undergraduate and graduate courses in ET Masters program. Also, she introduced the first experiential activity for Applied Mechanics courses. She is coordinator and advisor for capstone projects for Engineering Technology.Mr. Carlos Michael Ruiz, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.)Benjamin G Cohen, Drexel Department of Engineering Technology Undergraduate Studying Engineering Technology with a dual concentration in Mechanical and Electrical fields.Ms. Sarah Renee Andrieux Drexel University Class of 2021, BS Mechanical Engineering c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Undergraduate Freshmen Developing Advanced Research Project: Learn-by-Discovery Module to
pressures had the least effect on part warpage. Main Effects Plot for Warpage Data Means Alpha Back Pressure 0.012 0.011 0.010 0.009 Mean 0.008 0.007 0.006 0.005 Low High 75 150 Figure 5. The relative effects of PP thermal diffusivity and back pressure on part warpageAssessmentThis work started as a capstone project for a student and was continued as
necessary evaluations and/or experimentations, identify and/or proposemeaningful results and solutions, test the proposal to the extent possible, prepare adetailed report, and make a presentation. The ‘front end’ project plan and the ‘back end’documentation and presentation are both important elements. Since the entrance into thecapstone projects follows the completion of other courses, faculty project advisors canassign problems that are not only relevant to the students’ interests but are also helpful inreinforcing the concepts taught. Each class runs for two instructional months. Althoughthe capstone course is done at the end, students are encouraged to identify and select a
, the projects were done in teams of no more than five students. In all cases, theteams presented their final design to faculty and industrial advisory committee members and thefellow students at the end of the semester (presentation day). The team works were evaluated bya jury of faculty and industry members. At least five reviewers (four Manufacturing Engineeringfaculty, and one from Industry Advisory Committee) have assessed the outcomes of the courseusing rubrics related to oral presentation and final project report. The result of the outcomeassessment of the capstone design experiment is shown in Table 4. Table 4- MANE 450 Course Outcomes Assessment Results (Spring 2008
took a chair position in electrical engineering at Bucknell University. He is currently interested in engineering design education, engineering education policy, and the philosophy of engineering education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Making a Maker Space Smart Badging System Julie Darwin, Joseph Kale, Daniel Park, Andrew Sellers, Ian Wallace, Zach Winters, Michael S. Thompson, Margot Vigeant, R. Alan Cheville Bucknell UniversityAs a capstone design project a team of students from Bucknell University created a “SmartBadging System” to monitor use and control access of various Maker Space resources, including3D
at Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, in 2016. He is affiliated with the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution, the Department of Mechanical Engineering, and the Department of Materials Science and Engineering.Dr. Reza Langari, Texas A&M UniversityJennifer JordanMr. Caleb Christian StewartBrian MalbecDavid K. James c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition 3D printed metal and plastic propeller design and manufacturing for small-scale underwater thrustersAbstractThe use of additive manufacturing technology in a senior Capstone project setting is
and working with them to complete a project using the technology will hopefully give a better and longer lasting impression of the technology, STEM fields, and the college. Method: The author teaches design and introduction courses for all of the engineering majors, the CAD program, Advanced Manufacturing, Photonics and some Computer Science courses. The chassis project will focus on the Capstone Design Project course in the Spring 2016 term for associate degree students, the high school students who attend the college in the summer for early college credit, and the Introduction to Engineering and Design students in Fall 2016 term. In all of the design experiences some CAD training is required. Students are given the assignment to design
prepared (upon graduation) to take on challenges of the real world.Unlike in traditional learning method, in experiential learning students are involved in hands onreal world problem solving environment. Thus, in experiential learning student learning takesplace based on the experience of the project they work on. Capstone or senior design projects aregreat examples of experiential learning environment. By realizing the need of project-basedlearning, the US government has been encouraging the academic institutions to create suchlearning environment in the STEM disciplines through its funding agencies like National ScienceFoundation (NSF) [1]. This has generated huge interest among the engineering educators onhands-on freshmen engineering programs
and developed ananimatronic polar bear robot shown in Figure 11. The robot successfully competed at the 2003Society of Manufacturing Engineers/Robotics International (SME/RI) event at RochesterInstitute of Technology, earning the 3rd place in the Robot Construction Category. This capstone Figure 1. Animatronic Polar Bear for the 2003 SME/RI Competitioncourse project led to the development of a cross-disciplinary honors course, enrolling art,engineering, technology, and pharmacy students2. Puppetry and mechanism design projects were Page 22.558.2the focus of this 4 hours a week course. Also following the capstone project, the author
. Social commentators [e.g. 1)] havehighlighted the need for businesses to succeed in a global environment and as such theeducation system must attempt to create engineers with global perspectives. There areseveral solutions to achieve this objective such as internships, co-op programs, studentexchange programs, laboratory-intensive classes and the ever-popular Capstone SeniorDesign Project. This last and the most important topic of integrated design has beenreviewed 2, 3) and discussed extensively in literature and engineering educationconferences. There is considerable variability in the scope; breadth and depth of thesecapstone projects, the team size and composition and the time, and sponsors and budgetfor the projects. Some of these projects
assessment tool. The Design Panel is a group of peoplegathered to assess design related courses. A group of people consists of local industryleaders, faculty, and graduate students. There are number of examples on using panels asassessment tools for programs, curricula, and projects [1-3].The Design Panel is used to assess Mech 314 “Design Process”, Mech 402 “ThermalSystem Design” and the second course of the capstone sequence Mech 417 “MechanicalSystems Design II” courses. These are the courses where substantial activity andmaterials are available to demonstrate the achievement of primarily the above ABETcriteria.2. Program Outcomes Assessment ProcessWe adopted the ABET-EAC “a” through “k” outcomes as our program outcomes. Wecollect data annually
Systems (Material flow infactories and supply chains), Product Design (Need driven product development and design formanufacture), and Business Management and Operational Excellence (Fundamentals of startinga company, global trends and industry seminars) subjects. The capstone activity is a GroupProject leading to a Project Thesis.The curriculum comprises four course-based components: manufacturing physics, manufacturingsystems, product design, and business fundamentals. Each involves both individual and teamwork on class projects. From the January until the end of the second semester the group projectis pursued on a part-time basis and then full time during the summer, for a total of eight monthsof involvement with the project company
meters Frequency (HF) Ultra High 865.5-867 MHz 32.8 centimeters Smart cards, Frequency (Europe) logistics, and item (UHF) 915 MHz (USA) management 950-956 MHz (Japan) Industrial, 2.4 GHz 12.5 centimeters Item management Scientific, & Medical (ISM) Source: RFID, Applications, Security, and Privacy, Simpson Garfinkel and Beth Rosenberg, Addison-Wesly (2006), p. 21.II. DeVry University’s Senior Project Capstone Course Sequence DeVry University’s Electronics Engineering Technology/Computer EngineeringTechnology (EET/CET) program senior project is a two-semester course
Al-Ain United Arab EmiratesKey Words: Inverted Pendulum, Capstone Design ProjectAbstract: This paper describes the design and build of a pedagogical setup consisting of a two-DOF inverted pendulum, which is mounted on a three-DOF cart. This was a collaborative projectbetween senior students in the departments of mechanical and electrical engineering at the UnitedArab Emirates University as part of their senior design capstone project. The students withguidance from their faculty mentors followed the various designing and building stages of thedesign process of the involved mechatronics system. This includes the steps of designing the setup,the building of the prototype, and the testing and verification of
being worked on inother courses but focusing on different aspects and perspectives. For example, this project wasconducted in courses MANE 410 Production Planning and Inventory Control, and MANE 415Project Engineering and Management. In MANE 410 students focus on the production planningaspect of the project, and in MANE 415 a different group of students focus on the projectmanagement.In this paper we want to focus on the course MANE 450, Manufacturing Design Implementation.This is one of the courses that have been offered in the past two years in our program. MANE450 is a capstone course that manufacturing engineering students take in their senior year. Thecourse is team project-based, which focuses on design and implementation of a simple
brings the graduates together to commemorate the hours of hard work and study and to celebrate with family and faculty. To mark the event, a distinguished speaker provides a presentation that attempts to place their achievements in a business or career positive perspective. Poster presentations are required by TPM graduates to present their Capstone project at the graduation dinner. For about one and a half hours, prior to the graduation dinner, the students make poster presentations to friends, faculty, and distinguished guests. Each student makes his/her presentation from the perspective of having recently completed the project, thereby giving the listener the opportunity to understand the finished project and to ask
solving, and skills development, who also took the previous Engineering Practicecourse. The recent student-faculty research collaborative work in SHE (Safety, Health, andEnvironmental) Subjects in 3D Printing led to multiple journal papers, including a recognitionfrom Emerald Literati Network by a Highly Commended Paper Award7. Original work in 3Dprinting material development have also been carried out by students were enrolled inEngineering Practice to be shifted to this new course.With the new research course, each student or student team will be matched to a faculty memberbased on their interests. The capstone course at this department is usually an interdisciplinaryone. The new research course projects may also include a good number of
node showing a choice between possible assembly path and the AND node representinga given assembly path. The motivation for the inclusion of this assignment came from theobservation of struggling students in their capstone projects, where assembly planning wouldhave helped them. This paper describes how assembly planning principles and theirimplementation at the product level, is taught to senior mechanical engineering studentsthrough the Design and Manufacture Lab course, so that they can use assembly planning intheir capstone projects.2. The MethodologyThe methodology consists of two steps and an assessment through a practical question in themidterm examination. In the first step a lecture on AND/OR graph explaining how it is used ina matrix
the delivery of onlinecurriculum and services. The Minnesota State University System consists of 33 state universities,community colleges, technical colleges and combined community and technical colleges locatedon 53 campuses. The system serves approximately 235,000 students annually in credit-basedcourses and another 130,000 in non-credit courses. A primary vehicle for the state universitysystem’s online entity support is largely demonstrated through seed grants for online course orprogram development. As pedagogically necessary, portions of the online program or coursewere able to be customized to use applied activities such as a course cohort activity. For thedepartment courses either a capstone project or a lab experience were integrated
real industrial constraints, often interactive with a corporate sponsor. Students are challenged to design effective and efficient part manufacturing methods and complete production systems for commercial and industrial products. The common theme for students is mastering process and system design procedures that are applicable to any product in any industry. Graduates have been successful in manufacturing en- terprises that produce virtually every type of product–literally, from spacecraft to foodstuffs. Dr. Wells also leads innovation teams in two engineering venues: product realization capstone projects and a unique multidisciplinary undergraduate discovery-learning course. Dr. Wells’ active research lies in
, Proceedings of the 2010 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Louisville, KY.[6] Dahm, K., Riddell, W., Merrill, T., and Weiss, L., “Fostering Entrepreneurship While Teaching Design,” 2010, Proceedings of the 2010 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Louisville, KY.[7] Capraro, R. and Slough, S. W., Project Based Learning: An Integrated Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Approach, 2009, Sense Publishers, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.[8] Hyman, B., Borgford-Parnell, J., and Lin, Y., “Curriculum-Wide Project Based Learning by Refining Capstone Projects,” 2010, Proceedings of the 2010 American Society for
Page 25.458.2from multi-disciplinary projects such as the rapid prototype design of consumer products, awalking robot or various designs related to capstone senior design projects3, 4. Such projectsshow students how to use different types of technology, and demonstrate how advancedtechnology can be used in an actual application. However, many of these courses are offered inface to face format and do not pose many challenges as it is more difficult to duplicate similarexperiences for online students in the online graduate program. Overall, many different fields ofengineering can benefit from this application, enabling the development of skill and knowledgein many different engineering aspects and processes.Preliminary ResultsThe pilot course
development of facilities inlimited square footage for a combination of physical laboratories, teaching and computingspaces, in varying areas ranging from 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing to EngineeringMechanics. Additional laboratory design activities have also been carried out for creative andinnovative design spaces including some for integrated capstone and cross-disciplinary projects,along with off-campus development. This paper will summarize educational learning andresearch facility development trends in academia including selection of educational equipment,digital tools, flexible furniture, and utilization of white board paint or magnetic boards. Safetyand environmental issues are covered. The trends in K-12 education and their
program1. Majority of theinstitutions have a sequence of courses that emphasize different aspects of designeducation2. The sequence finally ends with the completion of a year-long capstone designproject as graduation requirement3,4. One of the stumbling blocks that students experiencein this process is their limited ability to work with real materials and processes to buildreal products and prototypes that are needed to demonstrate their designs. These issueshave been reported by several institutions. For example, “Learning by Doing” philosophywas implemented at CalPoly5 by incorporating machining, foundry and weldinglaboratory exercises in their curriculum. An experimental session in an otherwise theory-based class helped improve learning quality
had previously performed an extensive search for areplacement valve plug, but was unsuccessful. While the project’s scope was not appropriate fora senior capstone project, a good fit was found in the introductory 3D constraint-based modelingcourse. Working through an Honor’s Contract, the primary author reverse engineered andprototyped the value plug using precision measuring tools, a 3D modeling software, and thedepartment’s Maker Space.2 Figure 1: Steam Locomotive Valve PlugThe initial step in the process was to acquire precise measurements of the original part’sdimensions using a digital caliper. The primary author investigated precise measurementmethods and was careful to employee these methods when measuring
make decisions even though uncertainty exists. Not all factors are measurable or evenknown and sometimes decisions must be based upon probabilistic outcomes.Method of the projectThe Manufacturing Cost Analysis course, in the Manufacturing Engineering Technology(MNET) program at South Dakota State University, includes an inductive based project thatseeks to enhance learning and promote systems thinking of students taking the course. Thecourse is not considered a capstone course but rather a course designed to present topics ofmanufacturing cost estimating and engineering economy to senior level students. While theprimary goal of the course is cost analysis, the instructor recognizes the importance of systemsthinking and uses problem based
vocational education as a Master Teacher in the Plastics Technology program at Minuteman Regional Technical High School. He is also an adjunct professor for the Plastics Engineering Program at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell. He has been a consultant to Ford Motor Company, Polaroid Inc., Timken Aerospace, and SMITHS Industries. He was also a guest scientist at the Army Materials Research in the Composite Development Division. He continues to co-teach Technology Studies courses with the technology faculty at Keene State College. He has published numerous articles over the years in engineering technology and materials research. He is a consultant on the Virtual Ideation Platform (VIP) project for Central Maine
medicalresearch are available in the market such as EnvisionTEC 3D-Bioplotter, however they areusually extremely expensive. Collaborating with the medical school, this project will design andbuild new extruding systems on a low-cost RepRap machine. One RepRap Prusa i3 printer ismodified able to extrude independently two different hydro-gels dedicated to the stem cellresearch. The modification is expected to utilize other 3D printing methods to create parts. Thisis a team's Capstone Design Project with students involved to promote and extend theapplications of 3D printing. Student working processes of design, hardware modification, as wellas testing procedures will be observed and recorded. The project activities, the testing results,and the students
capstone projects Figure 4. UW-Stout’s comprehensive recruiting and retention strategies.Marketing StrategiesWhen listed together, the programs that University of Wisconsin-Stout either directly runs orsupports looks like an amazing array of direct manufacturing engineering programs to ones thatare more generically recruiting engineers at very early ages. Programs like STEPS2, FIRSTLEGO League, Skills USA, and Science Olympiad, target students as young as elementaryschool to interest them in engineering and help them realize they can be involved in a fun andexciting career such as engineering and most importantly, help them realize they personally cansucceed in this career pursuits. For example, FIRST LEGO League (FLL) promotes a
crane (emulator) tocontrol the movement of the larger crane. The larger crane is controlled by an NXT brick and the smallcrane is controlled by an Arduino microcontroller. Communication with the NXT brick and theArduino microcontroller is through Bluetooth communication technology. Page 26.1114.22. Candy Crane Design ProjectIt started as a challenge to a group of experienced students, who had worked in the mechatronicstechnology center at the college for two year, on whether they can build a functional CandyCrane one month before the 2012 New York Maker Faire. It was later adopted as one of thedesign projects in a capstone course called