Conference Session

Developing Better Engineering Managers - Curricular Ideas from Year 1 Through Graduate School

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph J. Suter, Johns Hopkins University; Stanislaw Tarchalski, Johns Hopkins University; Judith G Theodori, Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineeering; James D Beaty, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory; Michael McLoughlin, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory; Richard Warren Blank, Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering

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Engineering Management

businesses and projects ranging from a $100M innovative business to an over $3B annual revenue portfolio of projects. In his 30+ years at IBM he worked with clients in Government, Aerospace, Automotive, Electronics, Communications, and the Architecture/Engineering/Constructions industries across North America, Europe and Asia. He was a key leader of R&D transformation during the turnaround of IBM in the mid-1990s. Today Sta´s teaches various courses in Senior Leadership, Program Management, System Engineering, and Governance, and is a consultant to numerous clients in the complex systems integration business. He is also actively involved in developing new courses and innovative course delivery methods.Ms. Judith G

Conference Session

TC2K Methods and Models

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Romine, Alabama A&M University; William Gile, Alabama A&M University; elisabeth scherff, Alabama A&M University

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Engineering Technology

evaluate the effects of the Capstone Design course on student traits inthe four specified areas to promote course re-evaluation for improved instruction and adherenceto ABET standards. The research question for this study was generated through workshop onengineering education research conducted at the Colorado School of Mines in August of 2005.The authors participated through a project funded by the Center for the Advancement ofScholarship on Engineering Education (CASEE) and the National Academy of Engineering Page 12.1062.2(NAE). Although the workshop and the literature focus on engineering education, the authorsbelieve they are also applicable to

Conference Session

Embedded System Design

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

matt gallagher, Vermont Technical College; Andre St. Denis, Vermont Technical College; John Murphy, Vermont Technical College

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Electrical and Computer

peripherals and a complexprocessor appear to serve the immediate needs of the introductory microprocessor course.Students who chose to use a microcontroller in a future project were forced to design circuitboards requiring fabrication and assembly at outside vendors at considerable cost; this tended todiscourage their use in our capstone projects course. We discuss our current introductory coursethat uses a MC9S08QG8/4 microcontroller from Freescale. It comes in a sixteen pin DIPpackage, has an internal clock and can be programmed using the same Codewarrior softwareIDE Freescale uses for all of its microcontrollers and can be programmed through aUSBSPYDER08∀interface. We developed a set of four simple input/output boards so studentscan exercise

Conference Session

ME Curriculum and Assessment

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michele Miller, Michigan Technological University; Jeffrey Allen, Michigan Technological University; Jason Blough, Michigan Technological University; James P. De Clerck, Michigan Technological University; William J. Endres, Michigan Technological University; Scott A. Miers, Michigan Technological University; Ibrahim Miskioglu, Michigan Technological University; Gregory M. Odegard, Michigan Technological University; Charles D. Van Karsen, Michigan Technological University; Paul J. Van Susante, Michigan Technological University

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Mechanical Engineering

problems.New engineering programs, such as those at Olin College5 and James Madison University6, aretaking a different approach to engineering education by challenging lower division students withcomplex open-ended problems and by infusing project work throughout the four-year curriculum.The large number of mechanical engineering students at Michigan Tech presents challenges toimplementing more project-based courses, but size has advantages too: well equippedlaboratories, a mature industry sponsored capstone design program, and diverse faculty expertise.This paper will describe the process we followed to develop a new curriculum in addition toproviding details about the new curriculum itself.Curriculum Design ProcessIn Fall 2010 an ad-hoc Curriculum

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeff R. Brown, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Taylor Joy Mitchell, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Chad Rohrbacher, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Leroy Long III, Sinclair Community College

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

to the bayous of Louisiana. The final narrative, How doyou solve a problem like Fritz Haber? [6], discusses the German, Nobel-Prize-winning chemistand his discovery of a process to convert atmospheric nitrogen into liquid-ammonia fertilizer.Additional details regarding the narratives can be found in Brown et al. [ 7].The study was completed at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida,and included as participants senior students completing their capstone design projects inmechanical and aerospace engineering. The first phase of the project began with a pilot studythat sought to evaluate whether students were connecting with the narratives and, mostimportantly, able to draw connections between the narratives and

Conference Session

Insights and Practices for Engineering Leadership Development

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aaron S. Gordon, Clemson University; Jeffery M. Plumblee II, Clemson University; Claire L. A. Dancz, Clemson University

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

months, where they lead infrastructure projects around their hostcommunity with a team of local Haitian foremen, skilled workers, and general laborers.While many other programs and student organizations provide leadership experience in aclassroom context through capstone projects and extra-curricular activities, CEDC interns aretasked with working with local citizens towards a common goal and tangible results. Interns aresupported by CEDC’s unique organizational structure that allows students in the classroom tolead design projects that are implemented by the interns in Haiti, with supervision from industryadvisors in the United States. CEDC’s project-oriented framework provides students real-worldresponsibility and accountability for small

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) Technical Session 7

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Mathieu; Micah Lande, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Karim Heinz Muci-Kuchler, Texas State University

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

programs in the US include a capstonesenior design experience, the level of training that the students receive in the product design anddevelopment process can vary considerably between programs. In some cases, students learn theproduct design process in parallel with their capstone senior design project. In others, there areone or more previous courses that focus on teaching different phases of the product design anddevelopment process. Also, there are other factors that impact student learning such as variationsin the design process favored by each faculty member supervising a capstone senior designproject, the specific design process presented and the terminology used in different productdesign textbooks, and the product design textbook

Conference Session

Innovation In Teaching - I

Collection

2022 ASEE Zone IV Conference

Authors

Heather Marriott, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott

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Conference Submission

educational applications8 and was incorporated into thisapplication to improve student interest. This research was conducted to see if this style of gamecould successfully be used to help computer science students learn their course material. Giventhat exercise and movement have been shown to benefit some students6,9, the motivation for thisresearch is to add an exercise component to the traditionally sedentary activity of computerscience.2 The AppThe mobile application used was designed by senior software engineering capstone students atEmbry-Riddle Aeronautical University in 2021. The capstone project was a demonstration of theability of the students to use map functionality and augmented reality as their SoftwareEngineering Capstone project. The

Conference Session

Engineering Management Program Design

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natalie Cherbaka, North Carolina State University; Jerome Lavelle, North Carolina State University

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Engineering Management

Finance 20% 0% Figure 7: Finance and Economic Topics CoverageCapstone and Elective Courses: Capstone and elective courses also play an important role inEM curricula. ASEM certification requires a capstone project or thesis and 69% of the programsinclude one or the other in their curricula. This number does not distinguish between requiredand optional capstone courses. Typical requirements list a thesis as optional for which a project,or sometimes a series of classes, is an acceptable substitute; however, projects are rarely optionalin programs without a thesis option. The breakdown of coverage for capstone offerings isdisplayed in Figure 8. Included in this figure are seminars and comprehensive

Conference Session

Developing Systems Engineering Curricula

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Satinderpaul Devgan, Tennessee State University; Sachin Shetty, Tennessee State University; Saleh Zein-Sabatto, Tennessee State University

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Systems Engineering Constituent Committee

  Materials Science  3  Humanities Elective  3 ECSE   4400  Probability , Statistics  and Risk  3  EECE   3210  Electromagnetic Theory  3  Analysis  Total  16  Total  16  Fall Semester  Cr  Spring Semester  Cr ENGR    4500  Capstone Design Project I**  1  ENGR  4510  Capstone Design Project  II*  1 EECE    4000  Control Systems  3  Humanities Elective  3 ECSE    4600  System Engineering Analysis  3  EECE

Collection

2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Matt Armstrong; Richard L. Comitz; Andrew Biaglow; Russ Lachance; Joseph Sloop

. Table 2. Quiz Results In addition to this the students were asked the following questions regarding their individualexperiences with the capstone project. These questions were answered on a scale of 1 to 5, where 1represented the most positive feedback and 5 was the least positive. These questions are listed below inTable 3 accompanied by the average response. Finally, a comparison will be made of final examinationresults from AY06-02 to AY07-2 in the chemical reaction engineering course, to see the impact this had onperformance. Question Regarding Individual Experience Ave Response1. Was this capstone project useful in terms of helping the learning process

Collection

2008 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Matt Armstrong; Richard L. Comitz; Andrew Biaglow; Russ Lachance; Joseph Sloop

. Table 2. Quiz Results In addition to this the students were asked the following questions regarding their individualexperiences with the capstone project. These questions were answered on a scale of 1 to 5, where 1represented the most positive feedback and 5 was the least positive. These questions are listed below inTable 3 accompanied by the average response. Finally, a comparison will be made of final examinationresults from AY06-02 to AY07-2 in the chemical reaction engineering course, to see the impact this had onperformance. Question Regarding Individual Experience Ave Response1. Was this capstone project useful in terms of helping the learning process

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Matt Armstrong; Richard L. Comitz; Andrew Biaglow; Russ Lachance; Joseph Sloop

. Table 2. Quiz Results In addition to this the students were asked the following questions regarding their individualexperiences with the capstone project. These questions were answered on a scale of 1 to 5, where 1represented the most positive feedback and 5 was the least positive. These questions are listed below inTable 3 accompanied by the average response. Finally, a comparison will be made of final examinationresults from AY06-02 to AY07-2 in the chemical reaction engineering course, to see the impact this had onperformance. Question Regarding Individual Experience Ave Response1. Was this capstone project useful in terms of helping the learning process

Conference Session

Accreditation and the BOK

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald W. Welch, The Citadel; Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel; Kevin C. Bower P.E., The Citadel

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Civil Engineering

partnerships to provide anumber of different academic resources. These resources support capstone projects, advising andevaluation of capstone projects, research projects as well as financial support for the projects,adjunct professors, dedicated internships and active members for advisory boards providingfinancial support and curriculum input. In a time of ever decreasing resources at the state level,public universities are moving to operate similarly to a private institution. Additionally, duringthese times the building of new programs requires the leveraging of the resources of privateorganizations. Analysis of examples of program development and enhancement using industrypartnerships will provide a number of best practices.IntroductionIndustry

Conference Session

TIME 4: Pedagogy

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Bannerot

place in the Department of Mechanical Engineering for manyyears to come. These projects will provide hands-on experiences illustrating anapplication of two emerging technologies to many engineering students and visitors whomight not otherwise have this opportunity. The paper will provide details for the designand fabrication of the demonstrations as well as pictures of the final products.IntroductionThe capstone design course in the Department of Mechanical Engineering (ME) at theUniversity of Houston has existed (until recently), more or less, in its present form since1981. At that time it was taken only by mechanical engineering undergraduates. In themid-80’s the Department of Industrial Engineering (IE) joined the course so that projectteams

Conference Session

Design for Community

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Prestero; Neil Cantor

students to build on each other’s work. Finally, DtM works with NGOs,corporate partners and local entrepreneurs to ensure that promising student innovations result inproducts and services for communities in need.Since its launch in 2000, DtM has reached over 400 engineering students—roughly half of themwomen and minorities, and many of whom have realigned their life trajectories to include workin underserved communities. In 2002, DtM completed a proof-of-concept implementation inMIT's mechanical engineering capstone design course with Prof. Woodie Flowers. DtM is nowexpanding within MIT and to other schools in the US and UK.2.1. DtM Project AreasDesign that Matters works to address the needs of underserved communities in developingcountries as

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian West

PowerPoint, and the technical reports. This is often referred to as they are given enough rope to hang themselvesThis class was designed to be Step 1 to the Capstone course, Senior Project. The projectmanagement skills, interpersonal skills, and troubleshooting techniques which were taught in thisclass, and the two useful software packages that this class utilized, proved very useful duringSenior Project.Step 2 to the Capstone course, Senior Project, was Advanced Electronic Circuits. In AdvancedElectronic Circuits, students split into teams. Each student served on two teams, with twodifferent people – on one team the student was a leader, and on the other team, an assistant. Eachteam was assigned a project, with a written report and oral

Conference Session

Design Tools & Methodology II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel D. Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy; Kendra Crider, U.S. Air Force Academy; Kristin L. Wood, University of Texas, Austin; John J. Wood, U.S. Air Force Academy

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Design in Engineering Education

using empirically- based prediction techniques. Dr. Wood’s research also includes the development of robotic ground and air vehicle systems using innovative conceptual design techniques for current technology implementations, as well as futuristic projections, applied in the framework of a senior capstone design course. Page 22.292.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Body-Storming, Super Heroes and Sci-Tech Publications: Techniques to Enhance the Ideation ProcessAbstractThe ideation (concept generation) step in the design process likely has

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Ali Abul-Fadl; Samuel Owusu-Ofori

Session 1566 Multidisciplinary Design of a Reporting System Utilizing Pager Technology Samuel Owusu-Ofori, Ali Abul-Fadl North Carolina A&T State UniversityAbstractThis is an industrial capstone design project involving the design of an electromechanicaltransfer system capable of winding and unwinding a material from one spool to another.The distance between the spools is provided. It is also specified that the material be underconstant tension during the operation; the linear speed of the material be user-controlledduring run time; and the system be able to

Conference Session

Preparing Engineers for the Global Workplace

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Martin Grimheden, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)

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International

capstone projects with open ended design tasks and industrial corporate collaborators.These projects have been studied, evaluated and improved since 1984, with a continuousexpanding interest from students and collaborators.The subject of mechatronicsThe subject of mechatronics has been defined, analyzed and discussed in several previouspublications6, 7. These analyses are based on the theoretical framework introduced by Dahlgren8,where a four dimensional tool is used to analyze and describe the subject according to fourvariables, or dimensions. The first two dimensions regard the identity and legitimacy of thesubject, which in combination gives an illustration of the subject. The identity of a subject variesbetween two extremes; from disciplinary

Collection

2020 ASEE North Midwest Section Annual Conference

Authors

Ann M Gansemer-Topf, Iowa State University; Qing Li, Iowa State University; Shan Jiang, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Gül E. Kremer, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Nigel Forest Reuel, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Rebecca Mort

feedback on theirprogress and projects. Taylor (2011) and Gilbuena et al.’s (2015) studies examined the role offeedback and its influence on student performance. Taylor found that when receiving feedbackon their writing, students preferred more direct and critical feedback. Gilbuena et al.’s studyfocused on providing coaching and feedback to students related to capstone projects. They foundthat affirmative feedback had the most positive impact on students’ ability to developprofessional skills. The authors concluded that the affirmative feedback helped students feel asthough they were a legitimate member of the community, which subsequently, also influencedtheir skill development. Several studies provided insights into the teaching and

Conference Session

Research On Student Teams

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Janet Schmidt; Jeannie Brown Leonard; Linda Schmidt; Paige Smith

Programmer), or analysis (NumberCruncher). By dividing the tasks required to accomplish a project by functional area, the teammay produce a strong product, but students’ understanding may be limited to their area ofcontribution. This is the specialization model of teaming that is pervasive in industrial settingswhere project completion is emphasized over learning. In some classroom project situations,technical specialization by engineering discipline is necessary for the success of the effort (e.g.,senior capstone courses or national competition project courses). However, wide spreadspecialization throughout the undergraduate experience, especially in courses serving first andsecond year students, interferes with the learning goals of engineering

Conference Session

S6A: Full Papers - Out with the Old, In with the New

Collection

14th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience (FYEE) Conference

Authors

Alex Campbell, P.E., Oklahoma State University; John J Phillips P.E., Oklahoma State University

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Full Papers

semester,during which they enroll in a capstone design course that utilizes multidisciplinary groups ofARCHE and ARCH students to design and analyze a building project over the course of asemester. While the capstone portion of the program is not unique to Oklahoma StateUniversity, the immersion of first-year Architectural Engineering students into the architecturaldesign studio is and forms the basis of this paper.Literature ReviewMarino, Cross, Feinaur, McCusker, and Casale noticed first-year engineering students oftenidentify themselves as one particular type of engineer, for example “I’m an Electrical Engineer,”without understanding the multidisciplinary nature of both engineering and engineering projects[3]. The authors suggest that students

Conference Session

ME Division 15: Grading Practices and Student Performance

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie Mendez, Purdue University

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

chemical engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Her scholarly interests include active learning strategies and alternative grading practices. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Work-in-Progress: Student Perceptions of Specifications Grading in Mechanical Engineering Design CoursesAbstractAlternative grading methods have continued to receive attention within engineering education.This paper focuses on two undergraduate courses: a second-year introduction to the mechanicaldesign process and a capstone design course. Both courses were built around semester-long teamdesign projects and included individual and group assignments. Students were able to revise

Conference Session

Manufacturing Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Byul Hur, Texas A&M University; David Malawey, Texas A&M University; Joseph A. Morgan, Texas A&M University; Chao Ma, Texas A&M University; Reza Langari, Texas A&M University; Jennifer Jordan; Caleb Christian Stewart; Brian Malbec; David K. James

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Manufacturing

at Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, in 2016. He is affiliated with the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution, the Department of Mechanical Engineering, and the Department of Materials Science and Engineering.Dr. Reza Langari, Texas A&M UniversityJennifer JordanMr. Caleb Christian StewartBrian MalbecDavid K. James c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition 3D printed metal and plastic propeller design and manufacturing for small-scale underwater thrustersAbstractThe use of additive manufacturing technology in a senior Capstone project setting is

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Devdas Shetty

, freshman-level course and progressing throughintermediate courses at the sophomore and junior level, culminating in the capstone designexperience at the senior level. The introduction of design-oriented courses in each year of theengineering curriculum has given the students an opportunity to make connections betweenvarious courses and obtain a better perspective of engineering practice. For each of the fouryears, design-oriented courses have been established, as shown in Figure 2. Both technical andnon-technical aspects of design are treated in depth using lectures, case studies and collaborativegroup projects. These courses and design projects provide the skills in problem solving,communication, computer skills, ethics, time management, team

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) Technical Session 13

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Grace Burleson, University of Michigan; Kathleen H. Sienko, University of Michigan; Kentaro Toyama, University of Michigan

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

knowledge needed” is a common reason for engineeringprojects' failure in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs). Our prior work has investigatedwhich contextual factors engineering designers consider and how they incorporate contextualfactors into their global health design processes. In this study, we extended this prior research tocompare the design behavior of student and professional global health engineering designers. Aspart of this research, we conducted semi-structured interviews with fifteen experienced designengineers who work on health-related technologies in LMICs. We also conducted semi-structured interviews and reviewed final reports from six mechanical engineering capstone teamsworking on global health-themed projects. While

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Laboratory and SoC Developments

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Martinez, University of New Haven; Maria-isabel Carnasciali, University of New Haven

enhancesthe ECE material with more experience in prototyping. The inclusion of hands-on projects andthe utilization of maker-like spaces have been shown to increase student engagement andimprove retention. The one course in the ECE curriculum that previously had Makerspaceactivities embedded in is the Introduction to Engineering course, a college-wide course studentstake in their first year. Students in their senior capstone course have been using the Makerspacefor prototyping in the past few semesters. Coincidentally, most of the capstone students who usethe Makerspace prototyping tools are multidisciplinary teams, including mechanical engineeringstudents. By including the makerspace module in the SoC course, ECE now has a course thatallows students

Collection

2010 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Sara E. Wilson; Peter W. Tenpas; Ronald L. Dougherty; Christopher D. Depcik; Kenneth Fischer

traditionally used including courseperformance, faculty assessment, standardized testing, GPA, and surveys of graduates andemployers. In this project, the Mechanical Engineering department at the University of Kansasexamined using the senior capstone design poster presentations as a means to assess studentlearning across the curriculum. A rubric was created and deployed using industrial advisoryboard members to assess student performance. From this assessment, student learning wasassessed and reported to the faculty for evaluation and discussion. This rubric and assessment ofthe senior capstone design presentations were found to be particularly useful in examiningcommunication skills, design methodology skills, and the ability to design and

Conference Session

Fifty Shades of Grey Literature

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chelsea Leachman, Washington State University; Charles Pezeshki, Washington State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

Clinic in the School of MME at Wash- ington State University. The Industrial Design Clinic is the primary capstone vehicle for the School and focuses on industrially sponsored projects with hard deliverables that students must complete for gradua- tion. Page 26.1732.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 What’s Standard? Industry Application versus University Education of Engineering StandardsABET requires engineering students use design standards produced by professional societiesduring their senior year to prepare for life after graduation. However, no standard