Conference Session

Technical Session 1: Collaborating with Engineering Students and Faculty

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aleshia Huber, Binghamton University; Jill Dixon, Binghamton University; Sandy Card, Binghamton University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

information needs. The projects also provided acomprehensive design review of two library spaces, including proposals for possible extensiverenovation, from an engineering perspective.Literature ReviewSenior design capstone projects are common within engineering education as a tool to synthesizewhat students have learned throughout their undergraduate program4 and to gain additionalvaluable “soft skills”5, 6 such as teamwork and communication skills, and to model the engineer-client relationships that will be needed in their professional careers. According to Goldberg7,senior capstone projects are “the most important courses our engineering students will take intheir undergraduate programs. They provide students with an opportunity to apply what