengineering principles with uncertain investigation outcomes to a broader group ofunderrepresented students (i.e. minorities, women) prior to research based coursework enablesthem to make connections between instruction and the real world earlier and to gain a deeperunderstanding of their course content.5-9Problem Based Learning Design and ObjectivesThe engineering practice of using models to simulate systems and interactions as a means toconstruct explanations and design solutions based on valid and reliable evidence is directlyrelatable to the instrumental analysis

Conference Session

Modeling and Problem-Solving

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith B. Fisher, Montana State University; Kevin R. Cook, Montana State University

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solving, application offundamental engineering principles to problems, use of analysis tools, and design. Anexample of the benefit is that prior to the curriculum modifications there was a frequentreluctance on the part of many of the MET students to take a lead in the design processesduring their senior Capstone Design course, which was typically carried out in combined Page 22.1400.17Mechanical Engineering (ME) and MET student teams. Since the curriculum changes, arapid shift has been observed by the faculty in which the majority of MET students arenow assuming leadership roles in the project design and analysis stages. Similar changeshave been