Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David C. Che, Geneva College; David Allen Clark, Geneva College; David W. Shaw, Geneva College; James S. Gidley, Geneva College

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

of a SAE Baja team tobe formed and financed was a distant one. But a series of events happened in the 2008/2009academic year that prompted the birth of the college‟s first ever SAE Baja team. It was quite ajourney for all involved. We started from scratch with no experience and little resources. Thelearning curve was steep during the first year, and there were crisis moments during the secondyear. And now we are on our journey of a third year.It was set up as a two semester senior capstone design project since its start. We soon realizedthat it was not all vehicle dynamics that we had to deal with, but also team/group dynamics.Lessons were learned in building a successful team and the importance of team work, individualaccountability and

Conference Session

Teaching Software Engineering Process

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Harry Koehnemann; Brian Blake; Gerald Gannod; Kevin Gary

an outsourcing model. Software RequirementsSpecification (SRS) documents created by CST415 students in the Fall may be used as theblueprints for outsourced development teams enrolled in CST316 in the following semester.2.2 Capstone project at Arizona State University TempeThe Department of Computer Science and Engineering on the Tempe Campus of Arizona StateUniversity offers five courses as part of a Software Engineering concentration track:Introduction to Software Engineering (CSE360), Distributed Computing with Java and CORBA(CSE 445), Software Analysis and Design (CSE460), Software Engineering Project I (CSE461),and Software Engineering Project II (CSE462). CSE 360 provides students with their first groupproject within this track in the

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohamad Ahmadian

Session 2147 A Senior Seminar Course for Engineering Technology Outcomes Assessment Mohamad H. Ahmadian Electronics Engineering Technology Eastern New Mexico University Portales NM 88130 Mohamad.Ahmadian@enmu.eduAbstract Traditionally, a capstone course includes projects where students work in teams on a givenproblem. Results are reported to the course instructor when the project assignments are completedat the end of the semester

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Mechanical ET

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Vijay Vaidyanathan; Preeti Nagarajan; Roman Stemprok

data acquisition in real-time.8) Prepare class presentations that are well researched, grammatically correct and which interpretprinted material relevant to instrumentation design.It was decided to enhance the course with introduction of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)principles. In addition to the existing laboratory exercises that fulfill the objectives of the course, itwas decided to introduce a comprehensive project that would enable the students to apply PLMprinciples to their academic investigations. The application of PLM principles in various phases ofthe project would enable the instructor to simulate an industry environment in the classroom. Forthis reason, it was decided to make the instrumentation course, a capstone course for

Conference Session

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division Technical Session 5: Remote, Hands-On Laboratories

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lifford McLauchlan, Texas A&M University - Kingsville; David Hicks; Mehrube Mehrubeoglu, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi; G. Beate Zimmer, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi

students to analyze the instructor’s lab data, this did not provide thestudents with hands-on practical lab skills and experience with the associated equipment. Wedecided to develop a lab kit that students can borrow to work on lab-based assignments off campusto address this issue.Raspberry Pi and IoT AssignmentsA basic IoT learning kit that uses a Raspberry Pi board (or similar basic processor board) alongwith a collection of sensors will be utilized for IoT-based applications and projects as part of thesenior design capstone courses in computer science and electrical engineering at Texas A&MUniversity-Kingsville. The initial offering of these assignments will be in two senior designcourses with a total enrollment of about 30-40 students

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division 3 - Engagement in Practice Lightning Round: Fostering Reciprocal Partnerships and Empowering Change

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen M. Conroy, The Ohio State University; Patrick Sours, The Ohio State University; Adithya Jayakumar, The Ohio State University; Rachel Marie Tuttle

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

Paper ID #39229Engagement in Practice: Better Preparing Students for Community-EngagedEngineering by Restructuring an Academic Program, Minor, and Curricu-lumDr. Kristen M. Conroy, The Ohio State University Dr. Kristen Conroy has a PhD in Biological Engineering from Ohio State University. Her main area of fo- cus is sanitation. She has worked with partner organization, UNiTED, to teach courses where engineering students focus on collaborative projects in Kpando, Ghana. She also teaches the Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering Capstone, Energy in Biological Systems, and the Introduction to Humanitarian Engineering

Collection

2024 ASEE-GSW

Authors

Shadi Balawi, Texas A&M University; Jonathan Weaver-Rosen, Texas A&M University; Joanna Tsenn, Texas A&M University; Mohammad Waqar Mohiuddin; Carlos R. Corleto P.E., Texas A&M University

-Rosen, Texas A&M UniversityDr. Joanna Tsenn, Texas A&M University Joanna Tsenn is an Assistant Professor of Instruction in the J. MikeWalker ’66 Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University. She earned her B.S. from the University of Texas at Austin and her Ph.D. from Texas A&M University. She coordinates the mechanical engineering senior capstone design projects and teaches senior design lectures and studios. Her research interests include engineering education and engineering design methodology.Mohammad Waqar Mohiuddin Possesses a multidisciplinary background in Mechanical Engineering (BS and MS) and cardiovascular physiology (Ph.D.). Currently working as an Instructional Assistant

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Stephen; Jerry Weinberg

Capstone Course.The HCI course provides students with the basis for performing the design work in theircapstone projects. The capstone projects are solicited from the University and local community.Because these are actual projects with non-computer professional users it is important that thestudents understand how to interact, gather data, and design with users who do not have acomputing background.The HCI course is structured around the steps in the Contextual Design approach5: • User interviewing & observation • Data modeling & model consolidation • Brainstorming • Paper prototyping • Usability testingContextual Design relies on ethnographic techniques from anthropology6, 4, 7, 8. Ethnography is amethod of

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering: Design and Labs

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adam Wickenheiser, University of Delaware; Jenni Buckley, University of Delaware; Amy Trauth, University of Delaware; Marcia Gail Headley, University of Delaware

active learning exercises such as machine dissections [7] and mini-projects [3,6], aswell as semester-long team-based design projects that culminate in a “paper design” or physicalprototype [2,8,9].Substantive, open-ended design projects are frequently used in middle years Machine Designcourses [2,8,9], and there is an entire body of educational research to support and guide thispractice. First, middle years design experiences are an opportunity to orient students towardsmore technically and logistically complex project scopes that serve real-world clients. Theseexperiences are preparation for not only senior capstone, which frequently involves interactingwith external sponsors or end-users [10], but also professional practice. Second, team

Conference Session

Teaching and Assessment Methodologies

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bimal P. Nepal, Texas A&M University; Barry Lawrence, Texas A&M University; Esther Rodriguez-Silva PhD, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

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

Conference Session

ECCD Applications in Energy and Thermodynamics

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Cherif Megri, North Carolina A&T State University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

buildingincluding its structural, HVAC and electrical systems. Students also review and deepen theirunderstanding of architecturally related topics including special layout and building codesrequirements.Most importantly, project methodology will be discussed. We discuss the capstone designprogram from students’ point of view, and the experience earned in design, integration, and alsoin written and oral communication skills. Methodology used to evaluate the effectiveness of thecapstone design program in term of learning outcomes is also described.Introduction:The Architectural Engineering Senior Project Capstone Class (AREN 485/486) proposes to usean actual industrial facility as the basis for the senior project. The purpose of the class is toprovide

Conference Session

Construction Session 2: PM, BIM, and Collaboration

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carla Lopez Del Puerto, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez; Luis G. Costa Agosto, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez; Douglas D. Gransberg PhD, PE, Iowa State UIniversity

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Construction

required curriculum in Construction Engineering and Management programs.IntroductionFrom an owner’s perspective, Preconstruction services (PCS) consist of all the work completedon the project from the conception through the contract award. It includes activities such asconceptual design, feasibility studies, preliminary engineering, and many other activities until theconstruction contract is awarded. Capstone courses are offered at most Construction Engineeringand Management programs in order to integrate and apply the knowledge gained during astudent’s academic degree. According to Gehrig et al., capstone courses “are usually structuredin a manner that requires student teams to design construction operational plans for realisticprojects” [1

Conference Session

Beneficial Case Studies in AEC Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edmond Saliklis, California Polytechnic State University; Robert Arens, California Polytechnic State University; Joseph Hanus, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

Development Program (IDP), post B.Arch. The IDP carefully monitorscompetence in basic comprehension of a wide range of practical architectural experiences priorto allowing the junior architect to sit for the licensing exam. Page 14.1126.8ConclusionsWe close by advocating that in upper level interdisciplinary or in capstone projects, that facultyencourage students to explore both ends of the taxonomy. A practical way of ensuring this is tocontinually nurture in the students a sense of appreciation of the context of their work, bothhistorical and contemporary/global, along with guidance in the techniques necessary to achievethese ends. A pedagogically

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 2

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn Hasz, Carthage College; Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University & Carthage College

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

Applications, Business Operations, and Theatre Arts, among others.Students will take courses in this area of interest and apply an engineering mindset to develop ahybrid set of skills and experiences, followed by a semester-long senior thesis project. The BS inEngineering is designed to be ABET accreditable and will provide students with a strongtechnical engineering background through upper-level courses taken the junior and senior yearand a yearlong capstone engineering project.All students also complete the broad college core distribution requirements, maintaining theliberal arts standards of the college. Both programs will be completed within the 130-credit capfor the college. These programs specifically draw on the strengths of the college to

Conference Session

Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fanyu Zeng, Indiana Wesleyan University

Tagged Divisions

International

the softwareengineering curriculum. This analysis particularly includes examining: • Team projects • Senior student capstone project reports and Master’s degree thesis • Curriculum for software engineering • Student end of course surveyCurriculum Review, Interview, Observations, Evaluation, and Survey StudiesAlthough this study mainly relies on quantity data analysis from observation, evaluationand survey, it is still feasible to review existing curriculum, interview Chinese instructorsfor their valuable personal experience and observe a sample of student’s project workfirst. Personal experience is always easy to obtain and results could be directly used togather findings. Interviewing Chinese instructors to obtain their personal

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Meyer, Purdue University; Mark Johnson, Purdue University School of ECE; Cordelia Brown, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

, where networked computers arereadily available, nor does it occur when all team members are working in the same physicallocation. Our hypothesis is that equipping each project team with wireless Tablet PCs should notonly significantly improve the spontaneity (and regularity) with which the on-line lab notebooksare updated, but also facilitate collaboration among team members working on the design projectat different locations. An HP Technology for Teaching Grant has provided a critical mass ofTablet PCs to test this hypothesis. A description of how the equipment provided is beingutilized, along with a discussion of the preliminary results obtained, is presented in this paper.IntroductionIn most team-oriented capstone design courses, creation

Collection

2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Walter O. Craig

(Entergy) and a HR representative from theRaytheon company. Members serving on the Industry Advisory Committee have direct input intothe EET curriculum for technology students. Their input is valuable and helped to developcourses that our students needed in the manufacturing environment. One new course developedwith industry input was our new Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) course.5 Anotherrecommendation made by the IAC was to have students become familiar with fundamentals ofthe design process, working on design projects before the senior capstone design course. Designprojects need to be integrated into the curriculum early on. Projects should be small in scope andincrease in design complexity starting from the basic (DC/AC) courses to the

Collection

2007 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Brian P. Self; Lynne A. Slivovsky; Kevin Taylor; Sema Alptekin

Copyright © 2007, American Society for EngineeringPast ProjectsComputer Engineering (CPE), Electrical engineering (EE), Mechanical Engineering (ME), andIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering (IME) have all had a great deal of success with servicelearning. CPE has a a two-quarter Capstone Design experience that provides teams of studentswith large, loosely defined projects for real-world customers.In the first year of the capstone, all projects involved Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) andwere designed and implemented for the new RFID Center on campus, a collaborative centerbetween multiple engineering and agriculture disciplines. Example projects include an ActiveTag Design, a Smart Shelf System, and an RFID Entry System. The

Conference Session

Curriculum Development 1

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Chau M. Tran, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Professional Engineering Education Papers

Paper ID #36578Entrepreneurial Mindset (EM) in Undergraduate Vibration ClassDr. Chau M. Tran, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University Chau Tran is an Associate Teaching Professor in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering department at NC State University. He is currently the course coordinator for capstone senior design and previously was the course coordinator for Vibration, the director for undergraduate advising and the director for undergraduate laboratory. He teaches senior design and Vibration annually. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from NC State University in 1998

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality Assurance in engr edu

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Creese

3) Government Funding versusUniversity Business Operations. Each of these differences will be presented in detail.Project-Based Education The US system of education can be described as a course-based educational program inwhich the students pass a set of required courses and are awarded their bachelor’s degree. Somecourses have pre-requisites, but most courses are separate islands of knowledge. Programsattempt to integrate these separate islands of knowledge with a “Capstone” or “Senior Design”courses, but these are 1 or 2 courses and, out of the total program, they represent a total of 1/6 to1/3 of a single semesters work or 3-5 percent of the total program. These courses may be teamprojects, but often are individual projects. One

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael M. Umbriac, University of Michigan; Amy Hortop, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

 process is described in more detail in a later section.  In this way, we aim to greatly reduce the occurrence of “rushing to get a job done”, knowing that mistakes and accidents could occur as a result.  (Jiminez et al, 2014)  Similarly, for a capstone design class in which each student team is building a unique project, we believe that requiring the students to write a safety plan and to get it approved by the instructors before construction will ensure that they will consider the safety risks that could occur during the build and test phases of their project, and to take corrective actions to eliminate or minimize these risks.  Some peer institutions also have a similar requirement (Kemsley, 2011.)  Design­Build­Test [Work space] Upon

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; Christine Kelly, Oregon State University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees

to the workon instructional development, the degree of assessment has been sparse.11-13Our intent is to provide students a capstone experience in which they can apply experimentaldesign in a context similar to that of a practicing engineer in industry. The objectives of thisresearch are to explore the types of cognition and social interactions of student teams as theyengage in these virtual laboratories, to determine the role of instructional design in the responseof student teams, and to ascertain whether virtual laboratories can effectively promote types oflearning that are difficult or impossible to achieve from physical laboratories.Objectives The specific objectives of the NSF CCLI Phase 2 project are to: 1. Create the following

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Williams; Robert Doty

Session 2793 A Practice-Based Senior Design Experience Robert T. Doty, Stephen M. Williams Baylor UniversityAbstractThis paper presents an overview of a practice-based capstone design experience. Informationabout past industrial sponsorship of course projects, course structure and requirements,professional practice integration, and assessment results is provided. A primary objective of theexperience is to transition students from their classroom roles into their professional roles aspracticing engineers. Details of how the course facilitates this transition

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Tuesday 5-Minute Work-in-Progress Postcard Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julian Ly Davis, University of Southern Indiana; Arthur L. Chlebowski, University of Southern Indiana; David J. Ellert PE, University of Southern Indiana

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

firstyear (Systems Engineering and Freshman Design) and senior level (Senior Capstone). As awork in progress, the goal of this curriculum is to give first year engineering students the abilityto recognize and experience the importance of Outcomes C, D, and G. In addition, the programaims to improve these skills throughout a student’s schooling, into their Senior Capstone, andbeyond. This institution has made several changes to their Systems Engineering and FreshmanDesign course that focus on these three outcomes and as students reach graduation, they arereevaluated to assess the effects that their freshman design course has on their practices used intheir Senior Capstone.The Conceive-Design-Implement-Operate (CDIO) framework for project execution

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamed Galaleldin, University of Ottawa; Hanan Anis, University of Ottawa; Patrick Dumond, University of Ottawa

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

them to an authentic and iterative engineering design activity helps studentsincrease their self-efficacy and confidence in relation to their design skills.This paper addresses the research gap in the Maker Movement literature about the impact thatthe integration of making activities into cornerstone design courses has on engineering students.The existing literature lacks studies that aim to determine specific impacts of maker education onstudents’ technical or soft skills [16]. This study follows fourth-year mechanical engineeringstudents in their capstone design course and explores the effects of different students’ learningexperiences on the outcome of their capstone design project. Students who took one or both ofthe courses discussed

Conference Session

Computing and Information Technology Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Anastasia Kurdia, Tulane University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Computing and Information Technology

courses complementing the primary major, and atwo-semester capstone project course; 10 courses worth 30 credit hours in total.Figure 1: Program outline. Shaded courses form a required core. Arrows to electives are notdrawn, different core courses are prerequisites for different electives.2.2 Core coursesThe goal of the core courses is to develop fundamental knowledge and skills. All core courseshave non-credit weekly labs associated with them.2.2.1 Introduction to Computer Science IIntroduction to Computer Science I (Intro I) course is designed for students with no priorbackground in computing. It has two central aims. The first aim is to enable the students todevelop computational solutions to practical problems: • Break a

Collection

2024 PNW Section Annual Meeting

Authors

Ean H. Ng; Sage Kittelman; Ganapathy Natarajan; Javier Calvo-Amodio

for one class. The average of all check-in responses,represented with “1” in the image shows the class average. In this case, it shows that students aremainly preoccupied with life-related stress, and the stress level is average for the cohort, and that,on average, the students are generally positive that day. Figure 3. Plot of students’ responses to the Check-In Tool©Course Setup and Learning Outcomes AssessmentThis study was conducted in a senior-level engineering capstone design course, which is a requiredcourse to be completed during the semester when they graduate. The course spanned 15 weeks,students are divided into teams of three to four students. Each team is assigned a real-worldindustry project where students are

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Engineering Design and First-Year Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Marie Starkey, Pennsylvania State University; Nicolas F. Soria Zurita, Pennsylvania State University; Sarah C. Ritter, Pennsylvania State University; Matthew B. Parkinson, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

academically [1], [2]; academic environments can significantly affect students’ sense ofbelonging more broadly [3], [4]. In the past decade, makerspaces have emerged as a criticalspace for informal learning on college campuses, fostering creativity and curiosity inundergraduate students through hands-on projects and activities. The Learning Factory at ThePennsylvania State University has been an active makerspace for students and the communitysince 1995. While the space started as a 3,500 sf building ([5], [6]), it has recently grown to over40,000 sf integrated into the new 105,000 sf Engineering Design and Innovation Building, wheremost cornerstone and capstone courses are taught. These courses have always incorporatedmaking into the curriculum, but

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Innovation II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Waldron, Grand Valley State University; Pramod Chaphalkar, Grand Valley State University; Shabbir Choudhuri, Grand Valley State University; John Farris, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

AC 2008-2172: TEACHING DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE OF MECHANICALSYSTEMS - PART IIWilliam Waldron, Grand Valley State UniversityPramod Chaphalkar, Grand Valley State UniversityShabbir Choudhuri, Grand Valley State UniversityJohn Farris, Grand Valley State University Page 13.1156.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Teaching design and manufacture of mechanical systems using multidisciplinary teams-Part IIIntroductionA lot of progress has been made in recent years in improving engineering education, e.g.,emphasizing communication skills, working in teams, integration of computer-aided engineering(CAE), and capstone/senior design projects

Conference Session

Study Abroad, International Exchange Programs, and Student Engagements

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tiago R Forin, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

International

accustomed totravel in a developing nation and that I wanted to use my educational background in particular toaddress how end users of the filter design can properly be educated in its use and benefits.Within a month, I was informed that I was selected for the project. Starting in January, we hadour first class meeting. Myself included, there were thirteen students in the class. I was the onlygraduate student but the majority of the class included senior level students from the School ofAgricultural and Biological Engineering (ABE) at Purdue. These seniors were using the projectas a capstone-design project, a graduation requirement. Two students were from the School ofChemical Engineering and another student was from the School of Pharmacy. These