Collection

2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

M. Zoghi; L. Crask; B. Hyatt; V. Luo; W. Wu

(PBL). Moreover, there will need to be more discussions andpresentations introduced at different levels within the program to highlight the Grand Challengesprojects. In the past, our case studies in construction failure, incorporated in various courses,have provided broad perspectives of the global infrastructural challenge. We intend to expand thecase studies application in other areas of grand challenges in the future.Hands-On Projects or Research ExperienceMultiple courses taught in CM are project-based, especially the capstone series. The selectedprojects have been at small scale, yet present real world challenges and sharpen students’problem solving skills, which are critical, as they take on greater scale projects in their futurecareer

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Jenkins; John Kramlich

providing and objective viewpoint.Capstone Design: Of the eleven departments/programs, three use capstone design projects toassess how well programmatic goals and learning outcomes are achieved. An advantage of usingcapstone design projects is that these projects represent the synthesis of coursework, thereforedemonstrating an important step in attaining the professional engineering degree. Adisadvantage is that assessing the intangible soft skills of capstone design projects (e.g.,teamwork, communication, etc) can prove problematic and illusive.Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering reported that design projects illustrate the students

Conference Session

IT-based Instructional Technologies

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Judith Challinger, California State University, Chico; Rachael Teasdale, California State University, Chico

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

will be undertaken for further development of VisIT. One project on thedrawing board is the addition of tutorial modules for specific areas of scientific application. Suchprojects will necessitate interaction on the part of the computer science students with scientists ofthese other disciplines.Another upper-division elective covers mobile/wireless programming. Students in this coursemay elect to investigate mobile applications that interface with and make use of VisIT. Of Page 12.1590.4particular interest are data entry and use of GPS enabled devices.Interdisciplinary UseStudents in computer science are required to do a capstone project as a

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

James V. Masi

New England College in 1982 setup, as part of its Capstone Course, called Senior Design Projects, a cooperative utilizing the facilities of the school, industry, andhospital, the talents of professor, medical professional, industrial technologist, and student, and the base of ideas generated by allparties, including NASA’s Technology Utilization Services (as found in NASA Tech Briefs). The meetings of the parties involved,student, professor, medical professional, industrial advisor, and patient, was part of the structure which proceeded quite easily. Theorchestration of the effort was the only portion of the program remaining to be clarified. How would costs be shared? How wouldtime be allocated? Who would own the invention if one resulted

Collection

2018 ASEE Zone IV Conference

Authors

Cassandra J Wright, University of Washington, Bothell; John William Bridge P.E., University of Washington, Bothell

(Fundamentals of Materials Science) that lays thefoundation for the mechanical and capstone design courses. Thus, it is paramount to the facultythat through this course, students gain a solid understanding as to how the materials selection andprocessing will ultimately affect their final product. Granta CES EduPack is a comprehensivematerials science software program that is available to the students at the junior and senior levelwithin the ME program. In past offerings, CES EduPack has been introduced at the end of thecourse at a basic level to introduce the students to concepts of materials selection. Prior studentshave not considered the software as a tool for materials selection in their mechanical design andcapstone projects in the past, likely

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Division Poster Sessions

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip Rufe, Eastern Michigan University; Gary Rodak, Eastern Michigan University; Scott Pollock, Eastern Michigan University; Mary Finkel, Eastern Michigan University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

exerciseproblem solving skills. The teamwork and weekly meetings requires students to demonstrateeffective communication skills, make cohesive presentations, and listen to criticism from fellowteam members. Essentially by forming a small business and manufacturing a product, thestudents in the capstone sequence realize the significance of their contributions to their businessand learn to view the “big picture”. In the future, the capstone courses will work more closely with entrepreneurs. In aneffort to manage the projects the University is currently considering developing an EnterpriseCenter (EC) to be housed in the School of Engineering Technology. The EC will serve as aninterface between the Manufacturing capstone courses and entrepreneurs

Conference Session

Cooperative and Experiential Education Division Technical Session 2 - Development, Assessment, and Impact of Experiential Education

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Rachael E. Cate, Oregon State University; Donald Heer, Oregon State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative and Experiential Education

instruction to students as they progress through the senior capstone project and develop relationships with project stakeholders in industry. She also supports engineering communications program development, research, and implementation. In addition to her Ph. D. research interests in service learning, program de- sign, and qualitative research, she is also collaborating on research in the areas of communications-related success factors of recent engineering graduates in industry and effective tools for instructors of integrated engineering and communications courses. Donald Heer: Donald Heer received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Computer Engineering from Oregon State University in 2001 and 2003, respectively. In 2003, Mr

Conference Session

ABET Accreditation, Assessment, and Program Improvement in ECE

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Larry L Wear, University of Washington, Tacoma; Orlando R. Baiocchi, University of Washington, Tacoma; Matthew Alden, University of Washington, Tacoma; Robert Gutmann, University of Washington, Tacoma; Jie Sheng, University of Washington, Tacoma

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

 statics,  we  documented  how  his  capstone  project  involved  learning  and  applying  probability  theory  to  a  design  problem.  Be  sure  your  student  advising  records  document  any  discrepancies  between  what  students  have  done  and  what  they  were  suppose  to  do.    Program  Objectives    Assessing  how  well  your  graduates  have  achieved  your  program  objectives  is  usually  difficult  for  programs  that  have  only  produced  one  or  two  graduating  classes.  In  our  case,  we  had  one  group  of  graduates  who  had  one  year’s  experience.  With  so  little  experience  it  was  not  surprising  that  only  a  few  of  the  graduates  had  achieved  some  of  the  program  objectives.  However,  we  were

Collection

2024 South East Section Meeting

Authors

Cameron W. Coates P.E., Kennesaw State University; June Erskine, Fulton County Schools

requiredcapstone design skill sets. In this paper, we examine theories accepted among the K-12 andcollege educational literature for educating diverse teams and suggest solutions that have foundcommon ground within both groups. Quality Function Deployment, Engineering MajorCommonalities and Design Iteration techniques are explored within these contexts in conjunctionwith instructor experience. We argue these modified methods have a high probability of successbased on their proven success at the K-12 level, when properly implemented.IntroductionInterdisciplinary senior design capstone projects have been introduced in numerous engineeringschools and colleges over the last few decades. As rapid technological advancement has proventhat various engineering

Conference Session

IS and IT Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Taz Daughtrey; Edgar Sibley; Anne Marchant

anticipation of accreditationrequirements. Students take 12 credits of mathematics, including courses in Calculus andDiscrete Mathematics. Students opting for the concentration in Security and Networking take anadditional 5 courses including at least one from the sub-categories of Security, Networking andOperating Systems, and Telecommunications. Finally, all students participate in a year long,senior design projects class, working in teams on integrated IT projects. With the developmentof the Cyberdefense Capstone course, our plan is to create a separate Security track using the Page 9.273.4existing Security Concentration Courses as a base.Proceedings

Conference Session

ECE Laboratory Design

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kain Osterholt, Belcan Corp.; Adam Vaccari, Caterpillar Incorporated; Joe Faivre, Caterpillar Incorporated; Gary Dempsey, Bradley University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

wereintroduced in the first week of class and three reading assignments (PowerPoint slides) werecreated for exposure to the workstation. The Blackboard course management system is used todistribute course reading assignments 16. The second reading assignment used animation resultsfrom the virtual workstation to illustrate initial condition responses and how they were affectedwith and without dynamic braking. The third reading assignment discussed the modeling of themechanical subsystems using SimMechanics and the Virtual Reality Toolbox.The goals of the revised curriculum:• Incorporate a laboratory feel into the control theory courses to enhance learning• Reduce the learning curve of using Simulink in senior capstone project designs• Reduce the learning

Conference Session

Learning and Assessment I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert G. Ryan, California State University, Northridge

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Assessment of a New Design Stem Course SequenceAbstractIn Fall 2009, the Mechanical Engineering Department at California State University, Northridgeimplemented significant changes to the curriculum by creating a new course sequence focusedon design. The course sequence is distributed throughout the four years of the program, andculminates in the traditional capstone senior design course. One of the features of the newsequence was the requirement of a team project in each course, including oral design reviewsdocumenting the projects’ progress. Enabling our students to continuously develop anddemonstrate skills related to design and communication was the main incentive behind

Conference Session

Recruitment & Retention of Women II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John J. Duffy, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Manuel A Heredia, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

132 Develop a business plan to fund the design and development of a product which would be considered an "Assistive Technology" device. Students work with a specific client and identify Capstone Assistive F Capstone I Donn Technology project to

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technology Curriculum

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Trian Georgeou, Arizona State University; Scott Danielson, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

made by the students). Following thiscourse, students can also take either a high-performance-machining course and or a four- andfive-axis machining course.The paper briefly describes the CNC courses and the software and equipment used by thestudents. But, most importantly, the paper describes the benefits realized by the mechanical,aeronautical, and automotive engineering technology students from taking these courses. Thesophistication of the student’s design and build projects in their capstone class has seen adramatic increase since the students have begun to acquire the CNC machining experience.Thus, the paper builds a case for the value-added aspect of CNC machining within MechanicalEngineering Technology.IntroductionThe authors believe

Conference Session

Manufacturing Workforce Development

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Akbar M. Eslami, Elizabeth City State University; Kuldeep S. Rawat, Elizabeth City State University; Chandra Bhushan Asthana P.E., Elizabeth City State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing Division (MFG)

materials to prototype the mechanical components of UAVs by 3D printers, and(e) create G and M codes to manufacture the parts by CNC machines if metal parts are desirablesuch as linkage and landing components.This paper explains samples of mini projects that are developed to prepare students toaccomplish the above tasks (a-e) and their ability for entry into manufacturing careers. Inaddition, the mini projects in newly developed modules and sequences will also prepare studentsfor senior capstone projects and internships.MethodologyThe initial designs of mechanical/structural components of two UAVs/drones start in ENGT 105:Computer-Aided Design (CAD) I, course, and will be completed in a Senior Capstone Project,ENGT 498, course. Two quadcopter drone

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Juan Carlos Balda

engineering departments, the learning of these required skills normally takes place in asenior capstone design course. This paper focuses on the efforts by this faculty member from the Department of ElectricalEngineering (EE) at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville to develop “hands-on” laboratoryexperiments and/or perform research work while allowing some undergraduate studentsinterested in the power engineering area to gain knowledge on a power topic not offered in ourpower courses and acquire the skills to carry out a project in an independent manner. This isdone through ELEG 488V − Special Problems, a senior-elective variable-credit course, whosecatalog description states that it consists of individual study and research on a topic

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Gordon Silverman

Entrepreneurial Engineering. [3,4] Such programs include several“entrepreneurial” goals: readiness for professional opportunities in growth-orientedenvironments or self-employment, develop enhanced communication skills, understand soundmarketing and financial plans, preparation for management and team leadership positions.Such curricula severely impact the traditional engineering programs and are not well suited tomany, modestly-sized, institutions that must try to prepare students for professional opportunitiesas either project engineers, traditional research and design engineers, or for advanced study (i.e.,Ph.D.).II. The RFP Approach to Capstone DesignWith the trends in “entrepreneurial” engineering gleaned from the Consultor recommendations

Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Satinderpaul Devgan

Education Objectives and Program Outcomes through systematic andprogressive learning 1,3 . The contribution of each course in the curriculum to theaccomplishment of the program outcomes is mapped in Table 4. The contribution of eachindividual course to different Program Outcomes is assessed through: (1) the StudentCourse Assessment Survey, and (2) the Faculty Course Outcomes Assessment (“Closingthe Loop”) Report. These two assessment tools together with assessment from the SeniorExit Survey, and the contribution of the Capstone Design Project II report constitute theInternal Assessment of the Program Outcomes. Four other tools, the Employer Survey,the Alumni Survey, Departmental Industrial Cluster Input and the Capstone Design OralPresentation

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hui Shen, Ohio Northern University; Richard F. Miller, Ohio Northern University; David Sawyers, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

changingschedules of individual students during both the academic year and during the summer. Third,due to the limited technical background of undergraduate students, a significant amount ofsupport and supervision is required of the faculty member. Fourth, there is little opportunity forresearch during the senior year unless it falls within the parameters of the capstone design courseor other required courses, since the capstone project demands a great deal of the students’ time.Finally, faculty members in a teaching university have extremely heavy loading in teaching andacademic advising, and can only commit a limited amount of time supervising undergraduateresearch.Since undergraduate students have a learning curve of engineering knowledge from freshman

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Danielle Amatore, Oregon State University; Edith Gummer, Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

project evolved and demonstrated effective social interactions, breaking into well definedroles. The contrasting performance of the other two groups is also discussed. The use ofreflection tools in the form of experimental journals and design meetings appeared to be effectivein keeping students from “video-game” mode. Assessment based improvements of the VirtualCVD laboratory are identified.IntroductionCapstone courses in which students have an opportunity to practice engineering are an importantaspect of undergraduate engineering curriculum. In the last 20 years, capstone courses have beenintegrated into engineering curricula nationwide in response to ABET accreditation requirementsand feedback from industry. Specific ABET guidelines are the

Conference Session

Approaches to K -12 Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Pelletier, Northern Essex Community College; Wayne Kibbe, Northern Essex Community College; Paul Chanley, Northern Essex Community College

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

22.5%Final Presentation of Project by Participant 10.0% Total 100%Capstone ShowcaseIn September of 2005, the Northeast Network STEM Fellows Capstone Showcase washeld to provide an opportunity for all of the STEM Fellows Teams to present the plansthey had developed to promote greater student interest in STEM careers as well as toadvance STEM teaching and learning at the local level. The final plans developed by the11 STEM Fellows who participated in the Embedded Computer Systems & Photonicsreflected the positive influence that this professional development course had on themand how they would implement their new knowledge into their district.Demographics of

Conference Session

Building a Better Program - Construction Curriculum Enhancements

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip A. Dunn Jr. P.E., University of Maine

Tagged Divisions

Construction

Estimating CET 462 Construction Scheduling CET 458 Construction Administration (capstone)To better understand how the innovation center examples are employed, brief discussions ofimplemented exercises will illustrate.CET 221 is a sophomore course that introduces students to the equipment and techniques used inconstruction projects. It provides students with an overview of heavy civil and commercialbuilding techniques. Two basic exercises using the innovation center are assigned in this class.Students self select teams of up to 4 students to develop a written overview of how they wouldbuild that aspect of the project. Students are given ½ size .pdf files of the plan set for use. Thereare no stated guidelines other than how would you

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Rowland, Dept. of Civil & Mechanical Engineerint at United States Military Academy; Andrew Bellocchio, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

students can and do receive this type of educational experience through acompetitive capstone design project, it is arguably better that this is not the first time they areexposed to integrating and applying the material covered in an aeronautical engineering coursesequence. This paper details how to make use of an inexpensive hands-on glider design projectthat can be integrated across a short undergraduate aeronautical engineering course sequenceeffectively educating students on the practical application of aircraft design. Through theindividual design and construction of multiple balsa wood gliders over a two course sequence,each student can apply and correlate the various aspects of aircraft design with tangible,measureable results better

Collection

2022 ASEE Gulf Southwest Annual Conference

Authors

Jorge Antonio Tito P.E., University of Houston - Downtown; Amy Heilig, Dlubal Software, Inc.

that performs the structural analysis and designof structures. The agreement allows our undergraduate students to be exposed to professional andadvanced software that is used for courses in structural analysis, structural dynamics, and thecomprehensive capstone design course. The full version of the software allows the study of structureswith different complexity without restriction due to their size, type of loads or design requirements.The projects presented in this paper are examples of a successful technology transfer from industry touniversity using professional software. The active support of Dlubal Software, Inc. allowed studentsto correctly apply the software capabilities. Projects of this nature require interaction between student

Conference Session

First-year Programs: Retention and Bridge Programs #1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sonia M. Bartolomei-Suarez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Manuel A. Jimenez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Luisa Guillemard, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Oscar Marcelo Suarez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Aidsa I. Santiago-Roman, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Nayda G. Santiago, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Carla Lopez Del Puerto, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Pedro O. Quintero, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Nelson Cardona-Martínez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Anidza Valentin, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

various research projects. She’s also the founder and advisor of the first ASEE student chapter in Puerto Rico. Her primary research interests include investigating students’ understanding of difficult concepts in en- gineering sciences, especially for underrepresented populations. She also works in the development and evaluation of various engineering curriculum and courses at UPRM applying the outcome-based educa- tional framework.Dr. Nayda G. Santiago, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus Nayda G. Santiago is professor at the Electrical and Computer Engineering department, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus (UPRM) where she teaches the Capstone Course in Computer Engineer- ing. She received an BS

Conference Session

M1B: WIP - Learning Experiences 2

Collection

2019 FYEE Conference

Authors

Kimberlyn Gray, West Virginia University Inst. of Tech.; Rachel L. Bragg, West Virginia University Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

FYEE Conference - Paper Submission

engineeringstudents in an introduction to engineering course reveals that transfer can be enhanced throughstrategies such as writing-specific feedback and writing focused class activities, thus helpingthese students to see a clearer connection between their first-year composition courses and thewriting they are tasked with in their discipline.This project started as a result of the authors being asked to join an assessment committee todevelop a plan for assessing writing across all programs at West Virginia University Institute ofTechnology. The initial plan for cross-curricular assessment includes English faculty assessingwriting from first-year composition courses and senior capstone courses from a variety ofprograms. This assessment will be used to

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Tom Mase

., “Teaching Design Through Group Industrial Projects,” Inter. J. of Mechanical EngineeringEducation, V. 21, No. 3, 1993, p. 2978 Todd, R. H., Sorensen, C. D., and Magleby, S. P., “Designing a Senior Capstone Course to Satisfy IndustrialCustomers,” J. of Engineering Education, vol. 82 no. 2, 1993, p. 929 Shigley, J. E. and Mischke, C. R., Mechanical Engineering Design, Fifth Edition, McGraw-Hill Publishing Co.,New York, NY, 198910 Boresi, A. P., Schmidt, R. J., and Sidebottom, O. M., Advanced Mechanics of Materials, Fifth Edition, Wiley,New York, NY, 199311 Cook, R. D. and Young, W. C., Advanced Mechanics of Materials, Macmillan Publishing Co., New York, NY,198512 Ugural, A. C. and Fenster, S. K., Advanced Strength and Applied Elasticity, Third

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Douglas E. Hirt

the pump can significantly affect their design.IntroductionOne of the best ways for students to learn new material is to have them work on limited, butmeaningful, open-ended design projects. To be worthwhile, a project should incorporate severalaspects of the lecture material so that students can integrate many of these concepts in anactivity. Also, contrary to a capstone design experience, a project should be able to be completedin a week or two so that the students do not get consumed by the project and fall behind in thecourse (i.e., lecturing is still continuing while they work on their project and the lecturing may beon new material that could be unrelated to the project).Projects of this type have been used successfully in our

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve Gorrell, Brigham Young University; C. Greg Jensen, Brigham Young University; Brett Stone, Brigham Young University; Edward Red, Brigham Young University; Michael Richey, The Boeing Company; Fabian Zender, The Boeing Company; Michael Wright; David E. French, The Boeing Company; Shigeo Hayashibara, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott; Carl Johnson, Georgia Institute of Technology; John P. Sullivan, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

research is also one of the objectives of AerosPACE. With the popularityand interest in massive open online courses (MOOCs) and flipped classes, some evidencesuggests such methods may not be as effective as presumed [2] [3]. The AerosPACE course hasbeen developed to enable research on engineering teaching and learning in a unique multi-disciplinary, multi-university environment.In this paper the academic year 2013-2014 AerosPACE senior capstone project, where threemulti-university teams of students collaborated with Industry to design, build, and fly a UAVcapable of monitoring farmland to improve crop yield, is presented. The scope of the studentproject is defined by one semester completed at the time of submission of draft paper. Someresults

Conference Session

Communication Across the Divisions I: Communication in Engineering Disciplines

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alyssa Catherine Taylor, University of Washington; Stephanie Pulford, Center for Engineering Learning and Teaching (CELT)

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

communication must be thoughtfully designed tohelp readers make meaning of data. Such visual design for readers requires our students tobecome metacognitive of their own experience as consumers of visual communication. Yet oftenengineering students are not prompted to think about or design visual data communication untilthey must present their own data, typically as part of a senior capstone project. Our students’ lackof experience leaves them without a solid foundation for critical thought about figures, and thuswith scant preparation to learn from the experience of creating and refining them. If capstonesare to be an opportunity to learn about visual communication rather than simply perform it,students are in need of a swift means to gain perspective