Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design Projects

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David R. Mikesell, Ohio Northern University; John-David S. Yoder, Ohio Northern University; John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Ahmed Abdel-Mohti P.E., Ohio Northern University; Firas Hassan, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

further detail of the prior state of departmental capstone and design courses canbe found in the referenced paper.21 (It should be noted that each department retained discipline-specific courses to cover project management skills, engineering economics, and the process ofdesign.)The general framework created by the ad hoc committee was passed to a single faculty memberto act as the course administrator. This administrator, or Capstone Coordinator, worked withdepartmental representatives to create a syllabus, schedule, and assessment tools and methods forthe course. Negotiation was required to reach agreement on common objectives, language,grading, content of student reports, and presentations. The biggest challenge in this phase was toreconcile