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Design for Community

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2002 Annual Conference

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Darrell Gibson; Patricia Brackin

Session 2625 Capstone Design Projects: Enabling the Disabled Patricia Brackin, J. Darrell Gibson Department of Mechanical Engineering Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyAbstractThe purpose of this paper is to show how some of the ABET EC 2000 criteria can besatisfied with “service-learning” student design projects. In addition to meeting ABETrequirements, these “designing for the disabled” types of team design projects have other,less obvious, educational benefits that are not normally met with the traditional industrialprojects. Several examples of these types

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New Approaches in Engineering Curriculum

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2002 Annual Conference

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Thomas Boronkay; Janak Dave

Session 3460 INTERNATIONAL SENIOR CAPSTONE DESIGN INITIATIVE Thomas G. Boronkay, Janak Dave, Muthar Al-Ubaidi University of CincinnatiIntroductionEvery student in the Mechanical Engineering Technology Department must complete a SeniorCapstone Design Project course sequence as a requirement for the partial fulfillment of theBachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering Technology degree. Mechanical EngineeringTechnology students at the University of Cincinnati must design, build and test their product forthe satisfactory completion of the

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Capstone Design

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2002 Annual Conference

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Robert Rabb; Ronald Welch

Session 2425 Projects Day: Completion of the Engineering Capstone Design Robert J. Rabb, Ronald W. Welch United States Military AcademyAbstractProjects Day at the United States Military Academy (USMA) is an annual event to showcasesenior design projects. The goal of Projects Day is to “promote academic excellence” 1 byproviding senior students “with a public forum in which to present their senior theses or designprojects.” 1 The students work on these projects all semester and, in some cases, all year.Projects Day allows the students to present their projects, relate their

Conference Session

Design for Community

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2002 Annual Conference

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Brian Thompson; Craig Somerton

Session 2625 Community Outreach for Capstone Design: The Cycle Projects Craig W. Somerton and Brian S. Thompson Department of Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State UniversityIntroductionA current trend in engineering education is the incorporation of a service learning experience.One such example is the EPICS program at Purdue, which involves the volunteer work ofengineering students in the community [1]. Another approach, proposed herein, is to utilize thesenior capstone design experience in community outreach. This approach has been taken duringthe past three years in the mechanical engineering senior

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Charles Forsberg

Session # 2793 A Senior Capstone Project in Pump System Design Charles H. Forsberg Department of Engineering, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY 11549AbstractHofstra University recently received a grant from the American Societ y of Heating,Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) for students to design and build apump system demonstration unit for the mechanical engineering laboratories. The grant wasawarded through ASHRAE’s Undergraduate Senior Project Grant Program. Senior mechanicalengineering students designed and built the pump system as their capstone design

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Elhag Shaban

Session 2793 Capstone Design Projects in Undergraduate Electrical Engineering Education E. H. Shaban Electrical Engineering Department Southern University Email: eshaban@clsuter.engr.subr.eduIntegrating design in an undergraduate electrical engineering curriculum and theapplication of creative design ideas in senior capstone design projects have receivedample comments from repetitive ABET visitor’s teams. To address such a seriousdeficiency that is critical to the program survival, a radical change must be

Conference Session

Capstone Design

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2002 Annual Conference

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Pamela Neal; Erlind Royer; Kenneth Soda

project estimation, implementation and test are, at best, given verylimited coverage. Therefore, it is not uncommon for students reaching their capstone designproject to possess little, if any, experience with the practical aspects of successful design. Wehave developed a one semester-hour course, El Engr 463, Design Project Techniques, whichaddresses some of the practical aspects of design project planning and implementation that arenot covered in other courses. In this paper, we describe in detail the course topics and methodsused to introduce them. The course is divided into two parts. The first half of the course focusesupon practical hardware considerations. We discuss and demonstrate printed circuit boardfabrication, including board layout

Conference Session

Managing and Funding Design Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

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David W. Miller; Doris Brodeur

sequence, describes the project in the context of the learning experience, providesan assessment of the educational innovation, and suggests future modifications of the concept.The current capstone experience will also be described briefly. Overall, the first capstoneexperience was quite successful: a highly motivating project, a cohesive team of students, and aproduct that is being used nationally to advance space technology.IntroductionMost engineering programs include senior design capstone courses because they provideopportunities for upper-level undergraduate students to apply what they have learned to real-world problems. 1-3 The MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics has broadened thescope of a capstone design course to provide

Conference Session

ET Capstone Courses

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2002 Annual Conference

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Jay Porter; Behbood Zoghi; Joseph Morgan

Session 2648 Integrating Project Management into the Capstone Senior Design Course Jay R. Porter, Joseph A. Morgan, and Behbood Zoghi Texas A&M UniversityAbstractThe public and private sectors are demanding entry-level technical personnel that are well schooled inthe fundamental principles of their respective engineering and technology disciplines. Both of thesegroups are placing a premium on graduates who have had significant design experiences and haveparticipated in a team environment. Finally, these potential employers are

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Teaching Industrial Engineers Design

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2002 Annual Conference

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Joseph Emanuel

Session 2257 The Capstone Design Project: A Total Integration of Engineering Communications Joseph T. Emanuel, H. Dan Kerns, and Eric Kumpf Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Technology Bradley UniversityA common complaint from industry is that engineers are not good communicators. Althoughmost engineering programs require a speech course and one or more writing courses, thesecourses generally have two characteristics that prevent them from teaching students to be goodcommunicators. First, they are not focused on technical

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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James Long; Donald Leone

Session 2793 Using Professional Mentors for Capstone Design Projects at a Distance Donald Leone, James Long University of Hartford / Parsons, Brinckerhoff, Quade and Douglas, Inc.AbstractFor over ten years, the University of Hartford’s Department of Civil and EnvironmentalEngineering has used professional engineers from the local region as mentors for capstone designprojects. The mentor is asked to propose a candidate project, and if the project is selected by astudent group, to oversee its technical direction. The mentors become role models for thestudents, and by allowing students to visit their offices

Conference Session

Managing and Funding Design Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

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Timothy Lawrence; Michael Warner; Douglas Bayley

following course description alsoprovides some insight to the multi-disciplinary aspects of Engr 410. Course Description from Curriculum Handbook: Engr 410. Engineering Systems Design. 3(1). Application of the core disciplines to the overall systems analysis and design process in a capstone engineering design environment. Includes introduction and application of the Air Force systems acquisition process to completing a design project. Projects require attention to the engineering technical details of systems design as well as the Page 7.1127.2 economic, management, and social aspects of the process

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Capstone Mechanical Engineering Design

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2002 Annual Conference

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Wendy Reffeor; Jon Marvel

evaluation was based on the actual product performance, a written report, includingall necessary documentation, and an oral presentation by the students. An example of a studentproject that resulted from this integrative approach was the development of a push divertersortation conveyor. The machine components designed related to the gearing and coupling onthe sortation mechanism while the fabrication of the overall structure as well as the mountingmechanism were developed in fulfillment of the requirement for the manufacturing processesclass.III. ResultsAfter evaluating the results from the integration of the project, several strength and weaknessesof this approach were identified. On the benefits side, prior to the capstone project, the studentshad

Conference Session

ET Capstone Courses

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2002 Annual Conference

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Hamid Khan

Session 2648 Teaching to Design, Build, and Test in Senior Projects: Learning Outcomes in the Cognitive, Affective and Psychomotor Domains Hamid Khan Master of Technology Program Northern Kentucky University Highland Heights, KY 41099 khanh@nku.eduAbstract: ABET Criterion I.C.2.b: “Technical Design Courses ---- These are courses inpractice-oriented standard design applied to work in the field, such as construction, inwhich students acquire experience in carrying out established design

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Cross-Section of Construction Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Joseph Cecere

Capstone Course in Construction Management Joseph J. Cecere , Ph.D., CPC Pennsylvania State University/ HarrisburgABSTRACTCapstone courses offered in most construction engineering programs are designed to pull together much of whatthe student has already learned in previous courses. This will enable the student to gain an appreciation of howthe different aspects of a construction project come together. The course is not an in depth study of any onefunction or technical aspect, but rather a synergistic overview of the project

Conference Session

Issues in Physics and Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

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David Probst

required about thirteen more hours thanmost others on campus, putting it at a competitive disadvantage in the recruitment of majors. Inorder to address these two issues in a novel way, we have developed an interdisciplinary seniorseminar course that is being reviewed for inclusion in the University Studies Program. Thecourse will provide a major design experience for students from at least two departments in theCollege of Science and Mathematics as they work on a project requiring expertise and facultyfrom both disciplines.This paper will describe our program, the proposed course, UI4xx Capstone Experience, how itfits into the University Studies Program, and how it fits with the objectives of ABETEngineering Criteria 2000 1 Criterion 3

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Capstone Mechanical Engineering Design

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2002 Annual Conference

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Darrell Gibson; Patricia Brackin

Session 3566 Methods of Assessing Student Learning in Capstone Design Projects with Industry: A Five Year Review M. Patricia Brackin, J. Darrell Gibson Department of Mechanical Engineering Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyAbstractThe benefits of company sponsored student design projects, both to academia and to industry, havebeen well established recently in symposia and in publications. However, assessing these benefits inorder to improve the students’ experiences can be difficult. This paper discusses techniques ofassessment used

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students for Success

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2002 Annual Conference

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Steven Beyerlein; Robert Drew; Matthew Walker; Karl Rink; Dan Gerbus; Dan Cordon; Edwin Odom

Session 2555 Improving the Professional Skills of Engineering Graduate Students through Capstone Project Mentoring in IEWorks Dan Gerbus, Dan Cordon, Matthew Walker, Robert Drew, Edwin Odom, Steven Beyerlein, Karl Rink University of Idaho Mechanical EngineeringAbstractTraditional engineering graduate programs focus on coursework and thesis research, which mayor may not adequately develop students’ professional skills for engineering positions in industry.This paper describes an alternative graduate program

Conference Session

Design, Assessment, and Curriculum

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2002 Annual Conference

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Betsy Aller; Andrew Kline

Session 3425 Involving Industry in Capstone Design Courses: Enhancing Projects, Addressing ABET Issues, and Supporting Undergraduate Engineering Practice Andrew A. Kline, Betsy M. Aller Department of Paper, Printing Science and Engineering / Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI 49008Industry can influence and actively participate in capstone design courses in a variety of ways.Recent research indicates that situating

Conference Session

ECE Design, Capstone, and Engr. Practice

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2002 Annual Conference

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Michael Parten

Session 3232 Semester Long Projects in Electrical and Computer Engineering Laboratories Micheal Parten Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Texas Tech UniversityI IntroductionThe Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas Tech University began stand-alone project laboratories in the early 1960s. The project lab structure has continued to evolveover the past 40 years. 1-9 Students take 5, 3-hour credit laboratories not directly associated withany lecture course. Although the

Conference Session

Capstone Mechanical Engineering Design

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2002 Annual Conference

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Yves Mercadier; Pierre Vittecoq; Patrik Doucet; Jean-Sébastien Plante; Francois Charron; Yves Van Hoenacker

Session 3566 DESIGN PROJECTS IN THE MECHANICAL ENGINEERING CURRICULUM AT SHERBROOKE UNIVERSITY – PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE François Charron, NSERC Design Engineering Chair Patrik Doucet, Yves Mercadier, Yves Van Hoenacker, Pierre Vittecoq, and Jean-Sébastien Plante Department of Mechanical Engineering Faculty of Engineering University of Sherbrooke Sherbrooke, QC Canada1.0

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Capstone Design

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2002 Annual Conference

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John Paul Giolma; Kevin Nickels

Session 2425 Herding cats: a case study of a capstone design course J. Paul Giolma and Kevin M. Nickels Department of Engineering Science Trinity UniversityAbstractThe eight-semester design sequence in Engineering Science at Trinity University contains threemini-capstone design experiences (one mechanical, one chemical, and one electrical) and onecapstone design project in the senior year. Senior design is so unlike the well-defined designprojects encountered thus far in the curriculum, even the mini-capstone design projectsencountered

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Capstone Design

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2002 Annual Conference

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Raj Desai; Ted Loso; Dave Baird; Craig Downing; Gary Frey

order toaccomplish this, the following research questions were proposed: · Will drawing an object in 3-D and producing that part with a Rapid Prototyping system as part of an Industry initiated project improve student visualization skills? · Does industry and education see benefits in this type of partnership?To do this several courses and industrial projects were used and evaluated for visualization skillimprovement and perceived benefits to provide a more complete picture.NeedThe need is seen as twofold in nature. Industry needs both trained personnel and access tospecial services. Education needs to provide trained personnel and access to the latesttechnology possible. Graphics is one of the core areas and permeates most

Conference Session

Capstone Design

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2002 Annual Conference

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Jagannathan Sankar; Juri Filatovs; Devdas Pai

Session 2425 Integration of Materials Science into an Industrially-Sponsored Engineering Design Course D. M. Pai, G. J. Filatovs and J. Sankar NSF Center for Advanced Materials and Smart Structures Department of Mechanical Engineering NC A&T State University, Greensboro, NC 27411AbstractAn industrially-sponsored aluminum product design elective course offered over the past six yearshas dealt with a range of design projects principally chosen from the transportation and structuralfield. Engineers from industry present the

Conference Session

Capstone Design

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2002 Annual Conference

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Stephen Batill

earlier offerings of this project-based, team-oriented courseinvolved the type of corporate culture in which the design process took place, the nature of theproduct and an attempt to develop collaboration between students from engineering, marketingand design. The paper outlines the learning objectives for this course, its implementation andpresents a preliminary assessment of the impact of the changes.I. Introduction and Overview of the ExperimentThe capstone design class in the Mechanical Engineering program at Notre Dame has undergonea number of changes in the past few years that have altered the types of projects and theassociated technologies invoked by the students. The course is presented as a team-based,product-focused, design-build

Conference Session

Teaching Teaming Skills Through Design

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2002 Annual Conference

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Marvin Dixon

andteamwork. However, more is required to prepare engineering students to interact in teams withmembers of different backgrounds and to meet the challenges that they will encounter in theircareers. Universities and industry must work together to identify and eliminate those barriers toeffective teaming and communication. This paper addresses some of the issues associated withthe modification of the aforementioned capstone design activity to include multi-disciplinaryteams of engineering students addressing real industrial problems.Since 1970 over 3000 mechanical engineering seniors have teamed with other mechanicalengineering seniors in the capstone design class at Clemson University to address more than 200industrial projects proffered by 76

Conference Session

Capstone Mechanical Engineering Design

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2002 Annual Conference

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William Janna

, and the freshman-senior interaction isdescribed.BACKGROUND“Design of Fluid Thermal Systems” is a senior-level, capstone design course at the University ofMemphis. Students in this course are divided into groups of 3, 4 or 5 members who work Page 7.580.1together as a team on a design project. Selected projects are presented to the design teams who Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationmust bid competitively on three of the projects. The design team with the lowest bid is awardedthat

Conference Session

Teaching Innovations in Arch. Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

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Daniel Davis

Session 1606 A CAPSTONE DESIGN EXPERIENCE IN ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY Daniel Davis University of HartfordAbstractAt the University of Hartford, we have developed a “Capstone Design Experience” in an effort toimprove our Architectural Engineering Technology curriculum. By increasing the awareness ofthe interrelationships between different areas of study, we are attempting to strike a new balance.We have integrated the following into a single yearlong design project: research, programming,planning, history and theory

Conference Session

ECE Design, Capstone, and Engr. Practice

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2002 Annual Conference

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Paul Salama; Charles Yokomoto; Maher Rizkalla

Session 3232 Assessing Multi-disciplinary Teamwork in an EE Capstone Design Project in Video Compression and Error Concealment Over the Internet Paul Salama, Maher E. Rizkalla, and Charles F. Yokomoto Electrical and Computer Engineering Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis 723 W. Michigan Street Indianapolis, IN 46033I. Abstract In this paper, we describe the project, the weekly activities of the team, the method forassessing teamwork

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

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Brooks Byam

Session 1566 An Enhanced Educational Experience for Capstone Design Projects: Using SAE Student Groups in An Industry Sponsor Role Brooks P. Byam Department of Mechanical Engineering Saginaw Valley State UniversityAbstract The Mechanical Engineering Department at Saginaw Valley State University (SVSU) isenhancing the educational experience of students by using Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)student groups in the role of industry sponsor for capstone design projects. In many engineeringprograms, industry sponsors are used as a