demonstrated in the context of such a project. These include the ability todesign a system, process or component to meet desired needs and the ability to function on amultidisciplinary team. This paper describes a recent California State University, Northridgesenior design project in which engineering (computer, electrical, and mechanical) and computerscience students work on a multidisciplinary team to design, build, test, and eventually launch aCubeSat carrying a research experiment. The scope of this project has provided an excellentopportunity for computer science students to collaborate with engineering students. In additionto its value as a motivational multidisciplinary project, the project has given students anopportunity to collaborate with
Paper ID #9723A THIRD-YEAR REVIEW OF DESIGN AND PACKAGING FOR SENSORSYSTEMSDr. M. Brian Thomas, Trine University Dr. Thomas is an Assistant Professor in Design Engineering Technology at Trine University (formerly Tri-State University) in Angola, Indiana. He enjoys coaching students as they learn through projects and other hands-on activities.Dr. Andrea Mitofsky, Trine UniversityDr. Vukica Jovanovic, Old Dominion University Dr. Jovanovic is currently serving as Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology De- partment, Frank Batten College of Engineering and Technology, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
Paper ID #10350Case study of a Multidisciplinary Engineering Capstone Design Project: Elec-tric Drive Control SystemDr. Amit Shashikant Jariwala, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Jariwala is the Director of Design & Innovation for the School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech. He graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Production Engineering from the University of Mum- bai, India with honors in 2005 and received Masters of Technology degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2007 from IIT Bombay, India. He was awarded a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech in 2013, with minors in Entrepreneurship. Dr
interested in developing novel medical devices. In addition to his technical research, he is also an active member of American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) and conducts research in engineering education.Ms. Motahareh Tina Alaei, Minnesota State University, MankatoMr. Michael Ryan Lynch Page 24.370.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014Design of a Power Substation: Technical Learning in the Context of an Industry-Sponsored ProjectAbstractIron Range Engineering (IRE) is a project-based, non-traditional engineering program in whichstudents gain technical
ethics of, ASCE2, ASME3, and NSPE4. The authors have investigated the use ofsustainability concepts of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) criteriaand have applied principles to several undergraduate research projects and in coursework. LEEDis an optional sustainability guideline in private construction and is mandated or encouraged bymany federal, state, and local governments for public construction projects. Learning aboutsustainability will help engineers understand how their creations will interact with and operate ina more complementary manner with the natural world as well as to reduce water, energy, andmaterial usage.Sustainability has been implemented in the engineering curriculum, particularly in courses suchas
Design Project for the Freshman Engineering Experience Page 24.178.2 An Update to a Multidisciplinary Hydroelectric Generation Design Project for the Freshman Engineering ExperienceAbstractA two-semester freshman course sequence at Norwich University brings MechanicalEngineering (ME), Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) and Electrical and ComputerEngineering (ECE) students together during the first semester for a general Introduction toEngineering course. They complete the second introductory course in the sequence in theirrespective disciplines. A final project in the second semester that could bring the students backtogether to make discipline-specific
Paper ID #8608Competitive Placement of Engineering Students on Multiyear Project TeamsDr. Harold R Underwood, Messiah College Dr. Underwood received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at UIUC in 1989, and has been a faculty member of the Engineering Department at Messiah College since 1992. Besides teaching Circuit Anal- ysis, Electromagnetics, and Communications Systems, he supervises students in the Communications Technology Group on the credited Integrated Projects Curriculum (IPC) track and those participating vol- untarily via the Collaboratory for Strategic Parnternships and Applied Research. His on-going projects
Paper ID #10170A Hybrid Interdisciplinary Mechatronics Engineering Course Using ContentBased Learning and Project Based LearningProf. Genisson Silva Coutinho P.E., Instituto Federal de Educac¸a˜ o, Ciˆencia e Tecnologia da Bahia Genisson Silva Coutinho currently teaches in the Department of Mechanical and Materials Technology at the Instituto Federal de Educac¸a˜ o, Ciˆencia e Tecnologia da Bahia. He is a mechanical engineer and holds a Bachelor’s degree in law and a Master’s degree in mechanical engineering. He has been teaching at different levels, from the first year of technical high school to the final year of
Paper ID #9523Expanding and Improving the Integration of Multidisciplinary Projects in aCapstone Senior Design Course: Experience Gained and Future PlansDr. Michael P. Frank, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering Dr. Michael P. Frank has been coordinating the involvement of Electrical and Computer Engineering stu- dents in the Senior Design program at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering since 2011. He previously advised several individual senior design teams as an assistant professor in the ECE department during the period 2004-2007. Prior to that, he coached several industry-sponsored multidisciplinary senior design teams in
Paper ID #8571The Wicked Problems in Sustainable Engineering (WPSE) Initiative: PilotResults of a Cross-Institutional Project-Based Course OfferingJustin L Hess, Purdue University, West Lafayette Justin Hess is a Ph.D. candidate at Purdue University’s School of Engineering Education and a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow. He received his BS in Civil Engineering in 2011 with a minor in philosophy and hopes to receive his MSCE in December of 2014, both from Purdue University. His research focuses on understanding engineers’ core values, dispositions, and worldviews. His disser- tation focuses on
nine years of research experi- ence in modeling, simulation, engineering design, and manufacturing process development, with research focus on design of polymer based micro additive manufacturing process. During his Ph.D. studies, he was also a participant of the innovative TI:GER R program (funded by NSF:IGERT), which prepares students to commercialize high impact scientific research results. Dr. Jariwala has participated and led several research projects from funded by NSF, the State of Georgia and Industry sponsors. At Georgia Tech, he is responsible for enhancing corporate support for design courses, managing design and fabrica- tion/prototyping facilities, coordinating the design competitions/expo and teaching
content andtechnical content together in ways that are manageable by faculty who are not engineers. Thecourse in professional and technical writing at our college is required of all engineering andcomputer science majors and is usually taken in the junior year. The course has undergone manytransformations in content and focus since it was first developed in 1994. The latest iterationblends communication principles with technical projects that can bridge the divide and helpstudents see how the two fields are intricately intertwined in the engineering workplace.This paper reflects on the work-in-progress at Rose-Hulman focused on helping our studentsdevelop their communication skills in technical contexts. Currently five faculty are
programming, mobile robotics, controlling actuators, using sensors), Mechanical Design (design projects, load and failure analysis, manufacturing) and Software (computer simulation, Windows programming, serial and wireless communications). From 2007 to 2010, Dr Sam Cubero worked at the University of Southern Queensland, teaching subjects such as mechatronics, robotics and machine vision, PBL design projects, stress analysis (solid mechanics), engineering graphics, and supervising final year engineering projects. In 2010, Dr Sam Cubero moved to Abu Dhabi UAE (United Arab Emirates) and currently works there as an Assistant Professor in the General Studies Department, Arts and Sciences Program. He has lectured in areas such
inmultidisciplinary engineering design problems. Modern-world engineering problems are oftendescribed as no longer solely within a single discipline. For example, traditional mechanicalengineering designs often now involve software, controls, electronics and perhaps biology, etc.One primary difficulty in posing multidisciplinary design problems in the undergraduatecurriculum is that within the student body of a course there is variety in the past courses andexperiences. An instructor can only expect students to have taken the pre-requisite courses,which thereby limits the range of multiple disciplines that a project can cover. Further,instructors from these other disciplines are typically not available during the course project forlearning and consulting on
, fire protection and lighting. Also, he supervises many courses in the frame of interprofessional projects (IPRO) program. Areas of Interests: - Zonal modeling approach, - Integration zonal models/building energy simulation models, - Zero Net Energy (ZNE) building, - Airflow in Multizone Buildings & Smoke Control, - Thermal Comfort & Indoor Air Quality, - Predictive modeling and forecasting: Support Vector Machine (SVM) tools, - Energy, HVAC, Plumbing & Fire Protection Systems Design, - Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) Application in Building, - BIM & REVIT: application to Architecture and Electrical/Lighting Design systems
Adventurers must do this: Adventurers must also do this:TasksWeek 1 Uncovering Your Creative Identity9/1-9/7 - Week One Content Quiz - Complete at least 1 Exercise & Reflection SurveyWeek 2 Idea Generation Project Phase 1: Exploration Statement9/8-9/14 - Week Two Content Quiz & Reflection - Complete at least 1 Exercise & Reflection SurveyWeek 3 Idea Evaluation9/15-9/21 - Week Three Content Quiz - Complete at least 1 Exercise & Reflection SurveyWeek 4 Creative Collaboration Project Phase 2: Design Statement &9/22-9/28 - Week Four
education has been noted by the National Academyof Sciences 4 and echoed in the “Engineer of 2020” report of the National Academy ofEngineering5 and more recently in President Obama’s strategy for American innovation6.Following the lead of the NAS and NAE, several universities have launched a variety oftechnology commercialization and entrepreneurship programs – short courses, workshops, cross-disciplinary courses, commercialization projects, and others7.This paper describes a sequence of three technology commercialization courses in the Master ofBiotechnology Program at Northwestern University. We developed these courses based onrecommendations of our industrial advisory board, our interactions with business developmentprofessionals, previously
Paper ID #10095Satellite Design for Undergraduate Senior CapstoneMr. Joseph Thomas Emison, Taylor University Joseph Emison is a Senior Engineering Physics Major at Taylor University. From spring 2013 to present he has served as the Project Engineer and VLF/E-Field Sensing Lead of the Taylor University ELEO-Sat nanosatellite in the Air Force Research Lab’s University Nanosatellite Program competition. Joseph will graduate in December 2014 and eager to continue doing research, whether in graduate school or industry.Miss Kate Yoshino, Taylor University Kate Yoshino is a junior at Taylor University studying Engineering
to motivate students throughout the engineering science classes. Third year courses. Use exercises and projects in which students apply engineering knowledge to topics in sustainability. Fourth year courses. Ensure students’ knowledge of sustainability in the senior seminar and require that students consider sustainability in senior design projects.In each year we continue the previous strategies and add more, so that by the senior year, thestudents find sustainability a natural part of engineering and a natural view of the world. Explicitinstruction on sustainability is done as “bookends” with an introduction to the topic in the first
sequence, students work to design and construct prototypesof human-powered vehicles for a client with cerebral palsy who lives in the local community. Aclient with cerebral palsy provides not only a real, client-based design experience, but also anopportunity requiring that the students develop a new customer persona differing from the“myself-as-the-customer” model; this process has proved challenging for many of the students.Ideally, by the end of the academic year, students should learn the importance of disassociatingthemselves from the customer as well as understand the ethical obligations associated with beingan engineer.A critical component of this sophomore project is the development of identity and communityamong a cohort of students. The
Paper ID #8676First-Year Engineering Students’ Communication of Nanotechnology Size &Scale in a Design ChallengeKelsey Joy Rodgers, Purdue University, West Lafayette Kelsey Rodgers is currently pursuing her PhD in engineering education at Purdue University. She is a member of the Network for Computational Nanotechnology (NCN) education research team. She con- ducts research within the First-Year Engineering Program to help understand what and how students are learning about nanotechnology. Her current projects involve investigating students’ understanding of size and scale concepts, the cross-disciplinary nature of
strategy currently employed for addressing assessment and eventualABET accreditation of the program. Each of these aspects is a great challenge for any newprogram, but due to the complexity and the interdepartmental multidisciplinary requirements of arobotics engineering program great care and effort was made to assure that the foundationalaspects of the program such as projects, research, and student learning were all complementaryto current and future success of the program. The author also discusses innovative approachesused in teaching within this program. The perspectives and impact of multidisciplinary designs,approaches, and experiences of the robotics engineering degree program on constituentsincluding students, faculty, administration
research includes in-depth case studies of three programs that seek to educateengineers as liberal learners: the engineering program at Harvey Mudd College (“HMC” Page 24.1374.2hereafter), a liberal arts college for engineers, scientists, and mathematicians; the PickerEngineering Program (“Picker” hereafter) at Smith College, the only ABET accreditedengineering program in a women’s liberal arts college; and the program of Design, Innovation,and Society (“DIS” hereafter) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, a program that blendsengineering, arts, and critical social studies in design learning.Data for the dissertation research project was collected
, she has been involved in research projects to develop, refine, and apply innovative assessment tools for characterizing student knowledge of sustainability. Her ultimate goal is to use this assessment data to guide the design and evaluation of educational interventions to improve undergraduate sustainability education. In the area of bioprocessing, Dr. Watson has experience using bacteria and algae to convert waste materials into high-value products, such as biofuels.Joshua Pelkey, AirWatch Joshua Pelkey is currently a product manager at AirWatch in Atlanta, GA. He completed his MS in Elec- trical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech and his BS in Computer Engineering from Clemson University. He has
expected by academy, society and organizations. For this reason, in our project we havedefined that:Def. 1. Professional profile: the set of skills and knowledge that a professional (i.e., an engineer) has or should have.Individual and Ideal ProfilesWe use the word ‘or’ in the previous definition in order to include two different concepts that have Page 24.1009.3been adopted in this project: ideal profile, a professional profile expected; and individual profile, aprofessional profile acquired. Formally, we propose the following definitions:Def. 2. Ideal profile: the set of skills and knowledge that a student must achieve according to
Presentation Oral Exam 1 Oral Presentation Scientific Knowledge County Fair Writing Written Reflections Teaming/Professionalism Press Conference Oral Presentation Design Deliverable Proposal Written Report Design Deliverable You-tube video Instructional Video Design Deliverable Page 24.1370.3 Employment Project Cover letter and Resume Resume & Cover LetterEach deliverable shown in Table 2 was assigned to a category with the grade distribution shownin Table 3. The design deliverable’s grade for each
into freshman-level humanities course and a junior-level technical course allowed students to make connections with what they learned earlier in their college careers. • Not insignificant is the fact that this interdisciplinary project brought together three people from very different academic areas to exchange ideas.The Museum - Contributions to the Synthesis of Art and EngineeringWhile the seeds may have been planted much earlier, the synthesis of art and engineering atMilwaukee School of Engineering formally began in 2001 with the gift of the Eckhart G. Page 24.784.2Grohmann Man at Work collection to the University
actively involved in the entrepreneurial process of establishing new companies. Since arriving at Charlotte I co-founded and I am the Chairman of the Board for PiES, Project for innovation, Energy and Sustainability, a non-profit green business incubator that incubated seven companies. I am a Fellow of Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (IEEE), Institute of Physics (FInstP), and the International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE). Page 24.1142.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 2014 ASEE Annual Conference
, and by an authorityderived from education and expertise. The historical development of engineering into aprofession highlighted the engineer’s role in social development and progress; the tradeoffsnecessary in engineering decision-making; and the need to anticipate “unintended consequences”and identify stakeholders who may be silent or lack social power.Student learning outcomes are listed in Table 1.Student work included several design projects, with documentation in the form of hand and CADdrawings, written descriptions, and oral presentations; design problem definition assignments;and writing assignments in which students reflected on their experiences and responded toreading assignments. This work was assessed to evaluate achievement of
design issues using nanoscale devices and systems, and communicate team project or team research term paper work through oral presentation, and technical report. [b, c, d]III. Nanoscience/Nanotechnology Multidisciplinary Research ProgramSeries of three research courses introduce students to the research methodologies. Students areassigned in teams to work with faculty mentors who will assign them to do literature search ongiven nanotechnology research topics including the development of research plan and time tablefor the given activities. Three individual research courses are also available for undergraduatestudents to conduct research throughout three semesters (one credit per semester). The threecredit research modules are considered as