Conference Session

Professional Practice and AEC Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suining Ding, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

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Architectural

and PractitionersAbstract This paper presents an analysis result of collaborative studio course that engagesstudents, faculty and practitioners. The collaborative studio is one of the two sequential capstonecourses. As the capstone studio experience of students’ academic design career, these twocapstone courses encourage students’ initiative and independence in design. Students arerequired to choose a practitioner as a reviewer for their projects. Reviewers are expected to cometo the design presentation critique at least twice during the semester. Throughout the semester,students are expected to share their information and views and to engage peers and visitingprofessionals in meaningful dialogue. The

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Ekwaro-Osire, Texas Tech University; Peter Orono, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

learning process is more critical, for the capstone designclass the final product is imperative. Both the pan-mentor and the industrial client will conductthe product evaluation.3. Course Assessment The pan-mentor, the students, and industrial clients at the end of project will assess the Page 11.435.4course. For each, the assessment tool will be a questionnaire developed by the pan-mentor. Forthe industrial clients, the questionnaire will ask for input regarding the relevance of the course totheir company, including areas of improvements, as well as the strong points of the course. Mostdesign projects, for example capstone design projects, will

Conference Session

Robotics, Automation, and Product Development

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph A. Morgan, Texas A&M University; Jay R Porter, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

. These tools need to create prototypes with higher levels of functionalintegration necessary to accommodate a diverse selection of embedded intelligence, sensors,actuators, communications and data storage technologies. In addition, the turn-around time fromprototype to commercialized product continues to decrease so that companies can be first tomarket, thus gaining important market share. Although there are a number of hardwaredevelopment tools available, none of these fully meets the demanding requirements of theaerospace, automotive, communications, medical, petrochemical industries1. Based on a numberof successful applied research and capstone design projects, the Controls and Data HandlingBranch at National Aeronautics and Space

Conference Session

Introduction to Engineering and More

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig Gunn

the senior students and carefully evaluate theactivity. Students were allowed to practice their teaming skills through the planning andimplementation aspects of the assignment and their communication skills through the reportingphase. This paper provides the relevant assignments and student feedback on the experience.The ProgramIn the week before classes began in fall 2003, careful planning went into the pairing of incomingfreshmen mechanical engineering students with senior capstone design teams in the Departmentof Mechanical Engineering. The projects in the capstone design course ranged from automotive Page 9.1031.1 “Proceedings of

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division: Integrating Design Across the BioE/BME Curriculum

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alyssa Taylor, University of Washington

documenting our experience integrating a series ofactivities into existing bioengineering courses.We first considered how to effectively integrate this topic into capstone given constraints such astime, other curriculum requirements, and student expectations for a focus on their own projects.We chose an approach that involved an introductory lecture on disability, accessibility, and UDfrom a local expert, follow-up individual reflection, and a team-based assignment that requiredstudents to apply UD concepts to their capstone projects. Based on the success and feedbackfrom seniors regarding the module, we next added a UD module to an Introduction toBioengineering Problem Solving course. Our multi-faceted approach included an overviewlesson, student

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael A. Cornachione; Harriet S. Cornachione

problem development,and part final design. The course instructor, in essence, guides students to a successful,technically correct conclusion. Despite these capstone design courses, students frequently have ahigh degree of anxiety entering the workplace as they still are not sure exactly what will berequired of them. Commonly, students express concerns about whether they can meet thedemands of their employers, once they are performing outside of the familiar classroomenvironment.In the business of engineering, the hierarchy of an office is substantially different than thatestablished at an institution of higher learning. Recent engineering graduates typically areassigned to a design group of engineers headed by a team leader. This team generally

Conference Session

CoNECD Session : Day 3 Slot 2 Technical Session 3

Collection

2021 CoNECD

Authors

Julia D. Thompson, University of San Francisco; Amalia Kokkinaki, University of San Francisco; Jes Parker, University of California, Berkeley; Hana M. Böttger, University of San Francisco; N. Jeremy Kasdin, University of San Francisco

Tagged Topics

CoNECD Paper Submissions, Diversity

or electives in • Capstone project in final year together another field. • Professional practice & internships Curriculum: special featuresIn order to promote the success and persistence of traditionally underrepresented students, ourcurriculum is heavily based on pedagogical techniques shown to increase their engagement.● Asset Based Learning ○ Provide opportunities for students to articulate the assets they arrive with, and embed the use of those assets in the lessons of engineering design● Community Engagement ○ Students work with communities throughout the curriculum, integrating engineering skills within the

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert H. Bond

change in the make up of the group will cause the group to gothrough some of the start up phases again, 3) When a group becomes a high performance team itis fun to be a member, 4) The results obtained by a high performance team represent trueserendipity. Page 4.361.5This is a very important part of the capstone design course, and in the training of effectiveleaders. It is important that leaders and members of project groups understand that a group ofpeople assigned a common task does not automatically represent a team. It takes consciouseffort to build and maintain a team of people focused on a common task. The instructor of thedesign course

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pablo K. Cornejo, California State University, Chico

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Environmental Engineering

performed well in the class (average = 84%, standard deviation = 7%) andon the final group project report (average = 90%, standard deviation = 4%). Future versions ofthis course could be improved by introducing LCA software earlier in the curriculum andintegrating this course as a pre-requisite or co-requisite to a senior capstone. By teachingstudents an innovative approach to the conventional evaluation-of-alternatives, students wereable to propose designs that minimize environmental impacts (e.g., carbon footprint) and provideeconomically feasible solutions simultaneously. Consequently, this paper highlights a viableteaching model for other universities integrate sustainability into their curriculum.IntroductionCoastal regions in the United

Conference Session

Teaching Industrial Engineers Design

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Manuel Rossetti; Kellie Scheider; Richard Cassady

7.229.1the University of Arkansas. We present our process for executing the course including “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2002, American Society for Engineering Education”information for project sponsors, the specification of the project deliverables for the course, aprocedure for selecting projects and clients, and a procedure for assessing student outcomes.Overview of the CourseIndustrial Engineering Design (INEG 4904) is a single-semester course generally taken duringthe last semester of study. The course draws on all prior required industrial engineering coursesby exposing the student to an integrated, capstone design experience. Thus

Conference Session

Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Zachary Jordan Bunn, United States Military Academy; Julia Lyn Wyatt, United States Military Academy; Joshua N. Burns, United States Military Academy; Brian Riser, United States Military Academy; Kevin P. Arnett P.E., United States Military Academy; Michael Gerhardt Oesterle, Naval Facilities Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Military and Veterans

requirements persist, as all services face the challenges posed by explosives safety.Beginning in the fall of 2019, researchers at the NAVFAC EXWC in Port Hueneme, CA andfaculty at USMA began partnering in search of mutually beneficial research and educationopportunities. This paper presents a unique research project and capstone experience at theundergraduate level that will benefit DoD research, active-duty service members, andundergraduate civil engineering students from June 2020 to May 2021. Three civil engineeringstudents embarked on a project-based study to support NAVFAC EXWC in their role as subjectmatter experts in protective construction for explosives safety for multiple military construction(MILCON) projects on Navy installations

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yaser Banadaki, Southern University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

based on their Acquiring computing and data science skills isfindings in the United States. Similarly, it has been essential for innovation and competitiveness thatpredicted [4] that in many states, mathematical and enables many underserved students to navigate successful STEM career pathways. Recent studies [9,10] found that students’ exposure to advanced CS research can be part of their senior capstone project ortechniques, such as machine learning (ML) as new thesis required for graduation supervised by both CSresearch tools for a variety of majors, can potentially and non-CS faculty. To implement effective SUREengage them in computing and

Conference Session

ETD Curriculum

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Troy Harding, Kansas State University, Polytechnic Campus; Thomas E. Mertz, Kansas State University, Polytechnic Campus; William E. Genereux, Kansas State University, Polytechnic Campus; Sue A. Guzek, Kansas State University, Salina; Timothy Bower, Kansas State University, Polytechnic Campus

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Engineering Technology

Database Sys 3 CMST485 Senior Capstone Project 6CMST283 Computer Sys Studio III 1 Hum/SS/Bus elective (300+) 3CMST335 Programming II 3 Science elective 4COMM106 Public Speaking I 3Humanities/Social Science elective The bolded courses will be discussed in Sophomore Spring more detail in the following sections.CMST252 System & Software Fund 3CMST315 Intro to System Admin 3CMST333 Com Sys Portfolio Defense 0CMST332 Web Development Project 3ENGL302 Technical Writing 3Science Elective

Conference Session

Classroom Innovations

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kim Blair; David W. Miller; David Darmofal; Col. Peter W. Young; Doris Brodeur

course in Aerodynamics, a casestudy from either industry or government is used to provide an authentic problem. In thepast, Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems provided scenarios for design projectsthat are typical of those encountered in the aircraft industry. Upper-level capstone coursesare entirely problem-based: Experimental Projects Laboratory Space SystemsEngineering, and the CDIO Capstone Course. In these PBL experiences, students identifyproblems of interest to them and experiment to find solutions, as well as design complexsystems that integrate engineering fundamentals in a multidisciplinary approach.The Director of The Learning Lab for Complex Systems in MIT's Aero/Astro Department

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Teamwork in Design Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charlotte Marr de Vries, Pennsylvania State University; Qi Dunsworth, Pennsylvania State University; Doyle Dodd, The University of Oklahoma

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

in Communication Studies and a Ph.D. in Educational Technology. She supports faculty in their effort to improve pedagogy, course design, and interdisciplinary curricula.Dr. Doyle Dodd, University of Oklahoma Industrial & Systems Engineering Capstone Coordinator ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Teaming Tribulations: Using a Role-Playing Game to Improve Teaming OutcomesAbstract:This paper discusses the development and implementation of a board game intended to simulateconversations and debates or negotiations that may occur in design-based projects. One of thechallenging tasks for a design group is learning how to collaborate and debate in a

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Anderson, United States Air Force Academy; Matthew Snyder, United States Air Force Academy; Michael Maixner, United States Air Force Academy

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Mechanical Engineering

capstone courses.The manufacturing processes presented include wood working, machining, welding andcomposite lay-up. In addition, software tools are introduced and compared including MicrosoftExcel®, MatLAB®, MathCAD®, and Inventor®. Key aspects of technical communicationincluding reading, writing and presenting are introduced and practiced. Finally, a two-lessonseminar on engineering ethics completes the content. A small desk set is constructed by thestudents as a capstone project, and draws on many of the skills learned throughout the course.To evaluate the course, students were surveyed frequently and faculty feedback was collected.The results presented show that the welding, machining and Excel® content was very successful,while general

Conference Session

PSW Section Meeting Papers - Disregard start and end time - for online paper access only

Collection

2019 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Zoe J. Wood, Cal Poly; Enrica Lovaglio Costello, CalPoly; Aaron W Keen, California Polytechnic State University; Christian Eckhardt, California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Pacific Southwest Section Meeting Paper Submissions

 a  collaborative, cross­disciplinary environment in which Art and Design students integrate coding  and algorithmic thinking in creative works and in which Computer Science students apply the  principles and methodology of design thinking to visual applications. The minor is composed  primarily of existing courses with the addition of a two­quarter long capstone project, in which  teams of students from mixed educational backgrounds work together to make a final creative,  technical project.  We also present demographic information about the three years of mixed  disciplinary cohorts that have been admitted to the CIA minor.  Each cohort averages 11 students

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan Budny P.E., University of Pittsburgh; Sina Arjmand, University of Pittsburgh; David V.P. Sanchez, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Ecuadorian villages and twovillages in Panama that did not have a reliable water source. The paper will discuss the creationof a new course that allows the university to offer an international design experience within thetraditional Capstone course, and it will further compare the outcomes of the international servicelearning frameworks to the standard senior design projects.IntroductionMany Engineering programs are becoming interested in including an international servicelearning project into the school’s curriculum [1-6, 8, 9, 12-20]. There are many components in atypical international service learning experience that can benefit both the students and the school.[7, 10] One of the first and well documented benefits comes from the value project

Collection

2024 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Mirit Shamir; Jonathan Aguilar; Rebecca Cors; Ryan Hansen; Nathan Hendricks; Gaea Hock; Stacy Hutchinson; Prathap Parameswaran; Matthew Sanderson; Melanie M. Derby

audiences, and understand their potential vocational path-ways, including government, academia, and industry.The NRT program incorporated educational and experiential activities such as field experience,policy experience at the state capital, applied course work, interdisciplinary research projects,faculty and peer mentoring, professional development, and periodic assessment of these activi-ties. The NRT developed and offered three courses: a one-credit-hour cross-listed course, Inte-grated FEW Systems, a two-credit-hour cross-listed NRT Capstone course, and a 0-credit NRTSeminar. The Integrated FEW Systems course introduced students to systems thinking, with spe-cific application to the FEW nexus in Southwest Kansas. The NRT Capstone was a project

Conference Session

K-12 Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Betsy Aller; Edmund Tsang; Andrew Kline

construction of analog and digital electronic circuits onbreadboards. Similar materials have been used by EDCSL volunteers at the local Boys and GirlsClub, and a K-8 charter school, beginning in January 2004.Senior Capstone Design ProjectsSenior capstone design projects have included an optics demonstration and experimentation kit3,a children’s classroom playhouse4, and a roller coaster to demonstrate Newton’s Law of Motionand the Conservation of Energy. New projects include a preliminary design completed by a teamof two high-school students from Kalamazoo Area Mathematics and Science Center (KAMSC)in Fall 2004 for an interactive wind tunnel to support the study of two science topics atWoodward Elementary School: aviation technology and aerospace. The

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Technical Session 10: Teaming and Professional Skills

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mariajose Castellanos, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Neha B. Raikar, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

class sizes and the interest, 1-3 interns can be assigned to a team by theinstructors.The students who do not participate in this internship experience or those who don’t get placedare assigned a separate project to fulfill the requirement. Once the pairing is complete, the actualimplementation of the project starts. The design teams then develop the project promptcomparable to the regular controls project but adapted to their capstone project. The twoinstructors ensure that the scope of the work assigned is feasible. The interns start their workwith background information collection based on the assigned prompt. Although, at this point,the juniors haven’t learned all the concepts needed for project completion, they are advised towork on it as

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Micah Lande, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Dynamic Systems X Thermodynamics 2 X Heat Transfer X Machine Design X Mechatronics X Design Capstone XCourses are fairly evenly split between single solution projects and design projects. Somecourses, such as Heat Transfer course, had multiple options for the project that could be done buthad a set list of problems to work out. Single solution problems for these courses may looksimilar to the assignment shown below in Figure 5 for Solid Mechanics course

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Development

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald G. Kander, Philadelphia University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

  Arts/Culture   Business  Models   Capstone  Project   History/Language   Business   Systems  Analysis   Humanities   Design   Research  Methods   Integrated  Teams   Seminars/Capstone   Engineering   External  Customers   Real  Deliverables   First, College

Collection

ASEE 2021 Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald E. Barr P.E., University of Texas at Austin

University of Texas at Austin AbstractThe ABET accreditation criterion 5 requires a "culminating major engineering design experience"in the curriculum1. This is commonly referred to as the senior capstone design course. Thefreshman engineering education experience is loaded with required science and mathematicscourses, and there is little room for an engineering experience. Nonetheless, most faculty want tohave some engineering course during the freshman year, and many ideas have been tried over theyears. Of these many ideas, the concept of a team design project with hands-on activities seems tobe the most popular and most beneficial. This paper reports on such a proposed freshmanengineering cornerstone

Conference Session

Product Development and Manufacturing

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Zhan, Texas A&M University; Jyhwen Wang, Texas A&M University; Manoj Vanajakumari, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Chemistry. They have a chance to work on some real-world projects during theirsenior year in capstone/senior design courses. Before students get a chance to work on their real-world projects, which typically happen in capstone/senior projects, some of the students wouldhave made the decision to transfer out of engineering school. Based on the feedback fromindustry, even students who finished their engineering degree need more experience with real-world product development experience.To enhance the educational experience for students, TAMU made significant amount ofinvestment in seven activities. The majority of the investment went to Activity 1 with a goal ofenhancing the students’ preparation for the workplace and society through high impact

Conference Session

K-12 Professional Development II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald H Rockland, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Levelle Burr-Alexander, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Howard S. Kimmel, New Jersey Institute of Technology; John D. Carpinelli, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Linda S Hirsch, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Thomas Michael Tylutki, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

fieldsMediboticsTo address this issue, the authors were awarded a National Science Foundation ITEST grant.During the original Medibotics NSF ITEST program, a total of 60 teachers participated in aseries of school year and summer workshops, where they worked in teams to model foursimulated surgeries using the LEGO® NXT Mindstorm kits. Training was face-to-face, and theassessment of teacher proficiency in terms of understanding the medical robotics program wasdemonstrated through a Capstone project. A workbook including details on construction of therobots, computer programming, the mathematical and scientific topics involved in each surgery,and other support materials for use in STEM classes was created.The emphasis on biomedical engineering applications and

Conference Session

Design Spine

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Teresa Genevieve Wojcik, Villanova University; M. Clayton, Villanova University; Aleksandra Radlinska, Villanova University; Noelle K. Comolli, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

use of impromptudesign exercises across the engineering curriculum. The paper concludes by describing a pilotstudy on impromptu design exercises being conducted by the authors.1. Mind the gapThe call for more design experience in engineering curricula draws attention to a problem indesign education that engineering educators have noted for quite some time. Traditionalengineering programs lack curricular coherence when it comes to design. Students typicallyhave design experiences during introductory coursework (or “cornerstone” courses2) as freshmenand then again later as seniors during capstone projects or seminars. Thus, design experiencescomprise disjointed bookends in students‟ college careers. Their sophomore and junior years aredevoted

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Devdas M. Pai; Shih-Liang Wang; Juri Filatovs; Richard Layton

, the group revised theirdesign and developed detailed shop drawings and a materials list for a finalworking prototype. The semester ended and the students were not required to buildan operational version of this final design. However, the assembly drawing of theirfinal design, shown in Figure 2 illustrates the extent of their success with themanufacturing-related issues of assembly, clearances, fasteners, and realizableshop processes. Page 5.689.3 Figure 2 Assembly drawing of a four-bar rock-retriever mechanism.Capstone Design CourseThe capstone senior class in mechanical engineering, Mechanical Systems Design,used the project as an exercise in

Conference Session

Robotics, Mechatronics, and Control Systems - Multidisciplinary Perspectives

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael A. Gennert, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Taskin Padir, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

, designedtop-down, incorporates a number of best practices, including spiral curriculum, a unified set ofcore courses, multiple pathways, inclusion of social issues and entrepreneurship, an emphasis onprojects-based learning, and capstone design projects. This paper provides a brief synopsis,comparison with other approaches, and multi-year retrospective on the program. The curriculumhas evolved rapidly from the original to its current state, including changes in requirements,courses, hardware, software, labs, and projects. The guiding philosophy remains unchanged,however, providing continuity of purpose to the program. The program has been highlysuccessful in meeting its desired outcomes, including: quantity and quality of enrolled students,ABET EAC

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division (COED) Track 4.A

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Foley, Universite de Sherbrooke

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education Division (COED)

Paper ID #46287The Development of Concept-Space, a Digital Workspace that Mirrors Howthe Brain Organizes and Expands Knowledge, Reveals Positive Impacts forLearners, Teamwork and TeachersDr. Ing. David Foley, Universite de Sherbrooke David Foley, Dr. Ing. teaches engineering design at Universit´e de Sherbrooke where he supervises teams of students in realizing their capstone design projects. A majority of his time for the last 14 years have been invested in developing breakthrough technology to better support human thinking and learning processes. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025