Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 11

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Liping Liu, Lawrence Technological University; James A. Mynderse, Lawrence Technological University; Robert W Fletcher, Lawrence Technological University; Andrew L Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

aboutstudent skill development, engineering identity, education, and entrance into the workplace.Among other findings about student perceptions of design in the Academic Pathways Study finalreport, many students feel unprepared for capstone design projects and wish capstone occurredearlier in the curriculum [4]. Another finding was that students engaged in design projectsgenerally do not consider broad context [4]. A thrust of the current college-wide curricularmodification is the inclusion of PBL and EML in the junior year, such as the present work. Thisshould positively impact capstone design experiences in senior year by providing additionalsmaller-scale design experience (PBL and EML) and encouraging students to consider allstakeholders and the